Prior to last season Alonso had 38
career home runs in parts of seven seasons, never more than nine in any year.
David Ross hit his
100th career home run Friday, an obviously special milestone for the Cubs» veteran catcher.
Fielding Gem When the Kansas City Royals» George Brett hit his
300th career home run last week against the Indians in Cleveland, the ball was retrieved in the rightfield bleachers by Ralph Gay, a 55 - year - old fan on an outing from a nearby veterans» hospital.
The two moments that come to mind are Jason Heyward's
first career home run, and Bobby Cox's last game managing the Braves.
Many will say that my argument fails to give ample credit to the enormous number of
career home runs hit by Kiner's competitors.
It was a CIF Central Coast Section baseball game and the
MLB career home run king (add asterisk if you wish) struck out in his final at - bat.
The researchers explained, «Altogether, the difference between performance of the baseball players before and
after career home run milestones is consistent with the hypothesis that there is an association between the type of task undertaken and the assumed stress.»
Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's record
for career home runs as he hits No. 715 at Atlanta - Fulton County Stadium on April 8, 1974, on his way to a career 755 home runs.
When fans think of the high points of opening days through history, there's no doubt that Hammerin» Hank Aaron made one of the most indelible impressions at Riverfront Stadium on his first swing of the 1974 season when he tagged the Cincinnati Reds for his
714th career home run — tying Babe Ruth on the all - time list.
His teammate Gary Sanchez tied a record last season for fastest to 20
career home runs in major league history, only to have Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Cody Bellinger break it this season.
When he stepped to the plate in the fourth inning, against lefty hurler Al Downing, Aaron had 714
career home runs — tying him with Babe Ruth.
He had 38
career home runs, which was 2.2 percent of his 1,754 plate appearances.
Bert Campaneris nearly doubled
his career home run total in 1970, when he hit 22.
Griffey Jr. has 509
career home runs, and his bat inscription, SWINGMAN, was inspired by a certain NBA player turned minor leaguer.
Entering 2002 Gonzalez, then 32, had a foot in the Hall of Fame with 397
career home runs.
Warren Spahn had 35
career home runs.
Chris Sabo, 1991 (
career home runs - 116; career high - 26) The Rookie of the Year in 1988 as a 26 - year - old with the Reds, he only finished in the top ten in home runs once, when he was tenth in 1991.
John Jaha, 1999 (
career home runs, 141; career high - 35) He was a slugger, for sure, and the most obvious home - run hitter on this list.
Hubie Brooks, 1986 (
career home runs - 149; career high - 20) He has the most career home runs of anyone on this list, but that's because he played for 15 seasons.
Ozzie Virgil, 1987 (
career home runs - 98; career high - 27) Of the eight players named Ozzie to ever play in the majors, Ozzie Virgil, Jr. was the only one to ever reach double digits in home runs.
Hee Seop Choi, 2005 (
career home runs, 40; career high - 15) The 2005 Home Run Derby was a little bit odd in the representatives were chosen to represent a country, ostensibly to get the world ready for World Baseball Classic fever, so Choi was the de facto choice for South Korea.
The right - hander, who turns 30 in February, won't get to hit as often with the designated hitter in the American League, but Gallardo is the active leader among pitchers with 12
career home runs.
Walking a player with six
career home runs in 3,044 plate appearances is a mortal sin against the sport.
(He hit 32 homers in» 51, and when his career ended in 1960 he was 24th on
the career home run list, with 264.)
This spring opens with one of the more revered records in Baseball on the verge of falling,
career home runs.
Well, he went on to do amazing things — including setting
the career home run record.