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The 400 Club
In honor of Babe Ruth becoming the first member of the 400 club, I thought I'd add a new little feature, and track each member of the 400 club as they come into the league, and see whether they make the club in the game or not.
Some background, in the history of Major League Baseball, 25 men have hit more than 500 home runs in their careers, and 44 have hit more than 400 home runs in their career. Here is a list of all those players who made it in real life, listed by their debut year:
1. Babe Ruth - 715 - debuts 1914
2. Lou Gehrig - 493 - debuts 1923
3. Jimmie Foxx - 534 - debuts 1925
4. Mel Ott - 511 - debuts 1926
5. Ted Williams - 521 - debuts 1939
6. Stan Musial - 475 - debuts 1941
7. Duke Snider - 407 - debuts 1947
8. Willie Mays - 660 - debuts 1951
9. Mickey Mantle - 536 - debuts 1951
10. Eddie Matthews - 512 - debuts 1952
11. Ernie Banks - 512 - debuts 1953
12. Hank Aaron - 755 - debuts 1954
13. Harmon Killebrew - 573 - debuts 1954
14. Frank Robinson - 586 - debuts 1956
15. Billy Williams - 426 - debuts 1959
16. Willie McCovey - 521 - debuts 1959
17. Carl Yastrzemski - 452 - debuts 1961
18. Willie Stargell - 475 - debuts 1962
19. Reggie Jackson - 563 - debuts 1967
20. Darrell Evans - 414 - debuts 1969
21. Dave Kingman - 442 - debuts 1971
22. Mike Schmidt - 548 - debuts 1972
23. Dave Winfield - 465 - debuts 1973
24. Andre Dawson - 438 - debuts 1976
25. Eddie Murray - 504 - debuts 1977
26. Cal Ripken, Jr. - 431 - debuts 1981
27. Jose Canseco - 462 - debuts 1985
28. Barry Bonds - 762 - debuts 1986
29. Fred McGriff - 493 - debuts 1986
30. Mark McGwire - 583 - debuts 1986
31. Rafael Palmeiro - 569 - debuts 1986
32. Gary Sheffield - 509 - debuts 1988
33. Ken Griffey, Jr. - 621 - debuts 1989
34. Juan Gonzalez - 434 - debuts 1989
35. Sammy Sosa - 609 - debuts 1989
36. Frank Thomas - 521 - debuts 1990
37. Jim Thome - 554 - debuts 1991
38. Jeff Bagwell - 449 - debuts 1991
39. Mike Piazza - 427 - debuts 1992
40. Manny Ramirez - 533 - debuts 1993
41. Carlos Delgado - 473 - debuts 1993
42. Chipper Jones - 417 - debuts 1993
43. Alex Rodriguez - 566 - debuts 1994
44. Jason Giambi - 407 - debuts 1995
Here is a preview of the new section:
Players who reached the 400 club in OOTP and in real life:
Babe Ruth 400, (715)
Active players of the 400 club and where they stand:
Lou Gehrig 29, (493)
Players who have not debuted yet:
42
Members of my 400 club who didn't hit 400 in real life:
None yet
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