Aaron Judge 2025 v. Mickey Mantle 1956 through 82 games.

Mickey Mantle    Debut: April 17, 1951 (Age 19-179d, 10,769th in major league history)

Aaron Judge    Debut: August 13, 2016 (Age 24-109d, 21,228th in major league history)

Age on game day:

	Born	Game	Years	Days
Mantle	Tue, Oct 20, 1931	Sun, Jul 15, 1956	24	269
Judge	Sun, Apr 26, 1992	Sat, Jun 28, 2025	33	63

1956: 154 game schedule

2025: 162 game schedule

GTM: Game for the Team

Gcar: Career game

	Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Team		Opp	Result	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Judge	82	1075	82	2025-06-28	NYY		ATH	L, 0-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.354	.456	.705	1.161
Mantle	78	736	82	1956-07-15 (1)	NYY		CHW	W, 2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.367	.467	.737	1.204

Home Runs:
Mantle 30
Judge 28

Mantle had hit HR #30 the previous day against Cleveland:

Saturday, July 14, 1956

Attendance: 27,358

Venue: Yankee Stadium I

Game Duration: 3:31

Day Game, on grass

Yankees 5, Indians 4 in 10 innings

HR: Mickey Mantle (30, off Herb Score, 4th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF).

1956 Yankees: 56-26   (.683)

2025 Yankees: 47-35  (.573)

Mantle's numbers below are through the entire 1956 season. For Judge though 2025 game 82:

	PA	AB	HR	OPS+
Mantle	3,493	2,944	173	166
Judge	4,687	3,869	343	177

Aaron Judge has only 4,561 career PA through June 19, 2025 (age 33 season).  Friday, June 20, 2025

Age of Aaron Judge: 33 years, 55 days.

The point here is that Aaron Judge, as great as he is, has had a short career, only 4,561 Plate Appearances (PA), that is unlikely to become a long career because he is already 33.

Maybe Judge will be productive to age 40.  But two of the players on the Yankees Mt. Rushmore were finished at 36:

Joe DiMaggio: cumulative PA through age 33 season: 6,255

Mickey Mantle: cumulative PA through age 33 season: 8,417

Mt. Rushmore: Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle. Giants come close.  Tuesday, June 25, 2024

 
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