Aaron Judge becomes only 5th player with at least three 50 Home Run seasons.

In 2024 Yankee team game 131 Aaron Judge hit season Home Runs (HR) 50 and 51.

Click this link to view two tabs, the second (full stats) with details on all 50 HR seasons.

Sorted on # of 50 HR seasons, then on max HR (1), then (2):

	#	1	2	3	4
McGwire	4	70	65	58	52
Sosa	4	66	64	63	50
Ruth	4	60	59	54	54
Judge	3	62	52	51
Rodriguez	3	57	54	52
Foxx	2	58	50
Griffey	2	56	56
Mantle	2	54	52
Kiner	2	54	51
Mays	2	52	51

Included above are all ten players with at least two 50 HR seasons.

Judge joins elite company.

Player	HR	Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	OPS+
Mark McGwire	70	1998	34	STL	NL	155	681	509	162	155	216
Mark McGwire	65	1999	35	STL	NL	153	661	521	133	141	177
Mark McGwire	58	1997	33	OAK,STL	AL,NL	156	657	540	101	159	170
Mark McGwire	52	1996	32	OAK	AL	130	548	423	116	112	196
Sammy Sosa	66	1998	29	CHC	NL	159	722	643	73	171	160
Sammy Sosa	64	2001	32	CHC	NL	160	711	577	116	153	203
Sammy Sosa	63	1999	30	CHC	NL	162	712	625	78	171	151
Sammy Sosa	50	2000	31	CHC	NL	156	705	604	91	168	161
Babe Ruth	60	1927	32	NYY	AL	151	691	540	137	89	225
Babe Ruth	59	1921	26	NYY	AL	152	693	540	145	81	239
Babe Ruth	54	1920	25	NYY	AL	142	617	458	150	80	255
Babe Ruth	54	1928	33	NYY	AL	154	684	536	137	87	206
Aaron Judge	62	2022	30	NYY	AL	157	696	570	111	175	210
Aaron Judge	52	2017	25	NYY	AL	155	678	542	127	208	171
Aaron Judge	51	2024	32	NYY	AL	129	577	459	106	135	230
Álex Rodríguez	57	2002	26	TEX	AL	162	725	624	87	122	158
Álex Rodríguez	54	2007	31	NYY	AL	158	708	583	95	120	176
Álex Rodríguez	52	2001	25	TEX	AL	162	732	632	75	131	160
Jimmie Foxx	58	1932	24	PHA	AL	154	702	585	116	96	207
Jimmie Foxx	50	1938	30	BOS	AL	149	685	565	119	76	183
Ken Griffey Jr.	56	1997	27	SEA	AL	157	704	608	76	121	165
Ken Griffey Jr.	56	1998	28	SEA	AL	161	720	633	76	121	150
Mickey Mantle	54	1961	29	NYY	AL	153	646	514	126	112	206
Mickey Mantle	52	1956	24	NYY	AL	150	652	533	112	99	210
Ralph Kiner	54	1949	26	PIT	NL	152	667	549	117	61	186
Ralph Kiner	51	1947	24	PIT	NL	152	666	565	98	81	173
Willie Mays	52	1965	34	SFG	NL	157	638	558	76	71	185
Willie Mays	51	1955	24	NYG	NL	152	670	580	79	60	174
Player	HR	Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	OPS+

Note McGwire hitting 52 (one more than Judge) in 130 games in 1996. That's one more game than Judge has played so far. But McGwire had fewer PA and AB than Judge.

The rest of the matrix in the link above has a list of all the one time 50 HR seasons, starting with Bonds hitting 73. At the bottom are the max and min for each column.

Two previous posts today list players with more BB than SO. MLB should have changed the BB rule 100 years ago. Who wants to see teams walk Judge?

Yankees more BB than SO: minimum 500 PA, 20 HR. Sunday, August 25, 2024

More BB than SO minimum 49 HR. Sunday, August 25, 2024

Fix walk rule: option to pinch run and batter gets new Plate Appearance. Monday, August 12, 2024