Aaron Judge’s hot start to the 2025 season has earned him a seat right next to “The Great Bambino.”
During Friday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Judge came up to the plate with a man on first and one out in the top of the 7th inning at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pa. Pirates reliever Tim Mayza threw a 94-mph sinker right down the middle to the New York Yankees’ most dangerous hitter. Judge did not waste it.
The two-time AL MVP smashed the first-pitch sinker into the right-center field seats to give the Yankees a 9-1 lead. The home run was Judge’s sixth of the season.
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 uniform. Judge tied Ruth for the Yankee record.
When it comes to plate appearances, Judge does have Ruth beaten. With 4,455 plate appearances, Ruth hit his 321st home run—100 more than Judge.
Judge’s 2025 campaign has been off to a scorching start. The 32-year-old batted.379 with 17 RBIs, 6 home runs, and a 1.103 slugging percentage in his first seven games.
The Yankees’ “torpedo” bat was not even necessary for the man to accomplish this.
