A-Rod: 12th Consecutive Season with 30+ HR & 100+ RBI

A-Rod had a monster 6th inning today against the Rays.  He had me a little worried for a while this season, but he came through on the last day to meet the 30 HR / 100 RBI standard.  He didn't finish with the usual 35 HR this season (or with the typical 100 runs) but he did finish off better than I had expected.

It is not only the 12th consecutive season he gets those numbers: today he also set the AL record for most RBI in a single inning, with 7 (in the sixth inning).  The NL and MLB record belongs to Fernando Tatis, with 8 RBI on April 23, 1999.  His 7 RBI also put A-Rod within the 1700 career RBI milestone, as he finishes the season with 1706 RBI.  He also tied Big Mac for 8th in the all-time HR leaders list, with 583 career dingers.

Click here to read mlb.com article and watch the video of A-Rod's monster inning.

See A-Rod's stats at the close of the 2009 Season (source: www.mlb.com).