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Barry Bonds 700
Bonds joins the exclusive 700 club
With a 392-foot shot just into the left-field bleachers at SBC Park on Sept. 17, Barry Bonds became the third player after legends Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth to hit 700 homers in his career. Own the game | More >
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  EDITORIAL LINEUP
Bonds: 700 was unbelievable
You really can't put it in words to be in a class with those two great players, Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth. It's like you're dreaming and you're not dreaming. It's unreal. More >
Schlegel: 700 deserves more love
Whatever the reason, No. 700 seems like the poor stepchild of Barry Bonds' famous homers -- the underappreciated one, the one that doesn't quite get the attention it deserves. More >
Fellow players amazed by Bonds
For many of Barry Bonds' baseball contemporaries, 700 is a number that's hard to fathom. To the men who are paid to crush baseballs in abundance, it's something seemingly beyond infinity. More >
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Barry Bonds 700
  STATS SNAPSHOT: WHERE BONDS STOOD ON SEPT. 17
 All-time HR leaders
1. Hank Aaron ... 755
2. Babe Ruth ... 714
3. Barry Bonds ... 700
4. Willie Mays ... 660
5. Frank Robinson ... 586
 All-time Giant HR leaders
1. Willie Mays ... 646
2. Barry Bonds ... 524
3. Mel Ott ... 511
4. Willie McCovey ... 469
5. Matt Williams ... 247
 Top HRs in a season
1. Barry Bonds ... 73 (2001)
2. Mark McGwire ... 70 (1998)
3. Sammy Sosa ... 66 (1998)
4. Mark McGwire ... 65 (1999)
5. Sammy Sosa ... 64 (2001)
 At-bats between career
 home run 500 and 600
1. Barry Bonds ... 710
2. Babe Ruth ... 1,121
3. Hank Aaron ... 1,402
4. Willie Mays ... 1,981
 Current stats
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• Stats: Career | Postseason/ASG  ||  Homer info
 Bonds' career milestone home runs
1:     6/4/86 off RHP Craig McMurtry (ATL)   56K | 300K
100: 7/12/90 off RHP Andy Benes (SD)   56K | 350K
200: 6/8/93 off RHP Jose DeLeon (PHI)   56K | 350K
300: 4/27/96 off RHP John Burkett (FLA)   56K | 300K
400: 8/23/98 off LHP Kirt Ojala (FLA)   56K | 300K
500: 4/17/01 off RHP Terry Adams (LA)   56K | 300K
600: 8/9/02 off RHP Kip Wells (PIT)   56K | 300K
660: 4/12/04 off RHP Matt Kinney (MIL)   56K | 350K
700: 9/17/04 off RHP Jake Peavy (SD)   56K | 350K

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Barry Bonds hits homer No. 700 into the left-field bleachers.
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