Aaron Judge Passes Babe Ruth for Most HRs By Yankees Player Before August

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge passed Babe Ruth for the most home runs before August in franchise history when he smacked his 42nd of the year—and 200th all-time—Saturday against the Kansas City Royals.

Bryan Hoch of MLB.com provided the list of Yankees who have hit 40 or more homers before August:

Only four players in MLB history have hit 42 or more homers before August, per Katie Sharp of Talkin' Yanks and Stathead:

Judge has now smacked nine home runs in his last nine games and is on pace for 67 on the year:

Judge also became the second-fastest player ever to hit 200 career homers behind only former Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard:

Judge's two-run blast off Royals starting pitcher Jonathan Heasley gave the Yankees a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning.

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