MLB Home Runs in 2023: Everything You Need to Know

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Last Updated on May 3, 2023 by Matt Musico

Here at MLB Daily Dingers, we love looking back at home run history. But that doesn’t mean we don’t pay attention to what’s happening in today’s game. You’ll find a comprehensive look at MLB home runs in 2023 below.

My plan is to update this consistently throughout the season. At the very least, it will be once a week. But ideally, it’ll be a little more frequent than that. With each category below, there will also be a link to a live leaderboard should it be slightly outdated.

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Home Runs in 2023: The Complete Guide

Players with the Most Home Runs

At the time of this writing, Dodgers slugger Max Muncy broke a three-way tie atop the MLB home run leaderboard by slugging his 12th home run of the year. Patrick Wisdom and Pete Alonso are right behind him with 11 dingers each. Rafael Devers is the only other MLB player with double-digit homers, as he has 10 to lead the American League.

There are seven players with eight homers so far in 2023 as of May 3rd. They are as follows:

Check out the live leaderboard at FanGraphs.

Players with the Most Home Runs Each Month

March/April

Max Muncy led baseball with 11 home runs. He accomplished that in 25 games played and 103 plate appearances.

Patrick Wisdom,  Rafael Devers, and Pete Alonso rounded out the top four with 10 homers each. Matt Olson, Adolis Garcia, and Rowdy Tellez each hit eight through the first month of the season.

Teams with the Most Home Runs

Heading into action on Wednesday, May 3rd, the Tampa Bay Rays have a comfortable lead at the top of MLB’s team home run leaderboard with 63 dingers. Here’s the rest of the top 10:

  • Los Angeles Dodgers: 54
  • Atlanta Braves: 51
  • San Francisco Giants: 49
  • Boston Red Sox: 44
  • Texas Rangers: 43
  • Los Angeles Angels: 41
  • Chicago Cubs: 40
  • Minnesota Twins: 40
  • New York Yankees: 39

To see the most up-to-date team home run standings, head to FanGraphs.

Teams with the Fewest Home Runs

At the moment, the Washington Nationals are the least powerful team in baseball, having combined to hit just 16 total home runs. Here’s the rest of the bottom 10:

  • Cleveland Guardians: 17
  • Cincinnati Reds: 21
  • Detroit Tigers: 24
  • Kansas City Royals: 24
  • Colorado Rockies: 24
  • Miami Marlins: 26
  • Houston Astros: 28
  • Chicago White Sox: 30
  • Arizona Diamondbacks: 31

To see the most up-to-date numbers on who is occupying the basement of MLB’s home run leaderboard, head to FanGraphs.

Teams with the Most Home Runs Each Month

March/April

The Tampa Bay Rays crushed just about everything throughout March/April of the 2023 season. They hit .281/.351/.528 as a team while slugging a league-leading 61 home runs. Here’s the rest of the top 10:

  • Los Angeles Dodgers: 47
  • San Francisco Giants: 46
  • Atlanta Braves: 41
  • Los Angeles Angels: 39
  • Texas Rangers: 38
  • Minnesota Twins: 38
  • Chicago Cubs: 37
  • Boston Red Sox: 37
  • San Diego Padres: 35

Most Home Runs in a Game for a Player

We entered the 2023 season in a drought with regard to someone hitting four home runs in a game. J.D. Martinez remains the most recent player to accomplish the feat. He did it on September 4th, 2017 as a member of the Diamondbacks.

There have been a pair of three-homer games so far this season. The first was Trayce Thompson, who did it on April 1st.

The second was Adolis Garcia, who did it on April 22nd.

If you’re curious as to when the most recent three-homer performance was for every MLB team, then check out our blog post about it.

Most Home Runs in a Game for a Team

So far this year, there have been 12 instances of a team hitting at least five home runs in a game. A squad has surpassed that number just twice, though. The first was by the San Francisco Giants, who hit seven against the Chicago White Sox on April 3rd.

The other occurrence was accomplished by the San Diego Padres on April 29th.

That was part of a ridiculous opening game in Mexico City. If you want to check out all the home runs during that two-game set, check out our blog post about it.

2023 Home Run Trackers

Part of our home run coverage here for the 2023 season at MLB Daily Dingers is tracking the power production from some of baseball’s most exciting sluggers. We’re doing this with individual home run trackers. Check them out below:

Home Runs in 2023: The Complete Guide

Longest Home Runs

The longest home run of 2023 thus far was hit by Giancarlo Stanton. He slugged this bad boy 485 feet.

Brandon Crawford used the high elevation in Mexico City to club the above baseball 482 feet.

Here’s the rest of the top 10 longest homers so far this season:

Get a glimpse of the live leaderboard at Only Homers.

Shortest Home Runs

Andres Gimenez currently owns the shortest home run of the season by hitting this 315-foot dinger at Fenway Park.

Carlos Correa is currently in second place with this 331-foot homer at Yankee Stadium.

Here’s the remainder of the top (or bottom?) 10:

Check out Only Homers for the live leaderboard.

Hardest-Hit Home Runs

This home run from Matt Olson left his bat at 118.6 mph. Here’s the remainder of the top five at the moment:

  • Jake Burger: 118.2 mph
  • Giancarlo Stanton: 117.8 mph
  • Shohei Ohtani: 116.7 mph
  • Giancarlo Stanton: 116.3 mph

Check out Only Homers for the live leaderboard.

Softest-Hit Home Runs

Kyle Tucker’s third home run of the year left his bat at 88.8 mph. At the moment, that’s the softest-hit home run of the 2023 season. Here’s the rest of the bottom five:

  • Fernando Tatis Jr.: 89.6 mph
  • Hunter Renfroe: 90.5 mph
  • Matt Olson: 91.5 mph
  • Kyle Schwarber: 92.6 mph

Check out Only Homers for the live leaderboard.

Home Runs With Highest Launch Angle

The highest launch angle on a home run so far this season is 44 degrees. It’s been done three times. Here they are:

Mike Zunino

Triston Casas

LaMonte Wade Jr. (sixth)

Check out the live leaderboard at Only Homers.

Home Runs with the Lowest Launch Angle

Yandy Diaz owns the lowest launch angle so far in 2023 on a home run. The above dinger traveled 393 feet with an exit velocity of 114.5 mph and a launch angle of 16 degrees.

Five hitters have slugged a homer with a launch angle of 17 degrees: George Springer, Giancarlo Stanton, Yandy Diaz, Harold Ramirez, and Rowdy Tellez.

Check out the live leaderboard at Only Homers.

What are we missing? If there’s something you’d like to see included within this guide, reach out and let me know. 

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