Cody Bellinger hit his 38th home run of the season Saturday afternoon as they Dodgers beat the Nationals 3-2. That tied a National League record for rookies:
His second-inning homer off Washington Nationals starter A.J. Cole?in the Dodgers’ 3-2 victory Saturday tied Wally Berger (Braves, 1930) and Frank Robinson (Reds, 1956).
Mark McGwire holds the all-time rookie record with 49, which he set in 1987 with the Oakland Athletics. The Yankees’ Aaron Judge has 43 this season.
One of the games I was listening to while doing my Saturday auto tour of Connecticut discussed a quote from Bellinger. They asked what he hoped to achieve in 2017, and he replied that he hoped he would be a September call up.
Eight rookies have hit at least 20 home runs this season, and that list is likely to grow in the final two weeks of 2017.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2fd481a
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