Aaron Judge has received Major League Baseball‘s highest honor winning the 2023 Roberto Clemente award. Each club nominates one player to be considered for the league-wide award in tribute to Clemente’s achievements and career. Judge received the award for three key reasons his character, community involvement, and philanthropy. He is the fourth Yankee to be honored with the title the others being Ron Guidry, Don Baylor, and Derek Jeter.
Thank you to the Roberto Clemente family for a wonderful day and event yesterday in AZ. I can’t thank my family, teammates and fans enough for this honor. Just the beginning. pic.twitter.com/62ulU5txm2
— Aaron Judge (@TheJudge44) October 31, 2023
Roberto Clemente Award: All Rise for Judge
The Foundation
In 2018, Judge founded the Aaron Judge ALL RISE Foundation. The Foundation is focused around New York, and Fresno California where Judge is originally from. The Foundation hosts baseball camps throughout these areas and during the year. In addition, to hosting camps, the foundation in the past has given grants supporting Bridge2College, Tourette Association of America, the Edward C. Merlo Institute of Environmental Technology, NYC Autism Charter Schools, the Resiliency Center of Fresno and the Birch Family Services. The foundation also supports students to attend California leadership conferences.
The mission of inspiring youth to reach their dreams is through ALL RISES’s Aspiring Leaders Program. There’s a focus on the core components of leadership, citizenship, character development and community involvement. The Aspiring Leaders program aims to create a path for future generations to become responsible citizens. Judge wants to continue to make a substantial difference for the kids around the country. This award only further solidifies Judge’s both on and off-field presence. The program has served 26 community-driven organizations, public and private agencies and faith-based organizations.
Judge hit an American League-record 62 home runs in 2022, breaking the record previously held by Roger Maris in 1961. He tied for the big league lead with 131 RBI and hit .311. The 31-year-old hit .267 with 37 home runs and 75 RBI in 106 games this year. Judge missed extensive time due to a toe injury.
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