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Aaron Judge made MLB history Sept. 20 when he hit his 60th home run of the season. The Yankees outfielder had registered the ninth 60-home run season in MLB history and became just the sixth player to ever do it, joining Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Roger Maris and Babe Ruth.Judge was characteristically humble after the game, a 9-8 victory sealed by a walk-off Giancarlo Stanton grand slam."To get a chance to play baseball at Yankee Stadium, packed house, first-place team, that's what you dream about," he told reporters.Sixty, however, had a lot of other implications for Judge. It meant he was just one home run behind Maris for the American League record set in 1961.Judge tied Maris on Sept. 28 with a go-ahead home run against the Blue Jays in Toronto. He has le s than a week to take sole po se sion of the record.MORE: The MLB single-season home run record was set in 2001, when Bonds hit 73 home runs. There was a second 60-home run J T Brown Kids Jersey hitter that season, with Sosa hitting 64 homers.There is, of course, controversy surrounding Bonds, McGwire, and Sosa, who hold six of the now nine 60-home run seasons, given their participation in the Steroid Era. However, they're still in the record book even if they were held out of the Hall of Fame, so their numbers still count.With Judge sitting at 61with five games left in the Yankees' season, he would need a beyond-historic tear to reach Bonds. Some totals are within his grasp, however.YearPlayerTeamHRs2001Barry BondsGiants731998Mark McGwireCardinals701998Sammy SosaCubs661999Mark McGwireCardinals652001Sammy SosaCubs641999Sammy SosaCubs631961Roger MarisYankees612022Aaron JudgeYankees611927Babe RuthYankees60MORE: Judge Luke Schenn Jersey is in the company of a Yankee legend at 61. He's tied with Roger Maris for the Yankees and the American League record.The top of the AL home run list begins and ends with the Yankees, and it's full of baseball royalty. Judge has already pa sed Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio. Maris is simply last on the list.American League home run leadersYearPlayerTeamHRs1961Roger MarisYankees612022Aaron JudgeYankees611927Babe RuthYankees601938Hank GreenbergTigers581932Jimmie FoxxAthletics582002Alex RodriguezRangers571998Ken Griffey Jr.Mariners561997Ken Griffey Jr.Mariners562010Jose BautistaBlue Jays542007Alex RodriguezYankees542006David OrtizRed Sox541961Mickey MantleYankees541928Babe RuthYankees541920Babe RuthYankees54 (Getty Images) To reiterate just how special this year is for Judge, he's in position to win the Triple Crown. He leads the American League in home runs and RBIs and is four points off the lead in batting average through Oct. 2.Judge is batting .311 for the season; the Twins' Luis Arraez leads the AL at .315.There hasn't been a Triple Crown winner since Miguel Cabrera in 2012. Before that, there hadn't been one since 1967 when Carl Yastrzemski achieved the feat.Judge is well ahead of Mike Trout in home runs and leads Jose Ramirez by a handful of RBIs.MORE:AL home run leadersPlayerTeamTotalAaron JudgeYankees61Mike TroutAngels39Yordan AlvarezAstros37Shohei OhtaniAngels34Anthony SantanderOrioles33Corey SeagerRangers33AL RBI leadersPlayerTeamTotalAaron JudgeYankees130Jose RamirezGuardians122Kyle TuckerAstros104Adolis GarciaRangers98Yordan AlvarezAstros96Vladimir Guerrero Jr.Blue Jays96AL batting average leadersPlayerTeamAVGLuis ArraezTwins.315Aaron JudgeYankees.311Xander BogaertsRed Sox.305Jose AbreuWhite Sox.304Andrew BenintendiYankees.304 One thing hanging over the Yankees' heads throughout this historic season is the fact .Before the season began, contract negotiations became very public and slightly contentious, with Yankees general manager Brian Cashman divulging the team's offer to Judge ahead of Opening Day.According to Cashman, the Yankees Ryan Callahan Kids Jersey offered Judge a seven-year, $213.5 million extension ($30.5 million per year)."We're all disappointed right now that we can't be talking about a contract extension today. Not now, but hopefully later," Cashman said in a pre s conference.Both sides would like to be here. I think Aaron Judge doesn't want to be anywhere but here, and we'd love to make that happen as well.MORE:Judge was headed toward a salary arbitration hearing the first for the Yankees since Dellin Betances before the sides settled at $19 million for 2022, the midpoint between the $21 million Judge filed for and the $17 million the Yankees filed for. Judge can also earn $250,000 for winning AL MVP and World Series MVP.Judge made it abundantly clear he wouldn't talk contract during the season, and he has been coy about what the future holds. A viral clip emerged at the All-Star Game, with Judge telling ESPN's Marly Rivera he hoped a boy named Jacob would be a "Judge fan for life" if he wasn't on the Yankees next season.Are you telling me that Aaron Judge may not be a Yankee after this year? Starting 9 (@Starting9) Judge also didn't dismi s the idea of joining Gabriel Dumont Women Jersey the Red Sox, and he even praised Boston fans."It's the best, they're some of the best in baseball. They're going to boo you, they're going to say some things, theyre going to make you laugh," Judge said in September.Its all part of it. A lot of great history here, and this is one of the best places to play, so its always fun going out there and trying to put on a show for them."Ooh," he told reporters when asked about playing in Boston, . "We'll talk about that at the end of the year."While a lot of this is just posturing and Judge not wanting to close any doors, he knows how special this contract season has been. He knows he holds the cards. Now, the 30-year-old superstar is just having fun with it.Judge has joined Yankees royalty this year, so the ball is in the team's court. If he pa ses Maris, wins a Mikhail Sergachev Women Jersey Triple Crown or does both, this will be the most incredible contract year in MLB and po sibly sports history. Mantle is the only player in MLB history to win a Triple Crown with 50-plus home runs (52 in 1956). The records within Judge's grasp this season continue to pile up.