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(Original Caption) San Francisco Giants (CF), Willie Mays comes through with a power swing here, which put the ball on the left field fence at the Houston Astrodome to tie Mel Ott's National League record of 511 home runs. Mays broke the lifetime record during the 8th inning of a game, with the Houston Astros. The ball was pitched by Astro's Jim Owens.

(Original Caption) San Francisco Giants (CF), Willie Mays comes through with a power swing here, which put the ball on the left field fence at the Houston Astrodome to tie Mel Ott's National League record of 511 home runs. Mays broke the lifetime record during the 8th inning of a game, with the Houston Astros. The ball was pitched by Astro's Jim Owens.