NEW YORK – The four-fingered signal went up from the White Sox bench in the ninth inning on Tuesday evening, pointing Aaron Judge to first base with an intentional walk, the Yankees captain’s second of the game.

And while that decision prompted boos from the Yankee Stadium crowd, it helped set up José Caballero’s walk-off single, which powered a 3-2 victory that clinched the Yankees’ eighth postseason berth in nine years.

Though hardly a headline grabber in the bubbly celebration that followed, that free pass secured a piece of history for Judge.

It was Judge’s 34th intentional walk of the season, tying him with Ted Williams (34 in 1957) for the most ever issued to an American League player since intentional walks were first tracked in 1955, according to STATS. (Some sources credit

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