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The only exception was 2005, when Major League Baseball changed the selection criteria so that eight players represented their home countries instead of their respective leagues. The change was believed to be in promotion of the inaugural World Baseball Classic, played in March 2006. In 2006, the selection of four players from each league resumed. In 2011, the format was revised so that team captains selected the individual sides.
The first Derby in 1985 featured five from each league, and the 1986 and 1987 events featured three and two players from each league, respectively. In 1996, the field was again expanded to ten players, with five from each league (though in 1997, the AL had six contestants to the NL's four). The Derby expanded to a three-round format in 1991, where players had 10 outs to hit as many home runs as they could with the top four advancing to Round 2 and the top two squaring off in the final. Ripken won the Derby in the midst of his AL MVP Award-winning campaign. He was the first player to win the Derby and the All-Star MVP, as well as the first Derby winner to also homer in the All-Star Game.
Major League Baseball Home Run Derby
A "home run" in the context of the competition, consists of hitting a baseball in fair territory out of the playing field on the fly. It differs from a home run hit during legal gameplay in that the batter is not competing against a pitcher and a defensive team attempting to make an out. In the Home Run Derby, all pitches are purposefully thrown slowly and at a closer range than the official 60 feet 6 inches (18.44 m) distance, usually by a coach behind a pitching screen. In addition, like batting practice, the batter remains in the batter's box after each swing, and does not run, nor circle the bases to score a run. For 2022, the additional bonus time requirements reverted back to two home runs of at least 440 feet. Separate from the regular home run derby, if the All-Star Game itself is tied after nine innings, a second home run derby will be held to determine the winner.
Should there be a tie after either of the first two rounds, a "Swing-Off" takes place. In a Swing-Off, each tied player gets 5 swings to get as many home runs as possible. Home runs hit during a first round Swing-Off does not count towards the player's total going into the second round.
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The swing off reverted to one minute in 2019, the first year in which it was used. For the first time in Derby history, Shohei Ohtani became both the first pitcher and the first Japanese player to participate in 2021. Dawson went deep four times, accounting for half the home runs hit by the field of four. McGwire, who would eventually set a new single-season home run record with 70 in 1998, won his first and only Derby in '92.
Each player was given 2 "innings" to hit as many home runs as possible before reaching 5 outs. For the derby, an out is defined as any swing that is not a home run. The winner of the contest was the player with the most total home runs in the two innings. Alonso edged out Guerrero in a thrilling final-round battle of rookie phenoms. Alonso not only won the Derby, but went on to hit a Major League-best 53 home runs in 2019. Those 53 homers were also the most by any rookie in big league history, eclipsing the mark previously set by Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge.
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The tally reset for each round, with the top four advancing to the second round, and the top two advancing to the final. Some notable performances in the Derby include Bobby Abreu in 2005, who won the Derby with a then-record 41 homers, including a then-record 24 in the first round. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. broke the first-round record in 2019 with 29 home runs. He broke that record in the following round, hitting 40 home runs in 2 tiebreakers. The previous overall record was set in 2016 by Giancarlo Stanton, who finished with a total of 61 home runs, defeating Todd Frazier in the final round. The current overall record is held by Guerrero Jr. at a mark of 91, set in 2019.
Pena’s first swing is a homer, then next is a foul ball, then a bloop into the outfield. He doesn’t do anything with his last two swings, so Pena ends up with one home run. The derby was first nationally televised by ESPN in 1993 on a same-day delayed basis, with the first live telecast in 1998. Although two hours are scheduled in programming listings for the telecast, it has rarely ever been contained to the timeslot and consistently runs three to four hours.
An out is recorded on any ball that isn't hit for a home run. The top 4 hitters who total the most home runs in the 1st round will advance to round two, and the top 2 hitters in the second round will advance to the finals. A look at the eight contestants, including two high school players, for the Triple-A All-Star Home Run Derby tonight at PGE Park. The six professional players have combined to hit 96 home runs through Saturday. By the time Howard has gotten to 7 outs, he’s put up 5 home runs, giving him 12 total and putting him in the lead. Howard then gets two quick outs but manages to hit the Golden Ball out three and ends the round with 15 total.
Though Alonso raised the trophy, the highlight of the event may have come in the semifinals, when it took Guerrero three rounds of swing-offs to finally outlast Joc Pederson, 40-39. Fans had been begging for Harper to take part in the Derby since he first did in 2013, and the slugger did not disappoint in his first time back. In the first two rounds, home run totals carried over for those rounds.
He logged the 10 longest home runs of the night, as well as the 20 hardest-hit blasts, topping out at 120.4 mph, per Statcast™. Since 1985, many of Major League Baseball's most prolific home run hitters have competed on the All-Star stage in the Home Run Derby. Below is a look at the history of baseball's annual slugfest, which has undergone a number of format changes throughout its 30-plus years.
It will not be timed, and each manager will pick three players to make three swings each to hit as many home runs as possible. In 2021, the time limit was changed to three minutes plus a bonus of thirty seconds, with an additional thirty seconds of bonus time added if a player hit a home run over 475 feet during regulation. In case of a tie, the contestants get one additional minute. If there still is a tie, each contestant gets three swings, and repeats on ties thereafter. Fans were treated to a three-round showdown between two of baseball's most prolific home run hitters when Bonds defeated McGwire in the 1996 contest, which featured an expanded 10-player field.
In honor of the World Baseball Classic, the 2005 contest featured eight players from different countries. The event has grown significantly from its roots in the 1980s, when it was not televised. Prior to 1991, the Home Run Derby was structured as a two-inning event with each player receiving five outs per inning, allowing for the possibility of ties.
Stone Bridge Bulldog Johnny Bladel, who will play baseball next year at James Madison University, is one of eight players selected to participate in the Home Run Derby contest on Friday evening... Nelson Cruz is up first and he just starts lighting it up, hitting some humongous dingers. With five outs, he’s got five homers, but then he gets four quick outs without another home run. With the Golden Ball, he gets his final out and Nelson Cruz is done with five total in the final round. Fielder gets three quick outs, then hits a couple dingers, then gets a couple more outs, then hits a couple more homers. With still five outs to give, he has tied Ryan Howard with 15 total, so one more homer advances him.
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