Monday, September 25, 2017

Aaron Judge trails only Alex Rodriguez for most season home runs by a Yankee righty.

Through Sunday's game Aaron Judge has 48 Home Runs in 2017. Alex Rodriguez was AL MVP for the Yankees in the two seasons in which he hit the most homers: 48 in 2005 and 54 in 2007. The only other righty Yankee to hit at least 40 homers was Joe DiMaggio: 46 in 1937.

Yankee batters have hit at least 40 home runs 31 times. Here are the tops:

RkPlayerHRYearAgeTmLgGPAABRH2B3BRBIBBIBBSOHBPSHSFGDPSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSPos
1Roger Maris61196126NYYAL161698590132159164141940677071600.269.372.620.993*98/H
2Babe Ruth60192732NYYAL1516915401581922981651378901476.356.486.7721.258*97
3Babe Ruth59192126NYYAL152693540177204441616814581441713.378.512.8461.359*78/13
4Alex Rodriguez54200731NYYAL1587085831431833101569511120210915244.314.422.6451.067*5/D
5Mickey Mantle54196129NYYAL15364651413116316612812691120152121.317.448.6871.135*8/H
6Babe Ruth54192833NYYAL154684536163173298146137873845.323.463.7091.172*97
7Babe Ruth54192025NYYAL14261645815817236913515080351414.376.532.8471.379*978/3H1
8Mickey Mantle52195624NYYAL1506525331321882251301126992144101.353.464.7051.169*8/H
9Lou Gehrig49193633NYYAL155719579167205377152130467334.354.478.6961.174*3
10Lou Gehrig49193431NYYAL154690579128210406166109312095.363.465.7061.172*3/6
11Babe Ruth49193035NYYAL145676518150186289153136611211010.359.493.7321.225*97/1
12Aaron Judge48201725NYYAL149651523122147223105119112025041584.281.416.6101.026*9/DH
13Alex Rodriguez48200529NYYAL16271560512419429113091813916038216.321.421.6101.031

Babe Ruth was the first with 54 in his first Yankee season 1920. The most recent before Judge was Curtis Granderson:
2011 41
2012 43.

Jason Giambi hit 41 in each of his first two Yankee seasons, 2002 and 2003, the first Yankee to hit 40 in consecutive seasons since switch hitting Mickey Mantle in 1960 and 1961.

22 of the 31 times the Yankee had the most home runs in the league. Judge will be the first Yankee to lead in homers since Rodriguez hit 54 ten years ago in 2007.

Here's a count:
Ruth 11
Gehrig 5
Mantle 4
Giambi, Rodriguez, Granderson 2 each
DiMaggio, Maris, Jackson, Martinez, Judge 1 each.

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