In the 64 year history of the New York Mets, there have been 1,238 players that have hit at least one home run for the team. Seventeen men have hit over 100 in the Blue and Orange. Four of those have hit more than 200 with the team. But as of tonight, there's a new name at the top of that list: Pete Alonso!
Pete's spent his entire big league career in New York, which is at 965 career games and counting. In game 965, against the Atlanta Braves at home, Alonso cracked career home run #253, a two run shot, to pass Daryl Strawberry for the Mets record. He's hit at least 30 home runs in every full big league season, save for the Covid shortened year of 2020. Pete needs three more this year for another 30 homer season.
Lets not forget that the Mets have had some pretty good home run hitters in their history. Dave Kingman, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, Howard Johnson, David Wright, Mike Piazza, and Daryl Strawberry, just to name a few. And Alonso has now topped them all.
Now if the team could get back on their winning ways, that would be great!
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