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The Joe Bauman Home Run Award, formerly known as the Round-Tripper-Award, is given to the Minor League Baseball player who hit the most regular season home runs that year. The award, first given in 2002, is named after Joe Bauman, who set a then–professional record with 72 home runs in 1954, while playing for the Roswell Rockets of the Class-C Longhorn League.[1]

The award was named for Bauman in 2004.[2] It is presented by Musco Lighting at the Baseball Winter Meetings each December. The winner receives a check worth $200 for every home run hit.[3][4] The most recent winner of the award is MJ Melendez of the Kansas City Royals organization.

Winners

Ryan Howard
Key
(#)
 Number of wins by players who have won the award multiple times
HRs Home runs
‡
 Major League Baseball All-Star
Mike Moustakas
A. J. Reed
Winners
Year Player HRs Minor league team(s) MLB organization Ref
2002 Iván Cruz 35 Memphis Redbirds St. Louis Cardinals [5]
2003 Graham Koonce 34 Sacramento River Cats Oakland Athletics [5]
2004 Ryan Howard‡ 46 Reading Phillies
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons		 Philadelphia Phillies [6]
2005 Brandon Wood 42 Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim [7]
2006 Kevin Witt 36 Durham Bulls Tampa Bay Devil Rays [8]
2007 Craig Brazell 39 Wichita Wranglers
Omaha Royals		 Kansas City Royals [5]
2008 Dallas McPherson 42 Albuquerque Isotopes Florida Marlins [9]
2009 Mitch Jones[a] 35 Albuquerque Isotopes Los Angeles Dodgers [10]
2010 Mike Moustakas‡[b] 36 Northwest Arkansas Naturals Kansas City Royals [11]
2011 Bryan LaHair‡ 38 Iowa Cubs Chicago Cubs [12]
2012 Darin Ruf 38 Reading Phillies Philadelphia Phillies [13]
2013 Joey Gallo‡ 40 Hickory Crawdads Texas Rangers [14]
2014 Kris Bryant‡ 46 Tennessee Smokies
Iowa Cubs		 Chicago Cubs [15]
2015 A. J. Reed (1) 34 Lancaster JetHawks
Corpus Christi Hooks		 Houston Astros [16]
2016 Dylan Cozens 40 Reading Fightin Phils Philadelphia Phillies [17]
2017 A. J. Reed (2) 34 Fresno Grizzlies Houston Astros [18]
2018 Pete Alonso‡[c] 36 Binghamton Rumble Ponies
Las Vegas 51s		 New York Mets [19]
2019 Kevin Cron 39 Reno Aces Arizona Diamondbacks [20]
2020 None selected (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic) [21]
2021 MJ Melendez 41 Northwest Arkansas Naturals
Omaha Storm Chasers		 Kansas City Royals [22]
2022 Moisés Gómez 39 Springfield Cardinals
Memphis Redbirds		 St. Louis Cardinals [23]

Notes

  • a Jones and Jon Gaston tied with 35 home runs. Jones was declared the winner by virtue of having more runs batted in (RBIs) than Gaston (103 to 100).[10]
  • b Moustakas and Mark Trumbo tied with 36 home runs. Moustakas was declared the winner by virtue of having more RBIs than Trumbo (124 to 122).[11]
  • c Alonso and Ibandel Isabel tied with 36 home runs. Alonso was declared the winner by virtue of having more RBIs than Isabel (119 to 78).[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Joe Bauman Sets Record, Runs Home Run Total to 72". Milwaukee Journal. September 7, 1954. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  2. ^ "BASEBALL: MINOR LEAGUE REPORT; Former Prospect Enjoys Success". The New York Times. July 31, 2004. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
  3. ^ Minor League Baseball (February 23, 2011). "Article | Pacific Coast League News". Minorleaguebaseball.com. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  4. ^ "Springer maintains Bauman Award lead". MiLB.com. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Michael Blinn (September 18, 2007). "Article | Pacific Coast League News". Minorleaguebaseball.com. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  6. ^ "Phillies' Ryan Howard Round-Tripper Contest Winner - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News". OurSports Central. September 17, 2004. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  7. ^ Diamond Leung (September 16, 2005). "Sports | Baseball | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California". PE.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  8. ^ "Witt Wins Round-Tripper Award, Bauman Trophy – OurSports Central – Independent and Minor League Sports News". OurSports Central. September 5, 2006. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  9. ^ Jonathan Mayo. "Article | MiLB.com News | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Milb.com. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
  10. ^ a b Minor League Baseball (September 15, 2009). "Article | MiLB.com News | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Minorleaguebaseball.com. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  11. ^ a b "Moustakas wins Joe Bauman Award". MiLB.com. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  12. ^ Minor League Baseball (September 12, 2011). "LaHair captures Joe Bauman Award | MiLB.com News | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Web.minorleaguebaseball.com. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  13. ^ Drago, Mike (September 11, 2012). "A season to remember for R-Phils: Darin Ruf's club-record 38 HRs, including 20 in August, help Reading reach postseason". readingeagle.com. Reading Eagle Company. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
  14. ^ "Late charge earns Gallo Bauman Award: Rangers slugger edges Astros' Springer in season's final week". MiLB. September 5, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
  15. ^ "Phillies' Kris Bryant Round-Tripper Contest Winner - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News". OurSports Central. September 17, 2004. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  16. ^ "Reed wins 2015 Bauman Home Run Award: Second-year Astros pro hit 34 homers to lead Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. September 11, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  17. ^ "Phils' Cozens wins 2016 Bauman Award: Phillies slugger led Minor League Baseball with 40 home runs". MiLB.com. September 14, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  18. ^ "Reed slugs way to Bauman Home Run Award". MiLB.com. September 4, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  19. ^ a b "Mets' Alonso recalls award-worthy 2018". MiLB.com. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  20. ^ "Cron claims 2019 Joe Bauman Home Run Award". MiLB.com. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  21. ^ West, Jenna. "2020 Minor League Baseball Season Canceled". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  22. ^ "MJ Melendez claims 2021 Joe Bauman Award". MLB.com.
  23. ^ "Cards' Gómez claims Minor League HR crown". MLB.com.

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