There is no doubt that 2019 has been the year of the home run. The Yankees and the Twins battled for most of the season to see which team hit the most dingers, with Minnesota coming out on top with 307 round-trippers, establishing a new record for a single season. The Yankees, however, hit 306 themselves in the exciting race, one that was decided in the last game.
The power display didn’t exclusively come from the Yankees and Twins, though. The league as a whole had a 1.40 HR/9 rate, compared to 1.16 in 2018 and 0.