joc pederson has the most home runs in a home run derby (single-derby home runs).
who has the most home runs in a home run derby (single-derby home runs)?
joc pederson
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.
ward came to the houston astros in december 1996 as part of a ten-player trade with detroit. he won the 1999 aaa home run derby in his home stadium of zephyr field in new orleans. the next day, he hit a 3 run home run in the all star game, leading the pcl to victory after joining the team as a last minute replacement. his home run outshone russell branyan's solo home run in the same game. he debuted in 1999, hitting 8 home runs in 150 at bats. in 2000, he hit 20 home runs in just 264 at-bats. in his third season for the astros, ward batted .263 with 9 home runs and 39 rbi in 95 games. the next year, 2002, he batted .276 with 12 home runs and 72 rbis in 136 games. on july 6 of that year, he became the first player to hit a home run out of pittsburgh's pnc park and into the allegheny river "on the fly" during a regular-season game (the other player being garrett jones with a 463-foot home run on june 2, 2013); the shot, a grand slam, came off pittsburgh's kip wells. many home runs have made the river on the bounce, and several home runs hit during the 2006 major league baseball home run derby made the river on the fly as well, creating speculation of juiced balls.
daryle ward