Roger Maris

It took Judge eight days and 35 plate appearances to tie Maris' record, but he finally did it against the Blue Jays on Sept. 28.

Judge will now set his sights on breaking the elder Maris' record to take sole possession of the American League record. Spectators gave the visiting slugger a standing ovation as he rounded the bases and headed to the dugout. That put him one back of the American League record set by the Yankees' Roger Maris in 1961.

Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa have hit more, but baseball purists argue they don't count.

[Mariners Sign Rookie Phenom Julio Rodriguez To Massive Contract Up To $470 Million ](https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2022/08/26/mariners-sign-rookie-phenom-julio-rodriguez-to-massive-contract-up-to-470-million/?sh=6188a2da3331)(Forbes) [Best hitting season ever? [Spotrac](https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/aaron-judge-18499/). Judge had 27 home runs in the 2018 and 2019 season, nine in a pandemic-shortened 2020 season and 39 last year, putting his career total at 219, the 23rd most of all active players, according to [14-year contract](https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2022/08/26/mariners-sign-rookie-phenom-julio-rodriguez-to-massive-contract-up-to-470-million/?sh=6188a2da3331) with $120 million guaranteed and up to $470 million if the team exercises an extension up to 18 years—the biggest contract in the history of the MLB. In March, he [rejected](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/aaron-judge-contract-predicting-what-kind-of-deal-yankees-star-will-get-in-free-agency-after-historic-2022/) a seven-year $213.5 million contract extension with New York, countering with $36 million per year for nine to 10 years ($324 million-$360 million), according to the [New York Post](https://nypost.com/2022/04/08/aaron-judges-quiet-confidence-biggest-barrier-in-contract-talks/), only to follow it up with his best season of his career. [5th best](https://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/_/teams/7) in the league).

In one of the greatest seasons in major league history, Judge, the Yankees outfielder, has matched Maris's American League record for home runs in a single ...

Only six players in history have hit that many in a season, and three of them — Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Bonds — have been connected in various ways to the use of performance-enhancers. in batting average (.314), and he led in home runs (of course) and runs batted in (128). Injuries suppressed his totals in the seasons that followed, but he hit 39 home runs last year while setting a new career high in batting average — .287 — helping set the stage for his breakout 2022 season. In the eighth inning, Judge had his first chance to break the record but hit a hard groundout. His eye-popping statistics will do most of the talking for him. “He’s totally equipped for all this, and he’s proven to be right in that regard. Judge, who is leading the major leagues in numerous statistical categories, is having one of the greatest offensive seasons in baseball history. Though a later post implied he had turned the ball over to Yankees security so it could be returned to Judge. With seven games remaining, Judge is tied with Maris for the American League record and has ample opportunity to stand alone. [authenticated by Major League Baseball](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/21/sports/baseball/aaron-judge-ball-authentication.html) in advance of the homer, and [speculation was rampant](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/sports/baseball/aaron-judge-home-run-chase.html) at how much it would be worth on the open market, No. “It’s an incredible honor,” Judge said of matching Maris at his postgame news conference. Maris’s record was eventually surpassed by three different players, all of whom have been connected to performance-enhancing drugs.

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge hit his 61st home run against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday, tying Roger Maris for the American League single- ...

New York Yankees' Aaron Judge hit his 61st home run of the season during a game with the Toronto Blue Jays on Sept. 28, officially tying Roger Maris' ...

"That's the record," Judge raved. But trying to get to there, that's the hardest one, that 61 is going to be the hardest. "After playing this game and realizing how hard it is, I look back to how he'd see one pitch a game, one pitch a series that was over the plate, and he didn't miss it." "Trying to get to that one. [Trying to get to that 61](https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/ex-giants-legend-barry-bonds-declares-hall-fame-dream-not-over-me) is the hardest one," he told the outlet on Sept. But that's not to say Judge can't make the history books again.

The two-run blast gave the Yankees a 5-3 lead in the seventh inning and secured Judge's place in baseball history. The exit velocity was 117.4 mph, his hardest ...

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Roger Maris is no longer alone atop the leaderboard for home runs in a single season in Yankees and American League history. Aaron Judge joined the Yankee.

Barry Bonds currently holds the record for most home runs in a single season with 73, which he set during the 2001 season. Judge’s play has captivated Yankees and baseball fans alike this season as he has at times carried New York’s offense on his back during the course of the year. Judge is now the second player in Yankees history to reach 61 homers and just the third to hit at least 60. Roger Maris is no longer alone atop the leaderboard for home runs in a single season in Yankees and American League history. And that’s shown up in silence for the 40-plus thousand people in that moment because you don’t want to miss something or you’re completely locked in and concentrating. The history-tying home run came on a 3-2 pitch that the superstar slugger sent sailing into the left field stands.

Judge moved past the 60 home runs Babe Ruth hit in 1927, which had stood as the major league mark until Maris broke it.

Ruth set the record four times in all, with 54 in 1920, 59 in 1921 and 60 in 1927, a mark that stood until Maris’ 61 in 1961. Nap Lajoie hit 14 in the AL’s first season as a major league in 1901, and Philadelphia Athletics teammate Socks Seabold had 16 the next year, a mark that stood until Babe Ruth hit 29 in 1919. Injuries limited him during the following three seasons, and he rebounded to hit 39 homers with 98 RBIs in 2021. Among the tallest batters in major league history, the 6-foot-7 Judge burst on the scene on Aug. Major League Baseball started testing with penalties for PEDs in 2004, and some fans — perhaps many — until now have considered Maris the holder of the “clean” record. He has a chance to become the first AL Triple Crown winner since Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera in 2012.

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge tied Yankees great Roger Maris' American League single-season home run record, hitting his 61st home run in the top ...

Judge's blast comes in the Yankees' 155th game of 2022. 61 years after Roger Maris became the single-season home run king in 1961, Aaron Judge hits his record-tying 61st home run. But Judge was able to work a full count in the top of the seventh inning with one out and no men on base, finally getting his pitch from Blue Jays lefty Tim Mayza and crushing it over the left field wall.

TORONTO -- Two slugging right fielders taking their swings in Yankees uniforms 61 years apart, one assigned No. 9 and the other sporting a super-sized No.

He stamped that out quickly, telling Boone: “I want to play.” Boone agreed, slotting Judge in as the designated hitter. Cole retired the first 15 Blue Jays, striking out four batters to equal a different beloved Yankees single-season record -- [Ron Guidry](https://www.mlb.com/player/115228)’s franchise mark of 248 strikeouts, set in 1978. “My game plan is what got me to this point,” Judge said. [Bryan Hoch](mailto:[email protected]) has covered the Yankees for MLB.com since 2007. The Yankees spilled out of the dugout to congratulate Judge after the home run, which came in his 35th plate appearance since slugging No. Yet Judge insists that he has not changed his approach one iota since Opening Day; to hear him explain it, this was all meant to be. “Sitting at 60 for a while there with 'The Babe' was nice,” Judge said. The ball smacked into a wall just below them and came to a stop near the bullpen mound, where it was retrieved by pitching coach Matt Buschmann and “She’s been with me through it all,” Judge said. It was Judge’s hardest-hit homer of the season. That’s one thing that’s so special about the Yankee organization, all the guys that came before us and paved the way, played the game the right way.” 9 and the other sporting a super-sized No.

Maris Jr. says he considers the records held by Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire to be illegitimate.

After the game, Maris Jr. In the end, 73 is the record and will remain the record until someone hits 74. [San Francisco Giants](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/SF/san-francisco-giants/) -- to be the record, [which of course it is](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/no-aaron-judge-wont-be-baseballs-real-home-run-king-if-he-gets-to-62-this-season/). I think baseball needs to look at the records and I think baseball should do something." He sat with Judge's mother, Patty, during Wednesday's game and then congratulated Judge personally after the game. Maris of course hit 61 home runs with the 1961 Yankees.

Aaron Judge, des Yankees de New York, a frappé son 61e circuit de la saison et a du même coup égalé le record de la Ligue américaine, établi par Roger Maris ...

En plus de mener pour les circuits, il a maintenu une moyenne au bâton de ,314 et a produit 130 points. Les Yankees clôtureront la saison avec une série de quatre matchs contre les Rangers, au Texas. Après la série à Toronto, le club new-yorkais aura une journée de congé jeudi avant d'accueillir les Orioles de Baltimore dans une série de trois matchs. Les trois vedettes ont accompli l'exploit comme membre des Yankees. Je ne suis rien sans ma famille, a dit Judge. Je ne voulais pas être encore au marbre quand elle frappe le mur, a raconté Judge.

Il est difficile de réécrire le livre des records des Yankees de New York tellement le passé de cette équipe est richissime. Or, Aaron Judge est parvenu à ...

Il égale par le fait même un record de l’Américaine. Non seulement il a égalé une marque d’équipe vieille de 61 ans, mais en plus il l’a fait dans un moment crucial du match. Il est difficile de réécrire le livre des records des Yankees de New York tellement le passé de cette équipe est richissime.

As Judge's home run sailed off the barrel of his bat for a no-doubter into the Blue Jays bullpen, Roger Maris Jr. embraced Aaron's mother, Patty, in the stands.

[Blue Jays](https://theathletic.com/mlb/team/jays/) bullpen, Roger Maris Jr. “To be enshrined with him forever — there’s no words to describe it.” Seven games remain in the

Aaron Judge, des Yankees de New York, a frappé son 61e circuit de la saison et a égalé le record de l'Américaine, établi par Roger Maris en 1961, ...

En plus de mener pour les circuits, il a maintenu une moyenne au bâton de ,314 et a produit 130 points. Les Yankees clôtureront la saison régulière avec une série de quatre matchs contre les Rangers, au Texas. Oswald Peraza et Marwin Gonzalez ont chacun frappé un simple en première qui a permis aux Yankees de prendre les devants 3-0 d’emblée. Sa claque de deux points dans le champ gauche, qui est atterri dans l’enclos des releveurs, a permis aux Yankees de prendre une avance de 5-3. L’offensive des Blue Jays a répliqué en sixième. Je ne voulais pas être encore au marbre quand elle frappe le mur, a raconté Judge.

Devant les membres de la famille de Roger Maris, il a égalé la marque de l'équipe et celle de la Ligue américaine avec un circuit de deux points aux dépens ...

Oswald Peraza et Marwin Gonzalez ont chacun frappé un simple en première qui a permis aux Yankees de prendre les devants 3-0 d'emblée. Il rejoint un groupe sélect de frappeurs qui ont passé la marque des 60 circuits en une saison. Le commissaire du baseball Ford Frick avait alors statué que si un joueur battait la marque de Ruth en plus de 154 matchs, « il devrait y avoir une marque distinctive dans le livre des records indiquant que le record de Babe Ruth avait été établi avec un calendrier de 154 matchs. Les Yankees clôtureront la saison régulière avec une série de quatre matchs contre les Rangers, au Texas. Le dernier joueur à avoir réussi le tour de force est Miguel Cabrera, des Tigers de Detroit, en 2012. Maris avait 35 ans en 1961 lors de la première saison où le calendrier de chaque équipe est passé de 154 matchs à 162 matchs.

Aaron Judge a frappé son 61e circuit de la saison pour égaler le record de Roger Maris, mercredi soir, contre les Blue Jays à Toronto.

Bo Bichette et Vladimir Guerrero fils ont ensuite nivelé la marque avec respectivement un simple et un ballon-sacrifice. Pour ce match crucial, le gérant John Schneider a décidé de faire confiance à Mitch White comme lanceur partant. Muselée par Gerrit Cole (13-7) après cinq manches, l’attaque torontoise s’est mise en marche grâce à la longue balle en solo de Danny Jansen. Avec une victoire, ils pouvaient s’assurer de participer au tournoi éliminatoire en tant qu’équipe repêchée. Ce dernier avait accordé un simple à Aaron Hicks quelques instants auparavant, ce qui a permis à Judge d’ajouter deux points au tableau. Cela m'a pris un peu plus de temps que je ne le voulais.»