Aaron Judge’s hot start to the 2025 season has earned him a seat right next to “The Great Bambino.”
During Friday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Judge came up to the plate with a man on first and one out in the top of the 7th inning at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pa. Pirates reliever Tim Mayza threw a 94-mph sinker right down the middle to the New York Yankees’ most dangerous hitter. Judge did not waste it.
The two-time AL MVP smashed the first-pitch sinker into the right-center field seats to give the Yankees a 9-1 lead. The home run was Judge’s sixth of the season.
Aaron Judge has played seven games this season.
— MLB (@MLB) April 4, 2025
Aaron Judge has hit SIX home runs this season! pic.twitter.com/Yx9PQzGix4
The 7th-inning big fly was also Judge’s 321st of his career, a feat he accomplished in his 1,000th MLB game. It’s the same home run total Babe Ruth had over his first 1,000 games in a Yankees uniform. Judge tied Ruth for the Yankee record.
Aaron Judge now has 321 homers in his first 1,000 games as a Yankee.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) April 4, 2025
Babe Ruth had exactly 321 homers in his first 1,000 games as a Yankee, too.
Judge has six homers with 17 RBI through the Yankees' first 7 games this season
Judge does have Ruth beat in terms of plate appearances. Ruth got his 321st home run over 4,455 plate appearances, 100 more than Judge.
Judge has been smoking hot to start the 2025 campaign. Over his first seven games, the 32-year-old has batted .379 with 17 RBIs, 6 home runs, and a 1.103 slugging percentage.
The man did not even need one of the Yankees’ “torpedo” bats to do it.
