On May 4th 1966 San Francisco Giants great Willie Mays broke Mel Ott's National League home run record when he hit his 512th career home run.
Mays would end up with 660 career home runs, ranking sixth on the all-time home runs list
All Time Home Run Leaders...
1 - Barry Bonds - 762
2 - Hank Aaron - 755
3 - Babe Ruth - 714
4 - Albert Pujols - 703
5 - Alex Rodriguez - 696
6 - Willie Mays - 660
7 - Ken Griffey Jr - 630
8 - Jim Thome - 612
9 - Sammy Sosa - 609
10 - Frank Robinson - 586
Career Accolades...
2 National League MVP's (1954 & 1965)
24 All-Star appearances
2 All-Star MVP's (1963 & 1968)
Baseball Hall of Fame (1979)
By - SC
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