Joe Bauman Home Run Award

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Joe Bauman Home Run Award
DescriptionHome run leader in Minor League Baseball
Presented byMusco Lighting
First awarded2004
Currently held byA. J. Reed

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 Joe Bauman Trophy was inaugurated 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]

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] 38 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]

Notes

  • a Jones and Jon Gaston tied with 35 home runs. Jones was declared the winner by virtue of having more runs batted in than Gaston (103 to 100).
  • b Moustakas and Mark Trumbo tied with 36 home runs. Moustakas was declared the winner by virtue of having more runs batted in than Trumbo (124 to 122).

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. ^ http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130826&content_id=58491652&fext=.jsp&vkey=pr_milb&sid=milb
  5. ^ a b c Michael Blinn / Special to MLB.com (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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  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 / MLB.com. "Article | MiLB.com News | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Milb.com. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
  10. ^ Minor League Baseball (September 15, 2009). "Article | MiLB.com News | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Minorleaguebaseball.com. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  11. ^ Minor League Baseball (September 12, 2011). "Moustakas captures Joe Bauman Award | MiLB.com News | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Web.minorleaguebaseball.com. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  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.

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