St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols became the 47th member of MLB’s 400 home run club, doing it in fewer at-bats than all but four of them.
Yesterday, I featured the 47 members of Major League Baseball’s 400 home run club, a group that St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols joined on Thursday night. That list was ranked by the players’ ages when they achieved the milestone. Pujols was third youngest.
This time, we re-order the list by the number of at-bats each had at the point in their career when they hit their 400th.
Pujols’ current hitting coach Mark McGwire, with a career shortened by injury, reached 400 with the fewest number of at-bats. Pujols is fifth.
MLB 400 home run club, ordered by at-bats when reached
| Career rank | HR | First | Last | 400th | Born | 400 age | 400 AB | |
| 9 | Mark McGwire | 583 | 1986 | 2001 | 5/8/1998 | 10/1/1963 | 34-219 | 4726 |
| 3 | Babe Ruth | 714 | 1914 | 1935 | 9/2/1927 | 2/6/1895 | 32-208 | 4853 |
| 11 | Harmon Killebrew | 573 | 1954 | 1975 | 4/27/1969 | 6/29/1936 | 32-63 | 5300 |
| 10 | Jim Thome | 581 | 1991 | 2010* | 6/14/2004 | 8/27/1970 | 33-74 | 5416 |
| 47 | Albert Pujols | 401 | 2001 | 2010* | 8/26/2010 | 1/16/1980 | 30-222 | 5615 |
| 14 | Manny Ramirez | 554 | 1993 | 2010* | 5/15/2005 | 5/30/1972 | 32-350 | 5695 |
| 17 | Jimmie Foxx | 534 | 1925 | 1945 | 6/7/1938 | 10/22/1907 | 30-229 | 5711 |
| 19 | Willie McCovey | 521 | 1959 | 1980 | 7/15/1973 | 1/10/1938 | 35-186 | 5751 |
| 4 | Willie Mays | 660 | 1951 | 1973 | 8/27/1963 | 5/6/1931 | 32-113 | 5761 |
| 15 | Mike Schmidt | 548 | 1972 | 1989 | 5/15/1984 | 9/27/1949 | 34-230 | 5790 |
| 7 | Alex Rodriguez | 604 | 1994 | 2010* | 6/8/2005 | 7/27/1975 | 29-316 | 5806 |
| 16 | Mickey Mantle | 536 | 1951 | 1968 | 9/10/1962 | 10/20/1931 | 30-325 | 5844 |
| 5 | Ken Griffey | 630 | 1989 | 2010 | 4/10/2000 | 11/21/1969 | 30-150 | 5860 |
| 38 | Juan Gonzalez | 434 | 1989 | 2005 | 6/5/2002 | 10/20/1969 | 30-228 | 5913 |
| 35 | Dave Kingman | 442 | 1971 | 1986 | 8/10/1985 | 12/21/1948 | 36-232 | 5934 |
| 20 | Ted Williams | 521 | 1939 | 1960 | 7/17/1956 | 8/30/1918 | 37-321 | 5936 |
| 30 | Carlos Delgado | 473 | 1993 | 2009 | 8/22/2006 | 6/25/1972 | 34-58 | 5946 |
| 22 | Eddie Mathews | 512 | 1952 | 1968 | 4/16/1963 | 10/13/1931 | 32-185 | 6025 |
| 32 | Jose Canseco | 462 | 1985 | 2001 | 4/14/1999 | 7/2/1964 | 34-286 | 6072 |
| 6 | Sammy Sosa | 609 | 1989 | 2007 | 5/16/2001 | 11/12/1968 | 32-185 | 6206 |
| 41 | Mike Piazza | 427 | 1992 | 2007 | 4/26/2006 | 9/4/1968 | 37-234 | 6260 |
| 18 | Frank Thomas | 521 | 1990 | 2008 | 7/25/2003 | 5/27/1968 | 35-59 | 6403 |
| 44 | Jason Giambi | 412 | 1995 | 2010* | 5/23/2009 | 1/8/1971 | 38-135 | 6462 |
| 1 | Barry Bonds | 762 | 1986 | 2007 | 8/23/1998 | 7/24/1964 | 34-30 | 6499 |
| 8 | Frank Robinson | 586 | 1956 | 1976 | 9/9/1967 | 8/31/1935 | 32-9 | 6521 |
| 27 | Lou Gehrig | 493 | 1923 | 1939 | 7/10/1936 | 6/19/1903 | 33-21 | 6541 |
| 28 | Willie Stargell | 475 | 1962 | 1982 | 6/29/1977 | 3/6/1940 | 37-115 | 6599 |
| 13 | Reggie Jackson | 563 | 1967 | 1987 | 8/11/1980 | 5/18/1946 | 34-85 | 6694 |
| 45 | Duke Snider | 407 | 1947 | 1964 | 6/14/1963 | 9/19/1926 | 36-268 | 6783 |
| 40 | Vladimir Guerrero | 429 | 1996 | 2010* | 8/10/2009 | 2/9/1975 | 34-182 | 6821 |
| 21 | Ernie Banks | 512 | 1953 | 1971 | 9/2/1965 | 1/31/1931 | 34-214 | 6830 |
| 34 | Jeff Bagwell | 449 | 1991 | 2005 | 7/20/2003 | 5/27/1968 | 35-54 | 6887 |
| 26 | Fred McGriff | 493 | 1986 | 2004 | 6/2/2000 | 10/31/1963 | 36-244 | 6979 |
| 46 | Andruw Jones | 405 | 1996 | 2010* | 7/11/2010 | 4/23/1977 | 32-79 | 7081 |
| 24 | Gary Sheffield | 509 | 1988 | 2009 | 7/27/2004 | 11/18/1968 | 35-251 | 7086 |
| 2 | Hank Aaron | 755 | 1954 | 1976 | 4/20/1966 | 2/5/1934 | 32-54 | 7108 |
| 37 | Chipper Jones | 436 | 1993 | 2010* | 6/5/2008 | 4/24/1972 | 36-42 | 7110 |
| 23 | Mel Ott | 511 | 1926 | 1947 | 6/1/1941 | 3/2/1909 | 32-81 | 7215 |
| 12 | Rafael Palmeiro | 569 | 1986 | 2005 | 9/23/2000 | 9/24/1964 | 35-364 | 7824 |
| 43 | Darrell Evans | 414 | 1969 | 1989 | 9/20/1988 | 5/26/1947 | 41-117 | 8609 |
| 42 | Billy Williams | 426 | 1959 | 1976 | 6/12/1975 | 6/15/1938 | 36-362 | 8641 |
| 25 | Eddie Murray | 504 | 1977 | 1997 | 5/3/1992 | 2/24/1956 | 36-68 | 8663 |
| 36 | Andre Dawson | 438 | 1976 | 1996 | 4/15/1993 | 7/10/1954 | 38-279 | 8922 |
| 29 | Stan Musial | 475 | 1941 | 1963 | 5/7/1959 | 11/21/1920 | 38-167 | 9233 |
| 31 | Dave Winfield | 465 | 1973 | 1995 | 8/14/1991 | 10/3/1951 | 39-50 | 9298 |
| 33 | Carl Yastrzemski | 452 | 1961 | 1983 | 7/24/1979 | 8/22/1939 | 39-336 | 10252 |
| 39 | Cal Ripken | 431 | 1981 | 2001 | 9/2/1999 | 8/24/1960 | 39-9 | 10707 |
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Thanks to researcher Tom Orf for the above table.
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The only guy having a superior hitting year to Albert is Miguel Cabrera.
Votto and Hamilton play in more offensive parks than do Miguel and Albert, inflating their statistics.
Last year Albert slowed during September. If he can stay on top of his game, the final numbers he attains will be impressive.
35 home runs is already impressive for an entire season and he has more than 5 weeks to go. If Albert stays healthy, he will reach 500 at the age of 33 (2113), exceed 600 at the age of 36 (2116) and surmount 700 at the age of 40 (2020)! Henceforth, as he ascends thither, he will be excelling one Hall of Fame dignitary after another!
“After 40 years as the one and only organist for the St. Louis Cardinals, maestro Ernie Hays says he’s ready to tap his last key. Hays, 75, said Thursday that this season will be his last as a regular organist for the Redbirds.”
Thiis was in stltoday.
What are the predictions on the number of HRs Albert will hit this year? 40 at least, I think, probably more.
The Tigers are not paying anybody $17M per to hit behind Cabrera. He doesn’t get walked any more than Albert. About the same for both BB and IBB. Go figure. They have hit a few guys after him this year, all with numbers not any better than Ludwick numbers. The rookie Boesch (or something like that) has numbers sort of like Colby numbers. Instead, the Tigers strategy was to spend money hiring a bat to get on base ahead of him.
8/28- Schumaker RF, Lopez 2B, Pujols 1B, Holliday LF, Jay CF, Feliz 3B, Anderson C, Ryan SS, Lohse P
TLR chooses Lopez at 2B over Miles and over Winn in RF, against Hernandez. Sunday and Monday when the opponents throw southpaws, Craig will be back in the lineup, with Skip out.
JD is still nursing his booboo I see.
There have not been many posts about the possibility of the Cards adding another player via a waiver deal. Falling 4 games back has taken the wind out of the sails of some fans. The Cards could use another hitter.
Hernandez is no joke this year: I hope Lohse is at his sharpest…
I haven’t heard of any big bats out there except Manny and it looks like he is going to the White Sox.
Stephen Drew and Kelly Johnson are rumored to have passed through waivers. Edwin Encarnacion too. There are probably more guys. If the Dodgers can part with Manny, they can part with other players too.
A couple of years back, Brian Fuentes was the big off-season target. Now Fuentes has been traded to the Twins.
Mo better look into the market. Pujols like the team to compete, not fold.
I am personally cheered when a genuine American hero is recognized and I personally don’t care what group, left or right, recognizes Albert Pujols for the excellent human being that he is. I am personally grateful for the members of this blog for not mucking-up this forum of Cardinal baseball with the kind of politicial and religious strife which is being expressed now in the Post-Dispatch. Thank you for not allowing the divisive garbage to spill-over onto this page.
Maybe he will hit homers to left and right, so as to satisfy everyone.
Hear! Hear!
Don’t forget the center.
THAT is how a leadoff man starts a ballgame! Well done, Skip!
Hernandez is actually challenging Albert!
THAT is how a Triple Crown winner starts off a ballgame!
Matt is savin’ his bullets for late game heroics…
Jon Jay actually homered! Wow! What a way to start the ballgame against one of their best pitchers!
I’m liking Lohse’s low pitch count and the induced grounders…
An 11 pitch inning, 3 groundouts! Lohse is looking sharp!
Hernandez has allowed both Anderson and Brendan to knock them deep into the outfield…
Three straight fly bombs: I knew one of them wouldn’t be caught… damn!
That fourth fly bomb resulted in a run: Lohse was Dr Jekyl one inning and Mr Hyde in the next…
That 16 pitch inning caused some grimacing, wincing and flinching…
It would be nice if they don’t sit on their lead like they are so wont to do.
What a way to lead-off AGAIN!
That was the burn-out’s 2nd consecutive near-GIDP…
That called-strike was an “either-way” which was called against Albert…
Who began today’s game with a higher OPS? Skip or Felipe.
Yeah, ol’ Matt is savin’ his bullets for late inning heroics…
The Flubs are ahead 1-0 on Reds. Won’t last.
Lohse pitched low-and-in; OPPOSITE of Kennedys weakness… The result was a single…
That was a hellish 7-pitch, control-issue, strikeout… The pitch count is beginning to soar…
Lohse is really getting sloppy…
There goes Lohse’s quality start…
That is what happens when you hang balls over the plate.
‘Twas a very damaging inning… Lohse simply ain’t cuttin’ it this game…
Just as long as Hernandez keeps allowing for those fly bombs, we’re going to be in this thing…
I am looking forward to the return of Jeff Suppan.
Lohse had a very fortunate inning: He’s still lettin’ loose with those fly bombs (just like Hernandez)…
Is Suppan still on the DL?
Now, there’s Lohse in his own cause! Attaboy!
Hey! The burn-out tied it up!
With the intentional on Albert, this is Matt’s really big moment!
What a shame!
Dahmboys, after thanking others for not commenting on Beck’s Dream, how about you taking the high road yourself and not bashing Felipe or Matt?
Flip giveth and Flip taketh away…
The ones that make it to the outfield will eventually burn you…
Ya can’t fault a pitcher for an infield single…
But you can certainly fault a pitcher for allowin’ those damned fly bombs!
Lohse’s ERA has now ballooned past 7.00…
Chicken Little was right!
Mercifully, those fly bombs will eventually get caught…
A Kyle Lohse start is an automatic loss in my opinion. I hope the Flubs can hold on. 3-1 t6
We put two fly bombs out there that should NOT have been caught (Jon’s and Anderson’s)… damn it!
Lohse is not sufficiently risk averse. He has too much confidence in his pitches. Its important to be confident, but its also important to avoid HRs. In contrast, Suppan is a nibbler and less inclined to challenge a hitter like Dunn.
Neither Jay nor Anderson is going to hit one out to CF, like Dunn.
Attaboy, Blake!
One of the features of this bullpen is having two pitchers custom made for garbage time: MacDougal and Hawksworth.
I don’t think we can count on the Flubs. Now 3-2.
When Blake was a starter, he normally managed to get us through 5 innings, allowing 4 runs or less. But ever since he’s been in the bullpen, except for a couple of outings, he’s been generally stinkin’ up the place. Tonight, three up-three down, he was definitely “on” when we needed not any further bloodshed!
How ’bout Randy drivin’ up the count and getting that single?
Craig is at least battled a first-rate lefty (Burnett), drove-up the count and got a walk!
If we can avoid a GIDP, the table will be set for the Triple Crown MVP!
With one powerful swing, the game can be tied-up… Hell, I would be thrilled with an RBI single!
We’ve got two more opportunities…
Winners get fiercely competitive when the chips are down: Losers throw-in the towel…
I’ve never seen small-ballers and B-Teamers who are more fiercely competitive than the ones we have!
As I understand it, Suppan’s return from the DL is not imminent. Hard to figure who could take Kyle’s next turn. 5 IP, 11 H. 8 ER, I’ve seen enough. The Nats do not send murderers row up there.
I understand JD might be able to drag himself out there tomorrow. Who will keep Penny company?
A 13 pitch inning, three-up and three-down; that’s all we ask MacDougal! Right on!
Tony will not pitch Garcia against the Stros, he will save him for the Reds. Stros series Westbrook, Carp, and ?
Matt has been saving the bullet for this moment: He ain’t about to go “Oh, for…!” and plunge his average to below .300 again!
Right on, Matt!
Pedro needs to collect his perfunctory “hit per game”!
Not a nice way to go “Oh, for…!”
Suppan will start Wednesday at Houston. Its been announced.
I’m interested to hear what Kyle has to say if he’s interviewed post game.
Gotta pitch around the big guy who has driven-in all but, 3 of their runs…
He’ll say something like, “I felt pretty good, but just lost some of my control as the game went on…”
Gotta pitch around the guy who has gone 3 for 3 and driven-in 1 of the 3 that Dunn didn’t…
…if ya don’t, the rascal will surely go 4 for 4…
Whaddaya do with a premier clutch-hitter, with runners on the corner?
Why, you allow him to single and drive-in his second run of the game. That’s what you do (if you’re MacDougal)
MacDougal is definitely his own worst enemy!
Nobody out and bases are juiced. A competitive manager would yank the pitcher…
No harm letting MacDougal drown in his own crap.
Boy, does he ever have a crapload!
Stoppage in play, 57. Morgan crossed plate and put shoulder into Anderson, who was not blocking the plate. Home plate umpire not happy. No scuffle or anything.
As competitive as our small-ballers and B-Teamers certainly are, a 6 run deficit going into the 9th represents a mighty steep mountain for them to climb….
Riggleman doesn’t look happy about it. Not sure if teams were warned against hit batsmen.
With 5 runs scored, we can’t blame this one on an “inconsistent offense”, but on the starting pitcher (aggravated by a particularly leaky “reliever”)….
…make that a 7 run deficit…
We need to save better pitchers for more competitive games. No point wasting Boggs, McClellan, or Miller on this one.
yah, like for when we play a bad team.
We can thank the Flubs for keeping us at 4 behind (and the ragged hope hangin’ by that thread)
For a manager, TLR is a smart guy. MacDougal’s ERA is now over 7. Maybe now TLR has grounds for insisting MacDougal be released.
Morgan was called out and the run was taken away. Doesn’t matter of course except that Riggleman will probably not play Morgan tomorrow if he wants Morgan to keep his ribs intact.
MacDougal’s ERA ballooned to .03 past Lohse’s…
Morgan was suspended once already this year. Kid has a problem.
Time for Mo to pull up the sleeve and reach back into the chum bucket for another fish head.
We soon get back Suppan and Motte.
Rasmus may resume playing tomorrow. Molina should be back tomorrow against a southpaw.
Peralta is a premier “lights out” guy…
We’ve been getting the crap beat out of us lately…
Already announced Molina wil start.
Rosters expand on Wednesday. Who will we call up?
Morgan is the Nat’s new Duke. Maybe he’ll end up playing in Newark too.
“Riggleman will probably not play Morgan tomorrow if he wants Morgan to keep his ribs intact.” Wainy wouldn’t do a thing like that. Get booted, hurt his Cy chances. All because a rookie got shown some disrespect. Nah.
I didn’t say he would do it. Now if it were Carp…………
And it wasn’t just disrespect BB. Morgan deliberately shoved Brian.
As regards callups, Memphis has the second best record in the PCL. The Cards may want to minimize callups, until the PCL playoffs are over.
Suppan and Motte will be re-activated. After the Memphis season ends, it would make sense to bring back Greene and Stavinoha, and Hill for postion players. Walters, Kinney, and McLane for pitchers. TLR does not like having a lot of extra rookies, so will favor guys who were up earlier in the season.
Jack Clark just said somebody will get it tomorrow. I can’t see Waino doing that.
Jack is thinking old days.
Old days. I miss them.
The headline this morning said, GARCIA STOPS SKID. Tomorrow’s ought to read, LOHSE GREASES THE POLE…
Good Night, guys…
May it be that Adam will pick up our hopes tomorrow and that we will go limping into Houston, having taken 2 out of this miserable 4 game series…
Yeah, MacDougal needs to go away. Let Miles pitch the junk innings if need be.