In which California city was Aaron Judge born?

Aaron Judge was born in Sacramento, California.

Judge’s official biographies give Sacramento as his birthplace, and he was born there on April 26, 1992. Sacramento is California’s capital, located in the state’s Central Valley near the meeting of the Sacramento and American Rivers. The city is distinct from the smaller community where Judge grew up.

Judge was raised in Linden, California, a farming community in San Joaquin County southeast of Sacramento. That geography explains why some accounts describe him as being “from” Linden while player records identify Sacramento as his birthplace. Both locations are part of his personal story, but they answer different questions.

He attended Linden High School, where he excelled in baseball, football, and basketball. His athletic versatility attracted attention from colleges in more than one sport, yet he ultimately pursued baseball at Fresno State. After college, the New York Yankees selected him in the first round of the 2013 MLB draft.

Oakland, Fresno, and San Diego are all California cities, but none is the canonical birthplace listed for Judge.