Aaron Judge, the Yankees’ slugger, smashed his 300th home run Wednesday night against the White Sox, reaching the milestone faster than any other player in Major League Baseball history.
“It’s a great achievement,” he remarked. “Like I mentioned a few days ago, I was hoping for a win. It resulted in a tremendous triumph for us. We were down for a little while and couldn’t get much going, so I was simply glad it was there in a huge moment.
In his 955th game and 3,431st at-bat, Judge drove in three runs in the eighth inning. The six-time All-Star and 2022 American League MVP blasted a 3-0 up-and-in fastball from Chad Kuhl into the White Sox bullpen in left for his major league-leading 43rd home run.
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The 32-year-old right fielder also accomplished this incredible achievement in the fewest number of at-bats (3,431), putting him ahead of some of the best players of all time, including Babe Ruth (3,831), Mark McGwire (3,837), and Mets legend Ralph Kiner (3,883).
The Yankees broke loose as the ball cleared the wall, jumping up, raising their arms, and banging on the dugout railing. After the game, DJ LeMahieu and Austin Wells splashed Judge with a tub of water.
“That means a lot,” Judge explained. “These guys grind with me every day. I know how much effort they put in. They watch everything I do. “That was pretty special.”
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