Yankees' Aaron Judge, Ben Rice make baseball history not done in MLB since 1995
The sluggers are launching home runs.
Yankees' Aaron Judge, Ben Rice make baseball history not done in MLB since 1995 originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Aaron Judge and Ben Rice have formed an incredibly formidable duo.
In fact, they've been so potent that this hasn't been matched since 1995. Judge and Rice each have 12 home runs through 35 team games, with Rice getting to a dozen by homering on Sunday. There hasn't been a set of teammates with 12 homers apiece through 35 team games since 1995, according to MLB Network's Sarah Langs .
The most recent duo was with the 1995 Cleveland Indians: Manny Ramirez and the you--didn't-guess-this-guy half, Paul Sorrento. The 1994 Colorado Rockies did it, too, with Ellis Burks and Andres Galarraga. Before that, you had to go back to 1959, when Eddie Mathews and Henry Aaron did it with the Milwaukee Braves.
The first time it ever happened was with the 1956 Yankees -- Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra. Yep, Judge and Rice are just the fifth set of teammates to do it. Ben Rice hits a LASER for his 12th home run of the season šŖ pic.