Roger Maris had a single-season home run record that has stood in the American League for more than 60 years, but baseball analysts still don't know who holds the true record.
Roger Maris held the single-season home run record.
Judge hit his 61st home run of the season, one ahead of Maris' 61 in 1961, two ahead of Babe Ruth's 60 home runs in 1927, and three ahead of the 59 he hit for the Miami Marlins in 2017:
Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa have hit more home runs than Judge, but Judge is the only one who has 61 home runs.
Baseball fans don't like the records of Bonds, Sosa and McGwire after they tested positive for performance-Enhancing Drugs.
The race for the American League's Most Valuable Player award is between Judge and Ohtani, who has 34 home runs as a designated hitter this year.
Only three times in the past 50 years have the triple crown award been achieved by players who finish first in all three categories.
In his first season in the majors, Judge hit 52 home runs, setting an American League record and earning him the rookies of the year award, but he was second overall to Stanton, who had 59 in the NL. According to BaseballReference, Judge's career total of 219 is the 23rd most of all active players and he had 27 home runs in the last two seasons.
Kyle Schwarber has the second-most home runs in the MLB, but Judge has launched 19 more.
$18 million. Spotrac says that the Yankees are paying Judge a lot. Baseball analysts think that the Yankees right fielder will get a lot of offers at the end of the season. The New York Post reported that he rejected a seven-year $213.5 million contract extension with New York and followed it up with his best season.
The biggest contract in the history of the MLB was the 14-year, $400 million contract that the SeattleMariners agreed to with their rookies.
The Mariners signed a young man to a huge contract.
The best hitting season of all time? The case for Judge is listed here.
Judge is chasing more than just home run immortality.
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