Albert Pujols joins Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth as the only players to reach 700 with his milestone homer off Phil Bickford.
In what may be a fitting capstone to a Hall of Fame career, Albert Pujols on Friday connected for his 700th home run as a major leaguer, a feat accomplished by only three other sluggers in baseball history.
The milestone homer – Pujols' second of the night – came in the fourth inning off Dodgers right-hander Phil Bickford, the latest of a record 455 different pitchers who've given up at least one round-tripper to Pujols over his 22 MLB seasons. Pujols joins Barry Bonds , Henry Aaron and Babe Ruth in the 700-HR club, just 12 days after passing Alex Rodriguez for fourth-place on the all-time home run list.
The historic homer comes at the tail end of a late-career renaissance for Pujols, who returned to the St. Louis Cardinals this season at age 42 – after leaving as a free agent a decade earlier.
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