Aaron Judge

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775+13 compared to 911+13 for Bellinger). Judge earned the Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award for his position in right field. [104]

2020

During spring training in March, Judge felt soreness in his pectoral area. It was revealed that he had suffered a stress fracture in his ribs and was shut down for at least two weeks. [105] However, the start of the season was delayed until July. [106]

Judge began the shortened 2020 season with five consecutive games with a home run (6 during the span), launching a 419-feet, 108 mph three-run shot off of Boston Red Sox pitcher Matt Hall. His streak ended on August 3 when he went 2-for-4 without a home run. It was the longest home run streak by a Yankees player since Alex Rodriguez (September 4–9, 2007). [107] On August 14, Judge was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right calf strain. [108] On August 26, he was again placed on the 10-day injured list after straining the same calf the day he returned against the Atlanta Braves. [109] He finished the season slashing .257/.336/.554 with 26 hits, nine home runs, three doubles and 22 RBIs over 28 games. [110] In the playoffs, he batted 4-for-30 with 3 home runs and 5 RBI as the Yankees lost to Tampa Bay in the ALDS. [111]

2021

During the week of May 10–16, Judge earned his fourth career AL Player of the Week Award. [112] Judge had a slash line of .571/.640/1.333 with eight runs scored, 12 hits, a double, five home runs, six RBIs, and three walks in six games (five multi-hit games and his 13th career multi-homer game). He also hit his 130th career home run, the second-most in MLB history through 460 career games, trailing only Ryan Howard (142). [113] On May 23, Judge recorded his first career walk-off RBI, taking a walk on a 3–1 pitch against Liam Hendriks of the Chicago White Sox. [114]

On July 9, Judge recorded his 500th career hit during a game against the Houston Astros by hitting a double to left field off pitcher Brandon Bielak. [115] He became the second-fastest Yankee to 500 hits and 100 home runs. He accomplished the feat in his 506th game, with only Joe DiMaggio getting there faster, at 395 games. [116]

Judge was named the starting right fielder in the All-Star Game. [117] Following the All-Star Game, Judge was placed on the COVID-19 injured list after testing positive to the virus. [118] Judge returned against the Tampa Bay Rays on July 27. [119]

On August 12, in the Field of Dreams game in Iowa, Judge hit two multiple-run home runs. [120] He also hit two home runs on September 11 against the New York Mets with his 31st and 32nd home runs. [121] On October 3, the last game of the regular season, Judge recorded his first career walk-off hit, a single that scored Tyler Wade to beat Tampa Bay 1–0 and clinch a Wild Card Game spot for the Yankees. [122] In the Wild Card Game, Judge became the first Yankee to be ruled out at home plate on a hit in a winner-take-all game. [123]

Judge finished the 2021 season batting .287/.373/.544 with 158 hits, 39 home runs, 24 doubles, 98 RBI, 75 walks, two intentional walks, and six stolen bases. [124] After the season, Judge won a Fielding Bible Award for his defensive excellence and his second Silver Slugger Award. [125] On November 23, 2021, Judge was named to the First Team of the All-MLB Team as an outfielder. [126] He finished fourth in AL MVP voting. [127]

2022: AL home run record, MVP

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Judge (near third base) circles the bases at Yankee Stadium after his first home run of the 2022 season.

Before the 2022 Yankees season, Judge and the Yankees were unsuccessful in negotiating a long-term contract. General manager Brian Cashman told ESPN that the team offered Judge $17 million in arbitration and a seven-year extension worth $213.5 million. Cashman refused to comment on whether this affected the negotiations. [128] Judge avoided salary arbitration and signed a one-year, $19 million contract on June 24, with additional $250,000 bonuses for winning each of the MVP Award and the World Series MVP Award. [129]

Judge slashed .293/.361/.600 for the month of April, with six home runs. [130] He hit his first career walk-off home run on May 10 off Toronto Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano. [131] Judge won the AL Player of the Month Award for May. [132] During the month, Judge slashed .311/.378/.699 with 12 home runs. [130] He hit his second walk-off home run on June 26 against the Houston Astros, sending a Seth Martinez pitch into the visiting bullpen. [133]

Judge was elected as a starter for the All-Star Game, receiving the most fan votes of any player in the AL. [134] This was his second consecutive and fourth overall All-Star selection. [135]

Judge slugged his third and final walk-off homer for the season against the visiting Kansas City Royals on July 28, tying Mickey Mantle for most by a Yankee in a season. [136] [137] Judge won back-to-back AL Player of the Week Awards for the weeks ending July 24 and 31. [138] Judge also claimed the AL Player of the Month Award for July after batting .333/.436/.806 with 13 home runs. [132] [130]

On July 30, Judge became the second-fastest player in history to hit 200 career home runs (behind Ryan Howard), launching a two-run shot off of Jon Heasley of the Kansas City Royals. [139] On August 29, during a game against the Los Angeles Angels, Judge hit his 50th home run for the season, coming off reliever Ryan Tepera. He became only the tenth player in MLB history and third player in Yankees franchise history to record multiple 50 home run seasons. [140]

Judge hit his 55th home run during the first game of a doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins on September 7 off rookie starting pitcher Louie Varland. He became the fourth player in MLB history to hit at least 55 home runs and steal at least 15 bases in a season, joining Babe Ruth (1921), Sammy Sosa (1998), and Ken Griffey Jr. (1997–98) on the all-time list. [141] On September 18 against the Milwaukee Brewers, Judge equalled Hank Greenberg and Sosa's record of 11 multiple home run games in an MLB season, bringing up his 58th and 59th home runs, while also tying and surpassing Greenberg (1938) and Jimmie Foxx (1932) for the AL single season record for most home runs by a right handed batter. [142] [130] Judge's 60th homer was a blast to left field off Wil Crowe of the Pittsburgh Pirates at Yankee Stadium on September 20. Ninety-five years after Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in a season, Judge became the third MLB player in American League (AL) history to hit 60 home runs in one season. He also became the fastest Yankee to accomplish this feat, doing so in 147 games. [143]

On September 28, Judge hit his 61st home run off Tim Mayza of the Toronto Blue Jays, tying Roger Maris for the most home runs in a single season in American League history. [144] In the second game of a doubleheader (and the Yankees' second-to-last regular season game) against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on October 4, Judge hit his 62nd home run off Jesús Tinoco, setting the new single-season American League home run record. [145] [146] [147] Some also consider Judge's mark of 62 home runs to be the legitimate Major League single-season record, as the only players with more home runs in a single season (Barry Bonds, Sosa, and McGwire) have all been tied to the use of performance-enhancing drugs. [148] [149]

Judge was selected as the AL Player of the Week for the week of September 29–October 5. [150] That week Judge hit his 61st and record-breaking 62nd home runs for the season. Judge claimed his third AL Player of the Month Award in September 2023. [132] He batted .417/.565/.869 for September. [130]

In 2022, Judge led the major leagues with 62 home runs, 133 runs scored, 131 RBI (tied with Pete Alonso of the Mets), 111 walks, and batted .311/.425/.686 with 177 hits, 28 doubles, and 19 intentional walks, while stealing 16 bases in 19 attempts, in 157 games. [151] He was denied the American League triple crown, as Luis Arráez of the Minnesota Twins had a batting average that was five points higher than Judge's. [152]

Judge won the 2022 American League MVP Award, earning 28 of 30 first-place votes. [153] He was also named to the 2022 All-MLB Team. [154] Judge's 2022 campaign is considered one of the best offensive seasons in major league history. [155] [156] On December 30, 2022, he was voted The Associated Press (AP) "Male Athlete of the Year" by a panel of 40 sports writers and editors from news outlets throughout the United States. Judge just edged out Los Angeles Angels two-way star and 2021's winner Shohei Ohtani in voting. [157] [158] Judge was also selected as the Time Magazine Athlete of the Year. [159]

The Yankees qualified for the postseason, facing the Cleveland Guardians in the ALDS, where Judge slashed .200/.238/.500 with two home runs, as the Yankees defeated the Guardians in five games. [160] In the ALCS, Judge hit just .063/.118/.063 with one hit and a walk as the Yankees were swept in four games by the Houston Astros, who would go on to win the World Series. [161]

After the 2022 season, Judge became a free agent. The Yankees offered Judge the qualifying offer, [162] but he declined the one-year, $19.65 million offer. [163] During free agency, Judge was pursued by the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants as well as the Yankees. [164] [165] By early December 2022, the Padres offered Judge over $400 million, according to Judge's agent. The Yankees were only offering $320 million over eight years. A new deal with the Yankees was created in a phone call between Judge and Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner, when Steinbrenner offered to add a ninth year and an additional $40 million. [166] That became the foundation of an agreement that the Yankees, and Judge signed on December 20, 2022, with the nine-year, $360 million deal breaking the record for the largest free agent deal in MLB history. [167] In a press conference on the following day, Steinbrenner named Judge the 16th captain of the Yankees and the first since Derek Jeter had retired eight years earlier. [168] [169]

2023

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Judge with the Yankees in 2023

On 2023 MLB Opening Day at Yankee Stadium, Judge made his first regular season appearance as the Yankees' captain. In his first at bat, Judge hit his first home run of the year, depositing a long ball off San Francisco Giants ace Logan Webb into Monument Park. [170]

Judge spent his first stint for the season on the 10-day injured list after a mild hip strain suffered while sliding into base playing against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field on April 26. [171] Judge returned against the Oakland Athletics on May 9. [172]

Judge received the AL Player of the Week Award for the week of May 15–21. [173] Despite missing the first week of games in May, Judge also won the AL Player of the Month Award for May after batting .342/.474/.882 with 12 home runs in 21 games. [174]

On June 3, Judge crashed through a closed gate in the outfield wall at Dodger Stadium while taking a spectacular fly out off JD Martinez, [175] causing a sprain to his toe and leading to him missing 42 games, with the Yankees going 19–23 in his absence. [176] Despite the injury, Judge was elected to the All Star Game but was unable to participate, and he was replaced in the lineup by the Texas Rangers' Adolis Garcia. [177] Judge returned against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards on July 28. [172]

On August 23, Judge hit three home runs, including a grand slam, against the Washington Nationals at Yankee Stadium. [178] He repeated the feat at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks less than a month later on September 22, becoming the first Yankee to homer three times in a game twice in a season. [179] Judge won his second AL Player of the Week Award of the season on September 24. [180]

On September 2, Judge hit his 250th career home run (30th of the season) in a game against the Houston Astros. The 426-foot solo smash came off Astros ace Justin Verlander in the fifth inning. It was his 810th career game, setting a new record as the fastest player to reach 250 home runs in MLB history, passing marks previously set by Ryan Howard (855 games) and Ralph Kiner (871 games). [181]

Despite missing 56 games, Judge hit 37 home runs in 2023, putting him on a 55 home run pace had he played a full season. He slashed .267/.406/.613, from 106 games, his second consecutive year with an on-base plus slugging percentage over 1.000 and his third overall. [182] He registered 98 hits, 16 doubles, 75 RBI, 88 walks, 9 intentional walks, and 3 stolen bases (caught stealing once). [182] The Yankees finished the regular season in fourth place in the AL East and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2016. [183]

Judge received the Roberto Clemente Award before Game 3 of the World Series. The award acknowledged his exemplary character and charity work promoting responsible youth and civic citizenship in New York and California through his ALL RISE Foundation. [184] [185] Judge was also selected to the All-MLB Team for the third successive year, this time to the Second Team. [186] He finished 15th in AL MVP voting. [187]

As captain, Judge appeared to take a more hands-on approach towards the Yankees organization, having conversations with Hal Steinbrenner about the team direction and potential changes following the Yankees missing the postseason. [188]

2024: MVP, AL pennant

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Judge in 2024

Following an injury-interrupted spring training, Judge started the 2024 season slowly, hitting .180 through the first three weeks of April. [189] [190] [191] Judge primarily played at center field early in the season but also made his first major league appearance in left field when Alex Verdugo was on paternity leave. [192] [193] By late April, Judge appeared more comfortable and improved his performance at the plate, collecting eight hits and three home runs along with six walks in the final week of the month. [190]

Judge was selected as the AL Player of the Week for the week of May 19, after going 10-for-20 and slugging 1.200 with three home runs and five doubles in this period. [138] [194] Judge was also selected as the AL Player of the Month for May, having hit 14 home runs and 12 doubles in the month, with 27 RBI, slashing .361/.479/.918. [190] [195] This marked Judge's seventh AL Player of the Month selection, and his third consecutive May honor. [195] Judge also completed a homecoming of sorts, playing his first series at Oracle Park against the San Francisco Giants, where he went 6-for-10 with three home runs and six RBI as the Yankees swept the series. [196] By the end of May, Judge improved his season slash line to .277/.405/.643, with an OPS of 1.048. [197]

For the week ending June 9, Judge received his second AL Player of the Week award for 2024. [138] In the six-game homestand split against the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers, Judge slashed .500/.630/1.200 with three home runs and 12 RBI. [198] Following a 3-for-4 game against the Dodgers on June 9, Judge raised his season batting average to over .300 for the first time in 2024. [196] By the end of June, Judge led the majors in home runs (31), RBI (82), and OPS (1.144), and he was second in the AL in batting average (.316) among qualified hitters. [199] [200] Judge won the AL Player of the Month Award again in June, for the second consecutive month, slashing .409/.514/.864, with 11 home runs and 37 RBI for the month. [132] [201]

On June 27, Judge was announced as a starting outfielder for the AL in the All-Star Game, having received the most votes. [202] This was the second time in three seasons that he received the most All-Star votes. [203]

On August 14, batting against Chad Kuhl of the Chicago White Sox, Judge hit his 300th career home run in the Yankees' 10–2 victory. He became the fastest player to ever hit 300 home runs, taking him 955 games and 3,431 at-bats, surpassing both Ralph Kiner's record by 132 games and Babe Ruth's by 400 at-bats. [204] [205] He became the second hitter to record his 300th home run prior to his 1,000th hit. [206] He hit his 50th and 51st home runs of the season on August 25, becoming the fifth player in MLB history with three-plus seasons of 50 or more home runs. [207] Judge was named the AL Player of the Week for the week of August 19–25, following a strong homestand against the Cleveland Guardians and Colorado Rockies. [208] On August 26, Judge collected his 1,000th career hit, a line-drive single to right field against José Ferrer at Nationals Park. [209] Judge received the August AL Player of the Month Award, his third such award of the season, after slashing .389/.530/.856. [210]

On September 13, Judge hit a go-ahead grand slam at Yankee Stadium against the Boston Red Sox. [211] This ended a 16-game homerless streak, the longest of his major league career. [212] Judge completed the regular season slashing .322/.458/.701, with 180 hits, 58 home runs, one triple, 36 doubles, 144 RBI, 133 walks, 20 intentional walks and 10 stolen bases from 155 games. [196]

The Yankees won the ALCS against the Cleveland Guardians in five games in which Judge hit two home runs and notched five RBIs. In his first World Series, Judge went 1-for-12 with seven strikeouts in the first three games of the series as the Yankees fell into a 3–0 series deficit. [213] [214] In Game 5, Judge hit his first World Series home run as the Yankees jumped out to a 5–0 lead, but a series of defensive mistakes, including Judge's first error of the year, allowed the lead to slip away as the Yankees lost the game 7–6, and thus the series in five games. [215] After the season, Judge won the AL MVP Award. He became the second Yankee player to win the award unanimously, following Mickey Mantle in 1956. [216]

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Judge in 2025

2025

On March 29, Judge hit three home runs and a double with eight RBIs against the Milwaukee Brewers, his third career three-homer game. [217] On March 31, Judge was named the AL Player of the Week for the opening week of the season after going 6-for-11 and slugging 1.818 with four home runs and 11 RBIs. [218]

On April 3, Judge hit his 500th career extra-base hit with a first-inning three-run home run off the Arizona Diamondbacks' Merrill Kelly. Judge became the third-fastest Yankee to reach the milestone in terms of games played, having done so in his 999th game. [219] In the same game, Judge became the first player in MLB history with five home runs and 15 RBIs in his team's first six games of the season. On April 4 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, playing in his 1,000th game for the Yankees, Judge registered his 321st home run, equaling Babe Ruth's record for home runs in his first 1,000 Yankees games. [220] By the end of April, Judge was slashing .427/.521/.761 for an OPS of 1.282 with 10 HR and 32 RBI. [221] Judge won with the AL Player of the Month Award for April, the tenth of his career. [222] On May 30 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Judge and Shohei Ohtani became the first reigning MVPs ever to each hit a home run in the first inning of the same game. [223] Judge was named the AL Player of the Month again in May 2025, after slashing .364/.453/.798, with 11 home runs on the month. His 11th career monthly award is the most in AL history, surpassing, surpassing Alex Rodriguez. [224] [222]

On June 26, Judge was announced as a starting outfielder for the AL in the All-Star Game, having received the most votes for the third time in four seasons and the second straight year. [225] [226] On July 12, Judge hit his 350th career home run against the Chicago Cubs; he accomplished this in 1,088 games, breaking the record of 1,280 games by Mark McGwire. [227] On July 27, Judge was placed on the 10-day injury list with a flexor strain in his right elbow, following discomfort while throwing from the outfield against the Toronto Blue Jays. [228] He was reactivated on August 5, mostly appearing as designated hitter in the following month, before making more regular appearances in the outfield from mid-September. [229] On September 9 against the Detroit Tigers, Judge hit his 359th home run, passing Yogi Berra for fifth place on the Yankees all-time home run list. [230] On September 11, two more home runs against the Tigers brought his total to 361, tying Joe DiMaggio for fourth all-time in Yankees history. [231] The next day, he passed DiMaggio with his 362nd against the Red Sox. [232] This was his 19th first-inning home run of the season, breaking a tie with Alex Rodriguez (2001) and his own mark from 2024 for the most home runs by a player in a single inning in a season. [233] On September 15, Judge was named the AL Player of the Week after going 9-for-20 and slugging 1.760 with five home runs and five RBIs. [234] On September 24, he hit two home runs against the White Sox, bringing him to the 50 home run mark in a season for the fourth time, tying Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa for the most such seasons in MLB history. Judge and Ruth are the only Yankees to have consecutive years of 50 or more homers. [235] On September 29, Judge was named the AL Player of the Week after going 9-for-20 with four home runs, nine RBIs and an OPS of 1.693 . [236] He also secured American League Player of the Month honors for September after slashing .391/.440/.772 with 10 home runs. [237] Judge finished the 2025 regular season with a .331 batting average, leading the major leagues, and winning his first career batting title. At 6 feet 7 inches, he became the tallest batting champion in MLB history. [238] He slashed .331/.457/.688 on the season, while recording 53 home runs, 179 hits, two triples, 30 doubles, 114 RBI, 124 walks, 36 intentional walks and 12 stolen bases in 152 games. [239] Judge's 36 intentional walks broke the American League single-season record, overtaking Ted Williams' record of 34 set in the 1957 season. [240]

International career

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Judge (left) being announced as captain of the United States national baseball team ahead of the 2026 World Baseball Classic during a press conference with Mark DeRosa in April 2025

On April 14, 2025, Judge was named captain of Team USA ahead of the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Team USA manager Mark DeRosa announced the decision on MLB Network, with Judge joining the broadcast to express his excitement: "Now, getting a chance to have 'USA' across my chest and represent all the great people in our country and represent what this country means, it's a great opportunity. I never had this opportunity before, even growing up as a kid, so I'm definitely looking forward to it." [241]

Judge did not compete in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, choosing instead to focus on preparing for his season with the Yankees, given his recent contract and captaincy. [242]

Records and milestones

New York Yankees franchise records

  • Most home runs in a season hit at home: 33 (Babe Ruth held the record with 32).
  • Most home runs in a season by a rookie: 52 (Joe DiMaggio held the record with 29) [243]
  • Most home runs in a single season: 62 (Roger Maris held the record with 61) [244]
  • First right-handed hitter in Yankees history with at least 100 RBIs, 100 runs scored, and 100 walks in a single season
  • Most home runs (4) in the first seven home playoff games, tying Reggie Jackson (1977–78).
  • Most home runs by the All-Star break (34). [245]
  • Fastest to reach 60 home runs in a single season (147th team game). [246]
  • First to hit three home runs in a game twice in one season. [247]
  • Highest strikeout rate in the postseason (32.8%)
  • Equal most home runs in first 1,000 games with the Yankees: 321 (tied with Babe Ruth) [220]

AL records

  • Home runs in a rookie season (52, 2017) [248]
  • Strikeouts in a single postseason (27, 2017)
  • Strikeouts in a rookie season (208, 2017)
  • Home runs in a single season (62, 2022) [249]
  • Most intentional walks in a season (36, 2025) [250]

MLB records

  • Striking out in 37 consecutive games. (2017) [251]
  • Most strikeouts by a rookie with 208.
  • Most walks by a rookie with 127.
  • First rookie in MLB history with at least 45 home runs, 100 RBIs, and 100 runs scored. [252]
  • Fastest to reach 60 career home runs. (197 games) [253]
  • Most strikeouts in a doubleheader with 8. [254]
  • Most single-season multi-home run games (11; tied with Hank Greenberg and Sammy Sosa) [255]
  • Most career home runs in postseason winner-takes-all games (4)
  • Fastest to reach 250 career home runs. (810 games) [256]
  • Fastest to reach 300 career home runs. (955 games) [204]
  • Fastest to reach 350 career home runs. (1,088 games) [227]
  • Most single-season home runs by a player in the first inning (20, 2025) [257]
  • Most seasons with 50+ home runs: 4 (Tied with Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa) [235]

Awards and honors

Statistical achievements

Aaron Judge
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Judge with the New York Yankees in 2018
New York Yankees – No. 99
Right fielder
Born: (1992-04-26) April 26, 1992 (age 33)
Sacramento, California, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 13, 2016, for the New York Yankees
American League statistical leader [258]
CategoryTimesSeasons
Adjusted OPS+ leader32022, 2024, 2025
Bases on balls leader42017, 2022, 2024, 2025
Batting average leader12025
Extra base hits leader32022, 2024, 2025
Home runs leader32017, 2022, 2024
On-base percentage leader32022, 2024, 2025
On-base plus slugging leader32022, 2024, 2025
Runs batted in leader 22022, 2024
Runs scored leader 32017, 2022, 2025
Slugging percentage leader32022, 2024, 2025
Total bases leader32022, 2024, 2025
Wins above replacement leader32022, 2024, 2025
Wins above replacement @ position32022, 2024, 2025

Uniform

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Judge chasing down a fly ball

Judge has worn the unusual uniform number of 99 since it was given to him during 2016 spring training [259] (higher numbers are typically given to young players who are not expected to make the final regular-season roster). In 2016, Judge had stated he would have preferred either No. 44 (retired by the Yankees to honor Reggie Jackson) or No. 35 but was not sure whether he would switch if the latter two were to become available. [259]

MLB along with the MLB Players Association, created Players Weekend to let players "express themselves while connecting with their past in youth baseball". From August 25–27, 2017, players wore alternate team jerseys inspired by youth league designs. They also had the option to replace their last names with their nicknames on their jersey nameplates, and the vast majority of players did so. Judge chose the nickname "All Rise" (given to him by former teammate Todd Frazier) to be worn on the back of his jersey nameplate. [260] For the 2018 Players Weekend, Judge chose to just have his last name on the back of his jersey. [261] During the 2019 event, Judge chose his own nickname, "BAJ", an abbreviation of "Big Aaron Judge". [262]

Player profile

Judge is listed at 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) and 282 pounds (128 kg). [263] Due to his large size and strength, he has elicited comparisons to teammate Giancarlo Stanton, as well as former MLB players Richie Sexson, [264] Dave Winfield, and Willie Stargell. [16]

Pregame rituals

Judge has been credited as a team leader both on and off the field. [265]

He has a number of rituals before, during, and after games. According to Michael Kay (as discussed during The Michael Kay Show ), before each game at Yankee Stadium, Judge ceremoniously tosses exactly 40 sunflower seeds in the grass behind home plate (one for each man on the extended Yankees roster.) [266] The prayer he recites after he tosses the seeds is unknown to the public. [266]

During his 2017 rookie season, it was reported that Judge kept a note on his phone that read ".179", his batting average with the Yankees in 2016, and looked at it daily as a source of motivation. [267]

Appearances outside of baseball

Philanthropy

Judge is the founder of the ALL RISE Foundation. Judge's mother, Patty, serves as its executive director and president. [268] The foundation's mission statement is to "inspire children and youth to become responsible citizens and encourage them to reach unlimited possibilities." [269] In January 2024, the foundation hosted an "All-Star Evening" gala on Wall Street, raising nearly $800,000 for various youth programs in New York City. [270]

Endorsements

At the beginning of his career, Judge had contracts with Rawlings, Under Armour, and Fanatics. After his 2017 rookie season, Judge signed a multi-year endorsement deal with Pepsi. [271] [272] Judge endorsed Under Armour gear from 2014 until the 2018 season, when he signed an endorsement deal with Adidas. [273] That deal expired in 2022. In August 2023, Judge signed a shoe deal with Nike-owned Jordan Brand, becoming the fifth active MLB player to do so. [274] For the 2023 season, Legends Hospitality , the concessions company at Yankee Stadium, announced "The 99 Burger", a California-inspired food item named after Judge's uniform number. [275] In March 2024, Judge was named the face of a new Ralph Lauren fragrance, "Polo Est. 67 Eau de Toilette" and its "Design Your Dreams" ad campaign. [276] In April 2024, Judge agreed to endorse energy drink Prime. [277]

Media appearances

Judge appeared on the cover of the May 15, 2017, edition of Sports Illustrated with the title "All Rise". [278] That same day, Judge appeared on an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where he posed undercover in Bryant Park to ask Yankee fans questions about himself. [279]

On November 6, 2017, Judge was named the cover athlete for MLB The Show 18 . [280]

Judge appeared on a 23-second skit on rapper Logic's 2022 album Vinyl Days named after himself. [281]

In 2024, Judge and his two pet dachshunds guest starred on an episode of Rubble & Crew , a PAW Patrol spin-off. His wife voiced their dog Penny. [282]

Personal life

Judge married Samantha Bracksieck in December 2021 at a private ceremony in Maui. [283] They met at Linden High School and both attended Fresno State University. [284] Their first child, a daughter, was born in January 2025. [285]

Judge has two pet dachshunds named Gus and Penny. [286]

Judge is a Christian. He grew up going to a Methodist church and has posted about his faith on his social media accounts. [287] [288] [289]

See also

Notes

  1. This record was broken by Cody Bellinger in game 7 of the 2017 World Series just 11 days later. [81]

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by American League Player of the Month
June 2017
September 2017
May 2022
July 2022
September 2022
May 2023
May 2024
June 2024
August 2024
April 2025
May 2025
September 2025
Succeeded by