Aaron Judge reaches 40 home runs and 100 RBI this season

Aaron Judge is going to have the best campaign of his career in the 2024 season of the Major Leagues. The New York Yankees catcher connected the home run number 40 of the year in the first inning of the game against the Toronto Blue Jays and thanks to Juan Soto who was on the way, he came to 101 runs produced.

The umpire found Kevin Gausman’s snake, a fastball that traveled 95.3 miles per hour, and sent it to deep center field. Depending on the service Statistics, The ball traveled 477 mph at 117.5 mph.

With that, ‘El Juez’ was the first player to reach these numbers in the 2024 season. In terms of home runs, the closest pursuit is Shohei Ohtani with 32 homers. Among the runs produced, José Ramírez, an infielder for the Cleveland Guardians, is on track with 91 RBIs.

Compared to career-best numbers, the Yankees outfielder is aiming to surpass them this year. In 2022 set the AL home run record with 61 and reached 131 RBI. The possibility of setting new personal records is very good because the Yankees have 50 games left..

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Births for Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Mickey Mantle

By hitting 40 home runs this season, Judge joined a select group of players in Yankees history. Few baseball players have hit 40 or more HR in three different seasons in Bronx Bombers history and ’99 joined a group consisting of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Mickey Mantle.

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