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The Joe Bauman Home Run Award formerly known as the Round-Tripper-Award is given to the minor league baseball player who hit the most regular season home runs that year. The award first given in 2002 is named after Joe Bauman who set a then-professional record with 72 home runs in 1954 while playing for the Roswell Rockets of the Class-C Longhorn League.The Joe Bauman Trophy was christened in 2004. It is presented by Musco Lighting at the Baseball Winter Meetings each December.
