{"product_id":"graded-2017-topps-bowmans-best-aaron-judge-1-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-gem-mint","title":"Graded 2017 Topps Bowmans Best Aaron Judge #1 Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 10 Gem Mint","description":"\u003cp\u003e⚾ \u003cstrong\u003eGraded 2017 Topps Bowman's Best Aaron Judge #1 Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 10 Gem Mint – The Premium Chrome Rookie Card of the New York Yankees' Captain Who Shattered the American League Home Run Record With 62 in 2022, Unanimously Won the 2017 AL Rookie of the Year Award With 52 Home Runs, and Holds the #1 Slot in the Bowman's Best 2017 Checklist – Graded PSA 10 Gem Mint\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ The number next to a player's name on a card checklist rarely means anything beyond production sequence – but when Aaron Judge occupies card #1 in the 2017 Topps Bowman's Best set, the placement carries a kind of retroactive poetry. The 2017 season would prove to be one of the most historically significant rookie campaigns in American League history. Judge, selected 32nd overall by the New York Yankees out of Fresno State in the 2013 draft, reached Yankee Stadium for his full major league debut in 2016 and then in 2017 launched a season that baseball had not seen from a first-year player since the records were established. He hit 52 home runs, a new American League rookie record. He drove in 114 runs. He won the All-Star Home Run Derby at Marlins Park in Miami with a performance that had 49,562 fans watching balls disappear into the upper deck on a Wednesday night in July. He won the AL Rookie of the Year Award by unanimous vote – not a single first-place vote went elsewhere. At 6'7” and listed at 282 pounds, Judge played right field with an athleticism that made the position look manageable rather than overwhelming, and his strike zone control evolved rapidly through the second half of a season when pitchers began targeting him with increasing complexity and he began catching up with the adjustments. Bowman's Best – the premium chrome parallel product in Topps's lineup – gave this breakout season a rookie card worthy of what was happening on the field. This PSA 10 Gem Mint example carries the perfect grade. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ What came after 2017 confirmed that the rookie season was a foundation, not a ceiling. In 2022, Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs in the regular season – a new American League record, surpassing Roger Maris's 61 from 1961 in a season that had Yankee Stadium buzzing through September in a way that the stadium on East 161st Street had not buzzed in years. He won the AL MVP Award. He signed a nine-year, $360 million contract extension with the Yankees. Manager Aaron Boone named him the Yankees' captain – the first captain the franchise had named since Derek Jeter held the title from 2003 through 2014. The 2017 Bowman's Best #1 PSA 10 Gem Mint now documents the first chapter of a career that produced the most home runs in American League history. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐ 2017 Topps Bowman's Best. Aaron Judge. #1. Rookie RC. PSA 10 Gem Mint. New York Yankees Captain. 62 HR AL Record. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Aaron Judge. 2017 Bowman's Best #1 RC. PSA 10. Yankees Captain. 62 HR AL Record Holder. Hall of Fame Sports. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039644004584,"sku":"2017-TBB-AJ-1-PSA-10","price":399.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/graded-2017-topps-bowmans-best-aaron-judge-1-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-gem-mint-577.webp?v=1770238275","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/graded-2017-topps-bowmans-best-aaron-judge-1-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-gem-mint","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}