Hitting home runs during the regular season is important. I talk about them endlessly here. But what about the various types of postseason home run leaders?
Learn about each MLB team’s current postseason home run king below. There’s only one dude who leads more than one team all by himself, and there are a handful of ties along the way. Let’s get to it.
Related: The Definitive Guide to Postseason Home Run Leaders
Career Postseason Home Run Leaders
Arizona Diamondbacks: Chris Young, 5 Home Runs
Chris Young played for six teams throughout his 13-year MLB career. The only squad he was with for more than two seasons was the Arizona Diamondbacks. He not only made a splash by hitting 32 home runs as a rookie, but he’s also toward the top of Arizona’s all-time home run leaderboard.
The honors of currently being the D-Backs’ postseason home run king came with a bit of competition. Paul Goldschmidt and Luis Gonzalez each collected four homers in October.
Young played playoff baseball in six different seasons. His last three trips between the Yankees and Red Sox spanned just seven of his 60 total plate appearances. He made the most of his opportunities, slashing .313/.450/.688 over his postseason career. All five of his postseason homers came in the NLDS (2007 and 2011), where he posted a 1.338 OPS in 34 plate appearances.
Atlanta Braves: Chipper Jones, 13 Home Runs
Before the 2024 postseason, there were five Braves players with 10-plus homers in October. Chipper Jones, one of baseball’s most productive switch-hitters of all time, is at the top. Playing for Atlanta in the 1990s and early 2000s gave him plenty of opportunities, too.
Jones made 12 trips to the postseason throughout his Hall of Fame career, slashing .287/.409/.456 in 417 plate appearances. Most of his playoff homers (nine) came in the NLDS. He was productive even while he wasn’t hitting home runs, though. Whether it was a Division Series (.891 OPS), Championship Series (.866), or the World Series (.828), Jones showed up and contributed.
What’s interesting is that his home runs didn’t come in bunches. He never hit more than two in a single series, but he finished with exactly two on four different occasions.
Baltimore Orioles: Frank Robinson, 9 Home Runs
Frank Robinson is no stranger to being on home run leaderboards. His 586 career homers are 10th all-time in MLB history. He’s also toward the top of career leaderboards for both the Orioles and Reds.
The Hall of Famer is comfortably atop Baltimore’s postseason home run leaderboard, too. The next-closest group of sluggers is a three-way tie at six with Brady Anderson, Eddie Murray, and Boog Powell. Robinson never hit more than two dingers in a single postseason series, but he was consistent. Of the eight series he appeared in, he went homerless just once (1971 ALCS).
He won World Series MVP honors in 1966 for the Orioles thanks to a 1.232 OPS in 16 plate appearances. Robinson racked up four hits during Baltimore’s matchup with the Dodgers, and three went for extra bases (one triple and two homers).
Boston Red Sox: David Ortiz, 17 Home Runs
David Ortiz was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2022. His consistent production certainly merits enshrinement. If it wasn’t for what he did in October for the Red Sox, though, he probably wouldn’t have gotten in on the first ballot.
Big Papi is Boston’s single-season home run king, and he’s second to Ted Williams on the franchise’s all-time leaderboard. His 17 postseason dingers are six more than Manny Ramírez and Jason Varitek, who are tied for second with 11 each.
Ortiz was good in just about every situation during October. His career slash line of .289/.404/.543 through 85 games is proof of that. However, his favorite situation was the World Series. While Papi hit just three of his 17 homers in the Fall Classic, he paired it with a .455/.576/.795 line in 59 plate appearances.
It’s not shocking that the Red Sox hoisted the trophy every time they reached the Fall Classic with Ortiz on the roster.
Chicago Cubs: Three-Way Tie, 6 Home Runs
The Cubs’ stretch of success in the 2010s is all over the franchise’s postseason home run leaderboard. Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, and Kyle Schwarber are all tied at the top with six dingers each. Javier Baez and Dexter Fowler are right behind them with five each.
Three of Bryant’s six postseason homers with the Cubs came during their 2016 title run. In 75 plate appearances, the third baseman slashed .308/.400/.523 with those three homers, eight RBI, and 11 runs scored. Rizzo also hit three of his homers in the 2016 postseason. It was the only time he posted a wRC+ higher than 72 in five trips to October for Chicago (it was 127 in ’16).
Schwarber missed most of the 2016 playoffs as he recovered from injury. But five of his six career postseason dingers for the Cubs came in 2015. He crushed everything in 31 plate appearances, slashing .333/.419/.889.
Chicago White Sox: Paul Konerko, 7 Home Runs
Paul Konerko piled up tons of dingers on his way to becoming one of the most prolific sluggers in White Sox history. It took only 19 October games to find himself at the top of the club’s postseason home run leaders, though.
The first baseman got his first taste of playoff baseball in 2000. He went hitless with a -77 wRC+ through 10 plate appearances. He had to sit with that until 2005. As the White Sox marched to a World Series title, Konerko was a huge piece of the puzzle. He slashed .265/.321/.612 with five homers and 15 RBI, which led to a 132 wRC+.
Konerko and the White Sox returned to the postseason in 2008 but were eliminated in the ALDS by the Tampa Bay Rays. The right-handed hitter slugged his final two playoff homers in that series, posting a 167 wRC+ in the process.
Cincinnati Reds: Johnny Bench, 10 Home Runs
There are only three players in Reds history with five or more postseason home runs: Johnny Bench (10), Tony Perez (six), and Pete Rose (five). Other than that, nobody else has more than three October dingers.
On his way to becoming the Reds’ career home run leader, it’s clear the backstop elevated his game with a championship on the line. Bench posted a career slugging percentage of .476 in the regular season. That number jumped up to .527 through 188 postseason plate appearances.
The only time he hit more than one homer in a single series came during the 1976 Fall Classic when he hit two. Bench took home MVP honors because he terrorized Yankee pitching to the tune of a .533/.533/1.133 line with two homers, one double, one triple, six RBI, and four runs scored in 15 plate appearances.
Cleveland Guardians: Jim Thome, 17 Home Runs
When it comes to Cleveland home run royalty, we don’t have to look any further than Jim Thome. He’s currently in possession of the franchise’s holy trifecta. In addition to being the postseason home run king, he’s also the single-season and career home run leader for the organization.
Manny Ramírez is second in Cleveland history with 13 playoff dingers. After that, nobody else has hit more than six.
Although Thome appeared in the postseason for five teams, all 17 of his home runs came with Cleveland. Eight of those dingers came in two separate series: the 1998 ALCS and the 1999 ALDS.
Both of these matchups ended with Cleveland getting eliminated, but it’s not because of Thome. In the ’98 ALCS against the Yankees, he posted a 1.186 OPS with four homers and eight RBI in 25 plate appearances. The following October in the ’99 ALDS, his OPS settled in at 1.535 with four homers and 10 RBI in 21 plate appearances.
Colorado Rockies: Matt Holliday, 5 Home Runs
Thanks to a long and successful tenure with the St. Louis Cardinals, Matt Holliday ended his MLB career with 77 postseason games under his belt. These trips to October also led to a World Series title in 2011. Before all that, Holliday got his first taste of the playoffs with the Rockies.
The outfielder appeared in the NLDS for the Rockies in 2018, but all five of his homers came during Colorado’s memorable 2007 run. He hit at least one homer in each of the NLDS, NLCS, and World Series, but it was the Championship Series that was his most successful. Holliday took home MVP honors off the strength of a .333/.412/.733 line with two home runs, four RBI, and three runs scored in 17 plate appearances.
Whenever the outfielder secured a base hit, it was either a homer or a single — nothing in between. Holliday racked up 13 total hits during the 2007 postseason, with five of them leaving the yard.
Detroit Tigers: Miguel Cabrera, 9 Home Runs
Detroit qualified for the playoffs each season between 2011 and 2014. This stretch included one World Series appearance for Miguel Cabrera and the Tigers, but that’s all they have to show for it. The only time Cabrera hit more than one homer in a postseason series in the Motor City was the 2011 ALCS.
If Detroit had beaten the Texas Rangers, Miggy probably would’ve taken home MVP honors. In 27 plate appearances, he slashed .400/.556/1.050 with three homers, seven RBI, and five runs scored. The remarkable part of this performance was the sheer number of extra-base hits recorded. Cabrera collected eight total hits in this matchup, with seven going for extra bases (three homers and four doubles).
Houston Astros: Jose Altuve, 28 Home Runs
As we can see on this list, Jose Altuve has hit lots of homers in the postseason. So many that he only trails Ramírez (29) on the all-time list. Based on how consistently the Astros have reached October, it seems like this record is in real jeopardy of being broken soon.
Houston’s recent stretch of success has led to many players racking up lots of homers. Not many play for the organization anymore, though. Of the four hitters with 10-plus postseason dingers, only Altuve still plays for the Astros.
Altuve has been a mark of consistency when it comes to his October power. After not going yard at all in 2015, he hit seven during Houston’s 2017 World Series run. He slugged just one in 2018 but hit exactly five homers in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
READ MORE: Where Will Jose Altuve Finish on Astros’ All-Time Home Run List?
Kansas City Royals: George Brett, 10 Home Runs
As George Brett showed throughout his Hall of Fame career, consistency reigns supreme. He slugged 30-plus dingers in a season just once, yet still ranks second on the Royals’ all-time home run list. When the calendar flipped to October, Brett reached another level. In 43 career playoff games (184 plate appearances), the third baseman hit .337/.397/.627 with 10 homers, 23 RBI, and 30 runs scored.
He appeared in nine different postseason series during his career. With that opportunity, Brett posted an OPS greater than 1.000 in five of those matchups. It’s also not surprising that Brett was a huge part of the Royals’ 1985 World Series run. He started things off by winning ALCS MVP honors thanks to a 1.326 OPS with three homers and five RBI.
Brett collected just one extra-base hit in the Fall Classic (a double) but still managed to slash .370/.452/.407 to help Kansas City achieve October glory.
Los Angeles Angels: Troy Glaus, 9 Home Runs
Troy Glaus appeared in the playoffs just twice for the Angels. All he needed was 19 games to rack up nine homers, mostly thanks to an outrageous performance in 2002. As the organization eventually captured its first World Series title, Glaus couldn’t be stopped.
His seven homers during that run are among the most in baseball history. Glaus wasn’t just hitting home runs, either. In 69 plate appearances, the sweet-swinging right-handed hitter posted a .344/.420/.770 line with seven homers, 13 RBI, and 15 runs scored. This performance led to a 207 wRC+.
Three of those dingers came in the World Series while winning MVP honors. The Angels’ matchup with the Giants went seven games, and Glaus delivered with a 1.313 OPS. Of the 10 hits he recorded, six went for extra bases (three doubles, three homers).
Los Angeles Dodgers: Max Muncy, 19 Home Runs
Not bad for a guy the A’s released, right? Max Muncy joined the Dodgers organization on a minor-league contract in 2017, and he’s since turned himself into the franchise’s all-time postseason home run leader. He grabbed sole possession of that record during the 2025 NLCS, breaking a tie with Justin Turner and Corey Seager.
Muncy began the 2026 playoffs with 16 career postseason homers. He then went deep three times in four games during the NLDS against the Braves, which pulled him into a tie with Corey Seager, Alex Bregman, and Albert Pujols for seventh on the all-time leaderboard. Those 19 dingers have come across 87 games and 352 plate appearances and homered in seven of his eight trips to October with Los Angeles.
What I love about Muncy’s resume is that some of his homers are iconic and came when the stakes were the highest. He walked off Game 3 of the 2018 World Series against the Red Sox in the 18th inning. And in Game 7 of the 2025 Fall Classic, his eighth-inning homer helped set the stage for Miguel Rojas’ game-tying blast in the ninth as the Dodgers went on to repeat as champs.
Three more homers in the 2026 NLDS against the Braves helped him reach his current heights.
Miami Marlins: Miguel Cabrera, 4 Home Runs
Miggy strikes again! He’s currently the only hitter in sole possession of two franchise postseason records.
Cabrera’s only taste of playoff baseball with the Marlins came in 2003 when he won the World Series as a 20-year-old rookie. Miggy didn’t hit a homer in the NLDS but posted a respectable .762 OPS. He struggled in the Fall Classic to the tune of a .167/.200/.292 line with one homer, but the NLCS was his jam.
As the Marlins beat the Cubs in a memorable seven-game series, Cabrera mashed. Three of his four homers came during this stretch, which also included a 1.027 OPS.
MLB Postseason Home Run Leaders
Milwaukee Brewers: Jackson Chourio, 6 Home Runs
The Brewers’ postseason home run crown used to be a three-way tie between Orlando Arcia, Prince Fielder, and Jackson Chourio at four apiece. Chourio didn’t let that last very long. He’s now the only player in MLB history with six playoff homers before turning 23 — and he’s done it in just three trips to October.
Chourio announced himself in Game 2 of the 2024 NL Wild Card Series. At 20 years and 205 days old, he became the second-youngest player in postseason history with a multi-homer game. He added two more dingers in 2025 and owned a 1.044 OPS with 11 RBI through his first 12 career playoff games.
The record-breaking blast came in the 2026 NLDS against the Padres before adding another one in Milwaukee’s NLCS rematch with the Dodgers. Chourio jumped on the very first pitch he saw from Blake Snell and launched it over the right-center field fence.
Minnesota Twins: Goose Goslin, 7 Home Runs
Can you believe we finally have a Twins home run king that’s not Harmon Killebrew? I can’t believe it either, but Killebrew only hit three postseason home runs. So, Goose Goslin more than doubled the legendary Minnesota slugger.
In three trips to the World Series with the Washington Senators, Goslin won one title. He also racked up some impressive stats along the way. As a 23-year-old in the 1924 World Series, he posted a 1.000 OPS with three homers while winning a title. He was back there the following year and lost to the Pirates, but it wasn’t because of his performance. Goslin slugged another three homers while slashing .308/.379/.692 in 29 plate appearances.
The Senators and their outfielder didn’t make it back to the Fall Classic until 1933. While his OPS looked much more human (.736), he racked up the final postseason home run of his career.
New York Mets: Daniel Murphy, 7 Home Runs
Daniel Murphy reached the postseason with the Mets once, which came in 2015. It was a memorable run as New York reached the World Series. They wouldn’t have gotten there if Murphy hadn’t temporarily turned into Babe Ruth for the NLDS and NLCS.
It took him 538 plate appearances to slug 14 home runs during the regular season. Yet, he needed just 39 trips to the plate in the postseason to hit half that number. Murphy’s bat disappeared once the Mets reached the Fall Classic (.470 OPS in 25 plate appearances). However, his work before that will be talked about in New York for a long time.
His most impressive performance came in a four-game sweep of the Cubs in the NLCS. Through just 18 plate appearances, Murphy slashed .529/.556/1.294 with four homers and six RBI as he easily secured series MVP honors.
New York Yankees: Bernie Williams, 22 Home Runs
The Yankees have made the playoffs quite a few times over the years. There are 12 sluggers with at least 10 homers in the postseason, with two reaching 20. Bernie Williams reigns supreme, while Derek Jeter is the other player with 20.
Williams had many opportunities to reach the top of this leaderboard. The outfielder slugged more than two in a single series just twice (it was three on both occasions). His playoff slash line of .275/.371/.480 is quite good, but it pales in comparison to what he did through his first three postseason series.
In the 1995 ALDS against the Mariners, Williams slashed .429/.571/.810 with two homers and five RBI. During the 1996 ALDS against the Rangers, he hit .467/.500/1.067 with three homers and five RBI. To top it off, Williams won ALCS MVP honors in 1996 after hitting .474/.583/.947 with two more homers and six RBI.
Athletics: Jose Canseco, 7 Home Runs
Whenever I hear Jose Canseco’s name, a couple of thoughts immediately come to mind. One is his ability to hit home runs. He hit 462 dingers during the regular season in his career. The seven he hit in the postseason for the Athletics were the only round-trippers he slugged during October as a big leaguer.
Canseco hit his first three postseason homers in the first series he appeared in. That was paired with a 1.290 OPS and four RBI in 17 plate appearances for Oakland in the 1988 ALCS. The outfielder’s bat disappeared in the World Series, as he slashed .053/.182/.211 in the Fall Classic.
That performance was avenged the following year. Not only did Oakland win the World Series, but Canseco was a consistent contributor. During the 1989 playoffs, Canseco slashed .323/.447/.516 with two homers, six RBI, six runs scored, and a 177 wRC+.
Philadelphia Phillies: Kyle Schwarber, 15 Home Runs
Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper both entered the 2024 playoffs with 11 homers each for Philly. Schwarber began that October with a leadoff bomb against the Mets, and Harper tied him in NLDS Game 2 with a two-run homer of his own. That’s where things stayed until the 2025 NLDS against the Dodgers, when Schwarber hit two homers to take sole possession of the franchise’s postseason home run lead.
He extended it in 2026, and it came during Game 2 of the NL Wild Card Series against the Braves. Schwarber crushed a 447-foot homer in the eighth inning, and Harper followed it up immediately with a game-tying shot of his own. It was the first time the Phillies went back-to-back in the postseason since the 2007 NLDS.
Schwarber’s 15 homers with the Phillies are part of a postseason career total of 24, which ranks third in MLB history behind only Manny Ramírez and Jose Altuve. His best work in red pinstripes came during the 2022 run to the World Series, when he hit three homers in the NLCS against the Padres and three more in the Fall Classic against the Astros.
It’s also worth noting that he slugged five homers in Philly’s seven-game NLCS loss to the Diamondbacks in 2023.
Pittsburgh Pirates: Willie Stargell, 7 Home Runs
Bob Robertson needed just 53 plate appearances (21 games) to register six postseason homers for the Pirates. His .660 slugging percentage is much better than the .511 mark Willie Stargell posted during his career. However, Stargell used his increased opportunity (133 plate appearances in 36 games played) to surpass him with seven dingers.
Stargell struggled through his first three trips to October with Pittsburgh. The Pirates’ all-time home run leader went 79 plate appearances without a postseason homer. He finally broke that drought in the 1974 NLCS by slugging two while posting a 1.238 OPS.
The infielder made up for lost time on the Pirates’ run toward the 1979 World Series title. He made the most of his final trip to the postseason, slashing .415/.435/.927 with five home runs, 13 RBI, and nine runs scored, which was all good for a 252 wRC+. This effort also netted Stargell NLCS and World Series MVP Awards to go along with a share of the 1979 NL MVP Award.
San Diego Padres: Manny Machado, 9 Home Runs
The Padres have made the playoffs in five of the eight seasons since Manny Machado signed his initial 10-year deal before the 2019 campaign. That’s a pretty big change for a franchise that had been to the postseason just five times in its first 50 years. And Machado has been right in the middle of it.
His best October came in 2022, when the third baseman slashed .271/.327/.583 with four homers, seven RBI, and a career-best 156 wRC+ in 52 plate appearances. He was a big reason why San Diego made it past the Mets and Dodgers on its way to the NLCS against the Phillies. That was a big improvement from his first four trips to the postseason, where he produced a wRC+ better than 70 just once (76 wRC+ in 2018 with the Dodgers).
Machado added a dinger in 2024 and wasted no time extending his franchise record in 2026. In his very first at-bat of the postseason, he took Cubs lefty Matthew Boyd deep in the first inning of Game 1 of the NL Wild Card Series. But so did Fernando Tatís Jr., who is right behind Machado on this leaderboard. With two more postseason taters of his own in 2026, he’s essentially keeping pace with the third baseman in this department.
San Francisco Giants: Barry Bonds, 8 Home Runs
Whether we’re talking about an entire career or a single season, Barry Bonds is at the top of nearly every home run leaderboard there is. So, it’s not surprising to see that he’s San Francisco’s all-time postseason home run king.
On three of the four occasions the Giants reached October (1997, 2000, 2003), San Francisco was ousted in the NLDS. Bonds was homerless in each of those occurrences. But in 2002, when the Giants made it to Game 7 of the World Series, Bonds put on a show.
He hit three in the NLDS, one in the NLCS, and four in the World Series against the Angels. I love looking at how his OPS progressively increased with each round: 1.233, 1.318, and 1.994. The Fall Classic homers were the biggest blows, but six of Bonds’ eight total hits went for extra bases. He added two doubles to those four dingers.
Seattle Mariners: Jay Buhner & Edgar Martinez, 8 Home Runs
Six of Jay Buhner’s eight dingers came within his first two trips to the postseason with Seattle in 1995 and 1997. He hit three in the ’95 ALCS and one in that memorable ALDS against the Yankees, and New York couldn’t figure out how to get him out. Buhner slashed .458/.500/.625 in 26 plate appearances during that matchup.
The Yankees had the same problem with Edgar Martinez. He hit two homers and drove in 10 runs while hitting .571/.667/1.000 in 27 plate appearances. The designated hitter never hit more than two homers in a single postseason series, but he reached it three different times.
St. Louis Cardinals: Albert Pujols, 18 Home Runs
Albert Pujols slugged postseason dingers at an alarming rate during his first tour with the Cardinals. He launched some memorable home runs in October, and you’d be shocked to find out Pujols’ playoff production goes beyond homers (just kidding).
He experienced October baseball 10 times. In 360 plate appearances, the right-handed slugger slashed .319/.422/.572 with 19 homers, 54 RBI, and 57 runs scored. Five of them came during St. Louis’ 2011 title run, and another six came in 2004 when they lost to the Red Sox in the Fall Classic.
His 2004 NLCS MVP performance is worth mentioning any time Pujols’ postseason production is a topic of discussion. This matchup went the full seven games, and no Houston pitchers had a solution for The Machine. He slashed .500/.563/1.000 with four homers and nine RBI in 32 plate appearances.
Tampa Bay Rays: Randy Arozarena, 11 Home Runs
Randy Arozarena is the only player in MLB history to hit 10 homers in a single postseason. With expanded playoffs being here to stay, there will be more opportunities for others to join him.
Isn’t it great how the playoffs can bring out the best in some players, though? Before the 2020 postseason, Arozarena had accumulated just 99 MLB plate appearances, which led to eight home runs and 13 RBI. In the span of 86 postseason plate appearances, the outfielder slugged 10 dingers with 13 RBI.
Texas Rangers: Nelson Cruz, 14 Home Runs
Nelson Cruz’s 18 postseason dingers are among the most all-time. He paired them with a .631 career slugging percentage in October, along with 38 RBI.
Eight of his 14 dingers for the Rangers came during their 2011 World Series run. Cruz went homerless in the ALDS before going nuts. First, he slugged six in the ALCS while posting a 1.273 slugging percentage. Unsurprisingly, that earned him series MVP honors. The outfielder added two more in the Fall Classic but didn’t do much else. He slashed .200/.333/.440 in 30 plate appearances.
Toronto Blue Jays: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 8 Home Runs
The Toronto Blue Jays just couldn’t find a way to get past the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the 2025 World Series. While it’s a shame for the squad and all of Canada, it prevented Vladimir Guerrero Jr. from having a shot at winning World Series MVP honors. Four of his 10 hits went for extra bases (two doubles and two homers), while collecting three RBI and seven runs scored in 38 plate appearances.
Vlad Jr. posted a 1.074 OPS in the Fall Classic, but that was actually his worst round of the 2025 postseason. Across 89 plate appearances in the playoffs, the right-handed slugger slashed .397/.494/.795 with eight home runs, five doubles, 15 RBI, and 18 runs scored. He also produced a 15.7% walk rate while striking out at just a 7.9% clip.
When using wRC+ as the measuring stick, it was one of the best postseason performances of all time. Guerrero’s 241 wRC+ finished as the ninth-best mark in MLB history for a single October. His 1.289 OPS also ranks ninth, per FanGraphs.
Washington Nationals: Four-Way Tie, 5 Home Runs
We end things with a four-way tie between Nats hitters from Washington’s most recent stretch of success: Juan Soto, Anthony Rendon, Bryce Harper, and Ryan Zimmerman.
Zimmerman is the Nats’ all-time home run leader and Mr. National, so it only makes sense to have him here. However, I’ll give Soto the upper hand because he did it in the fewest games played (17) and plate appearances (65).
The outfielder slugged all five of his dingers and 14 RBI during Washington’s 2019 World Series run. He saved his best work for the Fall Classic by slashing .333/.438/.741 with three dingers, seven RBI, and six runs scored in 32 plate appearances.
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