The New York Yankees franchise slugger gave a candid response on a home run mark that once seemed unreachable.

In 1927, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig came in at a bWAR of 24.4 (Ruth 12.6 and Gehrig 11.8) and in 1930, they finished at 20.1 (Ruth 10.5) and Gehrig 9.6.

Aaron Judge joined Babe Ruth in 1928 as the only Yankees to record six multi-homer games in the team’s first 70 games of a season.

ARLINGTON, Texas — New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge, who circled the bases with his mind in a haze three hours earlier Tuesday evening, was now on the field, still trying to comprehend ...

He’s one away. Aaron Judge led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a 430-foot shot to left-center field for his 60th home run of the season. Judge tied Babe Ruth’s 1927 record as the ...

Phillips believes that Aaron Judge even outshone Ruth’s legendary 1927 campaign and Roger Maris’s 61-homer 1961 season. “There were eight teams in the American League when Babe Ruth played.

1. Judge ties the Babe, but is ahead of his pace As noted above, Judge is now tied with Babe Ruth for the second-most home runs in a season, either for a Yankee or an American League player.

The 7th-inning big fly was also Judge’s 321st of his career, a feat he accomplished in his 1,000th MLB game. It’s the same home run total Babe Ruth had over his first 1,000 games in a Yankees ...

Major League Baseball The best comp for Aaron Judge’s historic season? Babe Ruth. Updated September 10, 2022 More than 2 years ago 6 min Summary ...

Most impressive is Judge’s company on that top-100 list: Babe Ruth (10 times), Ted Williams (eight), Lou Gehrig (five) and so forth.

June 13, 2017 / 3:25 PM EDT / CBS Boston By Matt Dolloff, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) -- Aaron Judge needs to hit the rookie wall pronto, because the takes are already getting out of control.

The New York Yankees did not go into the All-Star Break leading the American League East. However, they are still considered ...