Aaron Judge continued to climb up the New York Yankees’ all-time home run list on Thursday night.
Judge recorded two homers during New York’s 9-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers, tying Hall of Fame centerfielder Joe DiMaggio for No. 4 on the club’s all-time leaderboard with 361 career home runs (h/t ESPN).
“It’s amazing, you don’t really know what’s going on until it’s over with,” Judge said after the game (1:35 mark). “But my main focus is on what we gotta do out here. We’ve got a division leader with the Tigers ahead of us, we’ve got to face them and we’ve got some big games in Boston coming up so that’s kind of where my focus is at.”
Yankees legends Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Lou Gehrig still sit above Judge on the team’s all-time home run list.
He passed Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra for the fifth-most homers in team history on Tuesday.
Judge is in the midst of another strong season at the plate, recording 46 home runs and 28 doubles to go along with 100 RBI in 136 games. The two-time American League MVP’s .322 batting average and 1.112 OPS are both the highest in the majors.
The Yankees sit at 81-65 on the season, trailing the Toronto Blue Jays by three games for the No. 1 spot in the AL East.
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