The Home Run Derby is an annual home run hitting competition in the MLB, customarily held the day before the All-Star Game.
Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Teoscar Hernandez took home the 2024 Home Run Derby title, defeating Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. in the final round.
Continue reading for all you need to know about the event, including 2025 dates and schedule, format, and event history and records.
MLB Home Run Derby 2025 date
A confirmed date for the 2025 Home Run Derby is yet to be announced.
The expected date for the derby is Monday, July 14, 2025, the day before the 2025 All-Star Game.
Where is the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby?
The 2025 Home Run Derby will take place at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, the home field of the Atlanta Braves.
How to watch the MLB Home Run Derby, TV channel and streaming
ESPN has full coverage of the Home Run Derby. It can be watched through cable TV or with live TV streaming apps like YouTubeTV or FuboTV.
MLB Home Run Derby rules and format
The Home Run Derby format has changed throughout the years. Below is the current format, which was used for the first time in the 2024 edition.
In the first round, all eight hitters will take a turn, with the top-four leading home run hitters advancing to the semifinals.
Each turn will last three minutes or 40 pitches, whichever comes first. After that time is up, players will have the chance to keep hitting until they record three "outs," or non-home runs. The tiebreaker is longest home run distance. Hitters get an extra "out" in the bonus round if they hit a home run longer than 425 feet.
This differs from recent years, when the eight participants were seeded and separated into first-round matchups to create a knockout-style bracket.
The four hitters that advance to the second round are then seeded 1-4 based on their home run tally from the first round. The 1-seed will face the 4-seed and the 2-seed will face the 3-seed in the same format as the first round - whoever can hit more home runs in three minutes or 40 pitches is the winner.
In the final, the two players will have just two minutes or 27 pitches, whichever comes first. Whoever hits more home runs in that time is the champion.
MLB Home Run Derby records
Most home runs in a single round | Julio Rodriguez | 41 |
Most home runs in a single Home Run Derby | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 91 |
Most HR Derby wins (team) | New York Yankees | 4 |
Most HR Derby wins (player) | Ken Griffey Jr. | 3 |
Most career home runs in HR Derby (player) | Pete Alonso | 195 |
MLB Home Run Derby past winners
Year | Winner | Team |
2024 | Teoscar Hernandez | Los Angeles Dodgers |
2023 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | Toronto Blue Jays |
2022 | Juan Soto | Washington Nationals |
2021 | Pete Alonso | New York Mets |
2020 | Cancelled - pandemic | |
2019 | Pete Alonso | New York Mets |
2018 | Bryce Harper | Washington Nationals |
2017 | Aaron Judge | New York Yankees |
2016 | Giancarlo Stanton | Miami Marlins |
2015 | Todd Frazier | Cincinnati Reds |
2014 | Yoenis Cespedes | Oakland Athletics |
2013 | Yoenis Cespedes | Oakland Athletics |
2012 | Prince Fielder | Detroit Tigers |
2011 | Robinson Cano | New York Yankees |
2010 | David Ortiz | Boston Red Sox |
2009 | Prince Fielder | Milwaukee Brewers |
2008 | Justin Morneau | Minnesota Twins |
2007 | Vladimir Guerrero | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
2006 | Ryan Howard | Philadelphia Phillies |
2005 | Bobby Abreu | Philadelphia Phillies |
2004 | Miguel Tejada | Baltimore Orioles |
2003 | Garret Anderson | Anaheim Angels |
2002 | Jason Giambi | New York Yankees |
2001 | Luis Gonzalez | Arizona Diamondbacks |
2000 | Sammy Sosa | Chicago Cubs |
1999 | Ken Griffey Jr. | Seattle Mariners |
1998 | Ken Griffey Jr. | Seattle Mariners |
1997 | Tino Martinez | New York Yankees |
1996 | Barry Bonds | San Francisco Giants |
1995 | Frank Thomas | Chicago White Sox |
1994 | Ken Griffey Jr. | Seattle Mariners |
1993 | Juan Gonzalez | Texas Rangers |
1992 | Mark McGwire | Oakland Athletics |
1991 | Cal Ripken Jr. | Baltimore Orioles |
1990 | Ryne Sandberg | Chicago Cubs |
1989 (tie) | Eric Davis Ruben Sierra | Cincinnati Reds Texas Rangers |
1988 | Cancelled - rain | |
1987 | Andre Dawson | Chicago Cubs |
1986 (tie) | Wally Joyner Darryl Strawberry | California Angels New York Mets |
1985 | Dave Parker | Cincinnati Reds |
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