Andruw Jones hits 50th home run, reaches 300 career home runs
Andruw Jones’ solo home run in the 8th inning of Wednesday night’s game reached 2 milestones for him. First, he became the first major leaguer to hit 50 round trippers in a season since Jim Thome and Alex Rodriguez accomplished the feat in 2002 (Barry Bonds was the last to reach that mark in the National League in 2001).
With his 300th career home run, Andruw became just the 12th player in Major League history to reach that milestone before his 30th birthday. Jones turned 28 years old in April and is the youngest Brave to reach the 300-homer mark (Eddie Mathews 42 days older when he hit his 300th home run). The other players who have reached 300 homers by age 30 are: Hank Aaron, Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Mantle, Eddie Mathews, Harmon Killebrew, Mel Ott, Frank Robinson, Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr., Juan Gonzalez and Vladimir Guerrero.
