Babe Ruth hit his 60 homers in a 154 game season. I think Roger Maris 60th came after the 154th game in a 162 game season. Judge might be the second to hit 60 in 154 games or less. They’ve played 155 games as of today, so it looks like his 60th was in 154 games. Not sure at the 61st.
Maris and Ruth both hit 60 homers in 154 games. Maris didn’t hit his 61st until the last game of a 162 game season.
One of my cousins married a guy who played in the minors in the 70’s, finally giving up baseball in the mid 80’s. He said the ball seemed to be a lot livelier when he left than when he started. He said in the early 70’s you really had to be a good hitter to keep a good average, much less hit home runs regularly. By the time he left he said the ball seemed to explode off the bat. Those are his observations and he was there, so...