Outfielder Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees has been voted the American League Player of the Month presented by Chevrolet for September, and rookie outfielder Daylen Lile of the Washington Nationals has been voted the National League Player of the Month presented by Chevrolet for September. The announcements were made earlier today on MLB Network. Judge earned his 12th career honor and third of the season after previously winning for March/April and May. He has won each of the Yankees’ last 10 recognitions, also being honored twice in 2017 (June and September); three times in 2022 (May, July & September/October); once in May 2023; and three times in 2024 (May, June & August). Overall, Judge’s 12 monthly honors are the most in the AL and second-most all-time, trailing only Barry Bonds, who won 13 career awards all in the NL. Along with Max Fried’s honor as Pitcher of the Month, it is the 54th time a club has earned Player and Pitcher of the Month in a single month and the third time this season, joining the Yankees in March/April and the Milwaukee Brewers in August (Brice Turang/Freddy Peralta). Lile earned his first career award and is the first Nationals player to win since Kyle Schwarber in June 2021. Along with his NL Rookie of the Month honor, Lile is the 11th player (13th occurrence) to win both awards in the same calendar month, joining Nick Kurtz (July 2025); WyattLangford (September 2024); Aristides Aquino (August 2019); Judge (June & September 2017); Gary Sánchez (August 2016); José Abreu (April & July 2014); Yasiel Puig (June 2013); Mike Trout (July 2012); Buster Posey (July 2010); and Ryan Braun (July 2007). Among the group, Judge, Sánchez, Abreu, Trout, Posey and Braun were each named Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year for their respective league.

Aaron Judge, New York Yankees (@thejudge44)

• The 33-year-old hit .370 (30-for-81) with 10 homers, 17 RBI, two doubles, 27 walks, 27 runs scored, three stolen bases, a .765 slugging percentage and a .527 on-base percentage across 25 games.
• The Linden, Calif. native led the Majors in on-base percentage, OPS (1.292), walks and runs scored; tied for the Major League lead in home runs; ranked second in slugging; ranked third in batting average; tied for fourth in total bases (62); and tied for ninth in hits (30).
• The 2025 Rod Carew AL Batting Champion finished his season on a five-game hitting streak, becoming the 10th Yankee to win a batting title, joining DJ LeMahieu (2020); Bernie Williams (1998); Paul O’Neill (1994); Don Mattingly (1984); Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle (1956); Snuffy Stirnweiss (1945); Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio (2x: 1939 & 1940); Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig (1934); and Hall of Famer Babe Ruth (1924).
• The 2022 and 2024 AL MVP hammered a pair of home runs on Tuesday against the White Sox to reach the 50-homer mark for the fourth time in his career, joining 2017, 2022 and 2024. He is the fourth player with a record four seasons of 50 home runs, joining Ruth, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. Additionally, Judge is the third batting champion with 50 homers in a season, joining Hall of Famers Mantle (52 HR in 1956) and Jimmie Foxx (50 HR in 1938). He launched a homer on Friday and Saturday against Baltimore, finishing the year with 53 longballs.
• The seven-time All-Star reached base multiple times in 19 games in September as he finished the season with a Major League-leading and career-best 101 games in which he reached base safely at least twice. His 101 such games were the second-most by a Yankee in a single season since 1958, trailing only Hall of Famer Derek Jeter’s 1999 campaign (104 G). Judge drew multiple walks in nine September contests, also leading the Majors with 31 such games this year. He led the Majors with an AL-record 36 intentional walks (tracked since 1955), being intentionally walked twice in a game on six occasions, including twice in September, marking the most such games in a season since Albert Pujols’ six games in 2009 with St. Louis.
• The 2023 Roberto Clemente Award winner hit at least 10 home runs and recorded an on-base percentage north of .500 for the fourth time in his career, joining June and August 2024 and September 2022. Prior to 2022, no Yankee had reached those figures in a single month since Jason Giambi in July 2005. Judge is one of six active players to reach those figures in a single month, and he is the only active player to achieve the feat multiple times. Other active players with at least 10 homers and an on-base percentage of at least.500 in a single month include Mookie Betts (August 2023); Carson Kelly (April 2021); Cody Bellinger (April 2019); Christian Yelich (September 2018); and Justin Turner (June 2017).

Starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers has been voted the National League Pitcher of the Month for September, and starting pitcher Max Fried of the New York Yankees has been named the American League Pitcher of the Month for September. The announcements were made earlier today on MLB Network.

Max Fried, New York Yankees (@maxfried)

• Across five starts, the 31-year-old went 5-0 with a 1.89 ERA (7 ER/33.1 IP) while allowing 26 hits with nine walks, 35 strikeouts, a 1.05 WHIP, a .213 opponents’ batting average and 9.45 strikeouts per 9.0 innings.
• The Santa Monica, Calif. native paced the Majors in wins; tied for first in innings pitched; ranked fifth in ERA; tied for ninth in strikeouts; and ranked ninth in the AL in WHIP.
• The three-time All-Star tallied a win in each of his five starts and won each of his final six games of the year dating back to Aug. 27, tying the longest winning streak of his career, set earlier this year from April 4-May 2. He is the first Yankees starter with multiple winning streaks of at least six games in a single season since Hall of Famer CC Sabathia in 2010. Fried’s 19 wins were the most in Baseball this season, marking the first time a Yankee pitcher has led the Majors in wins since Sabathia tied Hall of Famer Roy Halladay with 21 wins in 2010. It is the first time a New York pitcher has led the Majors outright in wins since Jimmy Key had 17 wins in 1994.
• The 2021 World Series Champion with Atlanta tied a career high with 13 strikeouts on Sept. 18 at Baltimore, matching his best from June 4, 2024 at Boston. He became the first Yankee to tally at least 13 strikeouts in a start of at least 7.0 scoreless innings since Gerrit Cole had 13 strikeouts in 7.0 scoreless frames on April 6, 2021 against Baltimore.
• The three-time Rawlings Gold Glover became the first Yankee southpaw to earn at least five wins and tally at least 35 strikeouts in a calendar month since James Paxton in August 2019 (6-0, 44 SO). He is just the 10th Yankee all-time (15th occurrence) with at least 35 strikeouts, at least five wins and no losses in a single month and the first since his rotation-mate Luis Gil went 6-0 with 44 strikeouts last May.
• The seventh overall pick in the 2012 Draft (by SD) dealt at least 7.0 innings in four of his five starts, with his 13 starts of at least 7.0 innings tying Cristopher Sánchez and Tarik Skubal for second-most in the Majors this year behind only Garrett Crochet’s 14 starts of at least 7.0 innings. New York went 12-1 in contests that Fried threw at least 7.0 innings, with the only loss being a 2-0 defeat on June 15 against Boston