NEW YORK -- The Yankees have historically celebrated their home run prowess, and for nearly six decades, the top five spots on the all-time franchise list remained untouched.

That changed in the first inning on Tuesday night against the Tigers at Yankee Stadium, as Aaron Judge clubbed his 359th career homer, surpassing Yogi Berra (358) for sole possession of fifth place on the club list.

Babe Ruth hit 659 of his 714 home runs in a Yankees uniform, followed by Mickey Mantle (536), Lou Gehrig (493) and Joe DiMaggio (361). The new name is Judge, who belted a Casey Mize splitter to the back of the right-field bullpen for his 44th home run of the season.

Ruth, Mantle, Gehrig, DiMaggio and Berra had comprised the club’s top five since Aug. 7, 1957, having resided in the same order since Jul

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