In 2022, notched a career-best 2.33 ERA while leading the American League in strikeout rate, finishing fourth in Andrej Nestrasil Jersey Cy Young Award voting, mashing 34 homers and batting 44% better than league average. He did not win MVP. Instead, bested the two-way sensation in a historic year in which the slugger set the American League record with 62 home runs. Two years later, in a season the likes of which Major League Baseball hasnt witne sed since Barry Bonds unrivaled stretch in the early 2000s, Judge is even better. While this year doesnt exceed what Bonds accomplished then, we have never seen a right-handed hitter produce the way Judge is this season. Through 130 games, the American League MVP front-runner is slashing .333/.465/.732 with 51 homers and 122 RBI.Entering play on Tuesday, Judge is on pace for 63 homers, 188 hits, 128 runs and 150 RBIs. Sammy Sosa is the only player ever to reach those totals in a season, doing so in 1998 and 2001. Judges 1.197 OPS, as well as his 229 OPS+ and 225 wRC+ (adjusted for park and league environments), far exceed Sosas totals in either of those years. This year, Bobby Witt Jr. whose .347 batting average is the only thing standing between Judge and a triple crown could a semble the best all-around season from a shortstop ever. And in terms of award voting, it might not matter. Thats how ridiculous Judge has been in a season in which he leads the majors in wins above replacement, in addition to all those aforementioned counting stats. It did not begin that way. Perhaps the most staggering part of Judges absurd season: He was hitting .197 with six home runs and a .725 OPS on May 2, 33 games into his campaign. At the time, it was fair to wonder whether last years lingering toe i sue would also torpedo his 2024 season. Since then, he is slashing .381/.510/.853 with 45 home runs and 104 RBIs over his past 97 games. Had he started the season on this tear, hed be on a 75 home run pace, again invoking memories of Bonds record-setting 2001 season. RELATED: While besting Bonds all-time home run mark doesnt seem in the cards this year, the Yankees superstar is still setting new historic totals seemingly on a weekly basis. Two weeks ago, . In Sundays two-homer performance, he became the fifth player in MLB history to launch at least 50 homers in three separate seasons, joining Ruth, Sosa, Mark McGwire and lex Rodrguez. By years end, theres a chance hell join Sosa and McGwire as the only players ever to produce multiple 60 home run seasons. Neither of them ever hit the mark while also batting .330, as Judge is doing now in what could go down as the best offensive season by a right-handed hitter ever. And considering the MLB environment Judge is doing it in an integrated, post-steroids era, when hitting has never been more difficult there could at least be an argument come Game 162 that this is the most impre sive offensive season ever, regardle s of handedne s. is an MLB writer for FOX Sports. He previously covered the L.A. Dodgers, LA Clippers and Dallas Cowboys. An LSU grad, Rowan was born in California, grew up in Texas, then moved back to the West Coast in 2014. Follow him on Twitter at . [Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? .] FOLLOW Follow your favorites to personalize your FOX Sports experience Major League Baseball Jack Drury Jersey