BREAKING: Yankee outfielder Aaron Judge sets single-season American League home run record after smashing his 62nd of the season.
on Wednesday. He's now alone in seventh place for most homers hit in any one season.All the record-holders ahead of Judge are National League sluggers who did their damage in the late ‘90s and early 2000s, when it was widely believed some of the best hitters and pitchers used performance-enhancing drugs.
MLB did not suspend players for steroid use until 2005. By that point, Maris’ mark of 61 had been topped six times in just four seasons by Chicago Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa, San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds and St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire.
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