Home Run Trends - September 27, 2026

The 2026 season home-run landscape is taking shape, and the numbers below lay out exactly where the power is coming from — and, just as importantly, who's serving it up. Night games have outpaced day games at 2.36 home runs per game versus 2.148, while Monday has quietly been the most homer-friendly day of the week at 2.492 per game. Neither split is a crystal ball, but both are worth keeping in mind as you work through today's slate.

Below you'll find the full season HR leaderboard, the last-7-days hot list, first-inning leaders, per-weekday and top-week breakdowns, and the day/night split in table form. Save the last section for last: the meatball rate rankings flag the pitchers throwing zone-5 fastballs at the highest clips, led by Cole Wilcox at 10.8%, Bennett Sousa and Trevor Megill each at 10.5%, and Aaron Bummer and Yerry De los Santos rounding out the five names you want on your radar.

Home runs by day of week

Which weekdays have produced the most home runs per game.

• Monday
  HR/game: 2.49HR: 653Games: 262
• Friday
  HR/game: 2.38HR: 933Games: 392
• Tuesday
  HR/game: 2.29HR: 848Games: 371
• Thursday
  HR/game: 2.28HR: 514Games: 225
• Saturday
  HR/game: 2.24HR: 900Games: 401
• Sunday
  HR/game: 2.24HR: 868Games: 387
• Wednesday
  HR/game: 2.18HR: 822Games: 377

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: 2.15HR: 1,920Games: 894
• Night
  HR/game: 2.36HR: 3,603Games: 1,527

Pitcher meatball leaders

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

Highest meatball rate

• 1Cole Wilcox (SEA)
  Meatball%: 10.8%Meatballs: 53Pitches: 492
• 2Bennett Sousa (HOU)
  Meatball%: 10.5%Meatballs: 56Pitches: 533
• 3Trevor Megill (MIL)
  Meatball%: 10.5%Meatballs: 93Pitches: 886
• 4Aaron Bummer (KC)
  Meatball%: 10.0%Meatballs: 33Pitches: 329
• 5Yerry De los Santos (NYY)
  Meatball%: 9.9%Meatballs: 36Pitches: 362
• 6Anthony Bender (MIA)
  Meatball%: 9.9%Meatballs: 54Pitches: 543
• 7Bryan Hudson (CWS)
  Meatball%: 9.9%Meatballs: 105Pitches: 1,063
• 8Brandyn Garcia (ARI)
  Meatball%: 9.8%Meatballs: 68Pitches: 692
• 9José A. Ferrer (SEA)
  Meatball%: 9.7%Meatballs: 107Pitches: 1,101
• 10Logan Henderson (MIL)
  Meatball%: 9.6%Meatballs: 145Pitches: 1,505

Most HRs allowed on meatballs

• 1Kumar Rocker (TEX)
  HR on meatballs: 10Meatballs: 170
• 2Ian Seymour (TB)
  HR on meatballs: 10Meatballs: 193
• 3Aaron Nola (PHI)
  HR on meatballs: 9Meatballs: 179
• 4Colin Rea (CHC)
  HR on meatballs: 9Meatballs: 158
• 5Seth Lugo (KC)
  HR on meatballs: 9Meatballs: 236
• 6Tomoyuki Sugano (COL)
  HR on meatballs: 9Meatballs: 189
• 7Sean Manaea (NYM)
  HR on meatballs: 9Meatballs: 197
• 8Zack Littell (ARI)
  HR on meatballs: 9Meatballs: 140
• 9Zebby Matthews (MIN)
  HR on meatballs: 9Meatballs: 165
• 10Jeffrey Springs (ATH)
  HR on meatballs: 8Meatballs: 162

Hitter meatball leaders

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

• 1Ben Rortvedt (LAD)
  Meatballs seen%: 16.0%HR rate vs meatball: 0.0%Meatballs: 16
• 2Michael Helman (TEX)
  Meatballs seen%: 14.2%HR rate vs meatball: 0.0%Meatballs: 16
• 3Andrew Pinckney (WSH)
  Meatballs seen%: 11.9%HR rate vs meatball: 7.7%Meatballs: 13
• 4Raynel Delgado (HOU)
  Meatballs seen%: 11.4%HR rate vs meatball: 0.0%Meatballs: 15
• 5Bryan De La Cruz (PHI)
  Meatballs seen%: 10.6%HR rate vs meatball: 0.0%Meatballs: 36
• 6Shay Whitcomb (SF)
  Meatballs seen%: 10.6%HR rate vs meatball: 4.3%Meatballs: 47
• 7Romy Gonzalez (BOS)
  Meatballs seen%: 10.1%HR rate vs meatball: 0.0%Meatballs: 29
• 8Ethan Salas (SD)
  Meatballs seen%: 10.1%HR rate vs meatball: 6.7%Meatballs: 15
• 9Jesus Rodriguez (SF)
  Meatballs seen%: 10.1%HR rate vs meatball: 0.0%Meatballs: 21
• 10Angel Genao (CLE)
  Meatballs seen%: 10.0%HR rate vs meatball: 0.0%Meatballs: 51

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