This undated file photo shows Babe Ruth. As part of its collection of Babe Ruth items, the Baseball Hall of Fame says it has the bat the slugger used to hit his then-record 60th home run in 1927.

He's eclipsed the pace of both Ruth and Roger Maris, hitting his 60th home run in the Yankees' 147th game of the year. For reference, Ruth required 154 games and Maris took 159 contests.

Having tied Ruth’s home run total from 1927, Judge could equal Maris’ 61-year-old AL record when the Yankees host the Pirates again on Wednesday. “I really didn’t want to do it.

FILE - This undated file photo shows Babe Ruth. As part of its collection of Babe Ruth items, the Baseball Hall of Fame says it has the bat the slugger used to hit his then-record 60th home run in ...

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge tied Babe Ruth's 95-year-old record Tuesday night, launching his 60th home run of the season and edging closer to Roger Maris' team and American League record of ...

NEW YORK – Aaron Judge was halfway around the bases after this 60th home run when it occurred to me he’d done more than tie Babe Ruth’s record. Judge isn’t merely following the Bambino’s ...

On Sept. 30, 1927, Babe Ruth set a Major League Baseball record with his 60th home run of the season. The mark would stand for 34 years.

Aaron Judge moved level with baseball legend Babe Ruth's single-season tally of 60 home runs on Tuesday -- one shy of Roger Maris' American League (AL) single-season record -- in ...

With 147 games played and 15 remaining for the Yankees, Judge is on pace to hit 66 home runs, per FanGraphs. Ruth hit his 60th home run in his 154th and final game of the season and Maris hit his ...

He is now tied with Yankees great Babe Ruth for the second-highest total in a single-season. Ruth held the Major League single-season home run record for 40 years, before Maris edged him out in 1961.