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Joe Bauman Home Run Award

Minor League Baseball award

Summary

Minor League Baseball award

Field	Value
name	Joe Bauman Home Run Award
sport	Baseball
league	Minor League Baseball
givenfor	The regular season home run leader in Minor League Baseball
country	United States, Canada, Mexico
presenter	Musco Lighting
first	2004
mostwins	A. J. Reed (2)
mostrecent	Ryan Ward (2025)
url

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 Ryan Ward of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Winners

HRs
Home runs
Major League Baseball All-Star

Year	Player	HRs	Minor league team(s)	MLB organization	Ref	(1)	(2)
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	author=Michael Blinn	url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-303769	title=Article	publisher=Minor League Baseball	date=September 18, 2007	access-date=September 14, 2011}}
2008	42	Albuquerque Isotopes	Florida Marlins
2009	35	Albuquerque Isotopes	Los Angeles Dodgers	author=Minor League Baseball	url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-6977206	title=Article \| MiLB.com News	publisher=Minor League Baseball	date=September 15, 2009	access-date=September 14, 2011}}
2010	36	Northwest Arkansas Naturals
Omaha Royals	Kansas City Royals	url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/gcs-14498240	title=Moustakas wins Joe Bauman Award	website=Minor League Baseball	access-date=February 23, 2019}}
2011	38	Iowa Cubs	Chicago Cubs
2012	38	Reading Phillies	Philadelphia Phillies
2013	40	AZL Rangers
Hickory Crawdads	Texas Rangers
2014	43	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	url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/new-york-mets-peter-alonso-recalls-award-worthy-2018-301648816	title=Mets' Alonso recalls award-worthy 2018	website=Minor League Baseball	access-date=February 23, 2019}}
2019	39	Reno Aces	Arizona Diamondbacks	url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/reno-aces-slugger-kevin-cron-claims-2019-joe-bauman-home-run-award/c-310759736	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918054028/https://www.milb.com/milb/news/reno-aces-slugger-kevin-cron-claims-2019-joe-bauman-home-run-award/c-310759736	url-status=dead	archive-date=September 18, 2019	title=Cron claims 2019 Joe Bauman Home Run Award	website=Minor League Baseball	access-date=September 19, 2019}}
2020
2021	41	Northwest Arkansas Naturals
Omaha Storm Chasers	Kansas City Royals	title=Press release: MJ Melendez claims 2021 Joe Bauman Award	website=MLB.com	date=2021-10-04	url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-mj-melendez-claims-2021-joe-bauman-award	access-date=2025-02-11}}
2022	39	Springfield Cardinals
Memphis Redbirds	St. Louis Cardinals	last=Avallone	first=Michael	title=Cardinals Moisés Gómez wins 2022 Minor League home run title	website=MLB.com	date=2022-09-29	url=https://www.mlb.com/news/cardinals-moises-gomez-wins-2022-minor-league-home-run-title	access-date=2025-02-11}}
2023	35	Corpus Christi Hooks
Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Houston Astros
2024	40	Amarillo Sod Poodles
Reno Aces
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	Arizona Diamondbacks
Miami Marlins
2025	36	Oklahoma City Comets	Los Angeles Dodgers

Notes

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).
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).
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).
Whitcomb and Yunior Severino tied with 35 home runs. Whitcomb was declared the winner by virtue of having more RBIs than Severino (102 to 84).

References

(September 7, 1954). "Joe Bauman Sets Record, Runs Home Run Total to 72". [[Milwaukee Journal]].
(July 31, 2004). "BASEBALL: MINOR LEAGUE REPORT; Former Prospect Enjoys Success". The New York Times.
Minor League Baseball. (February 23, 2011). "Article". [[Minor League Baseball]].
"Springer maintains Bauman Award lead".
(September 17, 2004). "Phillies' Ryan Howard Round-Tripper Contest Winner - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News". OurSports Central.
Diamond Leung. (September 16, 2005). "Sports | Baseball | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California". PE.com.
(September 5, 2006). "Witt Wins Round-Tripper Award, Bauman Trophy – OurSports Central – Independent and Minor League Sports News". OurSports Central.
Michael Blinn. (September 18, 2007). "Article". [[Minor League Baseball]].
Jonathan Mayo. "Article | MiLB.com News". [[Minor League Baseball]].
Minor League Baseball. (September 15, 2009). "Article | MiLB.com News". [[Minor League Baseball]].
"Moustakas wins Joe Bauman Award".
Minor League Baseball. (September 12, 2011). "LaHair captures Joe Bauman Award | MiLB.com News". [[Minor League Baseball]].
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". Reading Eagle Company.
(September 5, 2013). "Late charge earns Gallo Bauman Award: Rangers slugger edges Astros' Springer in season's final week". MiLB.
(September 17, 2004). "Phillies' Kris Bryant Round-Tripper Contest Winner - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News". OurSports Central.
(September 11, 2015). "Reed wins 2015 Bauman Home Run Award: Second-year Astros pro hit 34 homers to lead Minor League Baseball". [[Minor League Baseball]].
(September 14, 2016). "Phils' Cozens wins 2016 Bauman Award: Phillies slugger led Minor League Baseball with 40 home runs". [[Minor League Baseball]].
(September 4, 2017). "Reed slugs way to Bauman Home Run Award". [[Minor League Baseball]].
"Mets' Alonso recalls award-worthy 2018".
"Cron claims 2019 Joe Bauman Home Run Award".
West, Jenna. "2020 Minor League Baseball Season Canceled".
(2021-10-04). "Press release: MJ Melendez claims 2021 Joe Bauman Award".
Avallone, Michael. (2022-09-29). "Cardinals Moisés Gómez wins 2022 Minor League home run title".
https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-ryan-ward-wins-2025-minor-league-home-run-crown

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