Considering this season alone, Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles Dodgers) cannot even hold a candle to this player. Aaron Judge (33, New York Yankees) has a destructive power beyond imagination. With a batting average of .390, he is on pace for 60 home runs and has won the batting title seven times, dominating Major League Baseball.

On the 14th (Korea time), Judge hit a dramatic game-tying home run in the ninth inning with one out and no runners on base in the away game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2025. He was trailing 0-1.

Facing Boston's left-handed starter Garrett Crochet, who was aiming for a complete game, Judge hit a well-placed 99.6 mph (160.3 km/h) four-seam fastball on the seventh pitch with a full count, sending it over the left field fence. It was a game-tying solo shot soaring way over the 11-meter high Green Monster, flying at a speed of 115.5 mph (185.9 km/h) and an angle of 29 degrees, covering a distance of 443 feet (135.0 meters).

In the 10th inning of extra innings, the Yankees suffered a walk-off loss 1-2, but Judge's game-tying home run was the highlight of the day. According to "MLB.com," Aaron Boone, the Yankees manager, praised, "The ball he hit for the home run was completely wrecked. Judge is the best player in the world." Teammate DJ LeMahieu added, "It was another Judge-like moment."

Although Judge struck out three times in a row against Crochet in his previous three at-bats, he prevented defeat with one swing in his last at-bat. Judge said, "The approach I initially thought of didn't work. Then you have to adjust. That's baseball."

With this home run, Judge recorded his 26th of the season, moving him into a tie for first place in the American League (AL) with Cal Raleigh (Seattle Mariners) in this institutional sector.

As of that day, Judge's overall season statistics include 68 games, a batting average of .390 (99 hits in 254 at-bats), 26 home runs, 60 RBIs, 65 runs scored, an on-base percentage of .485, a slugging percentage of .780, and an OPS of 1.265. He leads the AL in seven categories, including batting average, hits, home runs, RBIs, and runs scored, except for runs scored and RBIs, he is also first across all leagues, including the National League (NL).

Although it is not a personal title, the OPS, which is the most intuitive metric for evaluating hitters, is a remarkable 1.265, leading the league by a wide margin over the second-place Ohtani (0.994), being the only player in the league to exceed 1.000. Judge is demonstrating an unbelievable hitting productivity, with numbers higher than his career-high OPS (1.159) from last year by over 0.1.

This is the highest OPS record ever for a player with more than 25 home runs in a season. Judge's adjusted OPS exceeds 250, surpassing the last .400 (.406) season of Ted Williams (235) of the Boston Red Sox in 1941.

It is surprising that typically players with many home runs have a lower batting average, yet Judge is recording a high average close to .400. Statistically, Judge is on pace to hit 62 home runs. The highest batting average among players who recorded more than 60 home runs historically is .356 by Babe Ruth of the Yankees in 1927. This year, Judge's ability to exceed that record raises expectations for a historic season.

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