{"id":56879,"date":"2022-10-27T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=56879"},"modified":"2022-10-27T11:59:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T15:59:12","slug":"postseason-home-run-leaders-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2022\/10\/27\/postseason-home-run-leaders-mlb\/","title":{"rendered":"Postseason Home Run Leaders by a Player Since 2000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hitting a postseason home run shows that a hitter can come through on baseball&#8217;s biggest stage. Someone like <\/span>Manny Ram\u00edrez fits that mould, as he&#8217;<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">s the all-time postseason home run leader. He appeared in 111 major league postseason games while hitting 29 homers in 410 at-bats. Outside of Ram\u00edrez, six of these elite October performers have produced 15 or more long balls in the last two decades, from a game-winner to a series clincher. We already covered the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2022\/09\/28\/home-run-leaders-mlb\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">home run leaders since 2017<\/a>, so here is a look at the postseason home run leaders<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statmuse.com\/mlb\/ask\/mlb-playoff-home-run-leaders-since-2000\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0since 2000<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Postseason Home Run Leaders Breakdown<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">David Ortiz<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, 17<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2004 ALCS Gm 4: David Ortiz&#039;s walk-off two run homer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xYxSZJ9GZ-w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">David Ortiz&#8217;s first career postseason home run came from Mike Mussina in Game 1 of the 2003 ALCS. &#8220;Big Papi&#8221; followed up with another homer from David Wells in Game 7 of that same series. Nevertheless, Ortiz became a legend in 2004, hitting two walk-off homers in that postseason. The first was off Jarrod Washburn in Game 3 of the 2004 ALDS, then off Paul Quantrill in the 14th inning of the ALCS, throttling a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2022\/09\/19\/xander-bogaerts-extension-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Boston Red Sox<\/a> comeback in the series. In 2013, he was named World Series MVP when he hit two home runs against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2022\/09\/28\/home-run-leaders-mlb\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">St. Louis Cardinals<\/a>. Ortiz remains the only player to hit multiple walk-off blasts in one postseason.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Carlos Correa &amp; Nelson Cruz, 18<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2011 ALCS Gm2: Cruz drives in five with two clutch homers\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-7RbH0v-GCw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Carlos Correa and Nelson Cruz have as many postseason home runs as Reggie Jackson and Mickey Mantle. Cruz&#8217;s 18 postseason homers include six from his first trip in 2010. He followed up with eight in 2011, setting a record for a single series in the ALCS. His performance included a walk-off shot in the bottom of the 11th inning of Game 2 off of Ryan Perry. In 2021, Cruz became the 11th player to hit a postseason homer after turning 40.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carlos Correa&#039;s INSANE WALK-OFF to win game for Astros in ALCS Game 2 | MLB Highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2f7lmqAlht4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Correa is the only player to hit more than 13 home runs in the postseason before turning 27. He got the ball rolling with a multi-homer performance in Game 4 of the 2015 ALDS. Since then, he has shown October power. His six long shots in the 2022 postseason featured a walk-off in Game 5 of the ALCS, making Correa the third player with multiple postseason walk-offs. His last no-doubter in October came in Game 1 of the 2021 ALCS, launching a go-ahead solo shot in the seventh inning at Minute Maid Park. In 334 plate appearances, Correa has hit .272\/.344\/.505 with 59 RBI and 27 runs scored.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Albert Pujols<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">George Springer<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, 19<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NLCS Gm5: Pujols jacks a mammoth three-run shot\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lsEuTYbDRwE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Albert Pujols and George Springer have a combined three World Series. Pujols is the 2004 NLCS MVP who went deep four times as he is one of 10 players to hit t three times in a postseason game. He&#8217;s also one of four to do it in the Fall Classic. His most memorable homer came in a series his team lost which was the 2005 NLCS, hitting a ball off of Brad Lidge for a three-run shot to give St. Louis the lead in the top of the ninth inning. If Pujols made more than one postseason appearance with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2022\/08\/26\/doug-decinces-career-mlb\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a>, he could have climbed to the top of this list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Astros&#039; George Springer&#039;s FIVE straight World Series games with a home run\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FP_BDgjULf8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">George Springer has been a juggernaut in his postseason career, including the 2017 World Series. Five of his six bombs came in the Astros&#8217; matchup against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2022\/09\/21\/maury-wills-dodger-legend-dead-at-89\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>. Springer took home MVP honors thanks to his .379\/.471\/1.000 line. Between the 2017 series and the 2019 matchup against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2022\/10\/18\/cj-abrams-shortstop-washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Washington Nationals<\/a>, Springer set the record for hitting a home run in five consecutive games.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jose Altuve<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, 23<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jos\u00e9 Altuve SENDS ASTROS TO WORLD SERIES with 2-run home run!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XC34yua88z0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jose Altuve is second on the all-time postseason leaderboard, ranking behind only Manny Ramirez with 29. Altuve&#8217;s first three postseason homers came in the same, putting up a three-homer showing in Game 1 of the 2017 ALDS against the Boston Red Sox. While he&#8217;s hit his fair share of first-inning home runs, Altuve&#8217;s most iconic blast came in Game 6 of the 2019 ALCS. The 2017 AL MVP hit a walk-off shot against Aroldis Chapman to send Houston to the World Series. Eventually, he got to the 20-homer plateau for his postseason career with a two-run blast in Game 1 of the 2021 ALCS before hammering a solo shot in Game 4, setting the record for the most career postseason home runs by any infielder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"fQAc1ZXtRRpNvdPgg_R4jw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1350333232\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'fQAc1ZXtRRpNvdPgg_R4jw',sig:'OXYl4q3Iw5uJl8dcCdiOXaL84ao_6ZYeirANtc4WkTg=',w:'594px',h:'402px',items:'1350333232',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Players mentioned:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=ramirma02,ramire009man,ramire010man&amp;search=Manny+Ramirez&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manny Ram\u00edrez<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/ortizda01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Ortiz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mussimi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Mussina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wellsda01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Wells<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/washbja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jarrod Washburn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/q\/quantpa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Quantrill<\/a>, <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/correca01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Correa<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=cruzne02,cruzne01&amp;search=Nelson+Cruz&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nelson Cruz<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jacksre01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reggie Jackson<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mantlmi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mickey Mantle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/perryry01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Perry<\/a>, <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pujolal01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Albert Pujols<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/springe01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">George Springer<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/altuvjo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jose Altuve<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/chapmar01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aroldis Chapman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hitting a postseason home run shows that a hitter can come through on baseball&#8217;s biggest stage. Someone like Manny Ram\u00edrez fits that mould, as he&#8217;s the all-time postseason home run leader. He appeared in 111 major league postseason games while hitting 29 homers in 410 at-bats. Outside of Ram\u00edrez, six of these elite October performers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3686,"featured_media":56924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2,14,1071,25,18],"tags":[625,481,716,276,548,251,296,745,478],"class_list":["post-56879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-redsox","category-featured","category-astros","category-mlb","category-cardinals","category-rangers","tag-albert-pujols","tag-alcs","tag-carlos-correa","tag-david-ortiz","tag-george-springer","tag-jose-altuve","tag-mlb-playoffs","tag-nelson-cruz","tag-nlcs"],"modified_by":"Evan Thompson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}