The playoffs of MLB They are without a doubt the biggest stage to which a Major League player could aspire, and which unfortunately, very few can reach year after year. So have a good postseason performance is a must, since seizing the opportunity is something few can do, and That’s the list of the greatest home runners in the history of the Major League Baseball playoffs.
1) Manny Ramirez, 29 HR
The Dominican outfielder participated in 11 postseason games with the Indians, Red Sox and Dodgers. He had 493 plate appearances (third all-time) and a robust .544 slugging. His first two home runs, in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series, helped Cleveland reach the World Series. At 36 years old, he was still hitting his home runs for the Dodgers in 2008. And in the midst of all that, he was MVP of the World Series in the Red Sox win.
2) Bernie Williams, 22 HR
Williams was not known as a great power hitter, with 30 being his most home runs in a season. But as a key member of the Yankees in the 1990s and 2000s, the Puerto Rican had plenty of opportunities in October and took advantage of them. The outfielder was MVP of the 1996 American League Championship Series against the Orioles, when he hit two home runs – including a gold one in the eleventh inning of Game 1.
3) José Altuve, 21 HR
Venezuelan Altuve has been one of the best first hitters in the postseason, with a record seven home runs in the first inning. Altuve’s first three homers all came in the same game, with a trio of cannon shots in Game 1 of the 2017 ALDS against the Red Sox. While Altuve has given his fair share of home runs in the first inning, his most memorable hit came in Game 6 of the SCLA, when Houston secured a ticket to the World Series with Altuve’s gold home run off Aroldis Chapman. .
Altuve’s home run to help Houston win Game 4 as the 2021 ALDS hit him at least one full-return hit in five straight postseason runs. He then reached 20 career postseason runs with that two-run game in SCLA Game 1 against the Red Sox, before hitting a solo in Game 4 and setting the mark for the most home runs by an infielder in the playoffs / Series. World.
4) Derek Jeter, 20 HR
Jeter’s postseason average (.308) was just two points less than his career regular-season number, but his slugging (.465) was 25 points higher. A five-time World Series champion, Jeter had three years of 20 or more home runs in his career and, if you count his 158 postseason games, he had one more. His memorable playoff / World Series home runs include his two home runs against the Mets in the 2000 World Series, in which he was MVP. Then there was his golden home run in the 10th inning of Game 4 of the 2001 Fall Classic against the Diamondbacks, when Major League Baseball was first played in November.
It ended that October, in which the Yankees were crowned, with six homers. The Puerto Rican hit another golden home run off the Red Sox in Game 1 of the 1999 SCLA. Williams is one of just two players (along with David Ortiz) to knock out the opposition in two different postseason games.
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