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WATCH: Cody Bellinger sets NL rookie record with 39th home run

This 2017 season has been one for the ages when it comes to home runs. It seems like every day in September we're treated to some stat about how a player has done something we've never seen before or only seen a few times before. Here is another entry into that notebook.

The most homers EVER in a debut season.

And what a debut season it is for @Cody_Bellinger. #ClimbOnpic.twitter.com/OR14n82zUr— MLB (@MLB) September 23, 2017

That was Bellinger's 39th bomb of the season and while he's one away from the 40 mark many of us hold in high regard, he's now a record-holder.