Episode 1982
Aaron Judge
Thu, 2022-Oct-06 01:12 UTC
Length - 2:31
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With 363,340 views on Wednesday, 5 October 2022 our article of the day is Aaron Judge.
Aaron James Judge (born April 26, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). Judge was unanimously selected as the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year in 2017 and finished second in voting for the AL Most Valuable Player Award that year. In 2022, he set the AL record for most home runs in a season, breaking the 61-year-old record held by Roger Maris. Judge played college baseball for the Fresno State Bulldogs, and the Yankees selected him with the 32nd pick in the first round of the 2013 MLB draft. After making his MLB debut in 2016 and hitting a home run in his first MLB career at bat, Judge went on to have a record-breaking rookie season. In 2017, he was named an All-Star, won the Home Run Derby–becoming the first MLB rookie to do so–and ended the season with 52 home runs—breaking Mark McGwire's MLB rookie record of 49 and the Yankees' full-season rookie record of 29 (previously held by Joe DiMaggio). His rookie record stood for two years, until Pete Alonso hit 53 home runs in 2019. Judge won the American League (AL) Rookie of the Month Awards for April, May, June, and September, as well as the AL's Player of the Month Award for June and September.
Judge stands 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) tall and weighs 282 pounds (128 kg), making him one of the largest players in MLB.
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