American professional baseball outfielder, Aaron Judge was born on April 26th, 1992 in Sacramento, California in the United States of America.
He has participated in Major League Baseball (MLB) games for the New York Yankees. Judge received a unanimous vote for American League (AL) Rookie of the Year in 2017 and came in second place for AL’s Most Valuable Player.
In 2022, he broke Roger Maris’ 61-year record for the league’s most home runs in a season by hitting 62 of them, receiving the AL Most Valuable Player Award in the process.
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Judge was chosen by the Yankees as the number 32 overall choice in the first round of the 2013 MLB draft while playing collegiate baseball for the Fresno State Bulldogs.
Aaron Judge biography
Aaron Judge was born on April 26th, 1992 in Sacramento, California in the United States of America. He is the adopted son of Patty Judge and Wayne Judge.
His parents revealed to him that he had been adopted when he was 10 or 11 years old. John, his elder brother, was also adopted. Judge is mixed-race. Judge supported the San Francisco Giants as a child.
Judge, who finally reached a height of 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 meters), was a three-sport star at Linden High School. He participated in sports as a center for the basketball team, a wide receiver for the football team, and a pitcher and first baseman for the baseball team.
In football, he set a school record with 17 touchdowns, and in hoops, he was the team’s scoring leader (18.2). He played baseball for the Linden High School squad that advanced to the Division III playoffs of the California Interscholastic Federation. 2010 saw Judge graduate from Linden High.
Several institutions, including Notre Dame, Stanford, and UCLA, recruited Judge to play tight end in football, but he preferred baseball.
He was chosen by the Oakland Athletics in the 31st round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft, but he decided to attend California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) and play baseball for the Fresno State Bulldogs in the Western Athletic Conference instead (WAC).
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Judge played on a Fresno State squad in 2011 that won the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Tournament, qualified for the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, and shared the regular season WAC championship. He was named a Freshman All-American by Louisville Slugger.
The 2012 TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby was won by him. In the summer of 2012, he participated in collegiate baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Judge led the Bulldogs in home runs, doubles, and runs batted in during his junior season (RBIs).
Aaron Judge career
Aaron Judge has participated in MLB games for the New York Yankees. Judge received a unanimous vote for American League (AL) Rookie of the Year in 2017 and came in second place for AL Most Valuable Player.
In 2022, he broke Roger Maris’ 61-year record for the league’s most home runs in a season by hitting 62 of them, receiving the AL Most Valuable Player Award in the process.
Judge was chosen by the Yankees with the number 32 overall choice in the first round of the 2013 MLB draft while playing collegiate baseball for the Fresno State Bulldogs.
Judge had a rookie season that set records after making his MLB debut in 2016 and hitting a home run in his first at-bat in the big league. He was selected as an All-Star, became the first MLB rookie to win the Home Run Derby, and hit 52 home runs in 2017, shattering Joe DiMaggio’s Yankee full-season rookie record of 29 and Mark McGwire’s MLB rookie mark of 49.
For two years, his rookie record stood until Pete Alonso hit 53 home runs in 2019. Both the AL Player of the Month Award for June and the AL Rookie of the Month Award for April, May, June, and September went to Judge.
Judge is one of the biggest and tallest players in MLB at 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) and 282 pounds (128 kg). He has drawn similarities to teammates Giancarlo Stanton, Richie Sexson, Dave Winfield, and Willie Stargell because of his stature and strength.
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Aaron Judge wife
Judge has been married to Samantha Bracksieck since December 2021.
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