Yankees' Aaron Judge, Ben Rice join Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle on way to rare MLB history
This is quite the feat by the Yankees.
Yankees' Aaron Judge, Ben Rice join Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle on way to rare MLB history originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Aaron Judge and Ben Rice are entering air so rare that you can take your pick which part you want to focus on and manage to find yourself in different bits of baseball history.
The first thing to note is that both hit home runs for the New York Yankees on Monday night -- Judge up to 11 for the season, Rice with 10. In one way, they're the first set of teammates ever to do this -- 10 home runs and 20 walks for two different guys before the end of April. Aaron Judge and Ben Rice are first set of teammates in MLB history with at least 10 HR and 20 walks before the end of April.
— Katie Sharp (@SharpStats17) April 28, 2026 MORE: This might be the weirdest way to get an inside-the-park HR If you stick with just 10 home runs through 29 games, which is where the Yankees are, Judge and Rice are just the second set of New York teammates to do it, joining Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle: Yankees teammates with 10+ home runs each in team’s first 29 games of a season: 2026 Aaron Judge, Ben Rice 1956 Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle https://t. co/jLu8EPTRWM — Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) April 28, 2026 MORE: Yasiel Puig is back in professional baseball You can also add Judge's continued movement up the all-time home run list to this accomplishment for the night. He's now tied for 75th all-time: Judge now with 379 career homers which ties Hall of Famers Orlando Cepeda and Tony Perez for 75th all-time.
Next up: Albert Belle at 381. — Jeff Quagliata (@yestoresearch) April 28, 2026 Judge and Rice are clearly both off to immense starts to the season, and the fact that they're doing it while hitting side by side in the Yankees' order is even that much more remarkable. It's not a fun day at the office for an opposing pitcher who has to go up against these two right now.