who gave up mickey mantle's first home run
Randy Gumpert On May 1, 1951, Gumpert became part of baseball history as he allowed Mickey Mantle's first home run.[2] 1951 also saw Gumpert make his only all-star appearance, in which he did not pitch. On November 13, 1951, Gumpert was traded along with Don Lenhardt to the Boston Red Sox for Mel Hoderlein and Chuck Stobbs.[1] After playing 10 games for the Red Sox, he was traded again, this time to the Washington Senators with Walt Masterson for Sid Hudson.[1]
List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. He passed Hank Aaron, who is currently second with 755, on August 7, 2007. The only other player to have hit 700 or more is Babe Ruth with 714. Alex Rodriguez (696), Willie Mays (660), Albert Pujols (633), Ken Griffey, Jr. (630), Jim Thome (612), and Sammy Sosa (609) are the only other players to have hit 600 or more.