Inside the long list of home run records set in 2019
8:03 pm | September 29, 2019 | Go to Source | Author:
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The MLB single-season record. A slew of team single-season records. The all-time rookie record. And many more. If there was a home run record in the books, there’s a good chance it was rewritten now that the homer-happy 2019 regular season is complete. How amazing was the great power surge we all witnessed this season? Check out this list of home run-related records that fell in 2019 and judge for yourself.
6,776 total home runs
It doesn’t get bigger than this. The 6,776 home runs hit this year are a whopping 671 more than were hit in any previous season, but even that doesn’t do the number justice. To fully understand just how amazing 6,776 is, you have to understand that the previous record of 6,105 set in 2017 was more than 500 more than the previous record, so 2019’s record is more a thousand more than the third-most homers in a single season when 5,693 balls left the yard in 2000. It’s also almost 1,200 more than were hit in 2018 (5,585).
307 home runs by Twins
The 2018 New York Yankees hit 267 home runs, at that point the single-season home run mark. The 2019 Minnesota Twins hit their 267th home run on Aug. 31 and continued crushing long balls to the tune of 307 for the season. The 2019 Yankees joined the Twins in the 300-home run club with 306, and four teams eclipsed the previous MLB record with the Astros belting 288 and the Dodgers blasting 279 without the benefit of the DH.