{"id":868,"date":"2022-10-14T09:03:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T13:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportspoll\/?p=868"},"modified":"2022-10-18T23:43:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T03:43:47","slug":"americans-judge-single-season-home-run-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportspoll\/2022\/10\/14\/americans-judge-single-season-home-run-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Judge Single Season Home Run Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

56 percent of fans say Aaron Judge is the \u2018rightful\u2019 record holder, not Bonds; <\/strong><\/p>\n

Fans approve of expanded wildcard format<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"South Orange, NJ October 14, 2022 \u2013
\nAaron Judge\u2019s pursuit of Roger Maris\u2019 American League record of 61 home runs in a single season was well supported by sports fans, according to a Seton Hall Sports Poll conducted this this week among 1,579 adults across the country. The poll, which also measured approval of baseball\u2019s new playoff format, featured a national representative sample weighted on U.S. Census Bureau figures for gender, age, ethnicity, education, income and geography and has a margin of error of +\/- 2.5 percent.<\/p>\n

Asked if they were rooting for Judge to break the record, 61 percent of avid fans, 49 percent of sports fans, and 35 percent of the general U.S. population said that they were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
N=1,579<\/p>\n

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General<\/p>\n

Population<\/td>\n

Sports<\/p>\n

Fan*<\/td>\n

Non Fan<\/td>\nAvid<\/p>\n

Fan<\/td>\n

Casual<\/p>\n

Fan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Yes<\/strong><\/td>\n35%<\/td>\n49%<\/td>\n15%<\/td>\n61%<\/td>\n45%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No<\/strong><\/td>\n28%<\/td>\n24%<\/td>\n32%<\/td>\n22%<\/td>\n25%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Don\u2019t know\/No opinion<\/strong><\/td>\n37%<\/td>\n27%<\/td>\n53%<\/td>\n17%<\/td>\n30%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*Sports fans = Avid + Casual fans<\/p>\n

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Judge vs. Bonds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Weighed against Barry Bonds\u2019 major league record of 73 home runs in a single season during baseball\u2019s so-called \u201csteroid era,\u201d 49 percent of U.S. adults said they recognized Judge as the \u201crightful\u201d record holder, not Bonds (just 17 percent said Judge was not<\/em> the legitimate record holder). In addition, 56 percent of sports fans and 58 percent of avid fans said they considered Aaron Judge the rightful single season record holder.<\/p>\n

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N=1,579<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

General<\/p>\n

Population<\/td>\n

Sports<\/p>\n

Fan*<\/td>\n

Non Fan<\/td>\nAvid<\/p>\n

Fan<\/td>\n

Casual<\/p>\n

Fan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Yes<\/strong><\/td>\n49%<\/td>\n56%<\/td>\n41%<\/td>\n58%<\/td>\n55%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No<\/strong><\/td>\n17%<\/td>\n21%<\/td>\n12%<\/td>\n25%<\/td>\n19%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Don\u2019t know\/No opinion<\/strong><\/td>\n34%<\/td>\n23%<\/td>\n47%<\/td>\n17%<\/td>\n26%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*Sports fans = Avid + Casual fans<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would appear that in the court of public opinion Aaron Judge is the single season home run record holder,\u201d said Daniel Ladik, Methodologist for the Poll. \u201cIt would also appear that in the minds of the public, and sports fans in particular, there is a mental asterisk next to the name of Barry Bonds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Are More Wild Card Baseball Teams and Games Good?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This Major League Baseball [MLB] playoff season features additional teams and games. Asked if they approved of the new three-teams from each league wild card format, 49 percent said they did, with 14 percent opposed. Sports fans (62%) and avid fans (70%) were more enthusiastic about the extended team playoff format.<\/p>\n

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N=1,579<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

General<\/p>\n

Population<\/td>\n

Sports<\/p>\n

Fan*<\/td>\n

Non Fan<\/td>\nAvid<\/p>\n

Fan<\/td>\n

Casual<\/p>\n

Fan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Yes<\/strong><\/td>\n49%<\/td>\n62%<\/td>\n33%<\/td>\n70%<\/td>\n58%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No<\/strong><\/td>\n14%<\/td>\n16%<\/td>\n10%<\/td>\n18%<\/td>\n16%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Don\u2019t know\/No opinion<\/strong><\/td>\n37%<\/td>\n22%<\/td>\n57%<\/td>\n12%<\/td>\n26%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*Sports fans = Avid + Casual fans<\/p>\n

In addition to more teams, the MLB playoffs also feature more games with a best-of-three series instead of the single game elimination. Asked how they felt about the expanded wild card round, 73 percent of avid fans, 63 percent of sports fans and 51 percent of the U.S. population approved.<\/p>\n

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N=1,579<\/p>\n

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General<\/p>\n

Population<\/td>\n

Sports<\/p>\n

Fan*<\/td>\n

Non Fan<\/td>\nAvid<\/p>\n

Fan<\/td>\n

Casual<\/p>\n

Fan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Yes<\/strong><\/td>\n51%<\/td>\n63%<\/td>\n35%<\/td>\n73%<\/td>\n58%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No<\/strong><\/td>\n13%<\/td>\n16%<\/td>\n10%<\/td>\n15%<\/td>\n16%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Don\u2019t know\/No opinion<\/strong><\/td>\n36%<\/td>\n21%<\/td>\n55%<\/td>\n12%<\/td>\n26%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*Sports fans = Avid + Casual fans<\/p>\n

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\u201cPlayoff baseball is the most exciting part of the season,\u201d said Professor Charles Grantham, Director of the Center for Sport Management within Seton Hall\u2019s Stillman School of Business, which sponsors the Poll. \u201cThis is a win for everyone starting with the fans, but also the players, the teams, the owners and the League itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Questions with charts below.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ABOUT THE POLL<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Seton Hall Sports Poll, conducted regularly since 2006, is performed by the Sharkey Institute within the Stillman School of Business. This poll was conducted online by YouGov Plc. using a national representative sample weighted according to gender, age, ethnicity, education, income and geography, based on U.S. Census Bureau figures. Respondents were selected from YouGov\u2019s opt-in panel to be representative of all U.S residents.\u00a0This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls. The Seton Hall Sports Poll has been chosen for inclusion in iPoll by Cornell\u2019s Roper Center for Public Opinion Research and its findings have been published everywhere from USA Today, ESPN, The New York Times, Washington Post, AP, and Reuters to CNBC, NPR, Yahoo Finance, Fox News and many points in between.<\/p>\n

Media:<\/em>\u00a0 Michael Ricciardelli, Associate Director of Media Relations, Seton Hall University
\nmichael.ricciardelli@shu.edu<\/a>,\u00a0908-447-3034; Marty Appel,\u00a0AppelPR@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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October 2022 Seton Hall Sports Poll Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This SHSP was conducted October 7th<\/sup> through October 11th<\/sup> and includes responses from 1,579 US adults with a margin of error of 2.5%. The sample mirrors the US Census percentages on age, gender, income, education, ethnicity, and region. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Q1.<\/strong> Which of the following statements best describes you?<\/p>\n