when did aaron judge make his mlb debut
Aaron Judge The Yankees selected Judge in the first round of the 2013 MLB draft. After making his MLB debut in 2016 and hitting a home run in his first career at bat, Judge has had a record-breaking rookie year in 2017. He was named an All-Star and won the Home Run Derby. He broke the Yankees' record for home runs by a rookie (besting Joe DiMaggio's 29 with 30 before the All-Star break), while also breaking the MLB rookie record of reaching base 164 times before the All-Star break. He won the American League's (AL) Rookie of the Month Awards for April, May, and June 2017, as well as the AL's Player of the Month Award in June. Judge set a new MLB rookie record for home runs, surpassing Mark McGwire's total of 49.
Jackie Robinson In 1956, Robinson had 61 runs scored, a .275 batting average, and 12 steals.[150] By then, he had begun to exhibit the effects of diabetes, and to lose interest in the prospect of playing or managing professional baseball.[178] After the season, Robinson was traded by the Dodgers to the arch-rival New York Giants for Dick Littlefield and $35,000 cash (equal to $308,317 today). The trade, however, was never completed; unbeknownst to the Dodgers, Robinson had already agreed with the president of Chock full o'Nuts to quit baseball and become an executive with the company.[185] Since Robinson had sold exclusive rights to any retirement story to Look magazine two years previously,[185] his retirement decision was revealed through the magazine, instead of through the Dodgers organization.[186]