Adam Dunn Launches Career Home Run #400
By Matthew Pouliot, Hardball Talk, NBC Sports
Adam Dunn took Royals reliever Tim Collins deep in the eighth inning Saturday for his 400th career home run.
He also reclaimed the major league lead with his 35th homer of the year after Josh Hamilton caught him at 34 Wednesday.
Dunn became just the eighth player to hit 400 homers in his first 12 seasons in the majors, joining Albert Pujols, Ken Griffey Jr., Alex Rodriguez, Eddie Mathews, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle and Frank Robinson. He has the 14th most homers through age 32, and he figures to pass both Juan Gonzalez and Willie Mays on that list before the season ends.
Of course, given his low batting average and his lack of defensive value, Dunn has quite a ways to go before he’ll be worthy of any Hall of Fame consideration. Still, his bounce-back season has at least put him back on the map as far as that is concerned. With so many factors working against him, he’ll probably have to get to 600 homers in his career in order to have a shot.
