99 is the most home runs hit by a player in a single round in the mlb home run derby.
99 is the most home runs hit by a player in a single round in the mlb home run derby.
what's the most home runs hit by a player in a single round in the mlb home run derby?
99
on may 14, against the san francisco giants in oracle park, guerrero hit his first major league home run in the first inning off nick vincent. at 20 years and 59 days of age, guerrero became the youngest blue jay to hit a home run, breaking danny ainge's record by 18 days. in the sixth inning, with two men on, he hit another home run off reyes moronta. he hit two more home runs in the following series against the chicago white sox, including one that bounced off the glove of center fielder leury garcia and over the wall. guerrero's four home runs over a six-game road trip earned him the american league player of the week award, and made him the youngest blue jay to win the award. on may 22, he hit his first home run at the rogers centre off rick porcello of the boston red sox.. on may 31, guerrero's sixth home run, against the colorado rockies, was the 1,135th home run in may throughout major league baseball, breaking the mlb record for most home runs in a single month. on july 8, he broke the single round home run record in the home run derby with a total of 40 home runs after three overtimes in the semifinals against joc pederson. he also broke the record for most home runs in a derby with 91.
vladimir guerrero jr.
despite not being named an all-star, hoskins was named as one of the eight participants in the mlb home run derby. hoskins entered the home run derby as the 8th and final seed, with a matchup against the 1st seed jesús aguilar of the milwaukee brewers. hoskins defeated aguilar by a score of 17–12. his second round matchup was against chicago cubs outfielder kyle schwarber. despite becoming the first player in mlb history to hit 20 home runs in a single round of the home run derby, hoskins was defeated by schwarber 21–20 as schwarber hit a walk-off home run as time expired.
rhys hoskins