Aaron Judge has 4,985 career Plate Appearances. And four seasons with at least 50 Home Runs.

Aaron Judge hit two home runs in tonight's Yankee win over the White Sox: numbers 50 and 51 this season. This is his fourth 50 HR season. The only others with that are Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

The following does not include tonight's game:

Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI
2016	24	NYY	AL	-0.3	27	95	84	10	15	2	0	4	10
2017	25	NYY	AL	8.1	155	678	542	128	154	24	3	52	114
2018	26	NYY	AL	6.0	112	498	413	77	115	22	0	27	67
2019	27	NYY	AL	5.6	102	447	378	75	103	18	1	27	55
2020	28	NYY	AL	1.1	28	114	101	23	26	3	0	9	22
2021	29	NYY	AL	5.9	148	633	550	89	158	24	0	39	98
2022	30	NYY	AL	10.8	157	696	570	133	177	28	0	62	131
2023	31	NYY	AL	4.6	106	458	367	79	98	16	0	37	75
2024	32	NYY	AL	10.8	158	704	559	122	180	36	1	58	144
2025	33	NYY	AL	8.9	147	657	523	131	170	29	2	49	105
10 Y	10 Y	10 Y	10 Y	61.4	1140	4980	4087	867	1196	202	7	364	821
162	162	162	162	8.7	162	708	581	123	170	29	1	52	117

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 9/24/2025.

2025 will be the first 50 HR season by Judge in which he does not lead the league. Cal Raleigh, Seattle catcher, hit #59 in his game tonight against Colorado and the game is not even half over.

Aaron Judge is 33 years old. It's astonishing that he has not yet reached 5,000 PA. With five games remaining, he might get the additional 15 PA but that's not the point. Aaron Judge has a career that is both great and odd.

Judge has five seasons of at least 633 PA. The next highest is 498. 502 PA are required to qualified to lead the league in an "average" stat.

Even if we give Judge that marginal season, that is still only six full seasons.

Even among Yankees, 22 reached 5,000 PA through age 33 season:

https://stathead.com/tiny/teEu4

For combined seasons, age 33 or younger, Playing for NYY, in the regular season, requiring Wins Above Replacement (WAR) >= 0 and Adjusted OPS+ >= 0 and Plate Appearances >= 5000, sorted by descending Plate Appearances.

Rk	Player	PA	OPS+	WAR	From	To	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI
1	Derek Jeter	8425	122	58.0	1995	2007	21-33	1835	8425	7429	1379	2356	1721	386	54	195	933
2	Mickey Mantle	8417	175	100.2	1951	1965	19-33	2005	8417	6894	1516	2108	1264	301	70	473	1344
3	Lou Gehrig	8243	184	101.1	1923	1936	20-33	1842	8243	6828	1633	2347	1307	465	148	427	1722
4	Willie Randolph	7465	105	54.1	1976	1988	21-33	1694	7465	6303	1027	1731	1366	259	58	48	549
5	Don Mattingly	7215	129	42.6	1982	1994	21-33	1657	7215	6545	948	2021	1378	410	18	215	1050
6	Roy White	7105	124	47.2	1965	1977	21-33	1697	7105	6099	896	1666	1188	281	48	149	688
7	Tony Lazzeri	7068	120	46.3	1926	1937	22-33	1659	7068	6094	952	1784	1173	327	115	169	1157
8	Bernie Williams	6873	133	49.6	1991	2002	22-33	1537	6873	5958	1066	1833	1202	353	52	226	998
9	Frankie Crosetti	6665	83	21.5	1932	1944	21-33	1505	6665	5762	941	1415	1012	245	64	94	598
10	Yogi Berra	6566	128	50.1	1946	1958	21-33	1596	6566	5941	957	1713	1125	257	47	284	1175
11	Wally Pipp	6357	107	29.3	1915	1925	22-32	1488	6357	5594	820	1577	1117	259	121	80	833
12	Joe DiMaggio	6255	157	66.7	1936	1948	21-33	1405	6255	5609	1146	1853	1119	320	111	303	1277
13	Bill Dickey	5933	127	47.2	1928	1940	21-33	1459	5933	5308	828	1671	1131	289	64	187	1058
14	Thurman Munson	5905	116	46.0	1969	1979	22-32	1423	5905	5344	696	1558	1184	229	32	113	701
15	Robinson Canó	5791	126	44.4	2005	2013	22-30	1374	5791	5336	799	1649	1042	375	28	204	822
16	Bobby Richardson	5783	77	8.1	1955	1966	19-30	1412	5783	5386	643	1432	1165	196	37	34	390
17	Babe Ruth	5639	218	94.2	1920	1928	25-33	1264	5639	4385	1244	1562	777	288	76	421	1184
18	Bob Meusel	5547	121	28.2	1920	1929	23-32	1294	5547	5032	764	1565	994	338	87	146	1009
19	Earle Combs	5412	128	39.1	1924	1932	25-33	1181	5412	4780	1006	1577	1133	267	129	48	509
20	Red Rolfe	5407	99	29.1	1931	1942	22-33	1175	5407	4827	942	1394	1001	257	67	69	497
21	Gil McDougald	5398	111	40.9	1951	1960	23-32	1336	5398	4676	697	1291	941	187	51	112	576
22	Roger Peckinpaugh	5274	93	32.1	1913	1921	22-30	1219	5274	4555	670	1170	907	174	53	36	428

Provided by Stathead.com: Found with Stathead. See Full Results.
Generated 9/24/2025.

The list includes catchers Berra, Dickey, Munson.

Ruth had the highest OPS+ 218.

Mantle had the most HR: 473.

Gehrig had the highest WAR: 101.1 (.9 ahead of Mantle).

Judge has:

OPS+ 178

HR 366

WAR 61.4

You are correct to point out that Judge started late. His first full season was 2017, age 25. Mantle started in 1951 at age 19.

After age 33 season (1965), Mantle had only 9910-8417=1,494 PA remaining. If Judge adds that number, he would finish with about 6,500 PA.

https://stathead.com/tiny/F7F88

For combined seasons, age 34 or older, Playing for NYY, in the regular season, requiring Wins Above Replacement (WAR) >= 0 and Adjusted OPS+ >= 0 and Plate Appearances >= 1400, sorted by descending Plate Appearances.

24 Yankees match.

Rk	Player	PA	OPS+	WAR	From	To	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI
1	Derek Jeter	4177	101	13.3	2008	2014	34-40	912	4177	3766	544	1109	874	158	12	65	378
2	Babe Ruth	3564	196	48.6	1929	1934	34-39	820	3564	2832	715	956	552	136	30	238	794
3	Paul O'Neill	3175	114	12.8	1997	2001	34-38	733	3175	2828	410	836	546	180	7	103	513
4	Jorge Posada	3151	120	16.5	2005	2011	34-40	826	3151	2723	379	754	463	167	5	119	458
5	Wade Boggs	2600	112	18.3	1993	1997	35-39	601	2600	2240	355	702	550	119	9	24	246
6	Álex Rodríguez	2596	114	12.1	2010	2016	34-40	618	2596	2262	338	584	364	103	4	113	380
7	Graig Nettles	2339	107	10.1	1979	1983	34-38	588	2339	2061	272	513	353	64	7	89	294
8	Elston Howard	2223	109	12.8	1963	1967	34-38	587	2223	2037	227	547	386	88	12	61	266
9	Bernie Williams	2180	100	0.0	2003	2006	34-37	539	2180	1911	300	503	343	96	3	61	259
10	Lou Piniella	2069	113	5.1	1978	1984	34-40	620	2069	1908	231	570	414	113	10	33	242
11	Dave Winfield	2005	129	9.9	1986	1990	34-38	479	2005	1760	276	499	320	93	8	78	314
12	Jason Giambi	1992	139	10.2	2005	2008	34-37	506	1992	1575	265	399	217	66	1	115	335
13	Tommy Henrich	1983	145	15.9	1947	1950	34-37	476	1983	1700	357	498	286	103	38	71	317
14	Willie Keeler	1951	95	2.1	1906	1909	34-37	449	1951	1698	228	459	421	23	11	4	96
15	Phil Rizzuto	1799	86	10.0	1952	1956	34-38	525	1799	1493	215	368	287	60	14	7	127
16	Yogi Berra	1789	116	9.6	1959	1963	34-38	520	1789	1605	217	435	295	64	2	74	255
17	Brett Gardner	1778	100	9.2	2018	2021	34-37	470	1778	1538	248	363	222	67	19	55	173
18	Don Baylor	1719	126	7.2	1983	1985	34-36	420	1719	1504	236	401	239	86	5	71	265
19	Gary Sheffield	1525	135	8.7	2004	2006	35-37	347	1525	1308	243	381	242	62	1	76	269
20	Mickey Mantle	1493	153	10.1	1966	1968	34-36	396	1493	1208	160	307	199	43	2	63	165
21	Lou Gehrig	1422	151	12.6	1937	1939	34-36	322	1422	1173	255	374	224	69	15	66	273
22	Joe DiMaggio	1417	146	12.4	1949	1951	34-36	331	1417	1212	244	361	214	69	20	58	260
23	Mark Teixeira	1408	106	2.9	2014	2016	34-36	350	1408	1219	156	274	154	52	0	68	185
24	Hank Bauer	1405	104	4.2	1957	1959	34-36	379	1405	1272	176	326	208	64	15	39	154

Provided by Stathead.com: Found with Stathead. See Full Results.
Generated 9/24/2025.

For age 34 and older, the Babe sweeps OPS+, WAR, HR.