Sept. 17, 1984

Seventeen years to the day after hitting his first homer, Reggie Jackson blasts No. 500. It's a prodigious drive off Kansas City left-hander Bud Black into the right-field terrace at Anaheim Stadium, the same ballpark where he hit No. 1 (only then Reggie was playing for Kansas City).

Upon becoming the 13th player to reach the 500-homer club, the California Angels' 38-year-old slugger admires his shot from the batter's box. "I was very elated when I was going around the bases," he says after the Angels' 10-1 loss to the Royals. "It was a thrill, one of the happiest trots of my life."

He receives a five-minute ovation from the crowd of 28,862. The homer is his 22nd of the season. His 500 homers have come in 8,599 at-bats; 254 homers were hit with the KC/Oakland Athletics, 27 with the Baltimore Orioles, 144 with the Yankees and 75 with the Angels.

Jackson will finish his 21-year career in 1987 with 563 home runs, sixth best all-time.