Yankees’ Aaron Judge joins Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle in special New York franchise home run history originally appeared on The Sporting News Babe Ruth. Lou Gehrig. Mickey Mantle.

Last year, Judge had 18 first-inning home runs. He's the first player in MLB history to have two seasons of 15 or more first-inning homers, according to Baseball Reference researcher Katie Sharp. It's a remarkable feat, really. Judge has hit 37.5% of his home runs this season in the first inning.

Aaron Judge continues racking up milestones in yet another incredible season. On Saturday night, Judge led off the third inning of the Yankees' matchup with the Cardinals and launched his 39th home run of the season. That gave the 33-year-old a significant career milestone. He has now homered against all of the other 29 major league teams.

Manager Aaron Boone has actually been part of three of the four nine-plus home run games, as, in addition to being The Bombers’ coach for their two games, he also hit the first home run of the Reds’ nine-homer barrage on September 4, 1999. (Thank you to Sarah Langs for the stats).

Even though Aaron Judge and Juan Soto are no longer teammates, they continue to compete in the MLB. Now, the Yankees star is close to completing one of those rare feats that only elite home run hitters like them can achieve.

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Aaron Judge belts a solo home run to right-center field to tie the game at 1 in the bottom of the 1st inning

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Instead, Aaron Judge recorded his first career home run against the Cardinals, and Scott injured his ankle after a midair collision with the wall. He stayed in the game but underwent an MRI later that night to determine the severity of the injury, per MLB.com’s John Denton.