Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees has been named the American League Player of the Week presented by Chevrolet.

Judge earned his 14^th career award and second of the season after winning on March 31. It is the third recognition for New York this year, with Judge joining Cody Bellinger, who won on Sept. 2. Judge’s 14 career awards are tied for fourth-most all-time with Albert Pujols and Hall of Famer Frank Thomas. Judge and Thomas are tied for second all-time in the AL, behind only Manny Ramirez, who earned 16 career awards all in the AL, with Ramirez tied with Miguel Cabrera for the most career awards regardless of league.

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• The 33-year-old hit .450 (9-for-20) with five homers, five RBI, four walks, nine runs scored, a 1.200 slugging percentage and a .560 on-base percentage across six games against fellow American League Postseason contenders.
• The Linden, Calif. native led the Majors in home runs, on-base percentage, slugging, OPS (1.760), total bases (24) and runs scored; and ranked fourth in batting average.
• The seven-time All-Star launched a home run in the first inning on Friday night at Boston, marking the 362^nd home run of his career to pass Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio for sole possession of fourth place on the Yankees’ all-time list. Judge now trails Hall of Famers Babe Ruth (659 HR), Mickey Mantle (536) and Lou Gehrig (493) for the most in franchise history. The homer marked his 19^th of the season in the first inning, which are the most in the opening frame of a single season in Major League history, surpassing the previous mark of 18 set by Alex Rodriguez with the Texas Rangers in 2001 and matched by Judge in 2024.
• The 2022 and 2024 AL MVP tied DiMaggio with a pair of home runs on Thursday against Detroit, marking his 45^th career multi-homer game, which is third-most in Yankees’ history, trailing Ruth (68) and Mantle (46). His 45 career multi-homer games are the most by any Major League player since his debut in 2017, followed by San Diego’s Manny Machado (37 G).
• The 2023 Roberto Clemente Award winner tallied two hits on Sunday at Fenway Park, marking his Major League-leading 90^th game this season in which he has reached base safely at least twice, doing so in each of his last four games to close the week. He launched his 48^th homer of the year on Sunday and is just two longballs shy of reaching the 50-homer mark for the fourth time in his career. Judge is seeking to join Ruth, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa as the only players with four seasons of 50+ home runs, with no player ever doing it five times in their career.