One home run, two milestones.
New York Yankees DH Alex Rodriguez hit his 30th home run of the season on Tuesday night against the Baltimore Orioles and achieved two more notable career accomplishments.
With the home run last night, Rodriguez tied Hank Aaron's MLB record with his 15th season hitting at least 30 homers. The last time A-Rod hit 30 home runs was back in 2010. He hit a total of 41 home runs from 2011-2014 due to injury shortened campaigns as well as his season-long suspension in 2014 for PED use.
Additionally, Rodriguez passed Rickey Henderson on the all-time hits list with that home run to slide into sole possession of 22nd place. It was A-Rod's 3,056th career hit and he's now just four behind Houston Astros' legend Craig Biggio, who is No. 21 on the list.
A-Rod homers to get his 30th HR for 1st time since 2010. Also passes Rickey Henderson on all-time hits list. pic.twitter.com/828RSJNgM6
— Baseball Tonight (@BBTN) September 9, 2015
Check out Rodriguez's home run below:
Here's a list of Rodriguez's stats from every season he has hit at least 30 home runs:
1996 - .358/.414/.631 with 141 runs scored, 36 home runs, 123 RBIs and 15 stolen bases
1998 - .310/.360/.560 with 123 runs scored, 42 home runs, 124 RBIs and 46 stolen bases
1999 - .285/.357/.586 with 110 runs scored, 42 home runs, 111 RBIs and 21 stolen bases
2000 - .316/.420/.606 with 134 runs scored, 41 home runs, 132 RBIs and 15 stolen bases
2001 - .318/.399/.622 with 133 runs scored, 52 home runs, 135 RBIs and 18 stolen bases
2002 - .300/.392/.623 with 125 runs scored, 57 home runs and 142 RBIs
2003 - .298/.396/.600 with 124 runs scored, 47 home runs, 118 RBIs and 17 stolen bases*
2004 - .286/.375/.512 with 112 runs scored, 36 home runs, 106 RBIs and 26 stolen bases
2005 - .321/.421/.610 with 124 runs scored, 48 home runs, 130 RBIs and 21 stolen bases
2006 - .290/.392/.523 with 113 runs scored, 35 home runs, 121 RBIs and 15 stolen bases
2007 - .314/.422/.645 with 143 runs scored, 54 home runs, 156 RBIs and 24 stolen bases*
2008 - .302/.392/.573 with 104 runs scored, 35 home runs, 103 RBIs and 18 stolen bases
2009 - .286/.402/.532 with 78 runs scored, 30 home runs, 100 RBIs and 14 stolen bases
2010 - .270/.341/.506 with 74 runs scored, 30 home runs and 125 RBIs
2015 - .258/.361/.501 with 75 runs scored, 30 home runs and 78 RBIs
*MVP Season
