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Giancarlo Stanton Continues Ascent on All-Time Home Run List
New York Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton follows through on his two-run home run off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Pete Fairbanks during the 10th inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
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Giancarlo Stanton’s rehabilitation from tendinitis in both elbows concluded on June 16, marking the start of the season with 429 career home runs – two ahead of Mike Piazza for 52nd on the all-time list.
Just over two months later, Stanton is steadily climbing the all-time home run rankings.he equaled Cal Ripken Jr. with his 431st career home run on July 8 during a 10-3 victory over Seattle, and then surpassed the Orioles’ legendary shortstop two nights later with his first career pinch-hit home run.
Surpassing Ripken occurred in a game where the Yankees were held without a hit through eight innings by Bryan Woo, trailed by five runs, and ultimately rallied too win.
Since then, Stanton has passed Andruw Jones, Juan Gonzalez (434), Carlos Beltrán (435), Andre Dawson (438), Paul Konerko (440), and Dave Kingman (442).
After hitting three of the Yankees’ 14 home runs at Steinbrenner Field in a two-game sweep over the Tampa Bay Rays,he now has 444,prompting manager Aaron Boone to describe the admired slugger as “an animal,” a sentiment similar to when Boone previously stated Stanton was