McCutchen hit his 241st Pirates home run against the Marlins on Wednesday in a 5-2 win at PNC Park.
Andrew McCutchen will one day have his number retired at PNC Park. No one wore No. 22 after he left, and no one will likely wear it again when he retires.
On Wednesday, No. 22 passed No. 21 and continues to cement himself in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ history books.
In the bottom of the fifth inning of a day game against the Miami Marlins at PNC Park, Andrew McCutchen hit his 241st home run as a Pirate, surpassing Roberto Clemente for third on the all-time Pirates home run list.
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McCutchen extended the lead and lifted the Pirates to a 5-2 win. The Bucs have won seven of their last nine games.
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Andrew McCutchen has passed Roberto Clemente for 3rd-most home runs in Pirates history. pic.twitter.com/MwB0tqNRkG
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) June 11, 2025
The long ball marked McCutchen’s 325th career home run. McCutchen hit 47 with Philadelphia, 17 in 2022 with Milwaukee, and 20 combined between San Francisco and the New York Yankees in his first season away from the Pirates.
McCutchen, 38, trails Willie Stargell (475) and Ralph Kiner (301) on the team’s all-time home run list.
“It was stuck under the bleachers. Everybody was going crazy for it.”
The fan who caught Cutch’s 241st home run ball was happy to return it home pic.twitter.com/eAuFWnvjJa
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) June 11, 2025
McCutchen owns the second-best batting average on the team (.263) in 63 games with 11 doubles, seven home runs, and 26 RBIs.
He is one of 12 players in MLB history with 2,000 hits, 400 doubles, 50 triples, 300 home runs, and 200 stolen bases.
There is a case to be made that McCutchen is a Hall of Famer.
A career .273 hitter, McCutchen has hit 440 doubles, 326 homers, driven in 1,121 runs, and stolen 220 bases.
He’s a five-time All-Star and 2013 NL MVP who will one day have his number retired at PNC Park.
It might be an unpopular opinion, but I believe McCutchen should make the Hall of Fame. It’s not out of sympathy for the most beloved Pirate in over 30 years, but a valid cause for one of the best in his era.
McCutchen was especially dominant from 2011-2015, making five consecutive All-Star games and three top-three MVP finishes. He also finished 5th in 2015 and won a Silver Slugger in four straight years (2012-2015). McCutchen had solid years in 2016 and 2017 with 24 or more homers and 79+ RBIs.
One big sticking point on his resume is the highly sought-after ‘seven-year run’ writers look at to judge a player on how long they were truly dominant. McCutchen failed to win an award or make the All-Star game in 2016 and 2017.
He won’t make it in his first couple of tries. It probably will go down to the wire. It might take a veterans committee. He’s a borderline candidate, but he should get in. Harold Baines is in the Hall of Fame. Other members of the hall are less qualified than McCutchen.
Passing Clemente on the Pirates’ all-time home run list is another feather in McCutchen’s cap and potentially something that can convince voters to put No. 22 in baseball’s hallowed halls.