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The fastest players to hit 300 home runs in MLB history after Aaron Judge reached that mark


The fastest players to hit 300 home runs in MLB history after Aaron Judge reached that mark

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge has made MLB history – again.

Before Wednesday’s game against the Chicago White Sox, Judge, who had already hit 299 career home runs, was close to joining the 300-home run club, which has 161 players. Judge became the 162nd when he hit a three-run home run in the eighth inning of Wednesday’s 10-2 victory. He became the fastest player in MLB history to hit 300 career home runs, doing so after just 955 games, surpassing the previous record of 1,087 games set by Ralph Kiner in 1953.

Here is Judge’s place in history along with the other fastest hitters to hit 300 career home runs.

player

Games

Aaron Richter

955

Ralph Kiner

1,087

Ryan Howard

1,093

Juan Gonzalez

1,096

Alex Rodriguez

1.117

Giancarlo Stanton

1,119

Unless he gets injured or all of the MLB managers collectively decide not to pitch him again this season (which is not out of the question given his performance so far (I kid you)), Judge almost certainly could have hit the 300th home run of his career before reaching Kiner’s all-time record of 1,087 games played.

Judge actually hit the 300th home run of his career after only 955 games played, surpassing Kiner’s record of 1,087 contests and becoming the fastest player to hit 300 career home runs in the fewest games played.

However, this is not the only record Judge set after joining the 300-home run club.

Hall of Famer Babe Ruth needed the fewest at-bats to hit 300 home runs in his career, hitting just 3,831 before reaching the mark. Judge needed 400 fewer at-bats than Ruth and hit the 300th home run of his career in his 3,431st at-bat.

Judge is now officially the fastest player to join the 300-home run club, both in terms of fewest games and fewest at-bats required.

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