33rd HR Sets Single-Season MLB Record by European-Born Player 2019 Topps NOW #697
Minnesota Twins
Card Details
- Card Number
- #697
- Print Run
- 179 copies
- Release Date
- 2019-08-16
- Set
- 2019 MLB Topps NOW
- Team
- Minnesota Twins
Front Caption
Max Kepler - MLB TOPPS NOW® Card 697 - Print Run: 179
Card Back Story
Max Kepler's fourth-inning, two-run home run against the Texas Rangers marked his 33rd of year. The blast set the single-season Major League record for most home runs ever by a European-born player. The German-born Kepler broke the record that previously belonged to Scotland-born Bobby Thomson, who set the record of 32 homers for the New York Giants in 1951 with his famous "Shot Heard 'Round the World".