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The 2024 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby was a home run hitting contest between eight batters from Major League Baseball (MLB). The derby was held on July 15, 2024, at Globe Life Field in Arlington, the site of the 2024 MLB All-Star Game. The event was won by Teoscar Hernández of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The 2023 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby was a home run hitting contest between eight batters from Major League Baseball (MLB). The derby was held on July 10, 2023, at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, the site of the 2023 MLB All-Star Game. The eventual winner was Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
The Home Run Derby is an annual home run hitting competition in Major League Baseball (MLB) customarily held the day before the MLB All-Star Game, which places the contest on a Monday in July. In the context of the competition a "home run" consists of hitting a baseball in fair territory out of the playing field on the fly.
The Home Run Derby will start at 8 p.m. Eastern on ESPN. Home Run Derby rules. ... Participants: Eight players compete in a bracket-style tournament. Rounds: There are three rounds:
Witt Jr. will also be in his first all-star game and Home Run Derby. Witt Jr. also has a Texas Rangers lineage through his father Bobby Witt Sr., who played 11 years for the Texas Rangers. 2024 ...
The derby was bracket style last year, with all participants seeded 1-8 based on their home run totals on the season heading into the event. The 1-on-1s continued until two players were left.
The Orioles’ second-year shortstop will be 23 years, 19 days old on Derby night, which means a victory would make him the youngest long-bombs-away champion in the event’s history.
The longest home run, among the total 309 hit by the eight players involved, covered a distance of 520 ft (158.50 m), and was hit by Juan Soto. This broke the record of longest home run hit in the derby, surpassing Aaron Judge's 513 ft (156.36 m) home run from 2017.