Meet Aaron Judge’s Wife: Everything You Need to Know About Samantha Bracksieck
Aaron Judge has made baseball history, breaking a record that’s stood for more than six decades.
The New York Yankees outfielder tied the single-season American League home run record in late September 2022 when he hit his 61st home run against the Toronto Blue Jays. That record, set by Yankees legend Roger Maris in 1961, stood for 61 years.
Fans anxiously awaited if and when Judge would hit another homer, and on Oct. 4, 2022, the outfielder hit his history-making 62nd home run at the Texas Rangers’ Globe Life Field and set a new record.
One fan who kept a particularly close eye on Judge’s historic home run chase was his wife, Samantha Bracksieck.
“My wife has been with me through it all and she’s calm as a cucumber, that’s for sure,” Judge told the New York Post after tying Maris’ long-standing record.
In December 2022, Judge signed a nine-year, $360 million dollar contract with the Yankees. He was also named the team’s newest captain.
“Thank you to everybody, my wife, Samantha,” Judge said during a press conference, where he was joined by Bracksieck on stage. “[My wife and I] came to the decision that was in our hearts, which is we belong in New York, we belong in this city.”
Bracksieck played an important role in negotiating that contract, as Judge said during an August 2024 appearance on the Casa de Klub podcast. When conversations didn’t seem to be going anywhere, his wife was the one who encouraged him to call owner Hal Steinbrenner. The call went well, and Bracksieck listened in as Steinbrenner told him he’d also be made captain.
“I was more speechless about that than hearing about a nine-year deal. Sam was hitting me like, ‘You gotta be saying something.’ It was special,” he said.
Next, Judge and the Yankees could be headed to the 2024 World Series after the team cinched a victory in Game 1 of the American League Champion Series (ALCS).
All About Aaron Judge’s Parents, Patty and Wayne Judge
So, who is the woman standing by the MLB player’s side as he makes his way into baseball history books? Here’s everything to know about Aaron Judge’s wife, Samantha Bracksieck.
She met Judge in high school
Bracksieck and Judge attended Linden High School in Linden, California. There, Judge played three sports (football, basketball and baseball) before graduating in 2010.
After high school, both Bracksieck and Judge studied at Fresno State University in California.