Roman Anthony Joins Yankees’ Aaron Judge With Historic Performance For Red Sox

Boston Red Sox rookie Roman Anthony has been drawing lots of impressive comparisons lately, from New York Mets star Juan Soto to Red Sox legend Ted Williams. On Tuesday, he joined several lists with New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge.

Anthony paced Boston’s 14-1 rout of the Houston Astros from the leadoff spot, going 1-for-2 with a solo homer, four runs, four walks and a stolen base. According to OptaSTATS, he became the first leadoff hitter in the Live Ball Era (since 1920) to have a game with at least one home run, four walks and four runs.

Meanwhile in the Bronx, the Yankees pounded the Minnesota Twins 9-1. Judge had a similar stat line for New York, going 1-for-2 with a solo homer, two runs, three walks and a steal.

According to Underdog’s Justin Havens, it was the first time in Major League history that a Red Sox player and a Yankees player both had a game with a homer and at least three walks on the same day.

Yesterday was the first time in MLB history where both a Red Sox player (Roman Anthony) and a Yankees player (Aaron Judge) had games featuring a HR and at least 3 BB on the same day.

— nugget chef (@jayhaykid) August 13, 2025

Given the long list of Hall of Fame sluggers (Williams, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, etc.) on both sides of the rivalry, that’s a tremendous feat.

Anthony’s big game raised his on-base percentage from .394 to .406, while Judge’s climbed to .448. That makes them the only two American League hitters with an OBP over .400 in at least 150 plate appearances this year.

Judge is the reigning AL MVP and arguably the best hitter in baseball, so that’s pretty good company for a 21-year-old AL Rookie of the Year candidate. He’s starting to show more power, too, homering in each of his last two games.

Good thing Boston just locked him up to a big contract extension, because he’s already historically good and only seems to be getting better.