The 2026 season home-run trends are locked in below, and a few signals are worth flagging before you dig into the tables. Night games have been the more homer-friendly environment, running at 2.365 per game compared to 2.209 per game in day contests — a gap that has held steady across the season. Monday, of all days, sits atop the day-of-week leaderboard at 2.546 home runs per game, the highest mark of any weekday this season. The post covers the full season HR leaders, the last-7-days hot list, first-inning leaders, day-of-week splits, top single-week performances, and the day/night breakdown.

The section drawing the sharpest attention may be the meatball leaderboard — pitchers surrendering the highest rates of pitches in zone five, the heart of the strike zone. Brandyn Garcia leads that list at 11.2%, with Cole Wilcox (10.8%), Logan Henderson (10.6%), Tyler Zuber (10.4%), and Hogan Harris (10.1%) rounding out the five-man group. Everything you need is in the tables below.

Home runs by day of week

Which weekdays have produced the most home runs per game.

Monday
HR/game: 2.55HR: 522Games: 205
Friday
HR/game: 2.45HR: 698Games: 285
Thursday
HR/game: 2.38HR: 415Games: 174
Tuesday
HR/game: 2.29HR: 644Games: 281
Sunday
HR/game: 2.21HR: 657Games: 298
Wednesday
HR/game: 2.19HR: 627Games: 286
Saturday
HR/game: 2.18HR: 646Games: 296

Top weeks for home runs

The season's biggest home run weeks.

16/29/2026 - 7/5/2026
HR: 270HR/game: 2.87Games: 94
26/8/2026 - 6/14/2026
HR: 259HR/game: 2.91Games: 89
35/25/2026 - 5/31/2026
HR: 249HR/game: 2.65Games: 94
47/6/2026 - 7/12/2026
HR: 247HR/game: 2.55Games: 97
54/20/2026 - 4/26/2026
HR: 242HR/game: 2.60Games: 93

Day vs night

How the home run rate splits between day and night games.

Day
HR/game: 2.21HR: 1,522Games: 689
Night
HR/game: 2.37HR: 2,687Games: 1,136

Pitcher meatball leaders

Pitchers grooving the most zone-5 meatballs, and the most home runs allowed on them.

Highest meatball rate

1Brandyn Garcia (ARI)
Meatball%: 11.2%Meatballs: 51Pitches: 457
2Cole Wilcox (SEA)
Meatball%: 10.8%Meatballs: 53Pitches: 492
3Logan Henderson (MIL)
Meatball%: 10.6%Meatballs: 90Pitches: 850
4Tyler Zuber (MIA)
Meatball%: 10.4%Meatballs: 39Pitches: 374
5Hogan Harris (ATH)
Meatball%: 10.1%Meatballs: 102Pitches: 1,015
6Aaron Bummer (KC)
Meatball%: 10.0%Meatballs: 33Pitches: 329
7Drew Sommers (DET)
Meatball%: 10.0%Meatballs: 36Pitches: 361
8Anthony Bender (MIA)
Meatball%: 9.9%Meatballs: 54Pitches: 543
9Zac Thornton (NYM)
Meatball%: 9.8%Meatballs: 63Pitches: 640
10Bryan Hudson (CWS)
Meatball%: 9.8%Meatballs: 81Pitches: 825

Most HRs allowed on meatballs

1Aaron Nola (PHI)
HR on meatballs: 9Meatballs: 140
2Colin Rea (CHC)
HR on meatballs: 8Meatballs: 145
3Kumar Rocker (TEX)
HR on meatballs: 8Meatballs: 127
4Zebby Matthews (MIN)
HR on meatballs: 8Meatballs: 126
5Nathan Eovaldi (TEX)
HR on meatballs: 7Meatballs: 130
6Adrian Houser (SF)
HR on meatballs: 7Meatballs: 103
7Seth Lugo (KC)
HR on meatballs: 7Meatballs: 180
8Zack Littell (ARI)
HR on meatballs: 7Meatballs: 129
9Shota Imanaga (CHC)
HR on meatballs: 7Meatballs: 135
10Ian Seymour (TB)
HR on meatballs: 7Meatballs: 141

Hitter meatball leaders

Hitters seeing the most zone-5 meatballs, with their home-run rate on them.

1Michael Helman (TEX)
Meatballs seen%: 14.2%HR rate vs meatball: 0.0%Meatballs: 16
2Jonah Cox (SF)
Meatballs seen%: 12.4%HR rate vs meatball: 7.7%Meatballs: 13
3Buddy Kennedy (SF)
Meatballs seen%: 12.3%HR rate vs meatball: 0.0%Meatballs: 16
4Raynel Delgado (HOU)
Meatballs seen%: 12.0%HR rate vs meatball: 0.0%Meatballs: 13
5Christian Koss (SF)
Meatballs seen%: 11.5%HR rate vs meatball: 0.0%Meatballs: 27
6Travis d'Arnaud (LAA)
Meatballs seen%: 10.9%HR rate vs meatball: 0.0%Meatballs: 20
7Petey Halpin (CLE)
Meatballs seen%: 10.8%HR rate vs meatball: 0.0%Meatballs: 46
8Bryan De La Cruz (PHI)
Meatballs seen%: 10.8%HR rate vs meatball: 0.0%Meatballs: 13
9Romy Gonzalez (BOS)
Meatballs seen%: 10.1%HR rate vs meatball: 0.0%Meatballs: 29
10Jesus Rodriguez (SF)
Meatballs seen%: 10.1%HR rate vs meatball: 0.0%Meatballs: 21

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