Aaron Judge's Historic Season

On April 26th, today marks Aaron Judge's birthday, and this Yankee slugger is etching his name

among the all-time greats. Playing for the franchise with the most titles in baseball history,

he's sitting at 63.6 wins above replacement this season. If he keeps it up,

he could pass Derek Jeter's 71.3 for fifth all-time in team history,

trailing only legends like Babe Ruth, Liu, Garrick, Mickey Mantle, and Joe DiMaggio.

Judge's power numbers are straight fire. He hit his 300th career Homer,

and just 955 games, smashing records ahead of Ralph Keiner. By AdBats, it took him 3431,

fewer than Ruth's 3831. Now, with 377 bombs, in 1172 games, 400 is next, and he's already got 47.

Multi-homer games, second only to Ruth and pinstripes. But Judge ain't just a one-trick pony.

His career on-base plus slugging sits at 1.026 through his first 1072 games, ranking 9th behind

icons like. Ruth, Ted Williams, and Garrick, he's cranked out four seasons with 50 plus homers,

tied with Ruth, Mark McGuire, and Sammy Sosa for the most ever. Plus, he's had four straight

years with elite weighted runs, created plus over 175 and 35 homers minimum. The hardware

backs it up too. Last year, he snagged his second unanimous MVP, joining Mantle as the only Yankees

to do that since voting started in 1931. Then he won a third in 2025, putting him in rare company

with just 13 players ever reaching that mark. We keep watching this beast dominate, chasing more

history as the season rolls on. That's the story for today. MLB News Today, driven by AI.