Judge won the MVP Award and dominated at the plate in a way not seen since Rogers Hornsby.
It was a great year for Judge, who helped the Yankees advance all the way to the World Series. He hit .322, finishing just 11 points shy of the batting title in the American League. He also popped 58 homers and drove in 144 runs. He paired with Juan Soto to make up the best lineup duo in the American League and accomplished something not seen in the last 100 years of baseball history.
For example, a player who plays his home games at hitter-friendly Coors Field will have a lower wRC+ than a player who posts identical stats at pitcher-friendly Oakland Coliseum. The bottom line is this: If 100 is average, Judge put up a number that was more than twice as powerful. Furthermore, if it hasn't been done in 100 years, it's also pretty impressive.
Lifetime, Judge is a .288 hitter with 315 homers. He's a six-time All-Star and a four-time Silver Slugger.Follow Fastball On SI on social mediaBrady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University.
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