The Venezuelan of the Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera will be the next Latino player to hit 500 home runs in the MLB, a select list that currently only has five members.
Cabrera’s search is valid to remember the moment when these other Latin stars of the Big leagues they got this mark. Although he retired with 696 home runs and is considered by some to be Latino because of his Dominican roots, Alex RodrÃguez was born in the United States and is not on this selection.
The dominican Pujols is playing his 21st season in the majors with the Los Angeles Dodgers. In a trajectory that will surely lead him to the Hall of Fame, he has already accumulated 676 home runs. The number 500 arrived on April 22, 2014, as part of the Angels and against the Washington Nationals.
At Tropicana Field and against left-hander Matt Moore, Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz celebrated his 500th career home run. It was on September 21, 2018 and the hit to right field made him the third Dominican to achieve this figure. A year later “Big Papi” said goodbye to professional baseball.
A solid hit to center field at Oriole Park at Candem Yards made Manny Ramirez part of the club of players with at least 500 career home runs in the majors, a roster that already has 27 members. The Dominican achieved this figure on May 31, 2008, when he was still wearing the Red Sox uniform.
Sammy Sosa is mainly remembered for his battle in the summer of 1998 with Mark McGwire for the home run record for a season. He retired from the MLB in 2007 after 18 years in the majors, with 609 homers. The number 500 came in April 2003, against Cincinnati Reds pitcher Scott Sullivan and at the Great American Ballpark.
A month after Sammy Sosa hit his 500 home run, on May 11, 2003, the Cuban Palmeiro had his moment of celebration. It was in front of the public of his club, the Texas Rangers, and the hit to right field was achieved against the Cleveland Indians. The first baseman retired a couple of years later, after 20 MLB seasons and 69 more home runs.