With a victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in August 2025, the New York Yankees became the first team in MLB history to have multiple 9-home run games in a single season. The achievement gave the Yankees their second slot on the list of teams with the most home runs in a single MLB game.
Check out who else has scored 9 or more home runs in a game below:
Toronto Blue Jays, 10 (18-3 win vs. Baltimore Orioles on Sept. 14, 1987)
Blue Jays catcher Ernie Whitt hit three home runs (second inning, fifth inning, and seventh inning) and batted in five of Toronto's 18 total runs. Rance Mulliniks and George Bell each added two home runs in the win. Mulliniks' homers accounted for three runs, while both of Bell's blasts came with the bases empty. Lloyd Moseby, Rob Ducey and designated hitter Fred McGriff accounted for the Blue Jays' remaining three home runs.
New York Yankees, 9 (13-3 win vs. Tampa Bay Rays on August 19, 2025)
Giancarlo Stanton and Cody Bellinger each hit two home runs, while Aaron Judge launched his 40th shot of the season. Judge, Bellinger and Stanton went back-to-back-to-back in the first inning to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead four batters into the game. Jose Caballero connected twice in his first game back at George M. Steinbrenner Field, notching his first career multihomer game. Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Ben Rice also went deep for the Yankees.
New York Yankees, 9 (20-9 win vs. Milwaukee Brewers on March 29, 2025)
Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger and Judge started the first inning with back-to-back-to-back home runs. It marked the first time in MLB history that a team homered on its first three pitches, according to Elias Sports Bureau. Austin Wells, Anthony Volpe, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Oswald Peraza also homered on the day. Five of the home runs came off pitcher Nestor Cortes, whom the Yankees dealt to the Brewers in the offseason.
Cincinnati Reds, 9 (22-3 win at Philadelphia Phillies on Sept. 4, 1999)
Boone led off Cincinnati's power surge with a three-run blast off Paul Byrd in the second. Dmitri Young and Jeffrey Hammonds also tagged Byrd for solo shots. Eddie Taubensee had two homers (fifth inning and seventh inning) in the win, while Greg Vaughn, Pokey Reese, Brian Johnson and Mark Lewis rounded out the night for the Reds with a home run apiece. Vaughn and Lewis each had three-run homers. Cincinnati scored nine runs in the fifth inning alone.
There have been 23 instances in MLB history of a team hitting eight home runs in a single game.
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