Teoscar Hernandez wins MLB 2024 Home Run Derby, full results of competion

Teoscar Hernandez (Los Angeles Dodgers) won the 2024 Home Run Derby, beating Bobby Witt Jr. (Kansas City Royals). It highlighted one of the must-see events of the summer during the All-Star break.

Hernandez advanced to the finals in a swing off against Alec Bohm (Philadelphia Phillies) while Witt relatively cruised to the finals. He beat Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez by five home runs in the semifinals.

Below are the results in the first round, semifinals and finals of this year’s Home Run Derby.

2024 Home Run Derby Contestants:

Pete Alonso, New York Mets (12 home runs in first round)
Alec Bohm, Philadelphia Phillies (21 home runs) Advanced
Adolis Garcia, Texas Rangers (18 home runs)
Gunnar Henderson, Baltimore Orioles (11 home runs)
Teoscar Hernandez, Los Angeles Dodgers (19 home runs) Advanced
Marcell Ozuna, Atlanta Braves (16 home runs)
Jose Ramirez, Cleveland Guardians (21 home runs) Advanced
Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City Royals (20 home runs) Advanced

2024 Home Run Derby Semifinalists (Seeded by # of HRs, tiebreaker is longest HR)

No. 1 Alec Bohm, Philadelphia Phillies (14 home runs) vs. No. 4 Teoscar Hernandez, Los Angeles Dodgers (14 home runs). Hernandez advanced in Swing Off
No. 2 Jose Ramirez, Cleveland Guardians (12 home runs) vs. No. 3 Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City Royals (17 home runs). Witt Jr. advanced

2024 Home Run Derby Finalists

No. 3 Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City Royals (13 home runs) vs. No. 4 Teoscar Hernandez, Los Angeles Dodgers (14 home runs). Hernandez wins 2024 Home Run Derby

With the rule changes this season, there was seeding for the first round of the Derby. Instead, all eight participants had to hit as many homers as possible in their allotted time, and when the round closed, the top four advanced to the semifinal round.

In the semifinals, the seeding was determined by the number of homers hit in Round 1. If there was a tie, the player who hit the longest home run among the tied players received the higher seeding. The No. 1 seed faced the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed faced No. 3 seed, which determined the two sluggers that advanced to the finals.

There were a few format changes to this year’s Derby. While the three rounds remained the same in terms of length, there was a pitch limit — in each of the first two rounds, a hitter was allowed three minutes (excluding any bonus time) or 40 pitches, whichever limit was first.

And in the finals, the hitters were allotted two minutes (excluding any bonus time) or a maximum of 27 pitches, whichever came first.