Lillibridge and the 10,000th franchise homer

Brent Lillibridge was a fairly odd player to hit the White Sox's 10,000th home run in the franchise's 111-year history. But how does he stack up against other players to belt the 10,000th home run for their franchise?

From Chris Jaffe at The Hardball Times, a list of the 15 players to hit home run No. 10,000 for their franchise:

• New York Yankees: Dave Winfield (1987)
• San Francisco Giants: Mike Aldrete (1988)
• Chicago Cubs: Sammy Sosa (1995)
• Atlanta Braves: Javy Lopez (1997)
• Detroit Tigers: Raul Casanova (1997)
• Baltimore Orioles: Mike Bordick (2000)
• Oakland Athletics: Miguel Tejada (2001)
• Cincinnati Reds: Jason LaRue (2001)
• Cleveland Indians: Russell Branyan (2001)
• Los Angeles Dodgers: Shawn Green (2001)
• Philadelphia Phillies: Bobby Abreu (2001)
• Boston Red Sox: Nomar Garciaparra (2002)
• St. Louis Cardinals: Hector Luna (2006)
• Pittsburgh Pirates: Ramon Vazquez (2009)
• Chicago White Sox: Brent Lillibridge (2011)

Lillibridge has four career home runs, the lowest total of any of the players on this list. Luna has 13, Vazquez 22, Casanova 35 and Aldrete 41 to round out the players with 50 or fewer career blasts on this list. A few of these names aren't surprising, namely Winfield, Sosa, Lopez, Tejada, Abreu, Green and Garciaparra. Even Bordick (who hit 20 home runs in 2000, which surprised the heck out of me) and LaRue hit over 90 home runs in their respective careers. But it's pretty clear Lillibridge is the most random, unlikely player on this list to hit his franchise's 10,000th dinger—chances are, as a career backup, Lillibridge won't pass Luna on this list.

Comments

[mechanical turk]

You know who was a career backup? Jose Bautista.

The 'Bridge will hit 50+ bombs this season, and you can take that to the bank.

[JJ -- White Sox Beerleaguer]

If that happens, I will buy you free beer at White Sox games for the 2012 season. No, really. Because if that happens I'll probably win one of those Publisher's Clearing House things and be filthy rich.

[David Ainley]

Ernest Riles hit the 10000th for the Giants, not Moke Aldrete.

[MBT Sale]

So would something about Oney Guillen, but let's just agree to avoid that subject.