The Dominican Vladimir Guerrero Jr. continues to make history in this campaign and the Tile star reached 40 homers in Monday’s game against the Yankees.
Guerrero not only became the youngest batter of the Tiles to surpass the 40 vuelacercas and one of only 10 in the history of the franchise to achieve this amount, but he joined his parent, Vladimir Guerrero to be just the second father-son couple to shoot 40 home runs, joining Prince and Cecil Fielder.
Vlady Jr. came to the 40-yard line, after his batting in the first inning in front of Jameson Taillon. Vladimir father connected 42 toddlers at the age of 24 with the Montreal Expos in 1999, again surpassed 40 in the following campaign and finished his Hall of Fame career with 449 flyers.
Still Vladimir Jr. he has a long way to go, he is already third on the list of leaders this season below the Venezuelan Salvador Pérez (41) of the Reals and Shohei Ohtani (43) of the Angelinos.
Guerrero finished with three hits, extending his streak of hits to 14 games, the longest of his career. Guerrero Sr. connecting 449 home runs in his 16-year career. His personal best was 44 for the 2000 Montreal Expos when Toronto’s first base slugging was 1 year old.
“I have front row seats to watch all this season,” said Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo, a teammate of Guerrero Sr. in 1996 with Double-A Harris-burg. “What he’s done, it’s not easy to do. This guy is going to be one of the best baseball players. In fact, he already is and it’s been fun to see someone so young being so good on the plate.”
At 22 years old
Guerrero, 22, also became the youngest player in Toronto history to hit 40 homers, well ahead of Jesse Barfield, Tony Batista and Shawn Green, who were 26 when they connected 40 homers for the first time. time.
Guerrero also became the tenth player in MLB history with 40 homers in his 22-year season. The last one was Ronald Acuña Jr. of Atlanta in 2019.
the Fielder
Cecil Fielder hit the 40 home run twice in his career, first in 1990 when he connected 51, then the following year when he hit 44.
The two figures led the Major Leagues and came during the seven-year run in which he remained with the Tigers. He also hit 39 in 1996, which split between Detroit and the Yankees. For his part, Prince Fielder twice achieved the mark with the Brewers; led the National League with 50 homers in 2007, then connected 46 in 2009.
Bobby and Barry Bonds were about to join the club. Barry, the king of home runs of all time, connected on at least 40 home runs in eight of his 22 seasons. His father, who amassed 332 fumbles in his 14-year career, was so close when he reached 39 with the Giants in 1973. He approached again in 1977 when he blew the grid on 37 occasions.
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Guerrero’s father is in the Hall of Fame after a 16-year career with a batting average of 318, 449 homers and 1,496 tackles.
Awards.
He was MVP of the American in 2004, 9 times integral of the Game of Stars, 8 silver bats, 2 blows player of the year with the Expos and 4 with Anaheim.