BOSTON — Aaron Judge is now just four at-bats away from tying 61-year-old Roger Maris’ AL single-season home run record, hitting his major league-leading 56th and 57th. , Tuesday evening at Fenway Park. .
Judge connected for solo shots in the sixth and eighth innings, tying the game both times. No. 56 came on a hanging Nick Pivetta curveball that landed in the Boston bullpen. It came off Judge’s bat at 109.7 mph and traveled 383 feet, according to Statcast calculations.
Then, in the eighth, Judge did it again, sending a Garrett Whitlock slider over the green monster in left field for No. 57. It came off Judge’s bat at 100.5 mph, traveling 389 feet.
It marked Judge’s tenth multi-homer game of the season; Hank Greenberg holds the AL record with 11, set in 1938. Alex Rodriguez (2002) and Jimmie Foxx (1938) also had 10.
Judge hadn’t homered in five games, though he had reached base in 13 of 24 plate appearances entering Tuesday’s game, keeping him on pace for 65 homers this season.
His 57 home runs are the fourth most by a Yankee in a single season. Maris hit 61 in 1961, while Babe Ruth hit 60 in 1927 and 59 in 1921. Judge’s 57 homers are the most by a Yankees right-handed hitter, having surpassed Alex Rodriguez’s 54 in 2007
Most HRs in a Season, MLB History: With 142 Team Game Totals: 2001 Barry Bonds: 73 – 601998 Mark McGwire: 70 – 591998 Sammy Sosa: 66 – 582022 Aaron Judge: 65 (current pace) – 99719 Mark McGwire: 65 — 552001 Sammy Sosa: 64 — 541999 Sammy Sosa: 63 — 591961 Roger Maris: 61 — 551927 Babe Ruth: 60 — 52