{"id":176772,"date":"2025-09-29T03:19:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T03:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/176772\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T03:19:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T03:19:04","slug":"yankees-aaron-judge-in-mlb-history-rare-air-only-occupied-by-babe-ruth-barry-bonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/176772\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees’ Aaron Judge in MLB history rare air only occupied by Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yankees’ Aaron Judge in MLB history rare air only occupied by Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s time to start talking about Aaron Judge as one of the few greatest hitters to ever play baseball.<\/p>\n

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And the more seasons the New York Yankees’ 6-foot-7 superstar takes the field and shines, the easier the case will be to make.<\/p>\n

For example, with the regular season’s conclusion on Sunday, Judge is now in one club that only has Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds ahead of him.<\/p>\n

This stat was shared by MLB Network’s Sarah Langs<\/a>: Only three players have ever had four or more consecutive seasons with at least 35 homers and at least a 170 Weight Runs Created +.<\/p>\n

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Judge is one of those three. He’s now had four such seasons in a row.<\/p>\n

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Ruth actually did it twice (from 1926-32 with seven, and from 1920-24 with five). Barry Bonds also did it, with five seasons in a row from 2000-04.<\/p>\n

Judge actually has some active company. Shohei Ohtani just completed his third such season.<\/p>\n

The only other two players to have three of these seasons in a row were Jason Giambi from 2000-02 and Willie Mays from 1963-65.<\/p>\n

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Judge is on such a different level.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to really grasp it sometimes, but he puts up numbers of hitters from so long ago (Ruth) or such a different era (Bonds in the Steroid Era) that it doesn’t seem like Judge should actually be producing like this.<\/p>\n

But that’s exactly what big No. 99 is doing. He’s as special as any hitter to ever step into the batter’s box.<\/p>\n

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