{"id":172019,"date":"2025-09-21T15:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T15:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/172019\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T15:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T15:04:10","slug":"a-nice-round-number-stanton-reaches-450-hrs-amid-hall-of-fame-career-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/172019\/","title":{"rendered":"‘A nice round number’: Stanton Reaches 450 HRs Amid Hall of Fame Career Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00a0Giancarlo Stanton<\/a> hopes his 450th home run won’t be the last milestone he celebrates before calling it a career.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a nice round number,” the New York Yankees<\/a> slugger said Saturday night after hitting a three-run drive in a 6-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles<\/a>. “It\u2019s cool to see the names I\u2019m catching and tying and going above.”<\/p>\n

Stanton hit No. 450 in his 1,719th career game. Only Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez and Harmon Killebrew were quicker to 450.<\/p>\n

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If the 35-year-old Stanton continues his slugging ways, then perhaps he will reach 500 and be recognized with a plaque in Cooperstown.<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s still going in what\u2019s a Hall of Fame career,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “It\u2019s a big number, 450, and it came with a three-run shot in the first. I feel like he\u2019s got a lot left, a lot more to go.”<\/p>\n

That longball off Tomoyuki Sugano<\/a> sent the Yankees on their way to an important victory. The leaders in the AL wild-card race now stand just two games behind the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> with seven games left in the regular season.<\/p>\n

“Most important, it helped us win,” Stanton said of his opposite-field drive to right.<\/p>\n

Stanton didn’t start the season until July 2 because of elbow injuries. Since his return, he’s hit 21 homers.<\/p>\n

Asked to describe Stanton as a hitter, Boone replied, “The man is dangerous. A unicorn. It’s so unique how he does it, so unique how routinely hard he hits the baseball. Just a really cool day for him and us as his teammates.”<\/p>\n

Rest assured, there will be a lot more celebrating if Stanton reaches the next milestone.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m a lot of swings away from 500,” he said. “Of course you think about it, and you understand that if you bear down that I\u2019m capable of doing it.”<\/p>\n

And the Hall of Fame? After being told of Boone’s assessment, Stanton said: “It’s cool to hear. I’m still rolling. That’s for you guys to debate about. I just come in every day and do what I can.”<\/p>\n

Reporting by The Associated Press.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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