TORONTO -- Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s quest for 50 home runs fell just short, but he found a way to make history during Game 162.

With an opposite-field laser beam in the second inning of Sunday’s 12-4 win against the Orioles at Rogers Centre, Guerrero notched home run No. 48, the most in an age-22 season or younger in Major League history. The Milwaukee Braves' Eddie Mathews hit 47 as a 21-year-old in 1953. The homer also gave Guerrero a share of the MLB lead, tying Royals catcher Salvador Perez.

Guerrero acknowledged that his home run total was a major personal highlight -- especially his 45th, which passed his Hall of Fame father’s peak -- but the fact that the Blue Jays missed the playoffs left an air of unfinished business.

“Personally, I’m not satisfied with anything,” Guerrero said via translator Hector Lebron. “Because the fact that we didn’t make the playoffs, which is obviously my personal goal. Next year, I want to keep working very hard. Just to get better next year.”

For his final homer, Guerrero teed up a first-pitch fastball from right-hander Marcos Diplán and sent it beyond the wall in right with a 102.7 mph exit velocity. Guerrero can pull a home run as well as anyone -- evidenced by his 450-foot bomb to left on Saturday -- but opposite-field pop has been one of the keys to the first baseman’s breakout in his third season.

Guerrero finished as the American League leader in OPS (1.002) and the Major League leader in runs (123) and total bases (363). And that’s after an uncharacteristic rough patch in his final stretch, with a career-worst 0-for-20 skid last week.

Guerrero finished strong, though, making his closing argument for the AL Most Valuable Player Award on the season’s final day.

“I think that he showed everybody he’s willing to do what it takes to be the best in the world,” teammate Bo Bichette said of Guerrero. “It’s awesome, and I know that he’s ready to get after it again. I’m sure he wants to do even better next year.”