Yankees' Aaron Judge ties Joe DiMaggio's 25-HR record, beating out Mickey Mantle

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Billy Heyen
Yankees' Aaron Judge ties Joe DiMaggio's 25-HR record, beating out Mickey Mantle image

Aaron Judge keeps homering, and in the process, he keeps making history.

His latest climb up the New York Yankees' record books sees him pass Mickey Mantle in a record for which he now stands tied atop the board with Joe DiMaggio.

This mark has to do with Judge reaching 25 home runs for the season by going deep a couple nights in a row in Kansas City.

This is now the eighth season for Judge reaching 25 HRs out of his first 10 MLB seasons.

Only one other Yankees player has ever gone 8-for-10 on 25 homers in a season to start their career, DiMaggio.

Mantle did it seven times. Lou Gehrig did it six. The stat comes via this great stats account on X:

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On Tuesday, Judge pulled a 469-foot home run.

On Wednesday, he showed off his strength to the big part of the ballpark.

It's worth noting that Judge probably would be the outright record holder in the 25-homer statistic if not for the COVID-shortened 2020 season that was only 60 games. 

But you can't rewrite that history. All Judge can do is keep making new history of his own.

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