GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Former University of Florida first baseman Pete Alonso bashed his 253rd career home run on Tuesday night at Citi Field in Flushing, N.Y., making him the New York Mets all-time home run leader.
 
Alonso’s record blast was a two-run shot with two outs in the bottom of the third inning of Tuesday night’s home contest against the Atlanta Braves. The shot came on the first pitch of Alonso’s second at bat of the night against Braves’ starting pitcher Spencer Strider.
 
Alonso passed Darryl Strawberry (252) atop New York’s home run chart, who finished his Mets career at the conclusion of the 1990 season. While Strawberry played 1,109 games over eight full seasons with New York to achieve his total, Alonso is only in his seventh year with the Mets (including the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign) and needed just 965 career games to break the mark – equating to 144 fewer games, nearly a full MLB season.
 

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Presently in the middle of his fifth-career All-Star campaign, Alonso has played all 119 games for the Mets this season to lead the MLB in that respect. The Tampa, Fla. native is slashing .268/.353/.529 with 27 home runs, 29 doubles, 96 RBI and 63 runs scored.
 

Donning the Orange & Blue from 2014-16, Alonso appeared in 101 games including 99 starts as the Gators made consecutive trips to the NCAA College World series his sophomore and junior seasons. All told, Alonso slashed .281/.366/.427 across 551 at bats while totaling 23 homers, 34 doubles, 124 RBI and 102 runs. Prior to being selected by the Mets with the 64th overall pick in the second round of the 2016 MLB Draft, Alonso was named a Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist and First Team All-American.
 
New York Mets All-Time Home Run List

Rank	Player	Home Runs
1	Pete Alonso	253
2	Darryl Strawberry	252
3	David Wright	242
4	Mike Piazza	220
5	Howard Johnson	192
6	Dave Kingman	154
7	Carlos Beltran	149
8	Michael Conforto	132
9	Francisco Lindor	131
10	Brandon Nimmo	129
11	Lucas Duda	125
12	Todd Hundley	124
13	Kevin McReynolds	122
14	Edgardo Alfonzo	120
15	Ed Kranepool	118
16	Jose Reyes	108
17	Carlos Delgado	104
18	George Foster	99
19	Bobby Bonilla	95
	Curtis Granderson	95
21	John Milner	94
22	Cleon Jones	93
23	Gary Carter	89
24	Tommie Agee	82
25	Cliff Floyd	81

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