Aaron Judge is determined to leave his name in the record books of the New York yankees and of the american league of the Big leagues.
Now, ‘El Juez’ has achieved it by getting his 61st home run in the 2022 season and equaling the Roger Maris record during the seventh inning of the Yankees game against the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Center.
After failing to hit a homer in 31 box appearances since reaching 60 four-corner batts, Judge hit a sinker off reliever Tim Mayza who was traveling at 94.5 miles per hour and sent it in the direction of left field.
In this way, the native of Linden, California, managed to tie the record of the Yankees and the AL that Roger Maris established in the 1961 campaign. At the rate he is going, the 30-year-old baseball player projects 62 home runs at the end of the regular season.
Broken down by month, Judge hit six HRs in April, 12 in May, 11 in June, 13 in Julynine in August and with today’s he has 10 in September.
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Players with more than 60 HRs
Only six players in Major League history have hit 60 or more home runs. babe Ruthin 1927; Marisin 1961; Sammy Sosa in 1998, 1999 and 2001; Mark McGwire, in 1998 and 1999; Y Barry Bondsin 2001.
