Baltimore Orioles’ Jones sets home run record at Camden Yards (Video)

Baltimore Orioles’ Adam Jones hits home run No. 125 at Camden Yards Monday night against the Minnesota Twins as he sets the all-time home run record at Camden Yards.

Adam Jones of the Baltimore Orioles hit his eighth home run of the season Monday night, but most importantly, home run No. 125 at Camden Yards, making him the new all-time leader for home runs at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

The treasured home run came in the bottom of the second inning off Minnesota Twins right-handed pitcher Kyle Gibson that gave the Orioles a 5-0 lead. With the home run, Jones passes Rafael Palmeiro for the most home runs at OPACY.

Baltimore Orioles slugger Chris Davis is not far behind Palmeiro and Jones as he sits in third place with 114 home runs at Camden Yards, per BaltimoreSun.com.

Jones now sits with 230 career home runs, which ranks fifth all-time in Orioles history behind Cal Ripken (431 HRs), Eddie Murray (343 HRs), Boog Powell (303 HRs) and Brooks Robinson (268).

Here’s how Jones and Palmeiro stack up against each other for all-time home runs by age:

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Jones hit more home runs than Palmeiro at 29 years old as Jones smashed 27 home runs in 2015 to Palmeiro’s 23 homers. However, at the age of 30, Palmeiro outslugged Jones by hitting 39 home runs to Jones’ 29 four-baggers.

Lastly, here’s a chart of Jones’ first 124 home runs at Camden Yards. As you can see, Jones smashes most of his home runs by pulling the baseball over the left field fence in a sea of orange.

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Jones, 31, hit his first career home run at Camden Yards on April 15, 2008, against Toronto Blue Jays’ Shaun Marcum in the bottom of the fifth inning, sending it deep to the left field line.