WATCH: Alex Rodriguez's 3,000th hit (a home run) in video form

A-Rod hit a home run Friday night, becoming the 29th man in MLB history to get to 3,000 hits. Here's the video footage.

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Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez entered Friday's game needing just one hit to join 28 others as the men in Major League Baseball's 3,000-hit club. It didn't take long.

Rodriguez joins former teammate Derek Jeter and former Yankee (who was a Devil Ray at the time) Wade Boggs as the only three members of the club to have homered for their 3,000th hit with the first-inning shot off Tigers starter Justin Verlander.

Alex Rodriguez reacts to the home run that was his 3,000th career hit. (USATSI)

Here's where the polarizing A-Rod ranks in some rather important counting stat:

Runs: 9th
Hits: 29th
Total bases: 8th
Doubles: 39th
Home runs: 4th
RBI: 4th
Extra base hits: 6th
Times on base: 22nd

In conclusion: