Stat of the Day: 500 HR Hitters

Here are the numbers of 500 HR hitters by decade by their birthyears:

1890s - 1 (Ruth)
1900s - 2 (Foxx, Ott)
1910s - 1 (T. Williams)
1920s - 0
1930s - 8 (Aaron, Mays, Robinson, Killebrew, Mantle, McCovey, Banks, Mathews)
1940s - 2 (R. Jackson, Schmidt)
1950s - 1 (Murray)
1960s - 5* (Bonds, Sosa, McGwire, Palmeiro, Griffey Jr.)

* - There are still a couple players who could reach the plateau born in the 1960s in Gary Sheffield(449 career HRs entering this season) and Frank Thomas (448 entering the season).

There are no 500 HR hitters from the 1970s yet, however, only a few are within sniffing distance in Manny Ramirez (435 HRs, 33 years old), Jim Thome (430 HR, 34 y/0), Alex Rodriguez (429 HR, 29 y/o), and much further down the list, Carlos Delgado (369 HR, 33 y/0).

Do what you want with that stat, I just found it interesting to see the power surge of players born during the 1930s.