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Barry Bonds is eight home runs shy of 700 for his career after hitting No. 692 Wednesday against Montreal. A look at the active home run leaders:

*--* Player, Team No. BARRY BONDS, San Francisco 692 SAMMY SOSA, Chicago (NL) 565 RAFAEL PALMEIRO, Baltimore 542 KEN GRIFFEY JR., Cincinnati 501 JEFF BAGWELL, Houston 437 FRANK THOMAS, Chicago (AL) 436 JUAN GONZALEZ, Kansas City 434 JIM THOME, Philadelphia 416 GARY SHEFFIELD, New York (AL) 407 MANNY RAMIREZ, Boston 377 MIKE PIAZZA, New York (NL) 375 ALEX RODRIGUEZ, New York (AL) 374 LARRY WALKER, St. Louis 360

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