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2011 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby

Date

July 11, 2011

Venue

City

Winner

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The 2011 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby (known through sponsorship as the State Farm Home Run Derby) was a home run hitting contest in Major League Baseball (MLB) between four batters each from the National League and American League. The derby was held on July 11, 2011, at the site of the 2011 MLB All-Star Game, Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.

Robinson Canó won the derby, setting a record for home runs in the final round with 12.^[1]

Rules

Each participant is thrown pitches by a pitcher of his choice. The hitter has the option of not swinging at a pitch. If he swings at a pitch and misses or hits the pitch anywhere but in home run territory, it is considered an out. Each player hits until he receives 10 outs in each round. When nine outs are reached in each round, a "gold money ball" comes into play.

In the first two rounds, home run totals will carry over for those rounds. Should there be a tie after either of the first two rounds, a "Swing-Off" takes place. In a Swing-Off, each tied player gets five swings to get as many home runs as possible. If after the 5 swings a tie still remains, players get one more swing to determine the winner. Home runs hit during a first round Swing-Off do not count towards the player's total going into the second round. All eight players participate in the first round; the four highest totals from round one will move to the semi-finals. The players with top two totals will face off in the finals, with the scores reset from the first two rounds.

Results

Chase Field, Phoenix—A.L. 76, N.L. 19
Player	League	Team	Pitcher	Round 1	Round 2	Subtotal	Finals	Total
Robinson Canó	American	New York Yankees	José Canó	8	12	20	12^a	32
Adrián González	American	Boston Red Sox	Manny Acta	9	11	20	11	31
Prince Fielder	National	Milwaukee Brewers	Sandy Guerrero	5 (5)	4	9	–	9
David Ortiz	American	Boston Red Sox	José Canó	5 (4)	4	9	–	9
Matt Holliday	National	St. Louis Cardinals	Yadier Molina	5 (2)	–	5	–	5
José Bautista	American	Toronto Blue Jays	Alex Andreopoulos	4	–	4	–	4
Rickie Weeks	National	Milwaukee Brewers	Sandy Guerrero	3	–	3	–	3
Matt Kemp	National	Los Angeles Dodgers	Rob Flippo	2	–	2	–	2

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Notes:

Numbers in parentheses denote tiebreaker swingoff.

^a Recorded only six outs before hitting winning run.

Charitable initiatives

State Farm donates US $3,000 for each non-Money Ball home run for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and US$18,000 (one dollar for each State Farm agent) for Gold Ball homers (which are home runs hit after 9 outs have been recorded) in the first round, increasing after each round. In addition, eight BGCA representatives for Arizona received a minimum of US$10,000, with the overall winner's representative receiving US$50,000 for their local clubs. The total amount raised was US$603,000.^[2]

References

^ "Robinson Cano's special night ends with Home Run Derby crown | MLB.com: News". Archived from the original on July 13, 2011.
^ "State Farm Home Run Derby drives home donations for charities | MLB.com: Official Info". Archived from the original on November 6, 2012.

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The 1988 Home Run Derby was canceled due to rain *The 2020 Home Run Derby was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Home Run Derby champions

1985: Parker
1986: Joyner & Strawberry
1987: Dawson
1988: Canceled
1989: Davis & Sierra
1990: Sandberg
1991: Ripken Jr.
1992: McGwire
1993: J. González
1994: Griffey Jr.
1995: Thomas
1996: Bonds
1997: Martinez
1998: Griffey Jr.
1999: Griffey Jr.
2000: Sosa
2001: L. Gonzalez
2002: Giambi
2003: Anderson
2004: Tejada
2005: Abreu
2006: Howard
2007: Guerrero
2008: Morneau
2009: Fielder
2010: Ortiz
2011: Canó
2012: Fielder
2013: Céspedes
2014: Céspedes
2015: Frazier
2016: Stanton
2017: Judge
2018: Harper
2019: Alonso
2020: Canceled
2021: Alonso
2022: Soto
2023: Guerrero Jr.
2024: Hernández

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