Aaron Decide has tied a giant title on the Yankees’ profession house run leaderboard. Decide slugged the 358th house run of his profession, tying Yogi Berri for the fifth most in franchise historical past, Sunday afternoon off White Sox starter Martín Pérez at Fee Subject (GameTracker). It was Decide’s forty third house run of this season.
“If you get an opportunity to tie one of many biggest, if not the best, Yankees in homers, it is fairly particular,” Decide told reporters after the sport. “The best way Yogi performed the sport, what he meant to the pinstripes, you know the way a lot it meant being a New York Yankee to him. I really feel the identical means. I am honored to put on this jersey. It is fairly cool to be on that checklist with him.”
Right here is Decide’s 358th profession homer. It was his third house run in his final 5 video games:
The one Yankees with extra house runs than Decide are internal circle Corridor of Famers and among the biggest hitters within the sport’s historical past:
1. Babe Ruth: 659
2. Mickey Mantle: 536
3. Lou Gehrig: 493
4. Joe DiMaggio: 362
t-5. Yogi Berra: 358
t-5. Aaron Decide: 358 and counting
The Yankees have 25 video games remaining after Sunday. Decide has a great likelihood to go DiMaggio and transfer into sole possession of fourth place on the staff’s house run checklist earlier than the tip of September. He additionally wants seven extra house runs to hitch Ruth, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa as the one gamers with 4 profession 50-homer seasons.
“I’ve had numerous nice teammates and I have been on some good groups. They put me in the most effective place to go on the market and carry out at my greatest,” Decide advised reporters, including MLB.com, earlier this yr when he grew to become the quickest participant to 350 profession homers. “It is only a shoutout to all of the teammates I’ve had over time.”
Decide, 33, entered Sunday’s sport main baseball in batting common (.321), on-base share (.441), slugging share (.666), and WAR (7.7) regardless of a latest droop. He’s second within the American League in house run. Cal Raleigh has a catcher-record 50 homers for the Mariners.
