This page will serve as the definitive guide for postseason home run leaders in Major League Baseball history. If you’re looking for:
- All-time postseason home run leaders
- Single-postseason home run leaders
- Each MLB team’s postseason home run royalty
- A full list of players with three homers in one game
- The longest home runs during the Statcast era
- The most home runs by a team in a postseason game
- Most home runs in the Wild Card Series, Division Series, ALCS, NLCS, and World Series
Then you’re in the right place. I will keep adding to this page as I create more postseason home run content. If you have any ideas for an article you’d like me to write, don’t hesitate to reach out.
Postseason Home Run Leaders: The Definitive Guide
Who has the most career postseason home runs?
There have been 13 MLB hitters in postseason history who have slugged at least 18 home runs in October. Six of them are active players and two have gone deep at least 20 times in the playoffs.
Those two players are Kyle Schwarber (20) and Jose Altuve (26). However, neither is the all-time postseason home run leader (yet). That honor belongs to Manny Ramirez. He slugged 29 homers with a .937 OPS in 493 career plate appearances in the postseason (111 games).
Who has the most home runs in one postseason?
There have been 11 (!) players who have hit between seven and 10 home runs in a single postseason. A whopping 10 of them have slugged either seven or eight, but only one has accumulated more.
Randy Arozarena hit 10 homers for the Tampa Bay Rays during the 2020 postseason. While he didn’t hit any during the Wild Card Series, Arozarena hit three in the ALDS, four in the ALCS (where he won MVP honors), and another three in the World Series.
Which players are the postseason home run leaders for each MLB team?
There are many kinds of postseason home run royalty. I’ve already mentioned the all-time and single-postseason home run leaders above. But what about each team? With that in mind, there are 30 home run kings to shed some light on (plus more with ties).
I went team by team to talk about all of them. The hitters who make up the top five of each leaderboard are also included.
Has anyone hit 3 home runs in a playoff game?
The most home runs hit by a single player in a playoff game is three. It’s a feat that’s been accomplished 12 times by 11 players. Unsurprisingly, Babe Ruth is the only one to do it more than once. Here are the basic details for each occurrence:
- Babe Ruth, New York Yankees
- 10/6/1926, World Series Game 4 vs. Cardinals
- Babe Ruth, New York Yankees
- 10/9/1928, World Series Game 4 vs. Cardinals (again)
- Bob Robertson, Pittsburgh Pirates
- 10/3/1971, NLCS Game 2 vs. Giants
- Reggie Jackson, New York Yankees
- 10/18/1977, World Series Game 6 vs. Dodgers
- George Brett, Kansas City Royals
- 10/6/1978, ALCS Game 3 vs. Yankees
- Adam Kennedy, Anaheim Angels
- 10/13/2002, ALCS Game 5 vs. Twins
- Adrian Beltre, Texas Rangers
- 10/4/2011, ALDS Game 4 vs. Rays
- Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals
- 10/22/2011, World Series Game 3 vs. Rangers
- Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco Giants
- 10/24/2012, World Series Game 1 vs. Tigers
- Jose Altuve, Houston Astros
- 10/5/2017, ALDS Game 1 vs. Red Sox
- Kike Hernandez, Los Angeles Dodgers
- 10/19/2017, NLCS Game 5 vs. Cubs
- Chris Taylor, Los Angeles Dodgers
- 10/21/2021, NLCS Game 5 vs. Braves
Which hitter has slugged the longest postseason home run?
Statcast has been tracking MLB home run distances since 2015. Since then, there have been 15 dingers that have traveled at least 453 feet in October. The longest was the above 491-foot blast by Willson Contreras. He did it for the Cubs during NLCS Game 4 against the Dodgers.
What team has the most home runs in a postseason game?
There have been 14 instances in postseason history of a club slugging at least five homers in a game. Only two teams have slugged six in a single game, though.
The Philadelphia Phillies launched six taters against the Atlanta Braves on 10/11/2023 in NLDS Game 3, which was a 10-2 win for Philly. The Cubs beat the Cardinals in NLDS Game 3 on 10/12/2015 by a score of 8-6 by slugging six homers.
Who has the most HR in Wild Card Series history?
MLB’s expanded postseason field, which now includes a best-of-three Wild Card Series, has only been around since 2020 (and has been around for good since 2022). So, there are a lot of players bunched at the top of the leaderboard. Fernando Tatis Jr. is the all-time leader with three homers. Giancarlo Stanton gets the next distinction, and they’re followed by an 11-way tie at two homers.
Who has the most HR in Division Series history?
The Division Series era didn’t begin until the 1995 playoffs when MLB introduced having a Wild Card team from each league qualify for the postseason.
I combined ALDS and NLDS performances into one post, and there have been four players in history with at least 10 homers during this round of the playoffs. Bryce Harper, Jose Altuve, and Derek Jeter have all slugged 10. However, Manny Ramirez is the all-time leader with 12 Division Series homers.
Who has the most HR in ALCS history?
Before the LCS became an official playoff series, teams qualifying for the postseason meant they went straight to the Fall Classic. This portion of the playoffs was first instituted in 1969 when the league expanded to Eastern and Western divisions.
Jose Altuve and Manny Ramirez are the only players (before the 2024 postseason) with 10-plus career homers in the ALCS. While ManRam has Altuve beat on the all-time postseason home run list (for now), Altuve has the most ALCS homers. He’s slugged 11 while Ramirez finished his career with 10.
When talking about the most home runs in a single ALCS, Nelson Cruz is at the top of that leaderboard. He slugged six homers for the Texas Rangers during the 2011 ALCS.
Who has the most HR in NLCS history?
The 2023 postseason was an impactful one for Kyle Schwarber because he became the all-time NLCS home run leader and earned a share of the single-season lead while playing the Arizona Diamondbacks.
His 11 career NLCS homers pushed him ahead of Albert Pujols, who finished his career with 10. He slugged five of those in 2023 against Arizona, which tied him with Corey Seager for the most in a single series. The shortstop accomplished that feat in 2020 while with the Dodgers.
Who has the most HR in World Series history?
The World Series as we know it has been played every single year since 1903 except for 1994 because of the strike. You’ll see that the very top of this leaderboard has a heavy Yankees influence. New York has appeared in the Fall Classic 40 times in team history, so that’s bound to happen.
At this moment, Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle’s 18 home runs are the most in World Series history.
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