Thome and Schmidt Rolling 7s
Thome, Schmidt left Phils at same spot on HR list.
Thome and Schmidt Rolling 7s
Bob Vetrone Jr.
We really wish Jim Thome, dealt Saturday to Baltimore for two minor leaguers, had stuck around with the Phillies long enough to launch one more moonshot.
Not so much because we like seeing baseballs land in a different area code than where they originate, but because we really wanted to see him pass Sammy Sosa and move into seventh place by himself on the all-time home run list.
That would have mirrored nicely with former Phil thirdbaseman Mike Schmidt, who retired in 1989 in seventh place on the all-time home run list.
Here are those lists at each of those moments in time:
| CAREER HOME RUN LEADERS | ||||||
| Through May 29, 1989 | Through June 30, 2012 | |||||
| Rk. | Player | HR | Rk. | Player | HR | |
| 1. | Hank Aaron | 755 | 1. | Barry Bonds | 762 | |
| 2. | Babe Ruth | 714 | 2. | Hank Aaron | 755 | |
| 3. | Willie Mays | 660 | 3. | Babe Ruth | 714 | |
| 4. | Frank Robinson | 586 | 4. | Willie Mays | 660 | |
| 5. | Harmon Killebrew | 573 | 5. | Alex Rodriguez | 642 | |
| 6. | Reggie Jackson | 563 | 6. | Ken Griffey Jr. | 630 | |
| 7. | Mike Schmidt | 548 | 7. | Jim Thome | 609 | |
| 8. | Mickey Mantle | 536 | 7. | Sammy Sosa | 609 | |
Comments (3)
As far as I'm concerned Thome is in sole possession of 7th considering he got his 609 home runs legitimately.— cloudkitt- with that line of thinking you drop Bonds and A-Rod out too, and he is # 5— FatBoy90
- It's sickening to look at what Bonds , A-Fraud and Sosa have done to that list. Aaron had a ton of obstacles to deal with. Ruth legitimately changed the game and Mays may have been the greatest player ever. Prior to Bonds, McGuire and Sosa, only two players EVER hit 60 HR's in a season. The stain on this record book doesn't belong to the players; Bud Selig and baseball's greedy owners can claim ownership to it.— syddan26
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