The second baseman had one of the worst Home Run Derby performances in years.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. was one of the last entries into the Home Run Derby, as the Yankees second baseman was excited to participate in the event for the first time. Unfortunately, it did not go as planned.
Chisholm hit just three home runs in the event, the worst performance in the contest in over a decade. He finished a dozen home runs back of the next lowest number, which was Matt Olson's 16.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. was here for the vibes 🔥
— MLB (@MLB) July 15, 2025
His longest home run went 453 feet! pic.twitter.com/zo0Pvd8NsL
This was Chisholm's first time in the event, but he's participated in the Bahamian Home Run Derby in years past. That experience didn't seem to help him this time around, as he largely hit line drives down the line instead of over the fence.
After the performance, Chisholm told the media that he didn't change his swing for the event, instead keeping his normal swing rather than altering it for homers.
Jazz says he was trying to “keep his swing” instead of trying to hit homers every swing, and says he’d do the Derby again next year with that different approach if he has 20 homers at the break pic.twitter.com/y2t5HIxGog
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) July 15, 2025
The Home Run Derby used to feature much lower totals, so three home runs in a round wasn't that uncommon. However, in recent decades, players typically have been able to reach double-digits in each round.
Here's a look at how Chisholm Jr. stacks up with the worst Derby performances.
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Worst Home Run Derby performances
Since 1985, when the Home Run Derby first began, there have been 19 times where a player failed to hit a single home run in the event, ending with zero overall. Here's a list of those instances:
- Gary Gaetti (1988)
- Jose Canseco (1990)
- Cecil Fielder (1990)
- Ken Griffey Jr. (1990)
- Bobby Bonilla (1990)
- Darryl Strawberry (1990)
- Chris Sabo (1991)
- Howard Johnson (1991)
- Mike Piazza (1993)
- Mike Piazza (1994)
- Gary Sheffield (1996)
- Greg Vaughn (1996)
- Nomar Garciaparra (1997)
- Jim Thome (1997)
- Troy Glaus (2001)
- Bret Boone (2003)
- Jason Bay (2005)
- Brandon Inge (2009)
- Robinson Cano (2012)
- Yasiel Puig (2014)
Chisholm's performance is the worst in a Home Run Derby since 2014, when Puig hit none and Brian Dozier hit two. Still, he avoided the bad kind of history by at least getting three balls over the fence.
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