Pete Alonso Named NL Co-Player Of the Week

New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso was named National League Co-Player of the Week with Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols for the week starting Sept. 19.

Alonso hit .333/407/.917 with four home runs and 13 RBI in six games.

During the week, Alonso surpassed Mets legends David Wright and Mike Piazza for the franchise RBI record of 124. Alonso is currently tied with the Yankees Aaron Judge for the MLB lead with 128 runs batted in.

It’s the second time in his career Alonso has been named the player of the week and the first time since his rookie season in 2019. He shares the honor with Pujols this week for hit his 699 and 700th career home runs on Friday.

Following a slow August, Alonso has turned it back on for the Mets stretch run. In September he’s hitting .264/.356/.586 with eight home runs and 23 RBIs.