Aaron Judge added another chapter to his Yankees legacy Thursday, becoming the fourth player in franchise history to win a third American League MVP with the franchise.

He joined Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle on the list after another season in which he dominated opposing teams, despite playing through a flexor strain in his right elbow for much of the second half of the year.

And unlike the previous two times Judge won the award — in 2022 and last season — there was more drama involved this time around, as Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh was a legitimate contender following his 60-homer season, setting the record for a catcher, as well as a switch-hitter.

Judge still came out on top in the BBWAA voting with 17 first-place votes compared to Raleigh’s 13.

Aaron Judge won his third AL MVP on Thursday. NY Post composite

He bested the Mariner 355-335 in the final point tally.

“I never came into this game chasing awards or chasing anything but getting a chance to win and leaving the game better than I found it,” Judge said in a conference call. “If I won by one vote or 20 votes, it really didn’t matter in my eyes.”

Judge won the first batting title of his career (hitting a career-best .331) and also topped the majors in on-base percentage (.457), slugging percentage (.688) and OPS (1.144) by a wide margin.

Aaron Judge is the fourth player in Yankees history to win three MVP award. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

About the only category Judge didn’t dominate was homers, although he still managed to top 50 homers for the fourth time despite missing 10 games with the elbow injury. And he’s only the third player in MLB history to win a batting title while also hitting 50 home runs.

Judge, the first Yankee to win back-to-back MVP awards since Roger Maris did it in 1960-61, is also the first player to win consecutive AL MVP awards since Miguel Cabrera with Detroit in 2012-13.

Shohei Ohtani won the 2023 AL MVP with the Angels and the NL MVP the past two years as a Dodger.

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But for all the MVPs he’s collected, Judge knows well what he is in The Bronx to do and the one part of his résumé that doesn’t match the résumé of the other Yankee greats.

“All those names won a lot of championships in New York,” Judge said. “It was definitely a different era, [but] that’s the Mount Rushmore of Yankees. I don’t want to judge my career [against] guys that have finished their careers. I, hopefully, have quite a few more years to do some special things in New York. We’ll see when the dust kind of settles at the end of my career where I stack up.”

He’s aware his legacy with the Yankees won’t be complete without a ring.

Cal Raleigh John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images

“I’m out there chasing ghosts,’’ Judge said of his predecessors. “It’s incredible what these guys accomplished in New York City. One of the things I wanted when I signed back with the Yankees in 2023 was to finish the job here and bring back a World Series. We’re still on that mission. I think I’d trade every award I’ve gotten and every All-Star appearance for an opportunity to win a championship. I’ve got quite a few years left. I hope next year will be the year. That’s my main focus and we’ll keep chasing that.”

Judge’s latest milestone comes after a season in which he passed DiMaggio, Berra and Alex Rodriguez for fourth on the franchise home run list with 368. Next up on the list is Lou Gehrig at 493.

He may have been on his way to his finest season before he suffered the elbow injury in late July.

Judge’s production dropped after he returned from his IL stint and he was forced into a DH role for the next month, but he ended up posting some of his best numbers of the season in September.

And if he’d avoided the toe injury that occurred when he ran into the fence at Dodger Stadium in June 2023, he may have won four MVPs in a row.

As it is, he shook off the loss of Juan Soto’s presence in the lineup after Soto’s free agency departure to the Mets and put up his typically gaudy stats in the third year of his nine-year, $360 million contract.

With Cody Bellinger a free agent this offseason, Judge may be looking for help in the lineup from another different face, but as he proved again, if he stays healthy, he’ll be a force.