The New York Yankees star Aaron Decide made historical past on Saturday evening by turning into the quickest participant in Main League Baseball historical past to achieve 350 profession residence runs, engaging in the feat in simply 1,088 profession video games.
The milestone got here within the ninth inning of the Yankees’ 5-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs, when Decide launched a two-run homer off reliever Brad Keller on an 0-2 depend. The fastball clocked in at 97.7 mph, however Decide despatched it into right-center subject for his thirty fifth residence run of the season.
Decide surpassed Mark McGwire, who beforehand held the report at 1,280 video games, by a margin of 192 video games.
Babe Ruth, one of many best sluggers in baseball historical past, hit his 350th homer in 1,082 video games as a Yankee, however Decide reached the milestone in fewer plate appearances (4,749 to Ruth’s 4,825), per USA TODAY’s Bob Nightengale.
The 33-year-old Yankees captain has now joined a brief record of Yankees to achieve the 350 residence run mark whereas sporting pinstripes, a gaggle that features Babe Ruth, Alex Rodriguez, and Giancarlo Stanton. This milestone additionally provides to Decide’s status for hitting main landmarks sooner than any participant earlier than him, as he was additionally the quickest to achieve 250 and 300 profession homers.
Aaron Decide’s 2025 season has been historic in its personal proper. Via 95 video games, he’s slashing .358/.465/.739 with an MLB-leading 1.204 OPS, 35 residence runs, 81 RBI, and 125 hits. His 6.6 WAR can also be the very best within the majors, placing him on tempo for his third 10+ WAR season within the final 4 years, an accomplishment matched solely by legends like Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, and Barry Bonds.
Decide’s energy output stays historic. He hit 62 residence runs in 2022, 37 in 106 video games in 2023, and 58 final 12 months. He is on tempo to hit 60 or extra once more, with 35 residence runs to date in 2025, which might be the second time in his profession he is reached that quantity and the fourth time hitting 50 or extra in a season. His first-half whole ties him for fourth-most homers earlier than the All-Star break in MLB historical past, trailing solely Cal Raleigh (38), Barry Bonds (39), and others.
Decide now sits at 1,151 profession hits, 197 doubles, 350 homers, 797 RBI, and 821 runs. Simply 4 years in the past, via his age-29 season, he had 158 residence runs and was not on a Corridor of Fame trajectory. Nonetheless, staying wholesome since 2022 has allowed Decide to enhance his recreation to historic heights, main many to imagine that Cooperstown is now effectively inside attain.