who has the most homeruns on may 8th all-time

Willie Mays has launched the most career home runs on May 8, with 9 home runs.

	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Willie Mays W. Mays	9	16	56	19	25	2	1	18	11	0	2	0	0	68	56	12	0	1	2	0	.446	.529	1.000	1.529
2	Giancarlo Stanton G. Stanton	6	11	37	6	7	0	0	10	5	0	13	1	0	43	25	6	0	1	0	2	.189	.279	.676	.955
3	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	6	14	50	14	15	6	0	14	10	0	9	0	0	62	39	12	0	2	2	0	.300	.403	.780	1.183
4	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	6	16	66	15	26	8	0	15	8	0	19	2	0	74	52	14	0	0	3	0	.394	.459	.788	1.247
5	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	6	14	50	13	14	2	0	10	7	1	5	1	0	58	34	8	0	0	2	0	.280	.379	.680	1.059
6	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	6	13	49	11	16	6	0	25	7	0	12	0	0	57	40	12	0	1	0	3	.327	.404	.816	1.220
7	Lee May L. May	6	10	41	8	13	3	0	11	1	0	7	0	0	42	34	9	0	0	0	1	.317	.333	.829	1.163
8	Mel Ott M. Ott	6	16	56	16	22	3	1	18	11	0	2	1		68	45	10	1			0	.393	.493	.804	1.296
9	Marcell Ozuna M. Ozuna	5	12	45	5	12	1	0	8	4	0	8	0	0	49	28	6	0	0	0	2	.267	.327	.622	.949
10	Bryce Harper B. Harper	5	13	46	9	11	1	0	12	11	1	13	0	0	60	27	6	0	2	3	1	.239	.383	.587	.970
11	Josh Hamilton J. Hamilton	5	5	17	6	7	1	0	10	1	1	4	0	0	19	23	6	0	0	0	0	.412	.474	1.353	1.827
12	Matt Holliday M. Holliday	5	12	45	12	21	3	0	7	2	1	10	0	0	48	39	8	0	0	0	2	.467	.500	.867	1.367
13	Jason Giambi J. Giambi	5	16	53	11	11	2	0	12	8	1	8	0	0	63	28	7	0	1	0	1	.208	.317	.528	.846
14	J.T. Snow	5	8	32	7	10	2	0	10	4	0	6	1	0	36	27	7	0	0	1	0	.313	.389	.844	1.233
15	Tino Martinez T. Martinez	5	13	46	6	12	0	0	13	3	1	4	1	0	51	27	5	0	1	1	0	.261	.314	.587	.901
16	Gary Sheffield G. Sheffield	5	17	60	17	19	9	0	19	8	2	9	0	1	70	43	14	0	0	1	0	.317	.414	.717	1.131
17	Eddie Murray E. Murray	5	15	52	9	16	2	1	12	9	0	8	1	0	62	35	8	0	1	0	3	.308	.403	.673	1.076
18	Dwight Evans D. Evans	5	18	61	9	22	4	0	16	9	0	5	0	0	72	41	9	0	2	0	0	.361	.431	.672	1.103
19	John Mayberry J. Mayberry	5	9	28	9	10	2	0	14	7	0	5	0	0	38	27	7	0	3	0	0	.357	.447	.964	1.412
20	Billy Williams B. Williams	5	11	39	5	10	1	1	12	4	0	5	0	0	44	28	7	0	1	2	0	.256	.318	.718	1.036
21	Paul Goldschmidt P. Goldschmidt	4	10	37	8	10	3	0	7	5	0	11	0	0	42	25	7	0	0	0	0	.270	.357	.676	1.033
22	Mike Moustakas M. Moustakas	4	8	29	7	10	1	0	10	1	1	5	0	0	32	23	5	0	1	0	0	.345	.375	.793	1.168
23	Michael Brantley M. Brantley	4	9	29	6	9	1	0	9	4	0	4	1	0	33	22	5	0	0	0	0	.310	.394	.759	1.153
24	Ryan Braun R. Braun	4	10	37	15	16	5	1	11	9	0	7	1	0	46	35	10	0	0	0	1	.432	.543	.946	1.489
25	Edwin Encarnacion E. Encarnacion	4	10	33	8	11	2	0	9	6	0	5	0	0	41	25	6	0	2	0	0	.333	.415	.758	1.172

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