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...
Here's an article that contradicts that and discusses the other 60th homers hit by Yankees
Maris' 60th blast came in his team's 158th game of the 1961 season.
Judge needed 11 fewer games to get to 60 than Maris did, as he collected his 60th long ball of 2022 in his club's 147th game.
Judge even got to 60 home runs faster than Ruth did. Ruth hit 60 in 1927, back when the regular season was 154 games long.
Article written before Judge's 61st.