The Joe Bauman Home Run Award, formerly known as the Round-Tripper-Award, is given to the Minor League Baseball player who hit the most regular season

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s that year. The award, first given in 2002, is named after Joe Bauman, who set a then–professional record with 72 home runs in 1954, while playing for the Roswell Rockets of the Class-C

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. The award was named for Bauman in 2004. It is presented by Musco Lighting at the Baseball Winter Meetings each December. The winner receives a check worth $200 for every home run hit. The most recent winner of the award is MJ Melendez of the Kansas City Royals organization.

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*Jones and Jon Gaston tied with 35 home runs. Jones was declared the winner by virtue of having more

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(RBIs) than Gaston (103 to 100). *Moustakas and Mark Trumbo tied with 36 home runs. Moustakas was declared the winner by virtue of having more RBIs than Trumbo (124 to 122). *Alonso and Ibandel Isabel tied with 36 home runs. Alonso was declared the winner by virtue of having more RBIs than Isabel (119 to 78).

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* {{Joe Bauman Home Run Award Awards established in 2002 Minor league baseball awards 2002 establishments in the United States

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