If Judge plays in each of the remaining Yankees games, he should hit 63 home runs this season. “Judge, who was purposely walked twice on Monday before going deep, remarked, “It’s just another number. “It’s amazing, but I’m disappointed that we fell short. It was a game that we had a chance to win.
Judge set a rookie record for long balls in 2017 during his Rookie of the Year campaign with 52, which was surpassed two years later by Pete Alonso’s 53 for the New York Mets.
Judge is now the third member of the illustrious Yankees franchise to have multiple seasons with 50 or more home runs while donning pinstripes, joining Babe Ruth (four) and Mickey Mantle (2). With 54 home runs in 2007, Alex Rodriguez had one of these seasons while playing for the Yankees, and he also had two more while playing for the Texas Rangers.
The Yankees have had 10 players have 50-home run seasons, which is the most of any MLB team. The Chicago Cubs are the next closest team (five). Other franchises have a maximum of two.
The last player to accomplish this feat was Judge’s current teammate Giancarlo Stanton, who hit 51 home runs by Aug. 29 all through his 59-homer 2017 National League MVP season with the Miami Marlins. Judge now ranks as only the seventh player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs before the start of September. The 61 home runs Roger
hit for the Yankees in 1961 represents the single-season mark that the 6-foot-7 Judge is attempting to surpass.
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