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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
By Nick Selbe The Yankees’ star slugger turned in a season for the ages, blasting 62 home runs. View the original article to see embedded media. For over 60 years, Roger Maris’ mark of 61 home runs stood as the most in American League history. Then, Aaron Judge took the field in 2022. Judge’s dominant performance earned him this year’s AL MVP award, beating out Angels’ two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani and Houston’s Yordan Álvarez. Judge received 28 first-place votes, while runner-up Ohtani got two. Guardians third baseman José Ramírez and Astros second baseman Jose Altuve finished fourth and fi…