No two men in the history of Major League Baseball have hit
more home runs as a rookie than the Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge and
former Oakland Athletics slugger Mark McGwire. McGwire held the single-season
record for home runs by a rookie since the 1987 season but Aaron Judge has put
out an all-out assault on the record here in 2017 which got me thinking, how do
the two seasons compare statistically? I mean I get that it was an entirely
different game back in the late-80’s and who knows when McGwire really started
doing steroids, PED’s or any sort of other enhancements but let’s just take
these stats for what they are and compare them like apples to apples. Because
why? Because why not, it’s interesting and because you may learn something here
in the process. That’s why, now enjoy.
Judge- 2017:
Year | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | 25 | 150 | 656 | 527 | 124 | 149 | 22 | 3 | 50 | 108 | 8 | 120 | 203 | .283 | .418 | .620 | 1.038 | 167 |
McGwire – 1987:
Year | Age | Tm | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1987 | 23 | OAK | 151 | 641 | 557 | 97 | 161 | 28 | 4 | 49 | 118 | 1 | 71 | 131 | .289 | .370 | .618 | .987 | 164 |
Congratulations to Aaron Judge on passing McGwire for the
single-season home run record for a rookie. All rise and all stats courtesy of
Baseball Reference.
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