# McCovey Cove

McCovey Cove is the unofficial name of a section of San Francisco Bay beyond the right field wall of Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, named after famed Giants first baseman Willie McCovey. The proper name for the cove is China Basin, which is the mouth of Mission Creek as it meets the bay. The cove is bounded along the north by Oracle Park, with a ferry landing and a breakwater at the northeast end. The southern shore is lined by China Basin Park and McCovey Point. To the east, it opens up to San Francisco Bay, while the west end of the cove is bounded by the Lefty O'Doul Bridge, named after San Francisco ballplayer and manager Lefty O'Doul.

## Naming

The name was coined thanks to two sportswriters. Mark Purdy of the San Jose Mercury News wrote an article suggesting naming the body of water after McCovey, though his original suggestions were 'McCovey Channel,' 'McCovey Stream' or 'McCovey Run.' Purdy then noted the more 'lyrical' name of 'McCovey Cove' was suggested by his colleague Leonard Koppett, a writer for the Oakland Tribune. The name did not take long to become very popular, although the moniker has never become official.

## Features

On game days, fans take to the water of McCovey Cove in boats and even in kayaks, often with fishing nets in the hope of collecting a home run ball. This echoes what used to happen during McCovey's playing days. Before Candlestick Park's upper deck was extended, the area behind right field was occupied by three small bleacher sections and a lot of open space. Kids in those bleachers would gather behind the right field fence when "Stretch" would come to the plate. Just beyond the wall is a public waterfront promenade. Across the cove from the ballpark is McCovey Point and China Basin Park, featuring a statue of McCovey at the mouth of the Cove. At his feet are small plaques commemorating the winners of the Willie Mac Award, named in McCovey's honor. Along the southern shore of the cove, between McCovey Point and the O'Doul Bridge, is a walkway featuring plaques showing the Opening Day Roster of every Giants team from 1958 through 1999. Just south of the statue of Willie McCovey is Barry Bonds Junior Giants Field, a t-ball sized baseball diamond. (As of 2020, the features in this area have been temporarily warehoused while extensive construction takes place.)

## Splash hits

A "splash hit" is recorded when a Giants player hits a home run that lands in McCovey Cove on the fly (foul balls, home runs hit by opposing players, and hits that strike or bounce off the stadium wall or pedestrian path are not counted toward this total). These hits are tallied on an electronic counter on the right field wall. As of September 15, 2024, 105 splash hits have been hit into the Bay by 30 Giants players since the park opened; 35 of those were by Barry Bonds. Seven other Giants have reached the Cove more than twice: Brandon Belt (ten), Pablo Sandoval (eight), Mike Yastrzemski (six), LaMonte Wade Jr. (six), Denard Span (five), Brandon Crawford (four), and Joc Pederson (four). Five additional players — Felipe Crespo, Michael Tucker, Ryan Klesko, Aubrey Huff, and Andrés Torres — have done it twice. Seventeen other Giants players have accomplished the feat once. Bonds' splash hit on April 17, 2001 marked his 500th career home run. Carlos Beltrán's splash hit on September 14, 2011 marked his 300th career home run. Tyler Colvin's splash hit on May 12, 2014 was also his first hit for the Giants and occurred in his first at bat at Oracle Park since joining the team. Bonds is the only Giants player to hit the Cove twice in the same game, having done so on May 10, 2000 and May 18, 2002. On June 15, 2021, two different Giants players got splash hits in the same game for the first time: Steven Duggar and Mike Yastrzemski.
Two players have gotten splash hits while playing for the Giants and visiting teams. Ryan Klesko got a splash hit on April 9, 2003, while playing for the San Diego Padres before getting two splash hits as a Giants player during the 2007 season. He was joined by Joc Pederson on May 24, 2022, who became the first player to have a splash hit for three different teams, having previously hit a total of three home runs into the water while a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs.
Four splash hits have been walk-off home runs: Barry Bonds' on August 19, 2003, Brandon Crawford's on April 13, 2014, and Mike Yastrzemski's two splash hits on July 29, 2020 and June 19, 2023, respectively.
Three splash hits have been grand slams: Bonds' on August 14, 2001, Michael Tucker's on April 9, 2005, and Yastrzemski's on June 15, 2021.
Denard Span and LaMonte Wade Jr. are the only Giants to lead off with a splash hit, doing so on June 13, 2016 and June 2, 2023, respectively.
On September 15, 2024, Heliot Ramos became the first-ever right-handed batter to hit a home run into the water.
Bonds is currently the only Giant to record a splash hit in the postseason. He did so in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 2002 National League Championship Series on October 12, 2002.
When the stadium hosted the 2007 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, McCovey Cove was heavily featured in promotional materials, and the namesake slugger presented each participant with special bats before the competition. However, the difficulty of hitting McCovey Cove with a home run was shown, as none of the eight sluggers competing were able to hit the water on the fair side of the foul pole, and all three left-handed batters (who are more likely to hit home runs to right field, and thus, to the Cove) were eliminated in the first round of the contest. Justin Morneau of the Minnesota Twins and Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers were able to hit the Cove once each, but both of their hits were foul balls. However, Fielder eventually did hit McCovey Cove with a fair ball on July 19, 2008, as the 13th visiting player to hit the 17th non-Giants home run into the Cove. It was also his 100th career home run.
The majority of home runs surrendered into McCovey Cove have been off right-handed pitchers. 22 left-handed pitchers have surrendered a splash hit: Rich Rodriguez, Chuck McElroy, Vic Darensbourg, Brian Anderson, Jeriome Robertson, Chuck Finley, Ted Lilly, Ray King, Doug Davis, Joe Kennedy, Hong-Chih Kuo, Trever Miller, Wandy Rodríguez, Rex Brothers, David Price, Drew Smyly, Ranger Suárez, Matt Strahm, Alex Young, Génesis Cabrera, David Peterson, and Ray Kerr.
Four visiting pitchers have each surrendered two splash hits: John Thomson, Liván Hernández, Rodrigo López, and Chris Paddack. López is the only pitcher to give up a splash hit as a member of two visiting teams while pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs. No pitcher has surrendered two splash hits in the same game. However, two pitchers have surrendered splash hits to the same player twice: Thomson to Bonds on May 24, 2001 and August 31, 2001; and López to Pablo Sandoval on July 30, 2009 and August 31, 2011.
The most splash hits the Giants have had in a season is 11 in 2001, nine of which were part of Bonds' successful chase to hit the most home runs in a season. On the flip side, the Giants did not hit any splash hits in 2015 (Cody Asche of the Philadelphia Phillies was the only player that season to accomplish the feat). This splash-hit drought lasted nearly two years; after Brandon Belt hit one on September 25, 2014, he would break the drought himself on June 8, 2016.
| No. | Hitter | Date | Opponent | Pitcher | Inning |
| 1 | Barry Bonds (1) | May 1, 2000 | New York Mets | Rich Rodriguez | 6th |
| 2 | Barry Bonds (2) | May 10, 2000 | St. Louis Cardinals | Andy Benes | 3rd |
| 3 | Barry Bonds (3) | May 10, 2000 | St. Louis Cardinals | Heathcliff Slocumb | 8th |
| 4 | Barry Bonds (4) | May 24, 2000 | Montreal Expos | Mike Thurman | 3rd |
| 5 | Barry Bonds (5) | July 19, 2000 | San Diego Padres | Brian Meadows | 4th |
| 6 | Barry Bonds (6) | September 20, 2000 | Cincinnati Reds | Steve Parris | 5th |
| 7 | Barry Bonds (7) | April 17, 2001 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Terry Adams | 8th |
| 8 | Barry Bonds (8) | April 18, 2001 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Chan Ho Park | 7th |
| 9 | Barry Bonds (9) | May 24, 2001 | Colorado Rockies | John Thomson (1) | 3rd |
| 10 | Felipe Crespo (1) | May 28, 2001 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Bret Prinz | 10th |
| 11 | Barry Bonds (10) | May 30, 2001 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Robert Ellis | 2nd |
| 12 | Barry Bonds (11) | June 12, 2001 | Anaheim Angels | Pat Rapp | 1st |
| 13 | Felipe Crespo (2) | July 8, 2001 | Milwaukee Brewers | Curtis Leskanic | 9th |
| 14 | Barry Bonds (12) | August 4, 2001 | Philadelphia Phillies | Nelson Figueroa | 6th |
| 15 | Barry Bonds (13) | August 14, 2001 | Florida Marlins | Ricky Bones | 6th |
| 16 | Barry Bonds (14) | August 31, 2001 | Colorado Rockies | John Thomson (2) | 8th |
| 17 | Barry Bonds (15) | September 29, 2001 | San Diego Padres | Chuck McElroy | 6th |
| 18 | Barry Bonds (16) | May 13, 2002 | Atlanta Braves | Kevin Millwood | 3rd |
| 19 | Barry Bonds (17) | May 18, 2002 | Florida Marlins | Brad Penny | 1st |
| 20 | Barry Bonds (18) | May 18, 2002 | Florida Marlins | Vic Darensbourg | 6th |
| 21 | Barry Bonds (19) | September 8, 2002 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Brian Anderson | 4th |
| 22 | Barry Bonds (20) | September 28, 2002 | Houston Astros | Jeriome Robertson | 5th |
| 23 | Barry Bonds (21) | October 12, 2002 | St. Louis Cardinals | Chuck Finley | 5th |
| 24 | Barry Bonds (22) | April 14, 2003 | Houston Astros | Wade Miller | 2nd |
| 25 | Barry Bonds (23) | April 30, 2003 | Chicago Cubs | Matt Clement | 6th |
| 26 | J. T. Snow | June 5, 2003 | Minnesota Twins | Kyle Lohse | 5th |
| 27 | Barry Bonds (24) | June 27, 2003 | Oakland Athletics | Ted Lilly | 6th |
| 28 | José Cruz Jr. | July 8, 2003 | St. Louis Cardinals | Dan Haren | 1st |
| 29 | Barry Bonds (25) | August 8, 2003 | Philadelphia Phillies | José Mesa | 7th |
| 30 | Barry Bonds (26) | August 19, 2003 | Atlanta Braves | Ray King | 10th |
| 31 | Barry Bonds (27) | September 13, 2003 | Milwaukee Brewers | Doug Davis | 8th |
| 32 | Barry Bonds (28) | April 12, 2004 | Milwaukee Brewers | Matt Kinney | 5th |
| 33 | Barry Bonds (29) | April 13, 2004 | Milwaukee Brewers | Ben Ford | 7th |
| 34 | Michael Tucker (1) | May 30, 2004 | Colorado Rockies | Joe Kennedy | 1st |
| 35 | A. J. Pierzynski | July 6, 2004 | Colorado Rockies | Denny Stark | 2nd |
| 36 | Barry Bonds (30) | July 30, 2004 | St. Louis Cardinals | Chris Carpenter | 1st |
| 37 | Barry Bonds (31) | August 3, 2004 | Cincinnati Reds | Cory Lidle | 7th |
| 38 | Michael Tucker (2) | April 9, 2005 | Colorado Rockies | Scott Dohmann | 8th |
| 39 | Randy Winn | September 14, 2005 | San Diego Padres | Woody Williams | 3rd |
| 40 | Barry Bonds (32) | September 18, 2005 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Hong-Chih Kuo | 8th |
| 41 | Barry Bonds (33) | August 21, 2006 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Liván Hernández (1) | 4th |
| 42 | Barry Bonds (34) | April 18, 2007 | St. Louis Cardinals | Ryan Franklin | 8th |
| 43 | Ryan Klesko (1) | May 21, 2007 | Houston Astros | Trever Miller | 8th |
| 44 | Ryan Klesko (2) | June 29, 2007 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Liván Hernández (2) | 6th |
| 45 | Barry Bonds (35) | August 8, 2007 | Washington Nationals | Tim Redding | 1st |
| 46 | Fred Lewis | April 26, 2008 | Cincinnati Reds | Matt Belisle | 5th |
| 47 | John Bowker | July 2, 2008 | Chicago Cubs | Ryan Dempster | 6th |
| 48 | Andrés Torres (1) | June 15, 2009 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | John Lackey | 7th |
| 49 | Pablo Sandoval (1) | July 30, 2009 | Philadelphia Phillies | Rodrigo López (1) | 3rd |
| 50 | Pablo Sandoval (2) | August 29, 2009 | Colorado Rockies | Jason Marquis | 2nd |
| 51 | Aubrey Huff (1) | May 1, 2010 | Colorado Rockies | Rafael Betancourt | 8th |
| 52 | Aubrey Huff (2) | June 16, 2010 | Baltimore Orioles | Jeremy Guthrie | 6th |
| 53 | Andrés Torres (2) | July 28, 2010 | Florida Marlins | Jorge Sosa | 6th |
| 54 | Pablo Sandoval (3) | August 12, 2010 | Chicago Cubs | Randy Wells | 4th |
| 55 | Pablo Sandoval (4) | September 30, 2010 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Barry Enright | 2nd |
| 56 | Pablo Sandoval (5) | July 4, 2011 | San Diego Padres | Ernesto Frieri | 6th |
| 57 | Nate Schierholtz | July 8, 2011 | New York Mets | R. A. Dickey | 6th |
| 58 | Pablo Sandoval (6) | August 31, 2011 | Chicago Cubs | Rodrigo López (2) | 4th |
| 59 | Carlos Beltrán | September 14, 2011 | San Diego Padres | Mat Latos | 6th |
| 60 | Brandon Belt (1) | September 27, 2011 | Colorado Rockies | Alex White | 4th |
| 61 | Brandon Belt (2) | June 14, 2012 | Houston Astros | Wandy Rodríguez | 4th |
| 62 | Brandon Belt (3) | September 4, 2012 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Ian Kennedy | 6th |
| 63 | Pablo Sandoval (7) | May 12, 2013 | Atlanta Braves | Kris Medlen | 3rd |
| 64 | Brandon Crawford (1) | April 13, 2014 | Colorado Rockies | Rex Brothers | 10th |
| 65 | Tyler Colvin | May 12, 2014 | Atlanta Braves | Gavin Floyd | 2nd |
| 66 | Brandon Crawford (2) | May 14, 2014 | Atlanta Braves | David Carpenter | 8th |
| 67 | Travis Ishikawa | September 12, 2014 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Kevin Correia | 7th |
| 68 | Brandon Belt (4) | September 25, 2014 | San Diego Padres | Andrew Cashner | 2nd |
| 69 | Brandon Belt (5) | June 8, 2016 | Boston Red Sox | David Price | 4th |
| 70 | Denard Span (1) | June 13, 2016 | Milwaukee Brewers | Chase Anderson | 1st |
| 71 | Denard Span (2) | August 20, 2016 | New York Mets | Bartolo Colón | 3rd |
| 72 | Brandon Belt (6) | May 13, 2017 | Cincinnati Reds | Lisalverto Bonilla | 1st |
| 73 | Brandon Belt (7) | June 10, 2017 | Minnesota Twins | José Berríos | 1st |
| 74 | Denard Span (3) | July 7, 2017 | Miami Marlins | Dan Straily | 9th |
| 75 | Denard Span (4) | July 19, 2017 | Cleveland Indians | Carlos Carrasco | 5th |
| 76 | Denard Span (5) | September 11, 2017 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Kenta Maeda | 1st |
| 77 | Pablo Sandoval (8) | April 4, 2018 | Seattle Mariners | Félix Hernández | 5th |
| 78 | Brandon Belt (8) | May 15, 2018 | Cincinnati Reds | Tyler Mahle | 4th |
| 79 | Stephen Vogt | August 9, 2019 | Philadelphia Phillies | Drew Smyly | 6th |
| 80 | Scooter Gennett | August 11, 2019 | Philadelphia Phillies | Ranger Suárez | 6th |
| 81 | Brandon Belt (9) | August 29, 2019 | San Diego Padres | Chris Paddack (1) | 4th |
| 82 | Mike Yastrzemski (1) | July 29, 2020 | San Diego Padres | Matt Strahm | 9th |
| 83 | Mike Yastrzemski (2) | September 25, 2020 | San Diego Padres | Chris Paddack (2) | 4th |
| 84 | Mike Yastrzemski (3) | April 24, 2021 | Miami Marlins | Yimi Garcia | 9th |
| 85 | Brandon Crawford (3) | April 27, 2021 | Colorado Rockies | Daniel Bard | 9th |
| 86 | Steven Duggar | June 15, 2021 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Alex Young | 2nd |
| 87 | Mike Yastrzemski (4) | June 15, 2021 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Humberto Castellanos | 8th |
| 88 | Brandon Belt (10) | June 19, 2021 | Philadelphia Phillies | Aaron Nola | 3rd |
| 89 | LaMonte Wade Jr. (1) | July 31, 2021 | Houston Astros | Zack Greinke | 4th |
| 90 | Alex Dickerson | August 11, 2021 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Tyler Clippard | 8th |
| 91 | LaMonte Wade Jr. (2) | September 17, 2021 | Atlanta Braves | Ian Anderson | 4th |
| 92 | Jason Vosler | April 30, 2022 | Washington Nationals | Erasmo Ramirez | 6th |
| 93 | Mike Yastrzemski (5) | May 8, 2022 | St. Louis Cardinals | Génesis Cabrera | 6th |
| 94 | Joc Pederson (1) | May 24, 2022 | New York Mets | Drew Smith | 8th |
| 95 | LaMonte Wade Jr. (3) | July 17, 2022 | Milwaukee Brewers | Jason Alexander | 3rd |
| 96 | Joc Pederson (2) | August 30, 2022 | San Diego Padres | Nick Martinez | 9th |
| 97 | Joc Pederson (3) | September 2, 2022 | Philadelphia Phillies | Kyle Gibson | 2nd |
| 98 | LaMonte Wade Jr. (4) | April 8, 2023 | Kansas City Royals | Brady Singer | 4th |
| 99 | Brandon Crawford (4) | April 22, 2023 | New York Mets | David Peterson | 1st |
| 100 | LaMonte Wade Jr. (5) | June 2, 2023 | Baltimore Orioles | Dean Kremer | 1st |
| 101 | Joc Pederson (4) | June 11, 2023 | Chicago Cubs | Hayden Wesneski | 3rd |
| 102 | Mike Yastrzemski (6) | June 19, 2023 | San Diego Padres | Ray Kerr | 10th |
| 103 | Patrick Bailey | April 20, 2024 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Zac Gallen | 5th |
| 104 | LaMonte Wade Jr. (6) | September 4, 2024 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Kevin Ginkel | 7th |
| 105 | Heliot Ramos | September 15, 2024 | San Diego Padres | Robert Suárez | 9th |

## Other McCovey Cove hits

59 non-Giants players have hit the water 76 times. Of the visiting players who have hit McCovey Cove, Carlos Delgado, Adam LaRoche, Carlos González, Curtis Granderson, Max Muncy, and Joc Pederson have performed the feat the most, doing it three times each. The only visiting players that have done so twice are Luis Gonzalez, Cliff Floyd, Bryce Harper, Mike Moustakas, and Jack Suwinski. Suwinski is also the only visiting player to hit the Cove twice in the same game, doing so on May 29, 2023. In that game, Suwinski hit his second home run into the water off of second baseman Brett Wisely, who became the first-ever position player to surrender a splash hit. Eight American League players have hit the Cove: David Ortiz, Mitch Moreland, Adam Dunn, Rougned Odor, Shin-Soo Choo, Nathaniel Lowe, Josh Naylor, and Spencer Horwitz. Delgado, LaRoche, Harper, Moustakas, and Pederson are the only five players to have hit home runs into McCovey Cove as members of two visiting teams. Moustakas is the only player to get a splash hit as both an American League and National League player while a member of the Kansas City Royals and the Cincinnati Reds.
Every National League team has had at least one player hit a home run into McCovey Cove. The last club to have a player hit a ball into the water for the first time was the Cincinnati Reds, doing so in April 2021. Of the 15 American League teams, only six (the Boston Red Sox, the Texas Rangers, the Chicago White Sox, the Kansas City Royals, the Cleveland Guardians, and the Toronto Blue Jays) have had a player hit a home run into McCovey Cove. No player for the Houston Astros has hit a home run into McCovey Cove since the Astros moved to the American League in 2013.
Luis Gonzalez' splash hit on May 30, 2002, Dioner Navarro's splash hit on July 20, 2011, and Max Muncy's splash hit on June 9, 2019, are the only three instances where a splash hit accounted for the only run of a game.
Brian Giles of the San Diego Padres is the only visitor to lead off with a splash hit, doing so on August 24, 2008.
On August 14, 2024, Michael Harris II of the Atlanta Braves became the first visitor to hit a grand slam into McCovey Cove.
Two visiting players have hit McCovey Cove on the fly in the postseason. Rick Ankiel of the Braves hit the Cove in the 11th inning of Game 2 of the 2010 National League Division Series on October 8, 2010; his run would go on to be the winning run for the Braves. Bryce Harper became the second visitor to hit the water in the postseason in the seventh inning of Game 4 of the 2014 National League Division Series on October 7, 2014, as a member of the Washington Nationals.
Tim Lincecum has surrendered the most splash hits to visitors, having done so six times. The other Giants pitchers to give up multiple splash hits are Johnny Cueto with five; Madison Bumgarner with four; Matt Cain, Ryan Vogelsong, and Hunter Strickland with three; and Brett Tomko, Matt Morris, Kevin Correia, Tim Hudson, Matt Moore, and Anthony DeSclafani twice each. Correia is the only pitcher to have given up a splash hit both as a Giant and as a visiting pitcher while pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2014.
Three Giants pitchers have surrendered splash hits to the same visiting player twice each: Morris to Carlos Delgado on April 26, 2006, and May 9, 2007; Lincecum to Adam LaRoche on August 11, 2007, and August 27, 2010; and Bumgarner to Carlos González on April 8, 2013, and April 11, 2014.
Players from the Giants and visiting teams have hit home runs into McCovey Cove in the same game four times: on May 28, 2001 (Felipe Crespo and Mark Grace); July 4, 2011 (Pablo Sandoval and Will Venable); May 12, 2014 (Tyler Colvin and Freddie Freeman); and August 9, 2019 (Stephen Vogt and Bryce Harper).
Daulton Varsho's splash hit on September 5, 2020 marked his first MLB career home run. Charlie Blackmon's splash hit on June 7, 2022 marked his 200th career home run.
| No. | Hitter | Team | Date | Pitcher | Inning |
| 1 | Todd Hundley | Los Angeles Dodgers | June 30, 2000 | Robb Nen | 9th |
| 2 | Luis Gonzalez (1) | Arizona Diamondbacks | September 23, 2000 | Shawn Estes | 1st |
| 3 | Mark Grace | Arizona Diamondbacks | May 28, 2001 | Tim Worrell | 12th |
| 4 | Luis Gonzalez (2) | Arizona Diamondbacks | May 30, 2002 | Kirk Rueter | 4th |
| 5 | Ryan Klesko | San Diego Padres | April 9, 2003 | Ryan Jensen | 3rd |
| 6 | Hee-Seop Choi | Florida Marlins | April 30, 2004 | Kevin Correia (1) | 2nd |
| 7 | Corey Patterson | Chicago Cubs | August 7, 2004 | Tyler Walker | 6th |
| 8 | Cliff Floyd (1) | New York Mets | August 21, 2004 | Brett Tomko (1) | 5th |
| 9 | Russell Branyan | Milwaukee Brewers | April 23, 2005 | Brett Tomko (2) | 4th |
| 10 | Larry Walker | St. Louis Cardinals | July 8, 2005 | Jason Schmidt | 1st |
| 11 | Carlos Delgado (1) | Florida Marlins | July 23, 2005 | Brad Hennessey | 5th |
| 12 | Cliff Floyd (2) | New York Mets | April 25, 2006 | Jamey Wright | 8th |
| 13 | Carlos Delgado (2) | New York Mets | April 26, 2006 | Matt Morris (1) | 3rd |
| 14 | Carlos Delgado (3) | New York Mets | May 9, 2007 | Matt Morris (2) | 4th |
| 15 | Adam LaRoche (1) | Pittsburgh Pirates | August 11, 2007 | Tim Lincecum (1) | 4th |
| 16 | Lance Berkman | Houston Astros | May 15, 2008 | Vinnie Chulk | 9th |
| 17 | Prince Fielder | Milwaukee Brewers | July 19, 2008 | Osiris Matos | 7th |
| 18 | Brian Giles | San Diego Padres | August 24, 2008 | Kevin Correia (2) | 1st |
| 19 | Miguel Montero | Arizona Diamondbacks | September 29, 2009 | Jonathan Sánchez | 6th |
| 20 | David Ortiz | Boston Red Sox | June 27, 2010 | Tim Lincecum (2) | 1st |
| 21 | Ike Davis | New York Mets | July 17, 2010 | Matt Cain (1) | 7th |
| 22 | Kosuke Fukudome | Chicago Cubs | August 10, 2010 | Tim Lincecum (3) | 1st |
| 23 | Adam LaRoche (2) | Arizona Diamondbacks | August 27, 2010 | Tim Lincecum (4) | 1st |
| 24 | Adam LaRoche (3) | Arizona Diamondbacks | August 28, 2010 | Sergio Romo | 9th |
| 25 | Rick Ankiel | Atlanta Braves | October 8, 2010 | Ramón Ramírez | 11th |
| 26 | Will Venable | San Diego Padres | July 4, 2011 | Guillermo Mota | 9th |
| 27 | Dioner Navarro | Los Angeles Dodgers | July 20, 2011 | Tim Lincecum (5) | 7th |
| 28 | Mitch Moreland | Texas Rangers | June 9, 2012 | Ryan Vogelsong (1) | 8th |
| 29 | Chase Headley | San Diego Padres | September 21, 2012 | Ryan Vogelsong (2) | 4th |
| 30 | Carlos González (1) | Colorado Rockies | April 8, 2013 | Madison Bumgarner (1) | 3rd |
| 31 | Domonic Brown | Philadelphia Phillies | May 6, 2013 | Madison Bumgarner (2) | 5th |
| 32 | Brian McCann | Atlanta Braves | May 10, 2013 | Matt Cain (2) | 5th |
| 33 | Carlos González (2) | Colorado Rockies | May 25, 2013 | Barry Zito | 1st |
| 34 | Garrett Jones | Pittsburgh Pirates | August 22, 2013 | Matt Cain (3) | 2nd |
| 35 | Carlos González (3) | Colorado Rockies | April 11, 2014 | Madison Bumgarner (3) | 3rd |
| 36 | Yasmani Grandal | San Diego Padres | April 30, 2014 | Tim Hudson (1) | 9th |
| 37 | Freddie Freeman | Atlanta Braves | May 12, 2014 | Javier López | 9th |
| 38 | Curtis Granderson (1) | New York Mets | June 8, 2014 | Tim Lincecum (6) | 6th |
| 39 | Adam Dunn | Chicago White Sox | August 13, 2014 | Jake Peavy | 4th |
| 40 | Corey Dickerson | Colorado Rockies | August 27, 2014 | Tim Hudson (2) | 5th |
| 41 | Ender Inciarte | Arizona Diamondbacks | September 9, 2014 | Yusmeiro Petit | 4th |
| 42 | Bryce Harper (1) | Washington Nationals | October 7, 2014 | Hunter Strickland (1) | 7th |
| 43 | Cody Asche | Philadelphia Phillies | July 11, 2015 | Ryan Vogelsong (3) | 6th |
| 44 | Ben Zobrist | Chicago Cubs | May 20, 2016 | George Kontos | 8th |
| 45 | Joc Pederson (1) | Los Angeles Dodgers | June 12, 2016 | Hunter Strickland (2) | 7th |
| 46 | Gregory Polanco | Pittsburgh Pirates | August 15, 2016 | Matt Moore (1) | 6th |
| 47 | Curtis Granderson (2) | New York Mets | August 19, 2016 | Johnny Cueto (1) | 2nd |
| 48 | Mike Moustakas (1) | Kansas City Royals | June 14, 2017 | Johnny Cueto (2) | 2nd |
| 49 | Curtis Granderson (3) | New York Mets | June 25, 2017 | Hunter Strickland (3) | 9th |
| 50 | Chase Utley | Los Angeles Dodgers | September 12, 2017 | Johnny Cueto (3) | 4th |
| 51 | Cody Bellinger | Los Angeles Dodgers | September 13, 2017 | Matt Moore (2) | 5th |
| 52 | Matt Carpenter | St. Louis Cardinals | July 8, 2018 | Ray Black | 8th |
| 53 | Rougned Odor | Texas Rangers | August 24, 2018 | Will Smith | 9th |
| 54 | Max Muncy (1) | Los Angeles Dodgers | September 30, 2018 | Chris Stratton | 5th |
| 55 | Eduardo Escobar | Arizona Diamondbacks | May 24, 2019 | Nick Vincent | 6th |
| 56 | Max Muncy (2) | Los Angeles Dodgers | June 9, 2019 | Madison Bumgarner (4) | 1st |
| 57 | Michael Conforto | New York Mets | July 21, 2019 | Conner Menez | 2nd |
| 58 | Robel García | Chicago Cubs | July 22, 2019 | Shaun Anderson | 2nd |
| 59 | Bryce Harper (2) | Philadelphia Phillies | August 9, 2019 | Tony Watson | 7th |
| 60 | Joc Pederson (2) | Los Angeles Dodgers | September 27, 2019 | Johnny Cueto (4) | 2nd |
| 61 | Shin-Soo Choo | Texas Rangers | August 2, 2020 | Jeff Samardzija | 5th |
| 62 | Daulton Varsho | Arizona Diamondbacks | September 5, 2020 | Trevor Gott | 7th |
| 63 | Joey Votto | Cincinnati Reds | April 12, 2021 | Jarlin García | 6th |
| 64 | Mike Moustakas (2) | Cincinnati Reds | April 13, 2021 | Kevin Gausman | 1st |
| 65 | Jake Cronenworth | San Diego Padres | May 9, 2021 | Johnny Cueto (5) | 2nd |
| 66 | Max Muncy (3) | Los Angeles Dodgers | May 22, 2021 | Scott Kazmir | 1st |
| 67 | Joc Pederson (3) | Chicago Cubs | June 3, 2021 | Anthony DeSclafani (1) | 3rd |
| 68 | Eddie Rosario | Atlanta Braves | September 19, 2021 | Zack Littell | 7th |
| 69 | Charlie Blackmon | Colorado Rockies | June 7, 2022 | José Álvarez | 6th |
| 70 | Bryson Stott | Philadelphia Phillies | September 3, 2022 | Jakob Junis | 4th |
| 71 | Jack Suwinski (1) | Pittsburgh Pirates | May 29, 2023 | Anthony DeSclafani (2) | 7th |
| 72 | Jack Suwinski (2) | Pittsburgh Pirates | May 29, 2023 | Brett Wisely | 9th |
| 73 | Nathaniel Lowe | Texas Rangers | August 11, 2023 | Ross Stripling | 6th |
| 74 | Josh Naylor | Cleveland Guardians | September 11, 2023 | Alex Cobb | 3rd |
| 75 | Spencer Horwitz | Toronto Blue Jays | July 11, 2024 | Jordan Hicks | 5th |
| 76 | Michael Harris II | Atlanta Braves | August 14, 2024 | Robbie Ray | 1st |