ARLINGTON, TX (SNN-TV) – The American League has a new single-season home run king.
Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees claimed the single-season American League record with his 62nd home run tonight against the Texas Rangers. The home run came in Game 2 of the doubleheader as Judge drilled a shot to left field off Rangers starter Jesus Tinoco to lead off the game, for those trivia lovers at home, that’s Jesus Tinoco, remember the name.
Judge previously tied the AL record, held by former Yankees outfielder Roger Maris, last Wednesday in Toronto. Maris set the previous record of 61 in 1961. Babe Ruth held the record before Maris with 60 in 1927. Maris held the single-season record until the St. Louis Cardinals’ Mark McGwire broke it when he hit 70 in 1998. San Francisco’s Barry Bonds holds the MLB record with 73 in 2001.
