Alex Rodriguez plays a sport.
In Major League Baseball ( MLB ) , the 500 home run club is a group of batters who have hit 500 or more regular-season home runs in their careers . Alex Rodriguez . He became the youngest player ever to hit 500 home runs , reaching the milestone in 2007 . Batting average is a statistic in cricket , baseball , and softball that measures the performance of batsmen in cricket and batters in baseball . The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award ( MVP ) is an annual Major League Baseball ( MLB ) award , given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League .