Alex Rodriguez ties Frank Robinson for seventh on the all-time homer list
May 10, 2010, 11:43 AM EDT
After being dragged into the story about Dallas Braden’s perfect game yesterday afternoon, Alex Rodriguez also homered against the Red Sox last night to tie Frank Robinson for seventh place on the all-time list with 586.
It was Rodriguez’s first homer in 61 at-bats and just his third of the season, but his next long ball will break the tie with Robinson and he also figures to pass Sammy Sosa by the end of the year: Here’s the current top 10:
Barry Bonds 762 Hank Aaron 755 Babe Ruth 714 Willie Mays 660 Ken Griffey Jr. 630 Sammy Sosa 609 Alex Rodriguez 586 Frank Robinson 586 Mark McGwire 583 Harmon Killebrew 573
Ken Griffey Jr. looks just about done, so he’s unlikely to pass Willie Mays for fourth place. Assuming that A-Rod ends up with at least 30 homers this year, he’d pass Sosa late in the season and then have Griffey and Mays in his sights for 2011. Also worth noting is that Jim Thome is four homers from tying Harmon Killebrew for 10th place and could also move past Mark McGwire and Robinson by season’s end.
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- minnesconsin_ad - May 10, 2010 at 11:50 AM
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pretty sad that 4 of the top 10 were (are?) roiders.
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- minnesconsin_ad - May 10, 2010 at 11:51 AM
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pretty sad that 4 of the top 10 were (are?) roiders.
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- BC - May 10, 2010 at 12:15 PM
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Griffey probably would have about 850 now if he had roided up.
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- Boo Hoo Florio picked on your team - GET OVER IT - May 10, 2010 at 12:16 PM
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How many of the top 10 used something (steroids or other)? Tired of all the questions surrounding who used what when amphetamines and PEDs were insanely popular (and possibly still) in the 70s and maybe long before.
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- Jonny5 - May 10, 2010 at 12:35 PM
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Can a person have a Centaur body in their HOF photo?
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- CA - May 10, 2010 at 1:18 PM
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Ken Griffey Jr. looks just about done
At this point, I’d say he looks charred. Been left on the grill way too long.
