And amazingly, he did it with ease.
The New York Yankees' superstar captain was rounding first base. Aaron Judge His teammates could be seen dancing in the bullpen, and the celebration got even more enthusiastic when he reached home plate.
Not only did Judge hit a home run in the Yankees' 10-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night, it was his 300th career homer — and he became the fastest player in history to reach that milestone. (RELATED: Brewers owner Mark Attanasio being sued for stealing sand?: Report)
“This is a great accomplishment,” Judge said. ESPN“Like I said a few days ago, we were hoping it would come true with a win. It was a big win for us. We were a little down and not doing very well so we were excited for it to come true in a big moment.”
Judge hit the home run in his 955th career game and 3,431st at-bat.
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Captain's History#AllRise pic.twitter.com/VIIOPh8ngt
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) August 15, 2024
Aaron Judge reached 300 home runs faster than anyone else in nearly a season's worth of games 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/5coW8kNZMB
— Addison (@YankeeWRLD) August 15, 2024
If Aaron Judge stays healthy and continues to play at this pace, he will easily go down as the best player in baseball history. There's no debate at this point. As @YankeeWRLD pointed out on Twitter, he hit 300 home runs in almost a single season before anyone else… that's awesome.
Aaron Judge = The Drake of baseball. So many hits it's hard to believe.