by Tim Anderson

Created on: September 08, 2008

* Note: Written 2 months ago, so stats are old.

As we view some great players play in their prime in this decade. We realize that we are watching the players of our era that could possibly be breaking records and maybe even setting new ones for players of our grandchildren's era. So, what players will finish in that HR club? What players will finish in that hit club? Which players will finish in that strike out club?

Homerun Clubs:

400 Homeruns:

1. David Ortiz
Current HRs: 279

Age: 32

At the age of 32, Ortiz is a feared homerun hitter in a league full of them. He has constantly hit walk off, game tying, or go ahead homeruns. Pitchers cannot pitch around him because of who he plays with. This makes him even more deadly has a hitter. And the fact that he does not have to play defense helps him concentrate on hitting. As of now, Big Papi David Ortiz is only 121 homeruns away from 400. He only needs to hit 30 homeruns for the next 4 seasons (not including this one) to be in the 400 HR club. This will put him at age 36 and his homerun numbers will soon after diminish and he will be stuck in this category. However, Ortiz has hit 30 or more homeruns in a season every year since 2003, and has hit 35 or more homeruns for the past 4 years.

2. Lance Berkman
Current HRs: 279

Age: 32

This is almost the same identical story as David Ortiz. Both hitters are at the same age and have the same amount of homeruns. Berkman too only needs 4 more 30 HR seasons to reach the 400 HR club. And once again, like Ortiz, I think he can get to it. Berkman has hit 20 or more HRs in every full season he has played in the MLB; and his stats are only going up. In 2007, he hit the same amount of homeruns he hit in his 2nd full season of 2001. As well as in 2006, he hit 45 which topped his previous career high. And now, while playing in 74 games, Berkman has 20 homeruns. At this pace, Berkman would have 40 homeruns while playing in 148 games. The years he hit 40+ he played in 150 and 158. However, like Ortiz, Berkman's numbers will hit a landslide and his career will end in the 400 homerun club.

3. Jason Giambi
Current HRs: 381

Age: 37

Unlike Ortiz and Berkman, Giambi's career is closing in on an end. Giambi has seen fewer games as a result of position competition and injuries. However, Giambi looks to be off to a fast start and, barring injury, should end in one of the highest homerun outputs he has had in a long time. When playing in only 135+ games, we know that Jason can hit 35 homeruns at his age. Now,

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