+30 Over 500 Home Runs References. How many 500 ft home runs have been hit? 29 rows sammy sosa was the quickest national league player in history to reach 500 home.

As you probably guessed (and obviously saw by the heading above), babe ruth was the first to reach 500 home runs. More than 19,000 players have worn a big league uniform through major league baseball's more than 100 years of existence, and to date, only 27 of them have hit 500 or more. And by the way, i made a mistake in the video.