AROD Belts Number 600

AROD Belts Number 600

Alex Rodriguez ended last season sitting at 599.  So it was only a matter of time for the slugger to belt number 600. That time came in the 7th inning of game #2, facing Rising Bamm Beanos rookie righthander Ivan Nova.  It was a solo shot, which put the Chicago Champions up 3-0, in a game they’d hold on to win by the same final score, behind Matt Cain.

Alex is all about winning.  He has been a part of IAL Playoff ball in 13 of 16 seasons.  His team finished in first place in eight of those years, five times with 100+ wins.  AROD’s teams have won five championships.  Remarkably he’s only won one MVP Award, despite hitting 50 or more homers four different seasons, driving in over 100 runs in ten years, and nine times he scored 100 or more.

Rodriguez played his first nine seasons playing shortstop for the Northside Hitmen.  Then Alex moved over to the hot corner after he was dealt to the Chicago Champions in exchange for Miguel Cabrera.  314 of his homers were hit while playing for the Hitmen and to date 290 have been hit with the Champs.

Congrats to AROD on joining the 600 club, with many more to come!  I can still remember seeing him play with the Class A Appleton Foxes of the Midwest League way back in 1994.  It was Alex Rodriguez poster night, I still have the poster, and we even got a baseball card signed by the 19 year old.  Who knew he’d be playing for the Champions, I could only hope.  Way to go AROD!!!

YEAR CLUB G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB HB AVG SLG OBP
1996 HTMN 45 76 12 17 3 2 1 4 5 19 2 .224 .355 .272
1997 HTMN 146 599 122 191 54 2 41 132 41 86 7 .319 .621 .363
1998 HTMN 141 561 86 151 27 11 21 82 33 97 21 .269 .469 .310
1999 HTMN 161 640 99 168 38 6 31 103 48 143 38 .263 .486 .314
2000 HTMN 126 500 103 143 27 1 30 88 51 97 14 .286 .524 .352
2001 HTMN 141 554 123 161 26 2 38 103 75 106 22 .291 .551 .375
2002 HTMN 159 632 143 187 32 2 53 107 82 119 18 .296 .604 .377
2003 HTMN 162 613 117 156 15 2 50 121 90 143 5 .254 .530 .350
2004 HTMN 158 606 143 161 25 11 49 104 88 132 23 18 .266 .586 .375
2005 CHAMPS 155 579 92 140 26 3 32 83 73 149 33 3 .242 .463 .330
2006 CHAMPS 162 589 130 156 28 2 50 128 64 149 26 21 .265 .574 .358
2007 CHAMPS 154 564 98 142 28 4 28 86 104 120 9 2 .252 .465 .370
2008 CHAMPS 158 564 116 138 22 1 45 128 90 117 23 25 .245 .527 .373
2009 CHAMPS 137 493 100 140 25 0 44 118 76 111 19 16 .284 .602 .397
2010 CHAMPS 123 431 90 106 12 0 50 102 66 88 19 7 .246 .622 .355
2011 CHAMPS 137 494 69 135 30 0 36 81 54 85 5 2 .273 .553 .347
2012 Champs 22 80 17 22 5 1 5 12 10 14 0 0 .275 .550 .356
16 Totals 2287 8575 1660 2314 423 50 604 1582 1050 1775 284 94 .270 .542 .356

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