Bronx Bombers Homer Tracker | 08.16.2026

Going Yard: Ben Rice
Game No.: 124
Opponent: Toronto
Venue: Rogers Centre
Score: New York 4, Toronto 3 [10]
New York Homers | Game: 1
New York Homers | Season: 171
New York Homers | All-Time: 17,686
Season’s Longest: 456 feet [Aaron Judge, off Yusei Kikuchi, Los Angeles Angels, Yankee Stadium, April 13]

BRONX BOMBER BYTES
💣 New York ranks second in the majors and first in the American League with 171 home runs.
💣 The total keeps the 2026 Yankees alone at 41st on the franchise’s single-season home run list — with the 1937 and 1938 Yankees tied for 39th at 174.
💣 New York has hit 127 homers in its 69 wins this season, second to Atlanta (130 homers, 74 wins).
💣 Ben Rice’s home run was New York’s first 12 extra-inning home run in 12 games this season. The Chicago White Sox lead the majors with four extra-inning home runs.
💣 New York is 58-35 when hitting at least one home run.
💣 New York has hit 12 home runs against Toronto (third-most against any opponent), including seven at Rogers Centre (tied for fourth-most at an opposing stadium).
💣 Rice’s homer was the team's 27th from the leadoff spot, second to the 29 hit from the No. 2 position.

📈 HR/G Percentage: 1.379 [⬇ 0.014 change]
📈 Projected season total: 223; that would tie for the 13th-best total in franchise history.

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HOME RUNS
2026: 33
New York: 66
Career: 66

HOME RUN RANKINGS*
All-Time | New York: 66; 66
All-Time | MLB: 66; T1,516 [Brian Anderson, Mike Andrews, Les Bell, Todd Benzinger, Del Bissonette, Danny Cater, Billy Cox, Dick Dietz, Jarren Duran, Adam Eaton, Karim García, Eli Marrero, Jordy Mercer, Doug Mientkiewicz, Merv Rettenmund, Dayán Viciedo, Lee Walls, Sammy White]

BRONX BOMBER BYTES
💣 Ben Rice’s top-of-the-10th homer gave the Yankees a 4-2 lead and proved to be the game-winner. It was his second extra-inning home run — his first since a grand slam on Sept. 21, 2025, at Baltimore.
💣 At 438 feet (via Statcast), it was the longest of Rice’s career, surpassing his 435-foot shot on Aug. 25, 2025, against Washington.
💣 The drive was Rice's 28th go-ahead homer of his career and his 14th this season.
💣 Rice ranks sixth in the majors and third in the American League with 33 home runs.
💣 The homer was his second off Toronto’s Braydon Fisher, following a ninth-inning shot on June 14 at Rogers Centre.
💣 Rice hit Fisher’s slider for his 11th career homer off the pitch (fifth this season).
💣 It was just his second career home run on a 2-0 count, joining his May 19 homer off Toronto’s Dylan Cease.
💣 After hitting 17 homers in the season’s opening two months, Rice has hit just 16 since, the last before today being Aug. 8 against Atlanta.
💣 Rice has hit five career home runs against Toronto (tied for his third-most against any opponent) and three at Rogers Centre (his third-most at an opposing ballpark behind Tropicana Field's six and Camden Yards' five).
💣 Per Statcast, Rice’s average home run trot time is 23.07 seconds (tied with Texas’ Corey Seager). Just 11 of his 33 home runs would have cleared the fence in all 30 MLB ballparks — a mark led overall by Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero (24).

BEN RICE ARCHIVE
2026: No. 32 | No. 31 | No. 30 | No. 29 | Nos. 27 and 28 | No. 26 | No. 25 | No. 24 | No. 23 | No. 22 | No. 21 | No. 20 | No. 19 | No. 18 | No. 17 | No. 16 | No. 15 | No. 14 | No. 13 | No. 12 | No. 11 | No. 10 | No. 9 | No. 8

* Note: Rankings are current through the completion of the previous day's MLB schedule and do not reflect changes made by other active players (listed in italics) on game day.

Sources: MLB.com | Baseball Reference \ Statcast | New York Yankees | Independent research