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Red Sox DH/warrior-poet David Ortiz is a freshly minted member of the baseball's highly exclusive 500 home run club. To mark the occasion, let's take a bit of a deeper dive into those 500 clouts and see how they break down ... 

Home runs at Fenway Park: 201

Home runs on the road: 280

Most home runs at a ballpark other than Fenway: 39, SkyDome/Rogers Centre

Most at-bats in a ballpark without homering: 15, PNC Park

Most home runs against an opposing team: 59, Blue Jays

Most home runs against an opposing team not in the AL East: Tigers, 33

Fewest home runs against an opposing AL team: Red Sox, 4

Fewest home runs against an opposing AL team other than the Red Sox: Royals, 20

Home runs vs. the Yankees: 47

Home runs against teams with winning records: 238

Postseason home runs: 17

Interleague home runs: 53

Home runs in first half of season: 257

Home runs in second half of season: 243

Most home runs by month: August, 99

Most home runs against an individual pitcher: Roy Halladay, 6

Home runs vs. RHPs: 385

Home runs vs. LHPs: 115

Home runs vs. RHPs at home: 161

Home runs vs. LHPs at home: 44

Home runs vs. relievers: 146

Home runs on 0-2 counts: 9

Home runs on 3-0 counts: 6

Full-count home runs: 63

First-pitch home runs: 68

Home runs when behind in count: 85

Home runs to right field/right-center: 356

Home runs to left field/left-center: 68 

Line-drive home runs: 60

Walk-off home runs: 11

Go-ahead home runs: 173

Game-tying home runs: 45

Home runs when the score was tied: 139

Home runs in wins: 345 (pending Saturday's game)

Home runs in losses: 153 (pending Saturday's game)

First-inning home runs: 76

Ninth-inning home runs: 29

Home runs in extra innings: 12

Home runs leading off an inning: 120

Pinch-hit home runs: 3

Home runs as No. 3 hitter: 237

Home runs as cleanup hitter: 140

Home runs as No. 9 hitter: 1

Home runs with the bases empty: 288

Home runs with runners on: 212

Grand slams: 11

Home runs since turning age 30: 321

Home runs since turning age 35: 151

Home runs at night: 368

Home runs in domes: 83

Home runs on artificial turf: 94

Average distance of home runs since start of 2010 season: 366 feet

Total distance of home runs since start of 2010 season, in miles: 12.7

Semi-educated guess at how many miles of home runs Ortiz has hit in his career: 34.7

Did we miss anything? Congratulations to Mr. Ortiz for becoming the 27th member of the 500 home run club. All the rights and privileges thereof are now his. 

(Data via Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Bill Petti's Interactive Spray Chart Tool)

No. 34 has hit No. 500.
No. 34 has hit No. 500. (USATSI)