Who is Aaron Judge?
A: Aaron James Judge is an American professional baseball outfielder for the
New York Yankees.
Judge was unanimously selected as what in 2017?
A: The American League (AL) Rookie of the Year. and finished second in
voting for the AL Most Valuable Player Award that year.
In 2022, he set the AL record for what?
A: The most home runs in a season, breaking the 61-year-old record held by
Roger Maris.
Judge played college baseball for who?
A: The Fresno State Bulldogs.
The Yankees selected him with the 32nd pick in the
first round of what?
A: The 2013 MLB draft.
After making his MLB debut in 2016, he hit a home run
in his first what?
A: His first MLB career at bat.
In 2017, he was named what?
A: An All-Star.
He won the Home Run Derby–becoming the first what?
A: The first MLB rookie to do so.
He ended the season with how many home runs?
A: 52, breaking Mark McGwire's MLB rookie record of 49 and the Yankees'
full-season rookie record of 29 (previously held by Joe DiMaggio).
His rookie record stood for two years, until what?
A: Pete Alonso hit 53 home runs in 2019.
Judge won the AL Rookie of the Month Awards for what months?
A: April, May, June, and September, as well as the AL's Player of the Month Award for June and September.
How tall is Judge?
A: 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m).
How much does he weigh?
A: 282 pounds (128 kg.
Judge was adopted the day after he was born by whom?
A: Patty and Wayne Judge, who both worked as teachers in Linden,
California.
When he was 10 or 11 years old, his parents told him
what?
A: That he was adopted; he recalls, "I knew I didn't look like them."
Growing up, Judge was a fan of what baseball team?
A: San Francisco Giants.
Judge attended what high school?
A: Linden High School, where he was a three-sport star.
He played as a what for the baseball team?
A: pitcher and first baseman.
What position did he play on the football team?
A: A wide receiver.
On the basketball team what was he?
A: Pitcher and first baseman.
He set a school record for what?
A: Touchdowns (17) in football and led the basketball team in points per
game (18.2).
In baseball, he was part of the Linden High School team
that made what?
A: The California Interscholastic Federation Division III playoffs.
When did Judge graduate from Linden High?
A: In 2010.
Various colleges recruited Judge to play tight end in
football, including whom?
A: Notre Dame, Stanford, and UCLA, but he preferred baseball.
The Oakland Athletics selected him in what round of the
2010 MLB draft?
A: 31st round, but he opted to enroll at California State University, Fresno
(Fresno State) to play for the Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team in the
Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
In 2011, Judge was part of a Fresno State team that
shared what?
A: The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) regular season title, won the WAC
Tournament, and qualified for the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
Louisville Slugger named him what?
A: A Freshman All-American.
He won the 2012 what?
A: TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby.
The Yankees drafted Judge in the first round of the
2013 MLB draft with the 32nd overall selection, a pick the team received as
what?
A: Compensation after losing Nick Swisher in free agency.
Judge signed with the Yankees and received what?
A: A $1.8 million signing bonus.
He tore a quadriceps femoris muscle while participating
in a base running drill, which did what?
A: Kept him out of the 2013 season.