Vladimir Guerrero pumps his fist after the second round of the All-Star Home Run Derby. Guerrero won the event Monday in San Francisco.

San Francisco ? With Barry Bonds sitting out, this derby was dry – and Vladimir Guerrero was San Francisco’s home run king for a day.

The Los Angeles Angels slugger won the Home Run Derby on Monday night, hitting 17 homers and beating Toronto’s Alex Rios 3-2 in the final round of the All-Star competition.

None of the eight batters managed a true “splash hit” over the right-field fence and into the waterfront park’s iconic McCovey Cove. Dozens of eager fans wearing wetsuits and carrying nets amid the flotilla of kayaks and rafts ended up scrambling for just a handful of foul balls and ricochets during nearly six hours of batting practice and derby slugging.

But the four semifinalists sent balls into every other corner of a park that’s usually a nightmare for any hitter not named Bonds.

Guerrero, who managed just two homers in his only previous derby appearance back in 2000, also produced the contest’s most fearsome shot: a 503-footer to left that fell just short of the oversized baseball mitt looming over the outfield bleachers – a target that still hasn’t been hit during a game in the park’s 8-year history.

“The first time I came in 2000, I swung at every pitch, so this time I came back with a different philosophy,” Guerrero said through an interpreter. “I was going to take a pitch to rest in between. … There was nothing in the ballpark that I was aiming for.”

Guerrero indulged in various shenanigans with his friends and AL teammates during the early rounds, changing bats and re-taping his fingers in the middle of competition. He was all business in the final, homering on his first pitch before finishing it with three swings to spare.

Rios, added to the derby field on Sunday, had a remarkable 12-homer binge in the second round, but lost his swing in the final, managing just two more to finish with 19.