The Yankees’ single-season home run record became a talking point last year when Aaron Judge broke it by hitting 62 dingers over the course of the season. Of course, it was a bigger deal than that because it was also the AL record and the first time someone had topped 60 in two decades, and just the ninth time ever.
However, let’s focus on the Yankees’ record portion of that for now. You can probably name the previous record holders, and not just because we spent a long time last season talking about who Judge passed.