Al Kaline, who played his entire 22-year baseball career with the Detroit Tigers, holds the record for the most homeruns for the team - 399.
Barry Bonds, on the other hand, holds the record for most career home runs, hitting 762 over his 22-year career.
Kaline’s first brush with greatness occurred later in 1953 when manager Fred Hutchinson introduced the budding star to Ted Williams. Williams spent ten minutes with Kaline, giving him tips on how to hit low balls, and on off-season workouts like swinging a heavier bat and squeezing a baseball. Williams’s advice became a trademark of Kaline’s game, especially his off season.
Kaline finished his career with 3,007 hits, 498 doubles, 75 triples, 399 home runs, 1,622 runs scored, and 1,583 run batted in, while batting .297.
What makes his numbers even more impressive is the fact that he missed 594 games in his career, the vast majority due to injury—the equivalent of two-and-a-half seasons. With a career .987 fielding percentage, he was also one of the best fielders of his time, with 10 Gold Gloves to prove it.
In a 2001 Sporting News article, both Ernie Harwell and Yogi Berra declared that Kaline had the best arm in the outfield ever.
Know more about the life of Al Kaline at Sabr.org.
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