Watch: Yankees' Holliday hits milestone with 300th career HR
Matt Holliday with his 300th career Home Run off Marcus Stroman in the 1st #Yankees
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He's now 37 years old and onto team No. 4, and still Matt Holliday just keeps on quietly doing his historic thing.
The New York Yankees designated hitter added to his impressive career resume on Wednesday night by hitting his 300th career homer - a three-run blast - off Toronto Blue Jays start Marcus Stroman in the first inning at Yankee Stadium.
Holliday is the 14th player to have hit his 300th homer as a member of the Yankees, and the first since Mark Teixeira in 2011.
Matt Holliday is the 142nd player in MLB history to hit 300 home runs. 14th to reach the milestone with the Yankees. pic.twitter.com/jMPT5uuwIR
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The blast also moved him into rarefied company as only the third active player with at least 300 home runs and a .300 batting average, alongside Miguel Cabrera and Albert Pujols (Holliday entered play Wednesday with a career average of .303).
Holliday's first career homer was a two-run shot off the Dodgers' Jose Lima on April 22, 2004, while a member of the Colorado Rockies. He hit the majority of his 300 homers (156) with the St. Louis Cardinals, his team from 2009-16.
Earlier this season, Holliday became the seventh active player with at least 2,000 career hits.