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Entering 2005, he was just 78 hits shy of 3,000. He hit his 563rd home run that season, passing Reggie Jackson on the all-time list. Just a few weeks later, on July 15, Palmeiro joined Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Alex Rodriguez, and Eddie Murray as the only players in major league history to get 3,000 hits and 500 home runs. [16]
He became a journeyman designated hitter before retiring in 2002. [34] He fell 38 home runs short of joining the 500 home run club, a milestone he had hoped to reach to bolster his chances of being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. [35] Unable to find a job to prolong his career, he accused teams of blackballing him. [5]
This can be accomplished either by hitting the ball out of play while it is still in fair territory (a conventional home run) or by an inside-the-park home run. Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. [a] He passed Hank Aaron, who hit 755, on August 7, 2007.
He now has 10 more home runs than MLB's second-leading home-run hitter, Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter and NL MVP favorite Shohei Ohtani. Judge has surpassed the 50-home-run plateau for the ...
Pasquantino was the Royals' third-leading home run hitter with 19, along with a .262 batting average, .760 OPS, 30 doubles and 97 RBI. Several players, including Salvador Perez , are expected to ...
Osleivis Basabe hit a grand slam for his first major league homer, capping off a nine-run eighth inning for the AL wild card-leading Tampa Bay Rays, who beat the Colorado Rockies 12-4 on Tuesday ...
Herb Score was born in Rosedale, New York in 1933. He was given the middle name "Jude" after St. Jude, to whom his mother prayed during her pregnancy. [2] At 3, he was run over by a truck and later had rheumatic fever. [3]
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run in the second inning of Game 1 of the NLDS against the San Diego Padres on Saturday at Dodger Stadium.