It’s legitimate! With his 62nd domestic run in the books tonight, Aaron Judge has exceeded Roger Maris’ record for home runs in an American League single season.

Judge, 30, broke the report with a one-run homer smashed into the left area seats at the Texas Rangers’ Globe Life Field.

It become just the 1/3 pitch he had confronted Tuesday night, in the top of the first inning.

It came almost a week after Judge had hit his record-tying 61st home run of the season in opposition to the Blue Jays. His mother, Patty, turned into within the stands to witness history..

Maris, the Yankees slugger who died in 1985, coincidentally broke the home run report sixty one years in the past in 1961.

Judge tied Maris’ file remaining Wednesday at the same time as Maris’ son, Roger Maris Jr., become inside the stands. Maris Jr.

Changed into sitting subsequent to Judge’s mom Patty, and cameras captured the two embracing after the athlete’s records-making hit.

Since then, lovers had been looking Judge’s each swing to see if he ought to reach the milestone. Six days later, Judge gave baseball fanatics what they had been hoping for.

Remember where you were when #AaronJudge made history. 6️⃣2️⃣ #AllRise

— MLB (@MLB) October 5, 2022

“It’s an tremendous honor and there is a variety of emotions,” he told the Yes Network after his 61st homer. “It took me a bit longer than I wanted to but … It is something pretty special.”