Heading into the final three-game series at Arkansas on Wednesday, Ramirez now has 12 homers on the year and 497 for his career (while Marietta sits three games behind Carolina for the sixth and final playoff spot). Ramirez is assured to finish his career 4th on the all-time home run list (behind Thome, 410; A-Rod, 555; and Bonds, 689), and would be the 4th player to reach 500 home runs.
Ramirez has said this will be his 16th and final season in DMBL, meaning he would be eligible for the Hall of Fame starting in 2016. He's played at least 132 games every year but one since 2000 and has never played fewer than 104 games in a season since breaking in with Toledo in 1996. He joined Newark in 1997 and was a key cog in the Sugar Bear dynasty until being dealt to Marietta this season, after which he announced his impending retirement.
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