Philadelphia Phillies Star Trea Turner Reaches Milestone in First Team Home Run

Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner hit his first home run as a member of the Phillies on Wednesday afternoon. The home run, off of Chicago White Sox pitcher Mike Clevinger also was the 600th run scored of his career. With that run scored, he became the fourth-fastest active player to reach that milestone.

Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner reached a few different milestones on Wednesday afternoon.

First, Turner hit his first career home run as a member of the organization, taking Chicago White Sox pitcher Mike Clevinger deep in the top of the first inning. He deposited a 2-2 breaking ball in the left-field seats.

Trea! Trea! Trea!#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/6EzKnCZuET

— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) April 19, 2023

And with that that run scored via the homer, Turner recorded his 600th career run scored. Among active players, he reached that 600-run milestone in the fourth fewest games.

The Twitter account @PhilliesNotes described the accomplishment saying "Trea Turner's first home run with the Phillies was also his 600th career run, coming in his 868th career game. Among all active players, Turner is the fourth fastest to reach 600 career runs behind only Mookie Betts (778 G), Mike Trout (808 G) and George Springer (838 G).

Trea Turner’s first home run with the Phillies was also his 600th career run, coming in his 868th career game.

Among all active players, Turner is the fourth fastest to reach 600 career runs behind only Mookie Betts (778 G), Mike Trout (808 G) and George Springer (838 G).

— PhilliesNotes (@PhilliesNotes) April 19, 2023

That's certainly some elite company for Turner, who signed a 11-year, $300 million deal with the Phillies this offseason. He came to Philly after spending the last 1.5 years with the Dodgers. Previously, he spent 6.5 years with the Washington Nationals, helping them win the 2019 World Series.

All told, Turner is a two-time All-Star who has received MVP votes in three different seasons. He also finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year voting in 2016. For his career, he's a .302 hitter with a .355 on-base percentage. He's also stolen 233 bases.

For this season, he's hitting .321 with four steals.

At the time of this posting, the Phillies are leading the White Sox, 3-2.

Philadelphia entered play at 7-11.

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