Aaron Judge’s Most Iconic Season Yet Sees Him Shockingly Challenge Records Held by ‘Steroid Era’ Stars Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire

Another homer, and another record for the Yankees’ potential MVP star Aaron Judge. This time, Judge hit the 54th homer of the season and joined the company of elites. 

In the most number of home runs in a season in 135 games, he tied with the legend Babe Ruth and controversial star Mark McGwire, who got accused of using performance-enhancing drugs during the year he hit 54 homers. 

Judge is on the pace to hit 65 homers, but who knows, he might hit more than that. Meanwhile, many people congratulated Aaron Judge, including the former Yankee Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez, for tying his Yankees record for homers.

How did Aaron Judge challenge the record by stars of the ‘steroid era?’

Thought to be one of the greatest hitters of all time, Barry Bonds is on the top of the list of most home runs in a single season. With 73 homers in 2001, his record is still unbroken to this day. It was also the year when Bonds allegedly took steroids.

Judge also tied with McGwire, who also used performance-enhancing drugs in 1998, when he hit 54.

The list of most homers in a single season after playing 135 games goes as:-

Barry Bonds (57) – 2001

Sammy Sosa (57) – 1999

Aaron Judge (54) – 2022

Mark McGwire (54) – 1998

Babe Ruth (54) – 1921

Among these five players, other than Judge and Ruth, all three of them were suspected to have taken steroids to hit those home runs.

Bonds went on to hit 762 home runs in his 22-year-long Major Leagues career, and to this day remains the disputed home run king.

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Judge has reached 54 homers, and that without any alleged usage of any kind of performance-enhancing drugs. And that is how he is challenging the records made by stars of the steroid era of baseball.

Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez also congratulated the number 99, Judge

A-Rod like many others congratulated the star of the Yankees Aaron Judge. As he tied with A-Rod’s Yankees record for homers by a right-handed batter in a single season. 

Other than A-Rod, Twitter users are celebrating Judge’s homer while some different reactions. 

Some users also openly called out the players on the list for their steroid usage

All in all, what matters is despite the Yankees’ slump this season, Judge is doing his best, while breaking records with every match.

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