He becomes the answer to the trivia question, who hit the 250,000th home run in the majors?
Milestone Home Runs, compiled by Baseball-Reference.com
| 1. | 1876-05-02 Ross Barnes (CHC) off Cherokee Fisher (CIN) in 5th inning |
| 100. | 1879-06-17 Charley Jones (BSN) off Will White (CIN) in 1st inning |
| *1,000. | 1884-07-04 Ned Williamson (CHC) off John Coleman (PHI) in 5th inning |
| *10,000. | 1903-09-05 Joe Tinker (CHC) off Mordecai Brown (STL) in 8th inning |
| *20,000. | 1924-05-03 Wally Pipp (NYY) off Joe Martina (WAS) in 8th inning |
| *30,000. | 1932-09-03 Debs Garms (SLB) off Charlie Biggs (CHW) in 1st inning |
| *40,000. | 1940-06-01 George McQuinn (SLB) off Spud Chandler (NYY) in 1st inning |
| *50,000. | 1948-06-30 Johnny Mize (NYG) off Bill Voiselle (BSN) in 6th inning |
| *60,000. | 1953-08-31 Larry Doby (CLE) off Ellis Kinder (BOS) in 9th inning |
| *70,000. | 1958-07-01 Bob Boyd (BAL) off Johnny Kucks (NYY) in 5th inning |
| *80,000. | 1962-07-14 Eddie Bressoud (BOS) off Bill Fischer (KCA) in 8th inning |
| *90,000. | 1966-05-22 Ron Swoboda (NYM) off Bobby Bolin (SFG) in 3rd inning |
| *100,000. | 1970-04-30 Hal King (ATL) off Fergie Jenkins (CHC) in 2nd inning |
| *110,000. | 1973-07-07 Buddy Bradford (CHW) off John Curtis (BOS) in 9th inning |
| *120,000. | 1977-05-24 Barry Foote (MON) off Bruce Sutter (CHC) in 8th inning |
| *130,000. | 1980-05-30 Dick Davis (MIL) off Chuck Rainey (BOS) in 8th inning |
| *140,000. | 1983-08-25 Reid Nichols (BOS) off Frank Viola (MIN) in 2nd inning |
| *150,000. | 1986-08-03 John Russell (PHI) off Rick Sutcliffe (CHC) in 2nd inning |
| *160,000. | 1989-06-04 Dwayne Murphy (PHI) off Dennis Martinez (MON) in 8th inning |
| *170,000. | 1992-06-16 Ron Gant (ATL) off Kevin Gross (LAD) in 3rd inning |
| *180,000. | 1995-05-28 Bernard Gilkey (STL) off Tim Pugh (CIN) in 3rd inning |
| *190,000. | 1997-06-14 Andres Galarraga (COL) off Carlos Reyes (OAK) in 9th inning |
| *200,000. | 1999-06-12 Paul O’Neill (NYY) off Livan Hernandez (FLA) in 4th inning |
| *210,000. | 2001-04-29 Jermaine Dye (KCR) off Derek Lowe (BOS) in 9th inning |
| *220,000. | 2003-04-12 Doug Mientkiewicz (MIN) off Doug Creek (TOR) in 7th inning |
| *230,000. | 2004-09-23 Gerald Williams (NYM) off Tomokazu Ohka (MON) in 5th inning |
| *240,000. | 2006-09-08 David Newhan (BAL) off Sean Henn (NYY) in 3rd inning |
| 250,000. | 2008-09-08 Gary Sheffield (DET) off Gio Gonzalez (OAK) in 2nd inning (box) |
* – indicates this home run was one of many hit on that day and an
estimate was used to determine who hit this milestone home run.
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