Gallo becomes 1st player to hit 100 HRs before 100 singles
Texas Rangers slugger Joey Gallo launched his 100th home run Wednesday afternoon, and he reached the milestone before achieving a relatively standard feat.
Center field, out of the stadium. 😱@JoeyGallo24 is STRONG. 💪 pic.twitter.com/D30NrwLke1
— MLB (@MLB) May 8, 2019
The 443-foot homer made Gallo the first player in MLB history to reach 100 career home runs before 100 singles, according to Sarah Langs of ESPN. He entered Wednesday's contest with just 93 singles to his name.
Before Joey Gallo, the fewest career singles at time of 100th career HR was 172
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) May 8, 2019
Joey Gallo has 93!
Fewest career 1B at time of 100th HR:
1) Joey Gallo: 93
2) Russell Branyan: 172
3) Ken Phelps: 174
4) Ryan Howard: 176
5) Chris Carter: 179
6) Dave Kingman: 180
h/t @EliasSports
Gallo also became the fastest player in American League history to reach 100 career homers, and the third fastest overall. He reached the century mark in his 377th career game, surpassing Mark McGwire (393 games with Oakland) for the record, according to Jared Sandler of FOX Sports Southwest.
| Player | Team | GP to reach 100th HR |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan Howard | Phillies | 325 |
| Ralph Kiner | Pirates | 376 |
| Joey Gallo | Rangers | 377 |
| Mark McGwire | Athletics | 393 |
The 25-year-old owns 249 career base hits after the blast, 156 of which have been for extra bases. Gallo has hit exactly 50 more home runs than doubles.
Joey Gallo hit his 100th HR today, becoming the first player in MLB history to hit their 100th career HR before their 100th career single, via Elias Sports and @SlangsOnSports. Check out Gallo's hit breakdown:
— Devan Fink (@DevanFink) May 8, 2019
100 HR - 40.2%
93 1B - 37.3%
50 2B - 20.0%
6 3B - 2.4%