N.Y. Mets: Pete Alonso Joins The 50 Home Run Club

From the desk of: HEAD-BUTTING MR. MET

ONE RECORD LEFT TO BREAK FOR METS ROOKIE

WITH EIGHT GAMES LEFT TO GET IT DONE

Babe Ruth in 1920 becomes the first ever major league baseball player to hit 50 home runs in a season.  The former pitcher of the Boston Red Sox accomplishes the feat in his first season as a member of the New York Yankees.  The Babe ends the season hitting 54 home runs in 458 at-bats.  Of the nearly 20,000 people to ever play major league baseball Mets rookie first baseman Pete Alonso becomes only the 30th ever to join the 50 home run club, one century after Ruth first opened its doors.  The milestone home run comes in his 152nd game, and 560th at-bat of the season.

In their 58 year history Pete Alonso becomes the first ever New York Met to have his name listed among members of the 50 home run club.  He breaks Dave Kingman's club record for most home runs before the all-star game, then goes on to win the 2019 Home Run Derby.  Alonso continues onward to shatter with remarkable haste Darryl Strawberry's club record for most home runs in a season by a Mets rookie.  After which he breaks the National League record for home runs by a rookie set by L.A. Dodger Cody Bellinger.  Pete is presently in the midst of setting the Mets single-season home run record formerly shared by Todd Hundley and Carlos Beltran.  On Friday he becomes only the second ever major league rookie to hit 50 home runs in a season.  Alonso now has eight games remaining in the season with which to tie and break Aaron Judge's MLB record of 52 home runs by a rookie.

• 2016 - slashes .321/.382/.587/.969, with 5 home runs and 21 RBI in 109 at-bats at BROOKLYN!
• 2018 - leads all minor leagues with 36 home runs and 119 RBI during split season at (AA)- Binghamton and (AAA)-Las Vegas.

METS 40 HOME RUN SEASONS

• 1996 - Todd Hundley (41)
• 1999 - Mike Piazza (40)
• 2006 - Carlos Beltran (41)
• 2019 - Pete Alonso - TBD

Pete Alonso (115) needs ten more RBI in order to break Mike Piazza's (124) club record.

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