It's not even 100 meters away, but a home run? Judge chases his 16th shot of the season with the shortest distance of 331 career shots, one behind Otanishwaber
May 21, 2025
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Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees turned the ball right there, rekindling the home run competition.
Judge hit his 16th home run of the season in a home game against the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium on the 21st (Korea time).
Judge pushed an 85.2 mile sweeper slightly over Texas right-hander Caleb Basley's first-pitch strike zone in the bottom of the eighth for a 3-0 lead over the right fence.
The ball, which flew at a firing angle of 36 degrees and a batting speed of 99.8 miles, slightly crossed the inside of the right foul pole. With a flying distance of only 326 feet (99.4 meters), it was confirmed that it was the shortest among Judge's 331 career home runs. Statcast estimated that the ball may have crossed the fence at three other locations, including San Francisco Oracle Park, Boston Fenway Park and Tampa George M. Steinbrenner Field, in addition to Yankee Stadium.
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Judge, who had two hits, two RBIs and two runs in four at-bats on the day, hit 0.403 (73 hits in 181 at-bats), 16 home runs, 43 RBIs, 45 runs, 30 walks, an on-base percentage of 0.491, a slugging percentage of 0.762, OPS 1.253, 31 long hits, and 138 hits. Combining the two leagues, it ranks first in batting average, hits, RBIs, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS, long hit, and slugging.
As of today, Judge is the only third in the combined home run rankings of both leagues, following Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies (17). In the AL, Judge ranks first and Seattle Mariners Cal Raleigh ranks second with 15.
This year, 50 home runs seem to be easy. Compared to 2017 (52), 2022 (62) and 2024 (58), when Judge hit more than 50 home runs, this year's home run pace is never too late. In terms of the number of team games at the time of hitting 16 home runs in the season, 47 games in 2017, 42 games in 2022, and 53 games last year. It took 47 games this season.
Judge can hit the final 55 of the season if he adds a home run at the current pace. If calculated in the same way, Ohtani recorded 56 and Schwarber 57. All three players have home run titles.
Judge's power is at the top-class level in the entire Major League. This year's average bat speed is 76.5 miles, ranking seventh among 224 people surveyed by Statcast. Ohtani is 8th with 76.4 miles and Schwarber is 5th with 76.7 miles. First place is Pittsburgh Pirates Cruz O'Neill, with 78.9 miles.
In terms of average batting speed, Ohtani ranks first with 96.7 miles, Judge ranks fourth with 95.5 miles, and Schwarber ranks 14th with 93.8 miles. Judge ranks 55th with 403 feet in average home run distance, Ohtani 47th with 405 feet, and Schwarber 16th with 412 feet.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
