Home Run Derby
In this event, the eight competitors each came from a different nation. This format dovetailed with the announcement of the launch of the World Baseball Classic the week before, as of the following year.
| Comerica Park, Detroit—N.L. 66, A.L. 42 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | Round 1 | Semis | Finals | Totals |
| Bobby Abreu | Philadelphia | 24 | 6 | 11 | 41 |
| Iván Rodríguez | Detroit | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| Carlos Lee | Milwaukee | 11 | 4 | – | 15 |
| David Ortiz | Boston | 17 | 3 | – | 20 |
| Hee-Seop Choi | Los Angeles | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| Andruw Jones | Atlanta | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| Mark Teixeira | Texas | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Jason Bay | Pittsburgh | 0 | – | – | 0 |
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