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Bautista joins elite company with 300th career HR

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Jose Bautista, the recently activated Toronto Blue Jays right fielder, joined some elite company Tuesday at Minute Maid Park, where the 35-year-old smacked a third-inning solo shot off Houston Astros right-hander Lance McCullers to become the 10th active player with 300 career home runs.

Player HR Debut? G OPS
Alex Rodriguez 696 1994 2780 .930
Albert Pujols 580 2001 2377 .968
David Ortiz 528 1997 2353 .930
Miguel Cabrera 431 2003 2042 .959
Adrian Beltre 429 1998 2666 .813
Carlos Beltran 414 1998 2405 .847
Mark Teixeira 403 2003 1821 .871
Ryan Howard 371 2004 1538 .857
Prince Fielder 319 2005 1611 .887
Jose Bautista 300 2004 1475 .861

Bautista, who has launched more homers (240) since the start of 2010 than anyone else in the majors, is now the 10th Dominican-born player to reach 300 career homers, too, joining Albert Pujols, David Ortiz, Adrian Beltre, Aramis Ramirez, Alfonso Soriano, Miguel Tejada, Manny Ramirez, Vladimir Guerrero, and Sammy Sosa.

"It’s always a friendly reminder that you’ve been doing this a long time and you’ve enjoyed some success," Bautista told Sportsnet's Shi Davidi after his club eked out a 2-1 victory.

On Tuesday, in his eighth game back since missing six weeks with a hyperextended toe, Bautista's monumental blast traveled an estimated 402 feet and left his bat at 110 miles per hour, according to Statcast, a personal record for the six-time All-Star.

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