Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees hit his 62nd home run of the season in Tuesday’s game against the Texas Rangers, setting a new American League record.
It broke a tie with legend and fellow Yankee Roger Maris, who set the record of 61 in 1961.
Barry Bonds holds the major league record of 73 home runs, set with the San Francisco Giants in 2001.
US President Joe Biden, New York City mayor Eric Adams and baseball legend Derek Jeter are some of the celebrities who have since shared their congratulations.
Judge’s milestone ball was caught by Cory Youmans of Dallas, who was sitting in Section 31. When asked what he was going to do with the ball while being taken away with security to have the ball authenticated, Youmans responded, “Good question. I haven’t thought about it.”
Judge has a chance to become the first AL Triple Crown winner since Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera in 2012. He leads the AL with 131 RBIs and began the day trailing Minnesota’s Luis Arraez, who was hitting .315.
