Joey Votto climbed up another rung on the ladder of the greatest home run hitters in baseball history last night. He is now well within the top 400 and is tied with a Hall of Famer, an active player and a guy I have never heard of until today. The Hall of Famer was former Yankee’s great Tony Lazzeri. The active player is Justin Upton. The unknown (to me) player was Harlond Clift of the St. Louis Browns. You can learn more about those players below.
Votto’s blast on Tuesday night was his 15th of the season and 178th of his career.