Ohtani, the counterattack of the second-place group, is being pursued, and five people are the first in the history of 30 home runs in the first half, and 50 home runs?

Jul 14, 2025

Ohtani, the counterattack of the second-place group, is being pursued, and five people are the first in the history of 30 home runs in the first half, and 50 home runs?
LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani hit a superior two-run home run in the top of the third inning against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on the 12th (Korea time) and is welcomed by his teammates. EPA Yonhap News



Ohtani, the counterattack of the second-place group, is being pursued, and five people are the first in the history of 30 home runs in the first half, and 50 home runs?
Seattle Cal Raleigh hit a home run in the eighth inning against Detroit on the 12th (Korea time) and is high-fiving with his teammates with a trident. AFP Yonhap News
In 2013, when Baltimore Orioles Chris Davis hit 37 home runs in the first half to set the AL record for the most tie at the time, he once rejoiced saying, `Obviously, it's a proud record for me.' This is because he matched the record set by Oakland Athletics Reggie Jackson in 1969 in the first half of the AL. Jackson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1993 as a legendary gunner who was called Mr. Okotober.

However, five home run hitters set a historical record this season in relation to the `30 home runs in the first half,' signaling a historic first milestone.

The main characters are Seattle Mariners Carl Raleigh (38), New York Yankees Aaron Judge (35), Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani (32), Arizona Diamondbacks Eugenio Suarez (31), and Philadelphia Phillies Kyle Schwarber (30).




Ohtani, the counterattack of the second-place group, is being pursued, and five people are the first in the history of 30 home runs in the first half, and 50 home runs?
New York Yankees Aaron Judge is circling the base after hitting his 35th career home run in the ninth inning against the Chicago Cubs on the 13th (Korea time). ImagesYonhap News
The five hit more than 30 home runs side by side in the first half of the race, which ended on the 14th (Korea time). This year is the first time in major league history that five players drew more than 30 arches before the All-Star break, or in the first half.

The previous record of 30 home run hitters in the first half was four, one in 1998. That year, Mark McGuire (St. Louis, 37), Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle, 35), Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs, 33), and Greg Vaughan (San Diego, 30) hit more than 30 home runs and had an All-Star break. However, they hit more than 50 home runs side by side that year, setting a record for the most 50 home runs hitters in a season.

Maguire hit 70 home runs to set the record for the most home runs in a major league season at the time, and Sosa, who competed with him until the end of the season, ended up with 66 home runs. Griffey Jr. won the AL home run title with 56 homers, and Vaughan put the flag on the 50-homer mark for the first and last time in his career.




Since then, the record of 50 home runs by four players in one season has come out once more. It's 2001. That year, Barry Bonds (San Francisco, 73), Sosa (64), Alex Rodriguez (Texas, 52), and Luis Gonzalez (Arizona, 57) formed a group of 50 home runs. However, the late 1990s and early 2000s were marked by the "steroid scandal".

For this reason, if five hitters achieve 50 home runs this year, their value will inevitably shine even more.

Ohtani, the counterattack of the second-place group, is being pursued, and five people are the first in the history of 30 home runs in the first half, and 50 home runs?
Arizona third baseman Eugenio Suarez is celebrating after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Angels on the 13th (Korea time). ImagesYonhap News
Ohtani, the counterattack of the second-place group, is being pursued, and five people are the first in the history of 30 home runs in the first half, and 50 home runs?
Philadelphia designated hitter Kyle Schwarber is welcomed by his teammates as he hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning against San Francisco on the 9th (Korea time). AFP Yonhap News
Based on the number of team games, Raleigh will hit 64 home runs, Judge 59 home runs, Ohtani 53 home runs, Suarez 52 home runs, and Schwarber 51 home runs. This is an arithmetic prospect to the end.

As a result, it is expected that the competition for the home run title will be more interesting in the second half of the year. While Raleigh has continued to drive since late June, setting the AL record for the most home runs in the first half of the year, Judge and Ohtani, the home run king of both leagues last year, are also not slowing down this season. On top of that, Suarez and Schwarber recently heated up the cannon and pressured NL leader Ohtani.

Looking at the number of home runs in July, Raleigh, Judge, Suarez, and Schwarber hit five the same. Ohtani only added three in July. It can be analyzed that the batting is affected as he begins to take the mound as a pitcher. In fact, Ohtani had no hits in five of the 12 games in July, and his monthly batting average was only 0.186 (8 hits in 43 times at bat).





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.