Joe Bauman Home Run Award
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.
The award was named for Bauman in 2004. 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. The most recent winner of the award is Kevin Cron of the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
Winners
Number of wins by players who have won the award multiple times | |
HRs | Home runs |
Major League Baseball All-Star |
Year | Player | HRs | Minor league team | MLB organization | Ref |
2002 | 35 | Memphis Redbirds | St. Louis Cardinals | ||
2003 | 34 | Sacramento River Cats | Oakland Athletics | ||
2004 | 46 | Reading Phillies Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons | Philadelphia Phillies | ||
2005 | 42 | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | ||
2006 | 36 | Durham Bulls | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | ||
2007 | 39 | Wichita Wranglers Omaha Royals | Kansas City Royals | ||
2008 | 42 | Albuquerque Isotopes | Florida Marlins | ||
2009 | 35 | Albuquerque Isotopes | Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
2010 | 36 | Northwest Arkansas Naturals | Kansas City Royals | ||
2011 | 38 | Iowa Cubs | Chicago Cubs | ||
2012 | 38 | Reading Phillies | Philadelphia Phillies | ||
2013 | 40 | Hickory Crawdads | Texas Rangers | ||
2014 | 46 | Tennessee Smokies Iowa Cubs | Chicago Cubs | ||
2015 | 34 | Lancaster JetHawks Corpus Christi Hooks | Houston Astros | ||
2016 | 40 | Reading Fightin Phils | Philadelphia Phillies | ||
2017 | 34 | Fresno Grizzlies | Houston Astros | ||
2018 | 36 | Binghamton Rumble Ponies Las Vegas 51s | New York Mets | ||
2019 | 39 | Reno Aces | Arizona Diamondbacks |