The New York Yankees set a major league record on the season’s penultimate day, hitting more home runs than any team in baseball history. On Saturday the record blow was hit by Gleyber Torres against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, the 265th of the season hit by the Yankees. That surpassed the 1997 Seattle Mariners for the most in MLB history. This record was expected from the Yankees this season, after all they have reigning American League Rookie of the Year and MVP runner-up Aaron Judge, who clubbed 52 home runs in 2017, and they added fearsome slugger Giancarlo Stanton, the reigning National League MVP after a 59-homer campaign last year. Yankees home runs Player HR Player HR Stanton 38 Gregorius 27 Andjuar 27 Hicks 27 Judge 27 Torres 24 Sanchez 18 Voit 13 Gardner 12 Bird 11 Walker 11 Romine 10 Austin 8 McCutchen 5 Higashioka 3 Hechavarria 2 Wade 1 Drury 1 Robinson 1 Total 266 Things haven’t gone quite as planned for the Yankees in 2018, with Judge missing eight weeks with a chip fracture in his wrist. Gary Sanchez, who clubbed 33 home runs last year, has 18 this season, a campaign limited by a groin injury. Stanton leads the team with 38 home runs — including one on Saturday — which is fantastic but it’s a far cry from 59. This Yankees team has received power from just about everywhere. Rookie of the Year candidates Miguel Andujar at third base (27) and Torres (24) have combined for 51 home runs, and shortstop Didi Gregorius is having his best season yet with 27 bombs. Center fielder Aaron Hicks has more home runs this year (27) then he did in 2016-17 combined (23). Austin Romine has filled in for Sanchez at catcher and even he has 10 home runs in part-time duty. Andrew McCutchen joined the Yankees in an August 31 trade, and though he has only been goatee-less in pinstripes for 25 games he has contributed five home runs to the cause. It all adds up. Twenty-four times a Yankees player has hit two or more home runs in a game in 2018, matching the major league record also held by the 1961 Yankees and 1966 Atlanta Braves. The most emblematic of the Yankees’ sluggers might be Luke Voit, a 27-year-old first baseman acquired on July 29 from the St. Louis Cardinals in a deal that netted New York international slot bonus space. Voit hit five home runs in 70 games in parts of two seasons with St. Louis, and all he’s done with the Yankees is hit 13 home runs in 38 games with a whopping .672 slugging percentage. Voit is one of 12 different players with double-digit home runs for the Yankees this season, also a major league record. It’s a bit of a contrast from the 1997 Mariners, who got 56 home runs from AL MVP Ken Griffey Jr., 40 from right fielder Jay Buhner and 31 from first baseman Paul Sorrento. In 1997 Seattle had 25 more home runs than the next-highest team (Colorado), and 44 more than any other American League team (Cleveland). This year’s Yankees own a 38-homer lead over the second-place team (Dodgers), and 43 more than the next-highest AL team (Oakland).<doc-sep>The New York Yankees eclipsed the MLB all-time record for most team home runs in a season on Saturday against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Second baseman Gleyber Torres' two-run homer in the fourth inning gave the Yankees No. 265. New York tied the 1997 Seattle Mariners' record of 264 team homers in Friday's win over the Red Sox while clinching home field for the American League Wild Card game against the Oakland Athletics. "I'm happy for them. They work really hard at their craft, and it's a result of a lot of people having success," manager Aaron Boone said. The Yankees are also the first team to ever have 20-plus home runs from all nine spots in the batting order in a season. "A lot of cool things happened for our team today, so it was a good day," said Giancarlo Stanton, who also had an RBI single in the first and reached 100 RBI in his first season with New York. ***<doc-sep>After tying the all-time record for single-season home runs with their 264th homer on Friday night, the Yankees returned to break that record on Saturday. While most of their heavy hitters — Home Run Derby champions Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge included — were held out of the lineup for Saturday’s game, they found plenty of power in rookie slugger Gleyber Torres, who mashed his 24th homer of the year on a 385-footer off of the Red Sox’ Eduardo Rodriguez. The record-breaking blast arrived in the top of the fourth inning. With two outs and Greg Bird on third, Torres worked a 1-1 count against Rodriguez, then unleashed a long drive over the right field fence to give the Yankees a 4-1 advantage: Torres was also instrumental in helping the Yankees tie the previous single-season home run record, though it was Gary Sanchez, Aaron Hicks, Luke Voit, and Aaron Judge who drove in the remaining four home runs on Friday night to bring the club to an even 264 on the year. According to ESPN’s Coley Harvey, the team has now registered at least 20 homers from each spot in the batting order — and, more importantly, they’ve outpaced the 1997 Mariners, who had gone undefeated for 21 years after putting up 264 home runs prior to their run at the ALDS. Of course, there are still 13 innings left to play this year, so if the rest of the series goes the way of Friday’s game, the Yankees may set the bar even higher by the time the regular season concludes on Sunday.<doc-sep>Baseball’s single-season team home run record is finally back where it belongs. After the Yankees swatted four long balls against Boston on Friday night to tie Seattle’s 21-year-old mark, Gleyber Torres hit the record-breaking shot today during the penultimate game of the regular season. Torres crushed a 1-1 pitch with one man on in the fourth inning, depositing it over the right-center field wall and into the Red Sox bullpen for his 24th home run of the year. The blast gave the Yankees a 4-1 lead over their rivals, and was the club’s 265th homer of the year. Nineteen players contributed to New York’s historic home run tally, including a record 12 who reached the double-digit plateau. Incumbant NL MVP Award winner Giancarlo Stanton leads the Bombers with 37 homers, while American League runner-up Aaron Judge, Aaron Hicks, Didi Gregorius, and Miguel Andujar have each hit 27. Gary Sanchez (18), second-half sensation Luke Voit (13), Brett Gardner (12), Greg Bird (11), Neil Walker (11), and Austin Romine (10) round out the group who have belted 10 or more. Recent arrivals Andrew McCutchen (5) and Adeiny Hechavarria (2) have made their impact down the stretch. Third-string catcher Kyle Higashioka (3), Shane Robinson (1), and Tyler Wade (1) also contributed, as did Tyler Austin (8) and Brandon Drury (1) before they were traded. The Yankees established the modern home run record in 1920, when Babe Ruth bashed 54 of the team’s 115 homers during his first year in pinstripes. The Bombers improved their mark with 134 the following year, and again with 158 in ‘27. The team home run mark passed to the Cubs (171 in 1930) and Athletics (172 in ‘32), before the ‘36 Yankees — led by Lou Gehrig (49) and Joe DiMaggio — re-claimed it by belting 182. The Giants hit 221 homers in ‘47, as did the Reds in ‘56. It was the pursuit of Ruth’s single-season record by Roger Maris (61) and Mickey Mantle (54) that propelled the ‘61 team to bring the crown back to the Bronx. Their 240 home runs stood as the gold standard for 35 years, until a trio of teams surpassed it in ‘96. Oakland (243) and Seattle (245) were edged by Baltimore (257), but the Orioles’ mark only lasted one year. The record-breaking Mariners club, led by Ken Griffey Jr. (56), Jay Buhner (40), and Paul Sorrento (31), boasted a lineup which saw all nine starters hit 10 plus homers. That New York re-captured the home run title on the very field where The Bambino first broke into the big leagues is pure poetry. Let’s take a look at the record-breaking shot: Congratulations to the 2018 Yankees on this historic accomplishment!<doc-sep>
Gleyber Torres catapulted the New York Yankees into the record books on Saturday, hitting the team’s record-setting 265th home run of 2018. The Yankees entered the day tied with the 1997 Seattle Mariners for the most team home runs in a single season with 264, but now have the incredible record all to themselves. The Yankees mashed four homers to tie the record against the Red Sox at Fenway Park on Friday. In the process, New York secured home field in Wednesday’s AL wild-card game. In Saturday’s game, Torres launched a two-run blast in the fourth inning to help the Yankees win their 100th game of the season. Gleyber Torres makes history for the Yankees! No MLB team had ever hit 265 HR in a season until now. pic.twitter.com/TCT2Tm2QdD — FOX Sports (@FOXSports) September 29, 2018 Giancarlo Stanton added another home run later to secure the 8-5 victory. The Yankees could ultimately smash the former record with a game still on Sunday. (Yahoo Sports) Home is where the homers are Speaking of the Yankees home-field advantage, they led MLB with 144 home runs at home this season. That’s 27 more than the next closest team, the Los Angeles Dodgers. It’s also 30 more than the Yankees hit at home in 2015. They’ve steadily increased since then thanks to the breakouts of Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez, along with the addition of Giancarlo Stanton. Rookie mashers We can’t forget the rookies either. Miguel Andujar and Gleyber Torres made some history of their own, becoming the first Yankees rookie duo to hit at least 15 home runs in the same season. Of course, that was accomplished several weeks ago. They’ve now combined for 51 homers on the season, with Andujar mashing 27 by himself. Other home run records With all of these different players posting big home run totals it should be no surprise the Yankees have set other notable marks. The Yankees franchise record was 245, which was shattered by Luke Voit’s home run on Sept. 21. Yes, they’ve blown well past some incredibly deep and power Yankees lineups this season. Story continues That same Voit home run made the Yankees the first team in MLB history to have 12 players with at least 10 home runs. In addition to Voit, the group includes Judge, Stanton, Sanchez, Torres, Andujar, Austin Romine, Greg Bird, Didi Gregorius, Brett Gardner, Aaron Hicks and Neil Walker. 265! The @Yankees just set a new @mlb record with most HRs for a team in a season. 🎆🎆🎆 pic.twitter.com/d5h4iWdZY6 — Daren Willman (@darenw) September 29, 2018 More from Yahoo Sports: • Ryder Cup: Americans left scrambling after getting trounced in afternoon session • Kimberley A. Martin: Rams’ star power strong enough to contend in L.A. • FBI investigating MLB over dealings with international players • Pete Thamel: Rapid rise of OSU QB Dwayne Haskins is phenomenal