![]() ![]() (There is a certain symmetry to Maris’ record - 61 homers in 1961 and the record has endured 61 years.) It has been 61 years since Maris hit 61 homers in a 162-game season. It has been 95 years since Ruth hit 60 homers in a 154-game season. Athletes evolve.Īnd yet the feats of Maris and Ruth have never truly been surpassed by anyone in either the National or American leagues, and their eras were long ago and far away. So were the records set by the incomparable Jim Brown on the football field. Jesse Owens’ track and field feats were surpassed. ![]() Each generation of athletes is bigger, stronger, faster, richer and better-trained than their predecessors, which is why records fall. Maybe the most remarkable thing about the current home-run watch is that Judge is chasing records set in 19. Judge, who plays for the New York Yankees (as did Maris and Ruth), has virtually wrapped up the season home-run title with 51 games to go his nearest rival has 34 homers. Maris’ total broke the single-season record of 60 that Ruth set in 1927, albeit when the season was eight games shorter, which touched off a big controversy at the time. It seems likely Judge will surpass Maris’ famous single-season record of 61 home runs, set in 1961 over the course of a 162-game season (on the other hand, Judge has hit only one home run in the last 13 games). 46 in Game 106 of the season Maris hit his 46th home run in Game 118. Judge has 46 home runs with 51 games remaining. And unlike the last time there was a serious home-run chase, he’s doing it the right way, as near as anyone can tell he’s clean - as in drug free. He’s challenging the American League single-season home run records set by Roger Maris and, for that matter, Babe Ruth. Aaron Judge, a 6-foot-7, 282-pound outfielder who bench presses 450 pounds, is swatting home runs at a record rate. While you’ve been waiting for the football season to start, something extraordinary is happening in Major League Baseball.
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