2024 Home Run Derby results

This year’s Home Run Derby field was not only star-studded, but also featured an intriguing mix of young superstars and veteran sluggers who were playing under new rules. After a night full of dingers soaring through the Texas sky, it was an unlikely champion in Dodgers slugger Teoscar Hernández, who took the Derby crown by defeating young Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. in a thrilling final round. He became the first Dodger to win the title, and it was his first time competing in the Derby.

See below for a round-by-round breakdown of the entire competition.

Witt HR total: 13
After hitting a combined 37 home runs between the first round and semifinals, Witt capped his night by hitting 13 in the finals but finishing just one short of Hernández. On his final swing in bonus time, Witt hit a ball 406 feet to one of the deepest parts of the ballpark in center field that hit the middle of the wall. Had it gone over, Witt and Hernández would’ve had a swing-off to determine the Derby champion.

LONGEST HR: 457 feet
HARDEST HR: 110 mph
AVG. HR DISTANCE: 409 feet
AVG. HR EXIT VELO: 102.7 mph

Hernández HR total: 14
Hernández’s timeout — and chat with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — proved crucial in his finals performance, with the slugger hitting five homers in six swings at one point not long after the pause. Hernández averaged 430 feet on his 14 home runs, including two 449-foot blasts during bonus time. His longest homer, toward the end of regulation, traveled 454 feet.

LONGEST HR: 454 feet
HARDEST HR: 111 mph
AVG. HR DISTANCE: 430 feet
AVG. HR EXIT VELO: 106.5 mph

(4) Teoscar Hernández eliminates (1) Alec Bohm via swing-off

Swing-off: Hernández (2 HRs), Bohm (1 HR)
Hernández got the better of Bohm in the first swing-off of the 2024 Derby as both competitors hit 14 home runs in their semifinal rounds. Hernández homered on the last two of his three swings, ending things with his longest homer of the round (456 feet). Bohm homered on his second swing but couldn’t clear the fence on his final attempt, eliminating him and sending Hernández to the finals.

Bohm HR total: 14
Bohm crushed 21 home runs in the first round and another 14 in the semifinals, tying him with Hernández and leading to a swing-off. Entering the Derby with the fewest homers (11) of any contestant, Bohm’s performance was one of the most surprising developments.

LONGEST HR: 431 feet
HARDEST HR: 103.0 mph
AVG. HR DISTANCE: 402 feet
AVG. HR EXIT VELO: 98.0 mph

Hernández HR total: 14
After hitting 19 homers in the first round, Hernández went deep 14 times in the semifinals. Ten of those came in the second half of regulation as Hernández got red hot after his timeout midway through, slugging seven homers in a nine-pitch span. The Dodgers slugger found the most success to left-center field, although several of his homers went out to straightaway left. Hernández added one bonus-time homer.

LONGEST HR: 454 feet
HARDEST HR: 109 mph
AVG. HR DISTANCE: 423 feet
AVG. HR EXIT VELO: 105.5 mph

Witt HR total: 17
Witt closed out regulation on a hot streak, homering seven times on the final 10 pitches he saw. The third seed in the semifinals got in a groove after taking his timeout with 1:40 to go,…