Dickerson celebrates Big Mac's 20th anniversary with 500 level homer

Happy anniversary to Big Mac.

San Diego Padres left fielder Alex Dickerson said so to his hitting coach with one swing of the bat in the ninth inning when he pulled a Bo Schultz into the fifth deck of the Rogers Centre Monday night. 

The 452-foot drive came 20 years to the day that Oakland A’s Mark McGwire became the first in a regular season game to go fifth tank when he tagged a Huck Flener pitch 488 feet to left.

Of course, McGwire, now the Padres hitting coach, was not the first Bash Brother to homer into the fifth deck as Jose Canseco took a Mike Flanagan pitch 480 feet to left in the 1989 American League Championship Series.

Dickerson’s drive was the 19th homer into the 500 level and he became the 14th different player to do so. 

Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire of the Oakland A's Bash Brothers.

ROGERS CENTRE 500 LEVEL HOME RUNS
Player Date Visiting Team Pitcher
Jose Canseco* Oct. 7, 1989 Oakland Mike Flanagan 480 (LF)
Mark McGwire July 25, 1996 Oakland Huck Flener 488 (LF)
Joe Carter** July 27, 1996 Oakland John Wasdin 483 (LF)
Carlos Delgado** July 19, 1998 New York (A) Andy Pettitte 467 (RF)
Jose Canseco** Sept. 5, 1998 Boston Bret Saberhagen 451 (LF)

Jose Canseco April 12, 1999 Tampa Bay Graeme Lloyd 459 (LF)
Shawn Green** April 22, 1999 Anaheim Tim Belcher 449 (RF)
Manny Ramirez June 3, 2001 Boston Chris Carpenter 491 (LF)
Raul Mondesi** April 17, 2002 Boston Darren Oliver 456 (LF)
Josh Phelps** Aug. 29, 2002 New York (A) Roger Clemens 455 (LF)

Josh Phelps** July 7, 2004 Seattle Julio Mateo 435 (LF)
Gary Sheffield July 28, 2004 New York (A) Miguel Batista 440 (LF)
Vernon Wells** Sept. 16, 2004 Baltimore Rodrigo Lopez 445 (LF)
Jayson Werth June 27, 2009 Philadelphia Brad Mills 448 (LF)
Shelly Duncan May 31, 2011 Cleveland Jo-Jo Reyes 446 (LF)

Edwin Encarnacion** April 30, 2013 Boston Jon Lester 480 (LF)
Mike Napoli Aug. 26, 2014 Boston Sergio Santos 452 (LF)
Edwin Encarnacion** April 21, 2015 Baltimore Jason Garcia 460 (LF)
Alex Dickerson July 25, 2016 San Diego Bo Schultz 452 (RF)
(* Game 4 of the ALCS)
(**done by a Blue Jay)