Aaron Judge blasts his 60th home run of the season, joining an exclusive MLB club.
Aaron Judge blasts his 60th home run of the season, joining an exclusive MLB club.
Judge is two home runs shy of tying Roger Maris' AL home run record of 61.
On Tuesday night, Aaron Judge became the sixth player in MLB history to smash 60 home runs in a single season.
Judge hit his 60th home run of the season in the ninth inning against Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Wil Crowe.
Judge is also the third Yankee in history to smash 60 home runs in a single season, after Roger Maris (61 in 1961) and Babe Ruth (60 in 1927). He is the first guy to reach the milestone since Barry Bonds (73) and Sammy Sosa (64) in 2001.
On September 7, 2022, in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City, Aaron Judge, #99 of the New York Yankees, gestures as he rounds the bases after hitting a home run against the Minnesota Twins in the fourth inning of game one of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Judge's next two home runs will also be historic, tying and breaking Maris' American League record.
Bonds, Sosa, and Mark McGwire have since exceeded Maris, but their involvement with performance-enhancing drugs has tainted their reputations in the eyes of many baseball fans, who believe Judge's 62nd home run will be the actual all-time single-season record.
Although Judge has stated that "73 is the record," some believe that 62 might be worth up to $10 million.
Ticket fees to see and/or catch 61 and 62 have also soared, so Judge may remain humble all he wants, but 62 is historic anyway.
On September 2, 2022, Aaron Judge (99) of the New York Yankees swings and hits a home run against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York. (Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Imagess)
With his 59th home run of the season on Sunday, Judge broke the single-season record for most home runs hit by a right-handed batter.
Judge will be a free agent this year after turning down the Yankees' offer of $230.5 million over an eight-year period, and no gamble on oneself has ever paid off so brilliantly.
He not only leads baseball in home runs, but also in RBI (128), on-base percentage (.419), slugging percentage (.703), total bases (372), and runs scored (123). His.316 hitting average was.001 behind AL leader Luis Arraez of the Minnesota Twins as of Tuesday. He also leads the AL in walks with 93.
Aaron Judge, right, of the New York Yankees, gestures to fans after a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, in New York. The Yankees prevailed 1-0. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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