NEW YORK -- Pound for pound, Pete Alonso is the most prolific home run hitter in Mets history. He now has a share of the franchise record to prove it.

Alonso hit his 252nd career homer on Saturday, matching Darryl Strawberry for the most in Mets history. He accomplished the feat in just 963 games, 146 fewer than Strawberry.

The record-tying shot has been seven seasons in the making.

More than a fifth of Alonso’s homers came during his 2019 NL Rookie of the Year campaign, which remains one of the most prolific by a Mets hitter. That summer, Alonso bashed a Major League rookie record (and Mets single-season franchise record) 53 homers, while also earning the first of his two Home Run Derby victories .

He hit 16 more during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, on his way to becoming on

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