How many home runs does Juan Soto have?

Juan Soto is a Dominican professional baseball player for the New York Mets in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was born on October 25, 1998, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Soto made his MLB debut with the Washington Nationals in 2018 as a 19-year-old. In 2022, he was traded to the San Diego Padres and played there until 2023. On December 6, 2023, the Padres moved Soto to the New York Yankees, where he played the entire MLB season before signing a 15-year contract with the New York Mets on December 11, 2024.

Juan Soto joined the Washington Nationals as an international free agent in July 2015 and spent time in Minor League Baseball before stepping into MLB action in 2018. Following his debut, he contributed significantly to the Nationals' first World Series title in 2019 and received the Babe Ruth Award that same year. As of 2024, he has won five Silver Slugger Awards and has been recognized as part of the All-MLB First Team thrice in 2020, 2021, and 2024. Additionally, he has been selected as an All-Star since 2021, making four appearances by early 2024.

Juan Soto's career home runs

From 2018 to 2024, Juan Soto hit 201 career home runs in Major League Baseball (MLB) while playing for the Washington Nationals, San Diego Padres and the New York Yankees.

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How many home runs did Juan Soto have in 2024?

In the 2024 MLB regular season, Juan Soto hit 41 home runs while playing for the New York Yankees, the highest single-season tally of his career since he started in 2018. In his inaugural season with the Washington Nationals in 2018, Soto hit 22 home runs, while he recorded 34 in 2019.

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Juan Soto's longest home run

Juan Soto holds the record for the longest officially tracked home run in the Home Run Derby, hitting a 520-foot shot in 2021 at Coors Field in Denver. This massive first-round blast into the upper deck in right field was recorded by Statcast, as per MLB.

Apart from this, Juan Soto's longest home run in MLB was 466 feet, hit at Citi Field on August 12, 2020. Two days earlier, on August 10, 2020, he also hit a 463-foot home run, as measured by Statcast.

Soto has also hit home runs in regular and postseason play. In a game against the Baltimore Orioles, he launched a 447-foot home run in the sixth inning that landed on Eutaw Street, a rare feat for any hitter at Camden Yards. Additionally, in Game 5 of the 2024 ALCS, Soto hit a three-run home run in the 10th inning, helping the New York Yankees advance to the World Series.