597 As of July 6, 2010 ALEX RODRIGUEZ 600 HOME RUNS • 600 Home Run Notes (pg. 1-2) • Home Run Breakdown (pg. 3) • Home Run Day-by-Day (pg. 4-13) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST 1. Barry Bonds 762 2. Hank Aaron 755 3. Babe Ruth* 714 (659 with NYY) 4. Willie Mays 660 5. Ken Griffey Jr. 630 6. Sammy Sosa 609 7. ALEX RODRIGUEZ* 597 (252 with NYY) 8. Frank Robinson 586 9. Mark McGwire 583 10. Jim Thome 574 Italics = active player * = played for NYY RODRIGUEZ’ MILESTONE HOME RUNS No. 1: on 6/12/95 vs. KC (with Seattle), off Tom Gordon No. 100: on 8/12/98 at Toronto (with Seattle), off Nerio Rodriguez No. 200: on 5/21/01 at Chicago White Sox (with Texas), off Jon Garland No. 250: on 4/30/02 at Toronto (with Texas), off Luke Prokopec No. 300: on 4/2/03 at Anaheim (with Texas), off Ramon Ortiz No. 400: on 6/8/05 at Milwaukee (with Yankees), off Jorge De La Rosa No. 500: on 8/4/07 vs. Kansas City (with Yankees), off Kyle Davies 600th HR AS A YANKEE Alex Rodriguez is looking to become the second player to hit his 600th career home run as a member of the Yankees. The only other player to accomplish the feat is Babe Ruth, who hit No. 600 on 8/21/1931 at St. Louis’ Sportsman’s Park, off the Browns’ George Blaeholder in an 11-7 Yankees victory. FASTEST TO 600 HOME RUNS **Alex Rodriguez entered the 2010 season with 2,166 career games played. He was 34 years, 251 days old on Opening Day (4/4/10).** By Age By Games 1. Babe Ruth (36 years, 196 days) 1. Babe Ruth (2,044) 2. Hank Aaron (37 years, 81 days) 2. Sammy Sosa (2,302) 3. Barry Bonds (38 years, 16 days) 3. Barry Bonds (2,395) 4. Willie Mays (38 years, 139 days) 4. Ken Griffey Jr. (2,440) 5. Ken Griffey Jr. (38 years, 201 days) 5. Willie Mays (2,557) 6. Sammy Sosa (38 years, 220 days) 6. Hank Aaron (2,592) PLAYERS WHO HAVE HIT 100(+) HOMERS WITH THREE DIFFERENT TEAMS 1. Reggie Jackson – with Oakland (269), with Yankees (144), with Angels (123); 563 career HR 2. Darrell Evans – with Atlanta (131), with San Francisco (142), with Detroit (141); 414 career HR 3. Alex Rodriguez – with Seattle (189), with Texas (156), with Yankees (252); 597 career HR *Alex is the only one of the three to reach 150HR with three different teams. CAREER GRAND SLAMS (21) “WALK-OFF” HOME RUNS (9) Date Pitcher Date Pitcher 4/18/96 vs. Detroit ................................... Clint Sodowsky 7/27/02 vs. Oakland (10th inning) ............................ Billy Koch 5/17/96 at Baltimore ........................................... Alan Mills 8/16/02 vs. Toronto (9th inning) .................... Kelvim Escobar 7/6/96 at Texas .................................................. Kevin Gross 7/31/03 vs. Boston (11th inning)............................ Todd Jones 7/19/99 vs. Arizona .................................... Vicente Padilla 8/4/04 vs. Oakland (11th inning) ........... Justin Duchscherer 7/30/99 vs. Baltimore ................................ Arthur Rhodes 6/28/06 vs. Atlanta (12th inning) ............................ Jorge Sosa 9/16/99 at Tampa Bay .................................... Esteban Yan 4/7/07 vs. Baltimore (9th inning) ............................... Chris Ray 4/16/00 at Toronto ...................................... Pedro Borbon 4/19/07 vs. Cleveland (9th inning) .................... Joe Borowski 7/5/01 vs. Seattle .......................................... Brian Fuentes 5/16/09 vs. Minnesota (11th inning) ............... Craig Breslow 7/27/02 vs. Oakland ............................................. Billy Koch 8/7/09 vs. Boston (15th inning) ...................... Junichi Tazawa 7/31/03 vs. Boston ............................................ Todd Jones 4/26/05 vs. Los Angeles-AL ....................... Bartolo Colon **Rodriguez’s nine career “walk-off” home runs are 4/3/06 at Oakland ................................................. Barry Zito tied with Vladimir Guerrero for third-most among active 7/2/06 vs. New York-NL ......................................Alay Soler players behind Jim Thome (11) and David Ortiz (10)** 4/7/07 vs. Baltimore .............................................. Chris Ray 6/7/07 at Chicago-AL ...................................Ryan Bukvich His six “walk-off” home runs as a Yankee, the most since 9/25/07 at Tampa Bay ............................... Jason Hammel Graig Nettles had six from 1973-81. 9/14/08 vs. Tampa Bay ............................. Edwin Jackson 10/4/09 at Tampa Bay ....................... Andy Sonnanstine 5/15/10 vs. Minnesota ................................ Matt Guerrier 5/31/10 vs. Cleveland ....................................... Chris Perez 7/6/10 at Oakland ........................................... Trevor Cahill MOST HR BY NEW YORK-BORN PLAYERS MULTI-HOMER GAMES 1. Alex Rodriguez ................ 597 3·HR Games ............................................................. 3 2. Lou Gehrig ........................ 493 2·HR Games .......................................................... 52 3. Carl Yastrzemski ............. 452 1·HR Games ........................................................ 484 4. Rocky Colavito ................ 374 5. Hank Greenberg ............. 331 HOME RUN NOTES ♦ Of Rodriguez’s 597 career home runs, 20 have come in the ninth inning or later and either tied the game or given his team the lead. ♦ Owns 344 home runs as a shortstop, one shy of the all-time record held by Cal Ripken Jr., who played in 2,303 games with 8,934AB as a shortstop…Rodriguez’s eight consecutive 20-homer seasons as a shortstop form 1996-2003 is the second-longest such streak all-time, two behind Cal Ripken Jr. (1982-91). At the time of Alex Rodriguez’s first career home run on 6/12/1995… • The top television show was “Seinfeld.” • The top movie in the box office was “Dumb and Dumber.” • Gas cost $1.09 per gallon and a postage stamp was $0.32. • DVDs were first introduced as a new technology. • Major League Baseball had two fewer teams (missing the Tampa Bay Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks) and a team in Montreal. ALEX RODRIGUEZ CAREER HOME RUN BREAKDOWN TEAMS BALLPARK (30 different parks) ORDER IN LINEUP As a Seattle Mariner 189 Angel Stadium 37 1 2 As a Texas Ranger 156 AT&T Park 2 2 118 As a New York Yankee 252 Busch Stadium 0 3 223 Career 597 Camden Yards 23 4 214 Candlestick Park 1 5 32 VS. OPPOSITION Chase Field 4 6 1 vs. Baltimore Orioles 51 Citi Field 1 7 1 vs. Boston Red Sox 45 Citizens Bank Park 0 8 0 vs. Chicago White Sox 25 Comerica Park 7 9 6 vs. Cleveland Indians 29 Coors Field 1 Total 597 vs. Detroit Tigers 32 County Stadium 3 vs. Kansas City Royals 40 Dodger Stadium 2 INNING vs. Los Angeles Angels 67 Fenway Park 21 1 109 vs. Minnesota Twins 45 Hiram Bithorn Stadium 0 2 39 vs. Milwaukee Brewers (1996-97) 4 Progressive Field 10 3 78 vs. New York Yankees 28 Kauffman Stadium 14 4 59 vs. Oakland Athletics 43 Kingdome 60 5 58 vs. Seattle Mariners 32 Metrodome 21 6 89 vs. Tampa Bay Rays 42 Miller Park 2 7 61 vs. Texas Rangers 17 Minute Maid Park 3 8 59 vs. Toronto Blue Jays 50 Oakland Coliseum 21 9 36 vs. American League 550 PNC Park 1 10 2 Qualcomm Stadium 1 11 3 vs. Arizona Diamondbacks 6 Rangers Ballpark 96 12 2 vs. Atlanta Braves 2 RFK Stadium 1 13 0 vs. Chicago Cubs 0 Rogers Centre 32 14 0 vs. Cincinnati Reds 0 Safeco Field 39 15 1 vs. Colorado Rockies 2 Shea Stadium 2 16 1 vs. Florida Marlins 0 Sun Life Stadium 0 Total 597 vs. Houston Astros 5 Target Field 0 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers 2 Tiger Stadium 6 OUTS vs. Milwaukee Brewers (since 1998) 2 Toyko Dome 0 0 195 vs. New York Mets 10 Tropicana Field 21 1 200 vs. Philadelphia Phillies 2 Turner Field 1 2 202 vs. Pittsburgh Pirates 3 U.S. Cellular Field 15 Total 597 vs. St. Louis Cardinals 0 Wrigley Field 0 vs. San Diego Padres 6 Original Yankee Stadium 124 BY MONTH vs. San Francisco Giants 6 Yankee Stadium 25 March 1 vs. Washington Nationals 1 Career Total 597 April 86 vs. National League 47 May 104 HOME/ROAD June 86 vs. Major Leagues 597 Home 307 July 104 Road 290 August 121 BY PITCHER (Most Allowed) All Games 597 September 89 Bartolo Colon 8 October 6 Ramon Ortiz 8 BY COUNT Career Total 597 David Wells 8 0-0 99 Postseason 13 Tim Wakefield 7 0-1 71 Jarrod Washburn 7 0-2 20 BY POSITION Jeff Suppan 6 1-0 62 Shortstop 344 Jamie Moyer 6 1-1 61 Third Base 242 Sidney Ponson 6 1-2 43 Designated Hitter 11 Has homered off 364 2-0 40 Career Total 597 different pitchers in his 2-1 50 career 2-2 52 3-0 2 WINS AND LOSSES 3-1 39 HR in Wins 385 3-2 58 HR in Losses 212 Career Total 597 All Games 597 Team Record in Games Rodriguez Has Homered in: 343-196/ NYY record: 166-63 Page 3 of 13 Alex Rodriguez Career Home Run Day-by-Day Men Order in No. Date Opp. Stadium W/L Pitcher Inning Outs On Lineup 1 6/12/1995 vs. KC Kingdome L Tom Gordon 4 2 0 9 2 6/20/1995 at CWS U.S. Cellular Field W Wilson Alvarez 6 1 0 6 3 7/21/1995 at TOR Rogers Centre L Edwin Hurtado 7 2 0 9 4 8/2/1995 at LAA Angel Stadium L Mike Harkey 5 2 0 9 5 8/4/1995 at OAK Oakland Coliseum L Steve Wojciechowski 6 1 0 7 6 4/9/1996 at DET Tiger Stadium L Scott Aldred 4 1 1 9 7 4/15/1996 vs. LAA Kingdome W Shawn Boskie 4 2 1 9 8 4/18/1996 vs. DET Kingdome W Clint Sodowsky 2 0 3 9 9 5/11/1996 vs.