Yankees Aaron Decide passes Joe DiMaggio with historic 362nd residence run

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New York Yankees captain Aaron Decide has hit three residence runs within the two video games since shaking fingers with President Donald Trump . And Decide's newest homer was a historic one.

Judge passed franchise icon Joe DiMaggio to leap into fourth place on the Yankees' all-time residence run leaderboard Friday evening with a first-inning blast in opposition to the Boston Crimson Sox. It was the 362nd homer of Decide's profession, surpassing DiMaggio, who had 361.

Decide reached 362 homers in his 1,one hundred and thirtieth recreation. DiMaggio performed 1,736 video games and hit his final homer on Sept. 28, 1951, on the finish of a 13-year profession that was interrupted for 3 seasons as a result of he served in World Warfare II.

Decide had solely simply DiMaggio on Thursday, when he hit two residence runs in opposition to the Detroit Tigers with Trump in attendance to observe the sport.

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President Donald Trump talks with Aaron Decide (99) of the New York Yankees within the locker room earlier than a recreation in opposition to the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium Sept. 11, 2025, in New York Metropolis. (Alex Brandon/Pool/Getty Photos)

Previous to that recreation, Trump paid a go to to the Yankees' clubhouse, the place he shook fingers with Decide and different gamers.

Judge went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo residence runs in that recreation, his forty fifth and forty sixth of his MVP-caliber season. Trump talked about assembly Decide and the Yankees on Friday.

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President Donald Trump poses for a photograph with members of the New York Yankees within the locker room earlier than a recreation in opposition to the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium Sept. 11, 2025, in New York. (Alex Brandon/Pool/Getty Photos)

"I mentioned, ‘You gotta win this recreation. You are gonna make me look dangerous when you don’t win this recreation,’ and so they have been nice. And Aaron Decide, he's some participant, however he's some robust man," Trump mentioned Friday morning throughout an look on "Fox & Friends."

"He has the most important forearms — you realize I’ve seen weightlifters — I’ve by no means seen arms this huge. And he’s a implausible particular person too. That’s nice. He acquired up, hit two residence runs, a single."

In the meantime, Decide advised the staff ought to have Trump round "extra typically."

"We placed on a present. He got here in right here and instructed us we have been going to win, so I feel that gave everyone the arrogance within the room to go on the market and do it," Decide mentioned, by way of NJ Advance Media.

"However I assume we gotta have him round extra typically once we go on the market and rating that many runs and do one thing like that."

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President Donald Trump shakes fingers with the New York Yankees’ Aaron Decide within the locker room earlier than a recreation in opposition to the Detroit Tigers in New York, N.Y., Sept. 11, 2025. (Doug Mills//The New York Occasions by way of AP, Pool)

Decide’s forty seventh homer of the season raised his main league-best batting common to .324.

Decide broke a tie with Corridor of Fame catcher Yogi Berra for fifth on New York’s profession checklist Tuesday evening. Babe Ruth hit 659 of his 714 homers with the Yankees. Mickey Mantle (536) and Lou Gehrig (493) are the opposite Yankees forward of Decide.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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Jackson Thompson is a sports activities author for Fox Information Digital. He beforehand labored for ESPN and Enterprise Insider. Jackson has lined the Tremendous Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.