Aaron Judge hits 60th home run of season, putting him in elite MLB club

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Aaron Judge became the sixth person in MLB history to hit 60 home runs in a single season on Tuesday night.

Judge’s 60th blast of the year was a solo shot in the ninth inning off of Pittsburgh Pirates’ Wil Crowe.

Judge is also the third Yankee to hit 60 in a season, joining Roger Maris (61 in 1961) and Babe Ruth (60 in 1927). He's the first person to reach the mark since both Barry Bonds (73) and Sammy Sosa (64) did so in 2001.

Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees gestures as he runs the bases after his fourth inning home run against the Minnesota Twins during game one of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium on September 07, 2022, in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Judge’s next two home runs will also be huge milestones, as he will tie and break Maris’ American League record.

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Bonds, Sosa, and Mark McGwire have since surpassed Maris, but their links to performance-enhancing drugs have tarnished their legacies to many baseball fans who think Judge’s 62nd home run will be the true all-time single season record.

Judge has said himself that "73 is the record," but some think that 62 could be worth up to $10 million.

Ticket prices for the chance to watch and/or catch 61 and 62 have also skyrocketed, so Judge can stay as humble as he wants, but 62 is historic no matter what.

Aaron Judge (99) of the New York Yankees bats and hits a home run against the Minnesota Twins on September 2, 2022, at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York. (Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Imagess)

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On Sunday, Judge set the single-season