Albert Pujols' quest for 600 homers: By the numbers
Angels slugger Albert Pujols is on the cusp of joining an exclusive group.
With his next home run, he will become the ninth major league player to hit at least 600 home runs over the course of his career. And at 37-years-old, Pujols would be the fourth youngest -- behind Alex Rodriguez, Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron -- to reach the milestone.
Pujols, one of baseball's all-time greatest right-handed hitters, has been a model of consistency with his power. He averaged 41 home runs per season from 2001-10 and has slugged 30 or more home runs in a season 14 times during his 17-year career.
By the numbers (as of June 1)
4 -- Three-home run games.
7 -- Number of seasons with 40-plus home runs.
8 -- Home runs hit off Ryan Dempster, the most of any pitcher.
12 -- Walk-off home runs.
14 -- Number of season with 30-plus home runs.
41 -- Average home runs hit between 2001-10.
48 -- Game-tying home runs.
51 -- Two-home run games.
56 -- Home runs against the Cubs, most of any club.
154 -- Home runs with the Angels.
235 -- Go-ahead home runs.
445 -- Home runs with the Cardinals.
Gallery: Pujols through the years
Pujols' historic home runs
1 -- April 6, 2001 at Arizona off Armando Reynoso
100 -- July 20, 2003 at Dodgers off Odalis Perez
200 -- Sept. 30, 2005 vs. Cincinnati off Matt Belisle
300 -- July 4, 2008 vs. Cubs off Bob Howry
400 -- Aug. 26, 2010 at Washington off Jordan Zimmermann
500 -- April 22, 2014 at Washington off Taylor Jordan
587* -- Sept. 3, 2016 at Seattle off Taijuan Walker
599 -- May 31 vs. Braves off Bartolo Colon
*Passed Frank Robinson for sole possession of 10th on baseball’s all-time list.