Cameron Rupp 461 feet 5. What if I told you he's currently working a regular day job way out in Maui and never even talks about it? Meyer had hit BP balls up there but never in a game. Let's revisit some of the longest home runs of 2022. Ryan Howard 455 feet 10. Longest Home Runs 2022: The. Given Jim Thomes intimidating build, many people think that he used steroids throughout his professional baseball career. Naturally, no video evidence was recorded, but the ball hit just two feet shy of the top of the facade at old Yankee Stadium. Here are the longest homers Statcast has tracked since Opening Day of the 2015 season. I appreciate things more now than I did a few years ago.". Aquino turned on a 97 mph fastball from the Cubs' Dillon Maples that was right down Broadway and crushed it off the facing of the second deck in deep, deep left-center field at Great American Ball Park. Yordan Alvarez connects on the longest home run of his career, a 469-foot blast, on May 30, 2022 at RingCentral Coliseum in Oakland, California. Gary Sanchez hits a 473 ft BOMB at Yankee Stadium (via @Twins) pic.twitter.com/QoXWOOBNye, Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels 472 feet. And I just calculated it from there. Full Twins leaderboard, White Sox: Luis Robert -- Oct. 1, 2020 at OAKDistance: 487 feet (Watch it)We all knew by this point that Robert had incredible raw power. But not so fast. While All-Stars like Joey Gallo, Shohei Ohtani and Salvador Perez will try to crush balls deep into the Denver. Plenty of other visiting batters have the same opportunities Cron has, but he has the second-longest home run in the season thus far. That's the bat I used that night.\"\n\nMeyer ended up hitting three home runs that night with Ripken's lumber. He never appeared in an All-Star Game from 1989-2001 and he never hit more than 28 homers in a single season. McMahon posted his second campaign of 20 or more homers after transitioning into the full-time role at the hot corner, with his 478-foot blast being the seventh longest in the Majors this year. Since physicists calculate that it would have reached 525 feet if not for the roof stopping it, people generally credit Darryl Strawberry with the full distance. One of the longest home runs in Wrigley Field history coming from a guy who had 11 that season at the tender age of 35. Ever since Babe Ruth launched Major League Baseball into the Live Ball Era with his awe-inspiring home runs, wowed fans have been asking: "How far did that ball go?". There is nothing better in sports than a towering home run. His accomplishments include helping his team to win seven American League pennants alongside four World Series championships! He works security at a hospital in Maui. This also was the longest homer hit at a ballpark other than Coors Field in 2022, and it gave Trout each of the top six spots on the Angels' Statcast Era home run distance rankings. Ravelo's drive went most of the way up the seats in left-center. Cleveland: Bradley Zimmer -- Aug. 9 vs. CINDistance: 471 feet (Watch it)With sluggers such as Jos Ramrez, Franmil Reyes and Bobby Bradley in Cleveland, Zimmer topping the list might come as a surprise, but he earned it with this blast that traveled up and over the center field shrubbery at Progressive Field. MLB 4.06M subscribers Subscribe 2.8K 243K views 1 year ago Check out the longest homers. A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have . Schoop launched this blast off Johnny Cueto, and the only question was whether the ball would stay fair down the left field line at Kauffman Stadium. Based on the most accurate possible measurements, Kingmans home run is said to be the longest one in the history of Wrigley Field. ","type":"markdown"},{"__typename":"PhotoPart","caption":null,"contextualCaption":null,"contextualAspectRatio":null,"credit":null,"format":"jpg","templateUrl":"https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/private/{formatInstructions}/mlb/gb8b3k8hyxcciqhywyhp","type":"photo"},{"__typename":"Markdown","content":"The media descended on Mile High the next day -- wanting to talk to the man who reached heights never reached before. Among them, a towering blast on April 3, 1919, with a plaque that credits him for a 587-foot home run. Cron managed to do on June 17th, crushing a baseball 486 feet to left field is still impressive. Meyer technically holds the verifiable record for the deepest home run ever hit, but a look at MLBs record books and archives points us to some Hall of Famers delivering epic moments that we never got to witness. On April 17, 1953, Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle was credited with a tape-measure blast that traveled 565 feet, per Yankees publicist Red Patterson. His 504-footer at Coors Field came a year before his 59-homer MVP season in 2017, but Stanton has shown plenty of times before and since this home run that he can clear the fence by a long, long way. @ChristianYelich | #ThisIsMyCrew pic.twitter.com/awBqH0qWg6. Avid baseball fans get tons of enjoyment even from the most predictable games, and special achievements are even better! It came with the Miami Marlins in 2016, fittingly at Coors Field. Here are the longest homers hit by each of the 30 MLB clubs since Statcast began tracking home run distances at the start of the 2015 season. Tennyson was shocked when I told him it's considered perhaps the longest measured home run in the history of baseball, telling me multiple times "that's incredible." It was wonderful to watch, but it was fun to hear as well, as Conforto sent the blast out while legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld was in the TV booth. Meyer's Denver Zephyrs -- the Triple-A affiliate of the Brewers -- were taking on the Buffalo Bisons at Mile High Stadium. The longest home run hit in a Major League Baseball game travelled 175 m (575 ft) by George Herman "Babe" Ruth (USA) for the New York Yankees against the Detroit Tigers at Navin Field in Detroit, Michigan, USA, on 18 July 1921. The lefty turned on a 95 mph fastball from Jackson Kowar and sent it all the way to the Kauffman Stadium fountains. Not only was it the longest homer by a Met in 21, but it also gave a kid a memory of a lifetime as he caught it on the bounce. Bryce Harper 458 feet 7 (t). Cron nearly made history on Friday night at Coors. His 468-foot homer in Colorado was definitely MVP-worthy and the third-longest of his already terrific career. But they just asked me to come in and told me this is where it hit and it seems like it could be a hell of a long ways. Full Cardinals leaderboard, Cubs: Willson Contreras -- July 29 vs. CINDistance: 464 feet (Watch it)In one of the last games before the Cubs sent out Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo, Contreras gave the Chicago faithful something to cheer about before their departure. Mickey Mantle (who on September 10, 1960, mythically hit "the longest home run ever" at an estimated distance of 643 feet (196 m), although this was measured after the ball stopped rolling . On June 2, 1987, the Denver Zephyrs hosted the Buffalo Bisons at Mile High Stadium. Major League Baseballs introduction of StatCast tracking makes it easier than ever to determine the farthest home runs hit travel today. Not being a fan of baseball, he also said he was just focused on getting an exact measurement and not taking home run history into consideration at all. Full Rays leaderboard, Red Sox: Franchy Cordero -- May 23 at PHIDistance: 474 feet (Watch it)Cordero hit just one home run for the Red Sox in '21, but he made it count. Nomar Mazara: 505 feet, June 21, 2019, vs. CWS After crushing a a 482-foot shot on Opening Day in '19, Mazara topped himself for the Statcast record with a colossal smash against the White Sox. (Ted Williams's blast in 1946, commemorated by a red seat in . pic.twitter.com/MhMc95FRje. He was a big prospect with a big frame. A version of this story originally ran in March 2021. The Sultan of Swat gets credited for all kinds of records and moments that live in MLB history. Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! Buffalo Bisons pitcher Mike Murphy threw a 2-2 slider that Meyer crushed 582 feet into the thin Colorado air. July 3rd, 1999 still stands as a milestone for Indians fans, who fondly remember the astounding home run that secured Jim Thomes place in MLB history. 471 feet: Juan Soto T-6. In fact, the Indians erected a 12-foot bronze statue in his honor in Heritage Park! Nomar Mazara, who played for the Rangers, held the longest home run in the Majors for that season until Stanton overshadowed him with this impressive run. Fastest MLB pitches in 2022, fastest pitch in college, MLB power rankings 2022: Yankees, Mets among best MLB teams entering October, 580-foot home run at Yankee Stadium in 1967. In what remains the longest home run ever at Great American Ball Park, the baseball rocketed out and finished with an estimated distance of 535 feet. So far this regular season, May 30, 2022, to be exact, center fielder Jess Snchez of the Miami Marlins hit a whopping 496-foot home run that landed in the upper deck of Coors Field, the. Adam Duvall, ATL: 483 feet ( Watch it) 5. Full Cleveland leaderboard, Royals: Adalberto Mondesi -- June 18 vs. BOSDistance: 464 feet (Watch it)Mondesi has had a career marred by injuries up to this point, but the young shortstop has always shown flashes of his great power. The giant football/baseball stadium could hold about 70,000, but just a little over 1,000 people were in attendance. Theres no better example than this shot that found its way over the right-field seats at Kauffman Stadium. Its been a turbulent career for Minnesota Twins slugger Miguel San. The Hawaii native hit just 18 homers in 156 games with the Brewers between 1988 and 1989, but, standing at a giant 6-foot-3, 260 pounds, he was a big-time power threat in the Minors. They rode his hot streak all the way to the World Series, but his blast in Arizona prior to the playoffs was perhaps his most impressive. Contreras crushed a home run high off the Wrigley Field scoreboard in left field to open the scoring in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series. It comes as no surprise that of the 10 farthest home runs hit, five happened at Coors Field. Not only is it the longest in Rockies history, but it's also tied for the longest home run in the Statcast era with Giancarlo Stanton's long ball on Aug. 6, 2016, which, of course, was also hit at Coors Field. Full Reds leaderboard, D-backs: Ketel Marte -- June 2, 2019 vs. NYMDistance: 482 feet (Watch it)Marte's leadoff home run in an early-June series finale against the Mets at Chase Field was an absolute rocket: 111.9 mph and 482 feet to left-center. Skip to content. Anyhow, Mercedes' clout is the longest home run by a White Sock since Joe Borchard sent one 504 feet back in 2004, which means it's the longest Sox blast of the Statcast era (i.e., since. SHOT. We'd like to remember some of the longest home runs in Derby history to get excited. There's the unbelievable power of Wily Mo Pea or Glenallen Hill. Here are the farthest home runs hit in MLB this year with video links attached in the distance. Prior to San's blast, the longest home run at Fenway tracked by Statcast was a 469-foot bomb by Hanley Ramirez on April 29, 2017. This particular home run came off of a pitch by Senators' right hander Chuck Stobbs in Washington D.C. in April, 1953. I calculated it without ever knowing any records of any kind.\"\n\nTennyson was shocked when I told him it's considered perhaps the longest measured home run in the history of baseball, telling me multiple times \"that's incredible.\" One of his responsibilities was laying out the foundations for the football and baseball fields at Mile High Stadium, so he was very familiar with the grounds and dimensions.\n\n\"There were people who worked at the stadium full-time,\" Tennyson explained. In fact, it's so exciting that one of the highlights of the major league baseball season is the Home Run Derby that occurs every year right before the All-Star Game. At 505 feet, its the longest home run ever in the StatCast era. Jorge Alfaro 459 feet 7 (t). It should come as no surprise that the record books for the longest home run ever in baseball history are spotty. Top 10 longest home runs of 2021 1. Detroit Tigers J.D. He hit 91 homers from 1984-86, batting around .300 and cracking 100 RBIs twice. Nobody had ever done it in a game. Marte surpassed Jake Lamb's 481-foot homer on April 29, 2017 by a single foot to set the D-backs record. . The giant football/baseball stadium could hold about 70,000, but just a little over 1,000 people were in attendance. 8 TCU, 10-8, for the second consecutive game to clinch the series. Injuries slowed Baddoo down this season, but with his power, he could very well top this list again in 2022. "A new player had come in from Baltimore, Donnie Scott," Meyer said. Miguel San, MIN: 495 feet ( Watch it) 2. "I never thought I was anybody . Nomar Mazara, once one of the top prospects in MLB, hasnt quite lived up to the hype. "I'm not much of a baseball fan, don't know much about it, didn't know much about it. If MLB makes changes to the baseballs and rules are adjusted that favors hitters more, maybe Stanton tops this mark in 2022. Full Mariners leaderboard, Rangers: Nathaniel Lowe -- April 4 at KCDistance: 465 feet (Watch it)Lowe took over the starting role at first base this season for Texas and he had a knack for hitting some long balls. There is no specific data on the farthest home run in the the Home Run Derby pre-StatCast era. What makes it more incredible, Mantle hit the blast with a teammates bat. \"What we did was took what their line of sight was of the baseball at its highest arc and where it hit in the east stands. Full Tigers leaderboard, Twins: Miguel San -- Aug. 25 at BOSDistance: 495 feet (Watch it)Nick Pivetta was excellent in the postseason for the Red Sox, but before that success, he was on the wrong end of history when San stepped up to the plate and sent a ball over the Green Monster and onto Lansdowne Street. Interestingly, the hardest baseball hit in 2021 didnt even leave the infield. Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Josh Gibson didnt benefit from technology tracking how far they hit a baseball. Tommy Pham, SD: 486 feet (Watch it)3. The homer that traveled to center field . His 19 home runs in the first half of the year led to the first All-Star Game selection of Zuninos career as well. He's the only player with two 470-foot homers in the same day since Statcast started tracking. The best player in the Negro League, Gibson is credited with a 580-foot home run at Yankee Stadium in 1967. "The first one I hit barely went over the fence, so everybody on the other team was yelling cheapie and all that," Meyer said. Vento's Pizza in East Liberty, one of Pittsburgh's longest-standing pizzerias, will end a 67-year run on Saturday. That 491-footer is the longest homer hit by a Cubs player under Statcast tracking, regular season or postseason, and the longest home run hit in the MLB postseason overall since 2015. Its the most hitter-friendly MLB park thanks to the thin air helping make baseballs fly out of the stadium. Full Orioles leaderboard, Rays: Mike Zunino -- May 11 vs. NYYDistance: 472 feet (Watch it)Zunino didnt make contact often, but when he did, the ball went a long way. A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have . Full Cubs leaderboard, Pirates: Pedro Alvarez -- Oct. 4, 2015, vs. CINDistance: 479 feet (Watch it)Pittsburgh's hulking slugger decided the right-field seats at PNC Park weren't enough on the final day of the 2015 regular season, instead clearing the bleachers completely and depositing this ball into the Allegheny River. For a full list of record titles, please use our Record . You get the feeling Meyer, modest and soft-spoken over the phone, was almost frightened by the attention. Full Rays leaderboard, Red Sox: Jackie Bradley Jr. -- Aug. 27, 2019 at COLDistance: 478 feet (Watch it)Before this, Hanley Ramirez held the mark for longest Red Sox homer at 469 feet in April 2017. Cleveland's Cody Allen buried a 91 mph four-seam fastball down and . Full Rangers leaderboard, Braves: Adam Duvall -- Sept. 20 at ARIDistance: 483 feet (Watch it)After coming over from Miami in midseason, Duvall helped the Braves recover from the loss of Ronald Acua Jr. and smashed a career-high 38 homers while taking over as the everyday center fielder. Stanton is the best power hitter in MLB today, theres no question about it. Pham's longest home run at Busch Stadium took place on May 1, 2018, against the White Sox. 26 Feb 2023 21:05:55 The longest blast in the StatCast era came in 2005, when Nomar Mazara hit a 505-foot cannon. Henry Rafferty was returning home on August 26 last year when he stopped on the drive in Hartlepool. Unsurprisingly, some of the farthest home runs ever hit in the Home Run Derby happened in 2021 thanks to the effects of playing in Colorado. But those claims are disputed by some who took part in the game. Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! According to Statcast, someone soon to follow topped Mike Piazza's 496-foot homer from Sept. 26, 1997, as the longest home run in Coors Field history. "When the Zephyrs needed a uniform shirt for Meyer a year ago, the only one big enough was a souvenir shirt in a Denver sports bar," Dave Anderson wrote. Here are the deepest home runs hit from the 2021 MLB season, with videos from MLB.com. The numbers are truly staggering, with Mantle credited for a 734 foot home run at Yankee Stadium in 1963 and a 656-foot blast that is rumored when he was a 19-year-old in an exhibition match against USC. The Giants' previous longest home run was also at Coors -- that was a 475-footer by Brandon Belt all the way back on May 22, 2015, the first year of Statcast tracking. Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers 499 feet, Ryan McMahon, Colorado Rockies 495 feet. Longest league winning run from the start of a calendar year: 13, 3 January 2021 - 2 March 2021 (national record) . "Well, I knew I hit it good," Meyer told me. I wasn't the watching type. But that's a whole other insane story. Franchy Cordero 474 feet 2. Giving Matt Rhule more time just continues to allow him to bury this franchise in the dirt. This is a ballpark that once forced the commissioner of baseball to hire an astrophysicist, a place that has been described as a. Even the rain couldnt cool him off, as he launched not only the longest homer from a Chicago batter, but the third-longest across baseball this season. Full A's leaderboard, Mariners: Mike Zunino -- Sept. 13, 2017 at TEX; June 29, 2018 vs. KCDistance: 470 feet (Watch them: HR #1; HR #2)Zunino crushed two 470-foot home runs during his time in Seattle, so he shares the team distance record with himself, beating out Nelson Cruz (two 469-footers). one and the original may be on some racetrack in Pueblo, Colo. The ball kept going up and up until it hit halfway up the second deck of Mile High Stadium -- a place very few baseballs go. Full Padres leaderboard, Rockies: Ryan McMahon -- May 15 vs. CINDistance: 478 feet (Watch it)The Rockies sent Nolan Arenado to St. Louis prior to the 21 season, but his replacement at the hot corner wasnt too shabby. Rockies' C.J. As they say, thats a no-doubter. What is the longest home run ever hit by Giancarlo Stanton? All records listed on our website are current and up-to-date. 480 feet: Pete Alonso 3. Home Run History Daily, Nightly, and Ever So Rightly . Giancarlo Stanton is the second only player since 2015 to hit one 500-plus feet. Adam Duvall, ATL: 483 feet (Watch it)5. That scoreboard is way above the playing field, and Franchy's homer hit way up on the scoreboard. Full Giants leaderboard, Padres: Tommy Pham -- Aug. 17 at COLDistance: 486 feet (Watch it)Pham might have had an up-and-down season in San Diego, but that didnt stop him from knocking the longest homer in the NL this year. Many believe if Negro League records as a major league, which didnt happen until 2020, Gibsons blast would be more widely viewed as the longest home run ever. Also a player who through his career was an average hitting outfielder with sub-par defense. His first homer of the year against the D-backs wasnt just the teams longest, but it was also a walk-off that gave his team a 1-0 win. Ronald Acua Jr., ATL: 481 feet (Watch it)6. Thome said that he was honored, but also a little overwhelmed by the statue, and he readily points out that many other players were just as great. Cron. But even at a time when New York Yankees star Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge are launching bombs, they do fall short of the longest HR in MLB history. But I didn't watch it, you know. But then Bradley Jr. stepped to the plate in Colorado and rocketed this pitch 112.1 mph over the right-field fence, going 478 feet into the night. Full Brewers leaderboard, Cardinals: Rangel Ravelo -- Sept. 12, 2019 at COLDistance: 487 feet (Watch it)Ravelo logged a whopping 838 games over parts of 10 Minor League seasons before he was finally called up in June 2019, and he made the most of his opportunity by hammering a massive Coors Field blast less than three months later. 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