{"id":787160,"date":"2026-05-10T19:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787160\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T19:20:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:20:23","slug":"new-york-yankees-star-aaron-judge-made-mlb-history-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787160\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Yankees Star Aaron Judge Made MLB History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2239853439.jpg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"   decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; OCTOBER 07: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees hits a three-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the fourth inning in game three of the American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium on October 07, 2025 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Ishika Samant\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday afternoon, the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"New York Yankees\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/mlb\/new-york-yankees\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"256722\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Yankees<\/a> are playing the finale of their three-game series with the Brewers in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Aaron Judge\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/mlb\/player\/aaron-judge\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"256725\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Judge<\/a> is batting third (as the DH).<\/p>\n<p>In the first inning, the Yankees superstar hit a home run.<\/p>\n<p>Rising on the Road \ud83d\udc68\u200d\u2696\ufe0f <\/p>\n<p>Yankees Star Aaron Judge Made MLB History<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5998982\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5998982\" data-lazy-load=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275367608.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5998982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GettyAaron Judge #99 congratulates <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Paul Goldschmidt\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/mlb\/player\/paul-goldschmidt\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"256726\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Goldschmidt<\/a> #48 of the New York Yankees after hitting a solo home run in the first inning against the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Milwaukee Brewers\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/mlb\/milwaukee-brewers\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"256723\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> at American Family Field on May 09, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Judge also made <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"MLB\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/mlb\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"256729\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB<\/a> history by moving up on the all-time home runs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/leaders\/HR_career.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He is now tied with Hall of Famer Harold Baines (384) for 69th on the list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nyyankeesstats\/status\/2053543650026557921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">@nyyankeesstats wrote:<\/a> \u201cAaron Judge\u2019s 384th career home run, tying Harold Baines for 69th place on MLB\u2019s all-time HR list\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Social Media Reacts<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5998584\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5998584\" data-lazy-load=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275305676.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5998584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GettyAaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees before the game against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on May 08, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what people were saying about Judge on social media:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cai_rogers7\/status\/2053539975631913187\" rel=\"nofollow\">@cai_rogers7:<\/a> \u201cAaron Judge launches his MLB-leading 16th blast of the season!! Early 1-0 lead for the Yanks 104.4 mph off the bat and 373 feet to the opposite field!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLB\/status\/2053540105923485955\" rel=\"nofollow\">MLB:<\/a> \u201cNumber 16 for number 99 \ud83d\udd25 Aaron Judge goes the other way to tie <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Kyle Schwarber\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/mlb\/player\/kyle-schwarber\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"256728\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Schwarber<\/a> for the league-lead in home runs!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamMcCalvy\/status\/2053539958099431797\" rel=\"nofollow\">Adam McCalvy:<\/a> \u201cThe Brewers had held Aaron Judge 1-for-6 with a single, three walks and four strikeouts before his first-pitch homer off <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Logan Henderson\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/mlb\/player\/logan-henderson\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"256730\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Logan Henderson<\/a> in the first inning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/eyyankees\/status\/2053540893463076988\" rel=\"nofollow\">@eyyankees:<\/a> \u201cAaron Judge ties Kyle Schwarber atop the leaderboard with his 16th homer of the season! The Yankees give Rodon an early lead before he takes the mound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/eboland11\/status\/2053539556218065274\" rel=\"nofollow\">Erik Boland:<\/a> \u201cHR No. 16 for Aaron Judge. Has 7 HR in his last 14 games\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cmaguire2008\/status\/2053541322724720799\" rel=\"nofollow\">@cmaguire2008:<\/a> \u201cAaron Judge may challenge 70HR this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/js9inningsmedia\/status\/2053540051699515767\" rel=\"nofollow\">@js9inningsmedia:<\/a> \u201cKyle Schwarber a few minutes ago took the lead with his league leading 16th home run. A couple of minutes later, Aaron Judge had something to say about it in Milwaukee and hit his 16th home run of the year \ud83d\udc40\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judge And The Yankees<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5993184\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5993184\" data-lazy-load=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274887258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5993184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GettyAaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees hits a solo home run during the sixth inning against the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Texas Rangers\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/mlb\/texas-rangers\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"256742\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Rangers<\/a> at Yankee Stadium on May 06, 2026 in the Bronx borough of New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Judge came into the day batting .266 with 38 hits, 15 home runs, 29 RBI\u2019s, 34 runs and five stolen bases in 40 games.<\/p>\n<p>He is in the 11th season of what will be a Hall of Fame career.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, the Yankees are the second-place team in the American League East with a 26-14 record in 40 games.<\/p>\n<p>Following Sunday\u2019s game, they will head to Baltimore for a series with the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Orioles\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/mlb\/baltimore-orioles\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"256743\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orioles<\/a> on Monday night at Camden Yards.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/benstinarheavy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ben Stinar<\/strong><\/a> Ben Stinar has been covering the NBA for over seven years.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nHe has written for OnSI, Forbes, Amico Hoops, The Big Lead and had a podcast with former All-Star Jameer Nelson. <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/benstinarheavy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More about Ben Stinar<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; OCTOBER 07: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees hits a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":787161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-787160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-newyork","12":"tag-newyorkcity","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116551904786571860","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}