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It took a Stanton-ian combination of a 115.8-mph exit velocity and a very low 18-degree launch angle for Stanton to reach that part of the park. A lot of these homers reached the upper decks and some even left the ballpark completely. If the home run is the most exciting play in baseball, than here are the most awesome. Two years to the day after his MLB debut – on April 17, 1953 – future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle hit one of the furthest recorded home runs in history. It was that day when the term “tape-measure home run” was born, as one of the game’s best power hitters hit a colossal 565-foot shot out of Griffith Stadium. Entering the 1970s, Reggie Jackson was already established as one of the best ever.
The A’s McGwire hit the ball so hard off of Cleveland’s Orel Hershiser that it caused the veteran pitcher to mouth the word “wow” as the ball sailed into the left field bleachers. Though this home run is impressive, it pales in comparison to the one later in this list, an absolute blast against future Hall of Famer Randy Johnson. This article appeared in The Home Run Encyclopedia and is sole property of the author.
C.J. Cron, Colorado Rockies: 504 feet
Juan Soto was one of several Derby participants to hit at least one 500-foot bomb during last year's event at Coors Field. Regardless of circumstance, Soto smashed this ball into the atmosphere, and as a result he currently holds the record for the longest home run during the Home Run Derby as measured by Statcast. Sammy Sosa at the height of his powers, taking cut after cut at fastballs down the middle? Sosa's 2002 Home Run Derby performance is legendary and perhaps even more so because he ended up losing to Jason Giambi. Sosa's pièce de résistance in Milwaukee that year was a bomb that literally left the building and ESPN measured it at 524 feet.
Glenallen Hill was playing for the Cubs when he smashed a monstrous home run out of the park against the Milwaukee Brewers. It went so far as to land across the street, on the rooftops of the homes behind the left field fence. One of the longest home runs in Wrigley Field history came from a guy who had 11 that season at age 33, and who, throughout his career, was an average hitting outfielder.
The longest homers measured since 2015
It happened in the midst of a loss to the Phils on May 17th, a game where he hit a pair of home runs. Kingman’s second was a monstrous blast that found its way three houses deep on Waveland Avenue, before taking off down the street. Even more might say that this home run barely cracks Ruth’s top three longest shots. There will always be plenty of speculation surrounding the validity of reported distances of home runs hit such a long time ago. Babe Ruth smacked a 575-foot home run off of Tigers pitcher Bert Cole. This was before Navin Field added an upper-deck , so the ball landed outside of the park near the intersection of Trumbull and Cherry.
Mazara tops the list, but in seven seasons Statcast has measured a plethora of neck-craning shots that have to be seen to be believed. Here are the longest homers Statcast has tracked since Opening Day of the 2015 season. The Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati isn’t a classic hitter’s field, statistically at least, but Adam Dunn sure tamed it. The Big Donkey, as he is known, hit 270 home runs for his original club, and none longer than the deep, deep bomb he drilled off a high Jose Lima fast ball in 2004. He could just have easily struck out, given his penchant for swinging freely, but the gamble paid off in a big way. One big advantage of being a slugger for the Colorado Rockies are the friendly confines — and thin air — of Coors Field.
Byron Buxton, Minnesota Twins: 469 feet
Below, we’ll look at some of the longest home runs hit in MLB history, both documented and rumored. There is no specific data on the farthest home run in the the Home Run Derby pre-StatCast era. Let’s dive into the best moonshots in MLB history and the longest home run ever. Mantle’s famous baseball was actually stolen from its display case in the Yankee Stadium by a group of boys who regretted the theft and returned it. Before Strawberry broke the record, the previous longest Olympic Stadium Home Run was made by Willie Stargell at 475 feet. "That just shows what kind of fun we're having here, what kind of group we have here," Judge said.
Both the baseball and bat used to set this record were put on display in the Yankee Stadium. Correa's long ball provided one of the few bright spots on a dismal night for the visiting Astros, who accepted a 16-6 defeat in the Bronx. The infielder's missile to center field off Michael Pineda came off the bat at 113.5 mph, part of a 4-for-5, two-homer performance. The slugging infielder cleared Monument Park with a bomb off CC Sabathia, striking the awning over the center-field restaurant. Despite Machado's tape-measure blast, the Yanks rallied for a 14-11, 10-inning win in a game they had once trailed by eight runs. Not just another legendary Yankee on this list but another legendary home run-hitter, Mantle was known during his time as a hitter that had hit serious long-distance shots.
After Ruth and Foxx, Mantle ranks as high as or higher than anyone else who ever tried to hit a baseball to faroff places. The decade of the fifties was particularly blessed with the presence of many great sluggers, who should be mentioned in any discussion of long hitters. The list includes Larry Doby, Joe Adcock, Eddie Mathews, Henry Aaron, Willie Mays, and Frank Robinson. Perhaps the longest of those not previously mentioned was Ralph Kiner, who bombarded all the National League left-field distance plateaus of his times. A man who will show up again on our list, not only did Mark McGwire break Roger Maris’ home run record, he was really smacking the ball out of the park. One of his biggest and farthest home runs came in an early season trip to Jacob’s Field on April 30th of 1997.
This memorable blow was knocked down at a linear distance of approximately 415 feet and an altitude of 85 feet. Almost all of the players on the field, and everyone in the home-plate area, including the press box, swore that the ball was still ascending when it hit the roof. And, as was the case with Mantle, Allen was one of the few men in the entire history of the game who possessed legitimate 500-foot-plus power. His 1974 blast certainly traveled over 500 feet, but just as certainly it was not rising when it was forced to as sudden stop. Such a batted ball would require literally superhuman velocity, which would render the batsman capable of authoring 700 foot home runs.
The next truly great slugger in the chronology of long-distance hitting was Ted Williams, who arrived on the major league scene in 1939. His slender physique belied his subtle strength and natural ability to generate bat speed. On May 4 of that year, Williams cleared the towering right-field grandstand in Detroit and served notice that he was as powerful as he was refined with a bat in his hands.
Check the home run lengths of all seventy Mark McGwire blasts and all sixty-six Sammy Sosa's shots in the fabulous feats section. Acuña tore his ACL later that season and was unable to take the field during the Braves’ World Series run. He has returned to All-Star form this season, becoming the NL’s leading vote-getter for the Midsummer Classic and earning a slot in his second MLB Home Run Derby. Not only did Schwarber get 473 feet of distance on his longest home run – he also got four RBIs. Here are the deepest home runs hit from the 2021 MLB season, with videos from MLB.com.
The ball cleared the wide breadth of Grand Boulevard and landed on the sidewalk approximately 470 feet from home plate. That was the start of modern long-distance hitting, and it is a testimony to Ruth's uniqueness that he was able to set objective standards of performance that have never been surpassed. This blast, the second on the list from Dunn, makes his first look like a chip shot and this time he may have used the driver. On August 10th of the 2004 season, Dunn connected on one of his 46 on the season and put himself in the top 3 for farthest dingers.
Three came from left-handed hitters and two came for the same right-handed hitter. The launch angle looked so pretty that I had to look it up — this one had a trajectory of 33 degrees. Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. He passed Hank Aaron, who is currently second with 755, on August 7, 2007.
Longest homer for every 2022 MLB Home Run Derby participant
This particular blast came late in the 2008 season, after his trade from the Cincinnati Reds to the Arizona Diamondbacks. He belted a shot to center field off of pitcher Glendon Rusch, of the Colorado Rockies. Dunn was one of the premier home run hitters during his 15-year career that lasted from 2001 to 2014. He has eight opening day home runs, which ties him with Hall of Famers Frank Robinson and one of the best home run hitters in baseball history, Ken Griffey Jr. He finished his career with 462 home runs, putting him tied with Jose Canseco for 37th on baseball’s all-time career list. Affectionately known to Red Sox fans as Big Papi, Ortiz unloaded on many a hapless pitcher, sending home runs rocketing past Pesky’s pole at Fenway.
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