Aaron James Judge Ortega : Born on April 26, 1992, in Linden, California nicknamed “The Judge”, he is an American professional baseball player who has played since his debut in 2016 with the New York Yankees .
He attended Linden High School, where he excelled in three sports: he was a pitcher and first baseman on the baseball team, catcher on the football team, and on the basketball team . He is 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) tall. He played college baseball at Fresno State University in California. Despite his size, he had an 88% hit rate stealing bases while playing for the Bulldogs.
Summary
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- 1 Debut
- 2 Honors
- 3 Lifetime Statistics
- 4 Source
- 5 See also
Debut
He made his professional debut for the Charleston RiverDogs of the South Atlantic League Minor League Baseball in 2014. After a year in Charleston, in 2015 he was part of the Trenton Thunder of the Eastern League , where he hit 12 home runs in 63 games. . Thanks to his good work, he was promoted to the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the AAA International League class . In 2015 he was chosen for the Future Stars All Star as a Yankees player with his teammate Gary Sanchez .
On August 13, 2016 against the Tampa Bay Rays . In his first hit, he hit a home run, as did fellow rookie Tyler Austin in the previous hit, marking the first time that two rookie hitters hit home runs on their first hits. In his second game in MLB , he hit another home run, becoming the second player in Yankees history to hit 2 home runs in his first 2 games, the first to do so Joe Lefebvre in 1980. His season ended prematurely by injuring himself against the Los Angeles Dodgers and missing the rest of the season.
He started as a right fielder against the Tampa Bay Rays. In his first game with more than one home run, one of them stood out above the rest, throwing the ball at 192.2 km / h, being the fastest hit of 2017, a record that he himself would surpass in June with a 194.9 ball. km / h
He would be elected rookie of the month of June again, being the first to do so since Mike Trout to win it 3 times in a row and also that same month he was chosen as an American League Player and was crowned Home Run Derby champion, winning the final against Miguel He healed At the end of the year, he was nominated for MVP of the American League, along with José Ramírez and José Altuve, an award that the latter would finally win, leaving Judge in second place.He was also awarded the Silver Bat for best Outfielder and as Rookie of the Year of the American League.
Honors
- All Star: 2017 and 2018
- Nominated for AL MVP: 2017 2nd place
- Home Run Derby Winner: 2017
- Silver Bat, for Best Outfielder: 2017
- American League Rookie of the Year: 2017
- American League Home Run Leader: 2017 52 Home Runs
- AL Leader of Runs Scored (1): 2017 (128 runs)
- AL Rookie of the Month: April 2017, May 2017, June 2017 and September 2017
- American League Player of the Month: June 2017 and September 2017
- American League Player of the Week: June 11, 2017 and September 24, 2017
Lifetime statistics
Season Team LG J TB CH TB 2B 3B H4 CI BB BBI SO BR AR PRO OBP SLG OPS Role./Ele.
2016 NYY AL 27 84 10 15 29 2 0 4 10 9 0 42 0 1 .179 .263 .345 .608 0.76
2017 NYY AL 155 542 128 154 340 24 3 52 114 127 11 208 9 4 .284 .422 .627 1.049 1.01
2018 NYY AL 112 413 77 115 218 22 0 27 67 76 3 152 6 3 .278 .392 .528 .919 1.18
MLB career – – 294 1039 215 284 587 48 3 83 191 212 14 402 15 8 .273 .398 .565 .963 1.05
