Cal Ripken Jr. Hits His 400th Home Run – HR History for Week of 9/2

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Sep 02, 2024

Each week on social media, I share home run videos. They’re more random in the winter, but during the season, I look at what happened on that specific day in home run history.

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Monday, 9/2

9/2/1999: Cal Ripken Jr. slugged the 400th home run of his Hall of Fame career with the Orioles.

9/2/2006: Kevin Kouzmanoff hits a grand slam in his first big-league at-bat.

9/2/2012: A 19-year-old Jurickson Profar goes deep in his first MLB at-bat.

Tuesday, 9/3

9/3/2006: Ryan Howard enjoyed a three-homer performance in the first game of a doubleheader for the Phillies. This brought his league-leading total to 52. He’d finish with 58 before winning NL MVP.

9/3/2011: Tommy Milone (yes, the pitcher) hit a home run in his MLB debut.

9/3/2011: George Kottaras hit for the cycle in Houston for the Brewers.

Wednesday, 9/4

9/4/2017: J.D. Martinez became the 17th MLB player to hit four homers in a game (and second that season). He’s still the most recent slugger to accomplish the feat.

9/4/2006: Charlton Jimerson broke up Cole Hamels’ perfect game with his first career homer.

9/4/2013: Matt Adams hit two extra-inning homers for the Cardinals in a game he didn’t start.

Thursday, 9/5

9/5/2007: Barry Bonds hit the 762nd and final home run of his MLB career by going oppo-taco at Coors Field.

9/5/2001: Preston Wilson hit a walk-off home run for the Marlins.

9/5/2020: Mike Trout’s 300th home run also made him the Angels’ all-time HR king.

Friday, 9/6

9/6/1996: Eddie Murray became the 15th player to join the 500-homer club. He’d finish his career with 504 dingers.

9/6/2006: Jermaine Dye hit his 40th homer as part of a career year for the White Sox.

9/6/1995: Cal Ripken Jr. hit a home run on the night he passed Lou Gehrig to become baseball’s newest Iron Man.

Saturday, 9/7

9/7/1993: Mark Whiten went off in the second game of a doubleheader by slugging four homers with 12 RBI. The swag meter kept rising with each dinger, too.

9/7/2013: The Red Sox hit four homers while beating the Yankees in the Bronx.

9/7/1998: Mark McGwire tied Roger Maris’ single-season HR record with his 61st dinger.

Sunday, 9/8

9/8/2007: Alex Rodriguez joined Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, and Mickey Mantle as the only Yankees hitters to surpass the 50-homer plateau. Aaron Judge has since joined this group…three separate times.

9/8/1999: Steve Finley hit three home runs against the Brewers.

9/8/2015: Kirk Nieuwenhuis gave the Mets an eighth-inning lead with a pinch-hit homer.

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