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Griffey became the first player to hit the B&O Warehouse across Eutaw Street from Camden Yards, but Gonzalez won the Derby, defeating Griffey in a sudden-death swing-off. Howard dropped six balls into the Allegheny River -- four on the fly, two on the bounce -- en route to a Derby victory. This year's competition shook up the rule book with players posting the highest totals across Rounds 1 and 2 advancing to the finals, rather than resetting the tally each round like in previous years.
However, his batting practice efforts were already legendary, and he immediately let loose in the first round, with a then-record 29 homers. He then hit another 29 in the second round, which led to a ridiculous back-and-forth battle with Joc Pederson. Vlad Jr. had set the all-time single-derby record for home runs before the finals even started.
First Round: 25 Home Runs for Ronald Acuña Jr.
Despite setting the all-time record, Guerrero Jr. didn’t win the Home Run Derby that year, losing to Pete Alonso in the final round. The man in second place, Julio Rodriguez, who hit 81 in 2022 at Dodger Stadium, didn’t win either, losing to Juan Soto in the finals, 19-18. The record for the number of home runs in the first round of the Home Run Derby was set last season by eventual champion Pete Alonso. At Coors Field in Colorado, the Mets first baseman hit 35 home runs in the first round. The second-highest total in the first round was set by Juan Soto last season as well with 31. To achieve home run records in the Home Run Derby, those players will have to hit a ton of home runs.
In 2019, Guerrero Jr. hit 40 home runs in a single round.The 40 home run round was enough to get him to the final round, but he ended up losing to Pete Alonso. However, the 2019 performance by Guerrero Jr. will go down in the history books. He once again hit the second-most overall home runs during his 2018 appearance in front of the home fans at Nationals Park. Only this time, won the title thanks to a 19-homer barrage in the final round against Kyle Schwarber. In two of Stanton’s Derby appearances , he ended up leading the league in home runs. That year’s Home Run Derby preceded an insane month of August, which helped him complete one of the most powerful seasons in MLB history.
Josh Hamilton
Major league players have come close to hitting a home run cycle, a notable example being Scooter Gennett of the Cincinnati Reds on June 6, 2017, when he hit four home runs against the St. Louis Cardinals. He hit a grand slam in the third inning, a two-run home run in the fourth inning, a solo home run in the sixth inning, and a two-run home run in the eighth inning. He had an opportunity for a three-run home run in the first inning, but drove in one run with a single in that at bat. On April 22, 2007, the Boston Red Sox were trailing the New York Yankees 3–0 when Manny Ramirez, J. D. Drew, Mike Lowell and Jason Varitek hit consecutive home runs to put them up 4–3. They eventually went on to win the game 7–6 after a three-run home run by Mike Lowell in the bottom of the seventh inning. On September 18, 2006, trailing 9–5 to the San Diego Padres in the ninth inning, Jeff Kent, J. D. Drew, Russell Martin, and Marlon Anderson of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs to tie the game.
His 518-foot home run was the longest ever to be hit in the competition. Judge was just getting warmed up -- in the first round against Justin Bour -- when he pummeled this one over the home run sculpture that then stood beyond the left-center field wall. This blast was a Derby walk-off, giving Judge 13 home runs in the second round to surpass Cody Bellinger’s 12, with a minute still remaining on the clock.
Bryce Harper, 2018: 45 Home Runs
The first home run ever hit in the National League was by Ross Barnes of the Chicago White Stockings , in 1876. Home runs over the fence were rare, and only in ballparks where a fence was fairly close. Hitters were discouraged from trying to hit home runs, with the conventional wisdom being that if they tried to do so they would simply fly out. This was a serious concern in the 19th century, because in baseball's early days a ball caught after one bounce was still an out. The emphasis was on place-hitting and what is now called "manufacturing runs" or "small ball".
After all, he’s one of a handful of hitters to slug 4 home runs in a game. On August 28, 2008, instant replay review became available in MLB for reviewing calls in accordance with the above proposal. It was first utilized on September 3, 2008, in a game between the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees hit what appeared to be a home run, but the ball hit a catwalk behind the foul pole.
In postseason play, the most home runs hit by a player for a career is Manny Ramirez, who hit 29. Jose Altuve , Bernie Williams , and Derek Jeter are the only other players to hit twenty postseason home runs. Rounding out the top ten as of the end of the 2021 season is Albert Pujols , George Springer , Carlos Correa , Reggie Jackson , Mickey Mantle , and Nelson Cruz . As for most home runs in one postseason, Randy Arozarena holds the record with ten, done in the 2020 postseason. Batters such as Babe Ruth and Rogers Hornsby took full advantage of rules changes that were instituted during the 1920s, particularly prohibition of the spitball, and the requirement that balls be replaced when worn or dirty. These changes resulted in the baseball being easier to see and hit, and easier to hit out of the park.
Those 40 home runs gave him the second-round victory over Joc Pederson, who hit 39 homers in the round. There could very well be some Home Run Derby trophies in the future of Guerrero Jr’s young career. Alonso took home the hardware in the 2019 and 2021 Home Run Derbies. In the two years he has participated, Alonso has hit a total of 174 home runs.His most ever home runs in a single round is 35, which he did in the first round of the 2021 Derby. That round of 35 is the third-best single-round performance in MLB history.
He still set two records during that Derby though, which gave him two separate appearances on this list. Bobby Abreu had an insanely good first round in the 2005 Derby, slamming 24 balls out of the park. But his next two rounds were far less, hitting only six and 11 homer runs, respectively.
In 1998 he hit 19 home runs which was tied for the most ever in a single Derby with Larry Walker. To this day Griffey still has still hit the ninth-most home runs in MLB All-Star Home Run Derby history with 70 total. This was Ripken at the absolute apex of his powers, exacly midway through his career in the midst of his second MVP campaign. Ripken, about to win his seventh Silver Slugger award, hit a career-high 34 home runs in '91, which was good for fourth in the league.
The 1998 Derby marked the first live telecast of the event, as fans tuned in to see Griffey win his second trophy. Griffey almost didn't participate, but he was booed in batting practice the day prior and ultimately changed his mind. Ortiz defeated his former and future Boston teammate Ramirez in the 2010 Derby, dedicating the victory to the late Dominican Republic native Jose Lima, a former Major League pitcher who passed away earlier that season. The longest non-Colorado home run came from Aaron Judge in 2017 when he hit a ball 513 feet in Miami.
In 2011, the format was revised so that team captains selected the individual sides. Making the second of five Derby appearances, Sosa came away with his only win in 2000. This year's event established a four players per league format. In that same 2019 Home Run Derby, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also set the record for most total home runs in one Home Run Derby.In that competition, Guerrero Jr. hit a total of 91 dingers. He hit 29 in the first round, a record-breaking 40 in the second round, and then 22 in the final round. Despite the record-breaking performance, it was not enough to get him the win.
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