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Willie Mays hit his 511th home run May 3rd, 1965 in a 3-1 losing effort against Curt Simmons and the St. Louis Cardinals. The home run tied him at the time with Mel Ott for the most ever by a National League player.
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Aaron's 715th home run came in the fourth inning of the Braves' home opener with Los Angeles, off the Dodgers' Al Downing, a lefthander who had insisted doggedly before the game that for him this night, would be "no different from any other." He was wrong.
See a nice article discussing the event at
http://sportsillustrated.CNN.com/Baseball/mlb/features/1999/aaron/aaron_story/
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