The home run moved Howard into sole possession of second place on the Phillies all-time home run leader board, passing Del Ennis who hit 259 home runs as a Phillie. Mike Schmidt is next on the list, although the 31-year-old Howard will need to hit 288 more to match Schmidt's career total of 548 home runs.
Ennis passed away in 1996, but his widow, Liz, passed along a note of congratulations to Howard following the game.
The Phillies top ten career home run leaders, as of Saturday night's game:
- Mike Schmidt, 548
- Ryan Howard, 260
- Del Ennis, 259
- Pat Burrell, 251
- Chuck Klein, 243
- Greg Luzinski, 223
- Cy Williams, 217
- Dick Allen, 204
- Bobby Abreu, 195
- Johnny Callison, 185
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