In baseball, a home run is when the batter hits the ball out of the Park. This can happen when they hit it over the fence, or if they hit it so hard that it goes out of the Park entirely. Judge is currently tied for second place with Babe Ruth, and he is only one home run away from first place.
A game-winning Yankees rally is
started when Aaron Judge hits 60 home runs, moving him closer to the Triple
Crown.
On Monday night, Aaron Judge hit his
60th home run of the season, becoming just the sixth player in MLB history to
reach that mark. The solo shot sparked a come-from-behind victory for the
Yankees, as they rallied from a 4-1 deficit to beat the Orioles 5-4.
With his 60th home run, Judge also moved into a tie for third place on the
single-season list with Sammy Sosa and Ken Griffey Jr. He trails only Babe Ruth
(60 in 1927) and Roger Maris (61 in 1961).
Judge is also now just three home runs behind Jose Abreu for the major league
lead. If he can maintain his pace, he has a good chance of winning the Triple
Crown, which goes to the player with the most home runs, RBIs and batting
average in a season.
So far this season, Judge is batting .284 with 127 RBIs. He leads the majors in
both home runs and RBIs. If he can keep it up, he could make some history by
becoming the first player to win the Triple Crown since Miguel Cabrera did it
in 2012.
If Aaron Judge reaches 62 home runs
this season, he won't be considered baseball's "true" home run
champion.
No, Aaron Judge won't be baseball's
'real' home run king if he gets to 62 this season.
There's no doubt that Judge is a phenomenal hitter, and he's on pace to break
the single-season home run record. But there's one big problem with him being
crowned the home run king: He plays in an era when everyone hits a ton of home
runs.
In 2017, the average MLB team hit 1.26 home runs per game. That's the highest
rate in history. So even if Judge hits 62 home runs this season, he'll still be
behind the pace set by last year's home run leader, Giancarlo Stanton, who hit
59 homers in 2017.
And it's not just Stanton. There are a dozen players who have hit more home
runs than Judge since 2016. In other words, Judge isn't chasing records set in
some bygone era; he's chasing records set by his peers.
So while Judge may end up being the single-season home run king, he won't be
baseball's real home run king. That title belongs to Babe Ruth, who hit 60
homers in 1927, a time when the average MLB team hit just.
Why Aaron Judge's prolific home run
season in 2022 is much more astounding than it looks
Aaron Judge is on pace to break
several home run records in the 2022 season. He is currently on pace to hit 73
home runs, which would break the single-season record. He is also on pace to
hit more home runs in a single season than any other player in history.
Judge's impressive home run total is even more impressive when you consider
that he missed most of the 2021 season with an injury. If he had played a full
season, he would have been on pace to break even more records.
The records that Judge is chasing are:
- Most home runs in a single season: 73 (Barry Bonds, 2001)
- Most home runs in a career: 762 (Hank Aaron)
- Most home runs in a single season by a rookie: 52 (Mark McGwire, 1987)
- Most home runs in a single season by a player under 30 years old: 73 (Barry
Bonds, 2001)
- Most home runs in a single season by a left-handed hitter: 73 (Barry Bonds,
2001)
All of these records are within reach for Judge if he stays healthy and
continues to hit at his current pace. There's no doubt that
Aaron Judge's 60th home run equals
Babe Ruth's record; it is one short of Maris's AL record.
Aaron Judge has been on an absolute
tear lately. In his last 10 games, he’s hit .333/.500/1.167 with seven home runs.
He’s now tied with Babe Ruth for 60 home runs in a season, and he’s just one
shy of Mark McGwire’s single-season record of 70.
Judge is not just putting up big numbers, he’s also doing it against some of
the best pitchers in the game. In his last 10 games, he’s faced Justin
Verlander, Chris Sale, Clayton Kershaw, and Max Scherzer. He’s more than held
his own against those pitchers, going 6-for-19 with three home runs.
What’s most impressive about Judge is that he’s doing all of this at just 25
years old. He’s in just his second season in the majors, and he’s already one
of the best hitters in the game. He’s on pace to finish the season with a
.284/.413/.627 batting line with 52 home runs.
There’s no doubt that Judge is one of the best players in
Which home run records is Aaron
Judge trying to break?
As the 2017 season winds down, New
York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is putting up some mind-boggling numbers. The
6-foot-7, 282-pound rookie right fielder has blasted an American League-leading
43 home runs. He's also leading the AL in runs scored (102) and walks (84).
Judge's production has been so otherworldly that he's being mentioned in the
same breath as some of baseball's all-time greats. So what home run records is
Judge chasing?
First, let's take a look at his single-season home run total. If Judge can hold
on to his lead, he'll become just the sixth player in MLB history to hit 50 or
more homers in a season. The others are Babe Ruth (54 in 1920), Roger Maris (61
in 1961), Sammy Sosa (64 in 1998), Mark McGwire (70 in 1998) and Barry Bonds
(73 in 2001).
As impressive as that would be, it's worth noting that Ruth, Maris, Sosa,
McGwire and Bonds all benefited from playing in hitter-friendly ballparks. Ruth
did most of his damage at Yankee Stadium, which was notoriously friendly to
left.
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