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"I love New York. I love the Mets. I love being in Queens."
Pete Alonso talks about playing for the Mets, how the fans have embraced him, and why he's "super-proud" to be a Met:
Pete Alonso
• Participating in his fifth career Derby.
• The 29-year-old is attempting to join Hall of Famer Ken
Griffey Jr. as just the second player in Derby history to win
the event on three occasions (1994, 1998-99).
• Won the 2019 Derby in Cleveland and the 2021 competition
in Colorado, is one of only three back-to-back champions
in the history of the event, joining Griffey Jr. (1998-99) and
Yoenis Céspedes (2013-14).
• Remains one of five Mets players to partake in the Derby,
joining 1986 co-winner Darryl Strawberry (also 1990);
Howard Johnson (1989, 1991); Bobby Bonilla (1993); and
David Wright (2006, 2013).
• Eighth player to participate in the Derby at least five times
joining: Albert Pujols (5); Prince Fielder (6); David Ortiz (5);
Ken Griffey Jr. (8); Sammy Sosa (6); Mark McGwire (7); and
Barry Bonds (6).
• Is the only player in Derby history to compete in five
straight competitions. Sammy Sosa (1999-02) is the only
other player in Derby history to compete in at least four
straight competitions.
• Alonso has hit 215 home runs in the Derby, marking the
most among competitors since the Derby's inception in
1985. He is one of four players with over 100 career home
runs in the Derby, joining: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (163); Julio
Rodríguez (142) and Albert Pujols (108).
• 13 of his 19 home runs this season have traveled 400+ feet.
• Ranks tied-fifth in the National League and tied-14th in the
Majors with 19 home runs this year.
• Alonso's 211 home runs are fourth-most all-time by a Mets
player. He had his 20th career multi-HR game on April 13th.
• His only home run at Globe Life Field came on June 19th in
the finale of a three-game se
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15 сен 2024
