On Tuesday, August 7, 2007, in the bottom of the fifth inning, Barry became Major League Baseball's new Home Run King, blasting his 756th career homer off Washington Nationals pitcher Mike Bacsik.
Barry tied Hank Aaron's All-Time home run record of 755 homers on Saturday, August 4, 2007. He homered in the top of the second inning off of San Diego Padres' pitcher Clay Hensley, the 445th different pitcher he's gone deep off of.
Barry(on playing baseball in Tokyo, Japan): I'd go there and play for fun and have a good time. With what I've accomplished and what I'm doing, it's not funny to say I'll go break the record in Japan.