Solely three gamers in New York Yankees historical past have hit extra house runs than Aaron Decide. On Thursday evening, Decide swatted his forty fifth and forty sixth house runs of 2025 and the 360th and 361st house runs of his profession, tying Corridor of Famer Joe DiMaggio for fourth place on the franchise’s house run leaderboard.
Right here is Decide’s 361st profession homer to tie DiMaggio. It got here off Detroit Tigers righty Sawyer Gipson-Lengthy in a 9-3 Yankees win:
“All-time nice Yankee, what he meant to this group,” Decide instructed reporters, together with MLB.com, after passing Yogi Berra for fifth place earlier this month. “Even when he was performed enjoying, being round, the tales we heard. He is the definition of a real Yankee. So anytime you are on an inventory with a man like that, it is fairly exceptional.”
Right here is the Yankees’ all-time house run leaderboard:
- Babe Ruth: 659
- Mickey Mantle: 536
- Lou Gehrig: 493
- Aaron Decide: 361 (and counting)
- Joe DiMaggio: 361
- Yogi Berra: 358
Earlier than Decide handed Berra earlier this month, New York’s house run leaderboard had been these 5 gamers in that actual order (Ruth, Mantle, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Berra) since Mantle hit his 494th house run to cross Gehrig on July 29, 1966.
Decide wants 4 house runs within the Yankees’ last 16 video games to grow to be solely the fourth participant in baseball historical past with 4 50-homer seasons, becoming a member of Ruth, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa. Decide additionally hit 50 homers in 2017, 2022, and 2024. His 62 house runs in 2022 is the American League’s single-season report.
The 33-year-old slugger entered play Thursday main baseball in batting common (.313), on-base share (.440), slugging share (.656), and WAR (7.9). His 46 house runs are second within the American League to Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (53). Raleigh is the one participant probably standing between Decide and a 3rd AL MVP award.
