albert pujols is the active player with the most career home runs in mlb.
albert pujols is the active player with the most career home runs in mlb.
who is the active player with the most career home runs in mlb?
albert pujols
on april 22, 2014, pujols hit his 499th and 500th home runs of his career off of taylor jordan in a game versus the washington nationals at nationals park. pujols became the 26th player ever to reach the 500 home run mark, as well as the third youngest to reach it. he also became the first player to hit career home runs 499 and 500 in the same game. nationals park is the same ballpark where he hit his 400th career home run in the 2010 season. participating in the longest game of the year in mlb, and the longest in the history of angel stadium, pujols ended a 19-inning, 6:31 contest against the red sox with a solo home run for a 5–4 final score. it was also his first walk-off home run as an angel and first since june 2011. on september 6, against the minnesota twins, pujols collected his 2,500th career hit, a two-run go-ahead double off of jared burton in the 9th inning. he also passed the 1,500 run mark in the same game. in the process, he became the fifth player in major league history with 2,500 hits and 500 home runs while maintaining a .310 lifetime batting average (the others were babe ruth, jimmie foxx, ted williams, and manny ramirez). for the season, he batted .272 and grounded into an american league-leading 28 double plays. after the 2014 season, pujols led all active players in doubles, with 561.
albert pujols
during the second game of the season, davis hit his 200th career home run in an orioles uniform, making him the eighth oriole in franchise history to do so. on may 16, in a game against the tigers, davis went 3 for 5 with three runs scored, four rbis, two walks, a double and two home runs, including the game-winning home run in the 13th inning of the 13-11 victory. davis became just the 2nd player in mlb history to hit two home runs in the 12th inning or later of a game, joining matt adams of the cardinals. davis also became the first orioles player with multiple extra-inning home runs during a single game since mike young on may 28, 1987. his four rbis also moved him past former teammate brian roberts for 21st all-time in franchise history. on may 18, davis hit his 250th career home run (208th as an oriole). he became the 221st player in mlb history to reach 250 career home runs. he also collected his 738th career hit as an oriole, moving him into 50th all-time in franchise history. on may 24, he tied brady anderson for 7th in franchise history with his 209th career home run as an oriole.
chris davis (baseball)