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Pujols becomes fifth-fastest to 300 home runs

32-years old is the fifth-fastest?...(ducks balled-up red sweaters drenched with disgusto crispy snoot drippings)

“It doesn’t matter,” Pujols said. “Three hundred home runs, obviously it’s a great honor to be named with some of the great players in the game. I would have taken 1-for-4 with a win, that’s more important.”

Instead, as Pujols bluntly put it, “It’s just another homer that goes out of the park.”

While Ken Griffey Jr. celebrated his 600th home run last month, Pujols said the satisfaction of reaching a milestone won’t happen until he gets to where the leaders are.

“What milestone?” Pujols said. “It’s 300 home runs. The milestone is 500, 600, like those guys have. Obviously, I think that’s a long way from 300.”

Repoz Posted: July 05, 2008 at 09:45 AM | 7 comment(s)
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1. Tim Lincecum-stain (SuperBaes) Posted: July 05, 2008 at 01:03 PM (#2844215)

He could hit 1,000 homeruns if he plays until he's admittedly 47ish, like Julio Franco.

2. Johnny Clash Posted: July 05, 2008 at 01:18 PM (#2844220)

Pujols has relished hitting homers off right-handed pitchers, belting 229 in his career.

230, according to Baseball Reference. But then, Pujols homers off lefties at a much greater rate.

Career vs RHP: 3264 AB, 230 HR, 0.613 SLG
Career vs LHP: 642 AB, 70 HR, 0.642 SLG

3. jwb Posted: July 05, 2008 at 01:39 PM (#2844230)

Who are the four ahead of him?

Due to the length of time these take to generate, they are done only at year-end.
Up to and including age 28
Home Runs 
Rank Player           HR    PA 
1.   Alex Rodriguez  381  6385 
2.   Ken Griffey     350  5982 
3.   Jimmie Foxx     343  5932 
4.   Eddie Mathews   338  5810 
5.   Mickey Mantle   320  6053 
6.   Mel Ott         306  6642 
7.   Juan Gonzalez   301  4654 
     Andruw Jones    301  5948 
9.   Hank Aaron      298  5868 
10.  Frank Robinson  291  5735

That's a nice club to join.

Edit: Woo-hoo! The code tag isn't compressing more than three spaces anymore! Table city, baby!

4. Watch Crispix Attacks geek out Posted: July 05, 2008 at 01:47 PM (#2844233)

Also, Ryan Howard became first-fastest to 150 home runs this week. That's right, even though he's actually older than Pujols. This "fastest" stat paradigm is not my favorite.

5. buddy Posted: July 05, 2008 at 04:29 PM (#2844364)

so pujols has 300 HRs in 3906 AB? wow.

6. BaseballDIY Posted: July 05, 2008 at 08:03 PM (#2844861)

so pujols has 300 HRs in 3906 AB? wow.

Since he's from the DR, it's probably more like 4500 AB.

7. gef the talking mongoose Posted: July 05, 2008 at 08:35 PM (#2844922)

even though he's actually older than Pujols

.

Wouldn't that make him, like, the oldest player in baseball? By several years, even?

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