When Meyer came up for the at-bat in question that night, he had already homered. Go ahead and think about it: What's the longest home run in baseball history? In a flash, the 30-year-old crushed the third-farthest home run in MLB this season with a 472-foot missile off Dane Dunning. Cleveland's Cody Allen buried a 91 mph four-seam fastball down and . Seven years before Mickey Mantle hit the longest home run ever recorded in a baseball game, he hit what was then the longest tape measure shot. Postseason homers are included here. He was a big prospect with a big frame. \"He had Cal Ripken's bats. It was the top of the fifth; the Yankees were leading the Senators 2-1 on a windy day in Washington. After swatting a two-run homer in the third off Charlie Morton, he followed with a game-tying solo shot in the seventh that may still be orbiting Earth at this very moment. There's the unbelievable power of Wily Mo Pea or Glenallen Hill. On May 20, 1978, Stargell hit the farthest home run ever recorded in Canada with his eye-popping blast in Montreals Olympic Stadium. That blast was projected at 486 feet and stood as the Angels' record until Trout outdid himself with an eerily similar dinger on the final day of the 2022 season. Major League Baseballs introduction of StatCast tracking makes it easier than ever to determine the farthest home runs hit travel today. 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. 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. Ruths astounding home run hit reached a greater distance than most people thought humanly possible, and was described by the Tampa Morning Tribune as wallop stupendous.. 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. Nobody had ever done it in a game. Acua had already previously set the Braves' distance record in 2020, when he went 473 feet off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole. But this shot at the Oakland Coliseum left us awe-struck anyway. Washington Nationals outfielder Juan Soto hit the longest home run in the Home Run Derby (StatCast era) in 2021. If you watch the video, the camera can't even follow it that high. Giancarlo Stanton hit the longest home run ever made in Coors Field to date when he played against the Rockies in 2016. It came with the Miami Marlins in 2016, fittingly at Coors Field. Perhaps the longest of those not previously mentioned was Ralph Kiner, who bombarded all the National League left-field distance plateaus of his times. Taking his swings at Coors Field, the All-Star slugger demolished a. It was really loud." Famous Major League Baseball sluggers made hitting deep fly balls look so easy. Full Nationals leaderboard, Phillies: Kyle Schwarber-- Oct. 18, 2022, at SDPDistance: 488 feet (Watch it)During Game 1 of the NLCS, Schwarber crushed a cutter from Yu Darvish into the second deck at Petco Park for the longest Phillies home run of the Statcast Era. Out of his 18 homers in '21, eight of them traveled over 420 feet, including three that cracked the 440-foot mark. \n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},{"__typename":"Markdown","content":"\"No, I don't even tell them I played,\" Meyer said with a laugh in a phone interview with MLB.com, his work walkie-talkie blaring in the background. 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. It comes as no surprise that of the 10 farthest home runs hit, five happened at Coors Field. Now I'm 58, I appreciate more things now than I did," he told me. Judge's 36th home run of his incredible year went down as the longest of the 2022 season, coming just two days before one that came up earlier on the list. At 499 feet, it's the second-longest at Coors Field since the advent of Statcast in 2015. Nomar Mazara, once one of the top prospects in MLB, hasnt quite lived up to the hype. Full Astros leaderboard, Athletics: Seth Brown -- July 10 at TEXDistance: 472 feet (Watch it)After a few cups of coffee with Oakland in '19 and 20, Brown exploded for his first 20 home runs as a role player in '21, with all but one coming against right-handed pitchers. \"When you're not used to that many reporters and all of their things tied together in front of you, you know, their microphones. 499 FEET!Yeli launches one to the stratosphere. On Monday, July 18, this year's event will take place in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium. Major League Baseball has a new leader for longest home run of 2022 and that is Miami Marlins outfielder Jess Snchez, who hit a 496-foot home run onto the concourse of the third deck in right . Garca was the most consistent hitter for the Crew all season long and set a career high with 29 homers on the year, including this blast that nearly put a hole in the scoreboard. I appreciate things more now than I did a few years ago.". The first inning saw Iowa take an early three-run lead. It was only the fourth career homer off a southpaw for the left-handed-hitting Zimmer, whose previous long was 435 feet. It should come as no surprise that the record books for the longest home run ever in baseball history are spotty. Through 101 games, Sanchez has a .214/.284/.398 slash line with only 14 home runs in 373 plate appearances. "I'm not much of a baseball fan, don't know much about it, didn't know much about it. Full Indians leaderboard, Royals: Brandon Moss -- July 1, 2017 vs. MINDistance: 474 feet (Watch it)Moss left his mark during his lone season in Kansas City, golfing this pitch to help spur a four-run comeback for the home side against the rival Twins. He then used it the next day, and in his first plate appearance, it broke. The ball that Babe Ruth hit to make this home run was given to evangelist Billy Sunday, who was nearby at the Florida Fairgrounds. Meyer admits he never saw where it landed.\n\n\"Well, I knew I hit it good,\" Meyer told me. Willie Stargell blasted a home run estimated to be 535 feet long at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, the stadium's biggest blast in history. But those claims are disputed by some who took part in the game. MLB Stats (@MLBStats) July 13, 2021 pic.twitter.com/qHVzzjGRA4. As you might expect, baseball legends are credited with the records. He's the only player with two 470-foot homers in the same day since Statcast started tracking. He did say a University of Colorado professor called him shortly after the measurements came out and agreed with how he came up with the distance. Tuesday's blast was Yelich's fourth career leadoff homer, and his second of the season. After being diagnosed with colon cancer in '20, the Os slugger overcame it and returned to blast 21 homers. The 2021 season was filled with moonshots aplenty, as MLB hitters (and pitchers) combined to swat nearly 6,000 home runs. Garca finally set a new Rays record by demolishing a pitch way over the center-field wall in Miami -- also by far the longest homer by a visiting player at Marlins Park since '15. The Cubs' longest home run in the regular season is a 481-footer by El Mago, Javier Bez, on Aug. 23, 2018. Winning run 23 April 1904 15 October 1904 9 Losing run 9 September 2000 17 October 2000 8 . In 1987, Joey Meyer of the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs launched a moonshot into the. Buffalo Bisons pitcher Mike Murphy threw a 2-2 slider that Meyer crushed 582 feet into the thin Colorado air. He hit 91 homers from 1984-86, batting around .300 and cracking 100 RBIs twice. But simple measurements, ballpark dimensions and first-hand accounts help us get a look at the longest MLB home runs since the game began. The Brewers lefty slugger crushed a hanging changeup from Chad Kuhl into the third deck in Denver. While Dave Kingmans home run hit was impressive by any standard, the exact distance that he reached is heavily debated. The highlight of his breakout year was this jack over the bullpen in Arlington. "It's an honor for you to even call me," Meyer said. Miguel San, MIN: 495 feet ( Watch it) 2. So, there you have it: the longest verifiably measured homer in history. Dunn had high strikeout totals, but one of Dunns teammates said that his hits disappeared over the horizon when he got them! It was also the farthest home run tracked at Petco Park and hardest-hit (119.7 mph) postseason home run since 2015. There is no specific data on the farthest home run in the the Home Run Derby pre-StatCast era. And I just calculated it from there. Not only was the blast the longest of the '21 season, but its also tied for the fifth-longest homer tracked in the Statcast era. Full Blue Jays leaderboard, Orioles: Jonathan Schoop -- Aug. 26, 2015 at KCDistance: 484 feet (Watch it)The Orioles have had their share of big sluggers in recent years, but Schoop sits atop this list, ahead of the likes of Manny Machado, Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo. 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. In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this ball an astonishing 582 FEET! Skip to content. It gets the edge by a single foot over the 118.6 mph, 495-foot home run Judge crushed that June off the Orioles' Logan Verrett. Giancarlo Stanton hit the longest home run ever made in Coors Field to date, Keith Hernandez said mid-broadcast: It looks like theres beer coming off that sign., honored, but also a little overwhelmed by the statue, and he readily points out that many other players were just as great, it would have reached 525 feet if not for the roof stopping it, people generally credit Darryl Strawberry with the full distance, Kingmans home run is said to be the longest one in the history of Wrigley Field, one of Dunns teammates said that his hits disappeared over the horizon, His friendly attitude and caring leadership role in the team earned him the nickname Pops., Reggie Jacksons ball was obstructed by the venue and the full reach of the hit had to be calculated, insist that the wind helped him achieve this amazing record, while others point out that others played in the same conditions with inferior results, was described by the Tampa Morning Tribune as wallop stupendous.. Full Mariners leaderboard. 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. Longest Home Runs 2022: The. He wasn't trying to "memorialize it." Theres no doubt who hit the farthest home run in MLB All-Star Game history. According to the New York Times, the team couldn't even find a jersey to fit his torso that season. 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. It was abrupt. Just like in the 2019 Home Run Derby, Alonso has the edge over Acua. In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this ball an astonishing 582 FEET! This one was the 52nd and last of his AL Rookie of the Year-winning season, a 118.3 mph, 496-foot monster shot to left-center off then-Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman. Here are the farthest home runs hit in MLB this year with video links attached in the distance. Jorge Alfaro 459 feet 7 (t). Even a conservative estimate of 500-520 feet makes it a candidate for the longest home run ever. Marte surpassed Jake Lamb's 481-foot homer on April 29, 2017 by a single foot to set the D-backs record. The first baseman was even given the Barry Bonds treatment in his school days, getting intentionally walked with the bases loaded.\n\n\"Yeah I always hit home runs, but I prided myself that at every level I played, I hit for average,\" Meyer said. But players on the field thought it had only gone out because of the thin Rocky Mountain air.\n\n\"The first one I hit barely went over the fence, so everybody on the other team was yelling cheapie and all that,\" Meyer said. Babe Ruth was said to have hit a home run over 600 feet. While its possible Oklahoma State gave a favorable measurement, the 513-foot homer would easily be the farthest home run in 2022 at any level of baseball. 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. "The following day, there were so many reporters there," Meyer recalled. Overwhelmed by his own power. There is nothing better in sports than a towering home run. 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. "It's been so many years, at least I'm remembered for something. 1. Yogi Berra had just walked, leaving it up to the 21-year old Mantle to extend the . 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?". At 505 feet, its the longest home run ever in the StatCast era. But some familiar sluggers, including some teammates, deliver huge blasts that left everyone in the stadiums just admiring the baseball as it flew out. \"In the thin air, it doesn't take much. MLB history offers reports of truly epic blasts, which well dive into below. Among them, a towering blast on April 3, 1919, with a plaque that credits him for a 587-foot home run. Full Phillies leaderboard, Brewers: Avisal Garca -- June 3 vs. ARIDistance: 464 feet (Watch it)The Brewers rode their pitching staff all the way to October, but their lineup made sure to give them some support as well. Facing the Chicago White Sox on April 24, Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton made history. Full As leaderboard, Mariners: Jake Bauers -- Sept. 19 at KCDistance: 460 feet (Watch it)Bauers hit only two home runs for Seattle after coming over from Cleveland midseason, but one of those went a long, long way. Incredibly, it is the longest walk-off home run ever tracked by StatCast since 2015. 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. Ravelo's drive went most of the way up the seats in left-center. Adam Dunn was a notable quarterback during high school football in Texas, and agreed to play football for the University of Texas at Austin. Full Angels leaderboard, Astros: George Springer -- May 7, 2018 at OAKDistance: 476 feet (Watch it)Springer almost crushed this ball straight into one of the tunnels between sections of the left-center-field seats in Oakland -- and just in case you didn't know, those sections of the seats are way above the field. The New York Mets first baseman owns the longest in-game home run of any player competing in this year's Derby. If a slugger like Jorge Soler signs with the Colorado Rockies, weve seen him crush baseballs out of the yard. I high-fived him and thought he was joking.". However, the 6-foot-2 slugger made history with the longest home run ever officially recorded through StatCast. Full Cubs leaderboard, Pirates: Anthony Alford -- Sept. 3 at CHCDistance: 469 feet (Watch it)Alford was a pleasant surprise for the Pirates late in the year, as the 26-year-old outfielder slugged five homers in his 49 games. It's pretty intimidating.\"\n\nThe homer also needed to be officially measured, so the team called in the best possible person they could: City of Denver engineer Jerry Tennyson.\n\n\"I don't know why they decided to \\[call me\\],\" Tennyson told me over the phone. \"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 Brewers leaderboard, Cardinals: Paul Goldschmidt -- June 26 vs. PITDistance: 470 feet (Watch it)St. Louis might have been the hottest team in September, but they were still winning games prior thanks to their All-Star first baseman. One of those nearly found the rooftops of Chicago, as Alford left Wrigley Field completely. Full Angels leaderboard, Astros: Kyle Tucker -- May 18 at OAKDistance: 459 feet (Watch it)It was early in the season, but Tuckers 459-foot homer proved to be an important one in a matchup with the division-rival As. 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. 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 . "I don't know why they decided to [call me]," Tennyson told me over the phone. Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! Longest MLB home runs in 2022 . "When you're not used to that many reporters and all of their things tied together in front of you, you know, their microphones. He liked my bats, so I traded him my bat for a Cal Ripken bat. A perfect swing, the high altitude and maybe, just maybe, the bat he used all played a role. In Game 3 of the 2020 AL Wild Card Series against the A's, Robert demolished a Mike Fiers pitch in the second inning into the far reaches of the left-field bleachers, giving the White Sox a 1-0 lead in a game Chicago would ultimately lose, 6-4. 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. 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. 479 feet: Pete Alonso 4. Mantles 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. Maybe his towering shot helped a few fans feel like they were back in 2016 again. Still, not bad for the King of Crash. While Healy only played 221 games for the A's, that rocket remains a record holder to this day. Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout hit the second- longest home run in 2022. "It's special to see it. 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. On Aug. 10, 2004, in a matchup against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Dunn delivered a moment hell never forget. The Polar . Cron. @ChristianYelich | #ThisIsMyCrew pic.twitter.com/awBqH0qWg6. It's the longest big fly of the 2022 season to date and furthest since Nomar Mazara's 505-foot long ball in June 2019. The college star stepped to the plate with his team trailing 6-4 in the 7th inning, drilling an unbelievable blast that was measured at 513 feet. Franchy Cordero 474 feet 2. He was a big prospect with a big frame. Bill Jenkinson, in The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs, estimates that Ruth lost at least 50 and as many as 78 in his career due to this rule. What if I told you he's currently working a regular day job way out in Maui and never even talks about it? Meyer's Denver Zephyrs -- the Triple-A affiliate of the Brewers -- were taking on the Buffalo Bisons at Mile High Stadium. Here are the longest home runs in the Home Run Derby, during the StatCast era, away from Coors Field. Full Phillies leaderboard, Brewers: Christian Yelich-- Sept. 6, 2022 at COLDistance: 499 feet (Watch it)Coors Field is built for power hitters, and Yelich showed us why. The homer that traveled to center field . This one was extra special, because it was Trout's 40th homer of the season and the 350th of his career. Here are the farthest home runs hit in MLB this year with video links attached in the distance. The 112.9 mph blast isn't the only 480-footer Garca has hit, either. There are stories of his 600-foot home runs or treating old Yankee Stadium like it was his own personal Little League field. Marcell Ozuna, ATL: 479 feet ( Watch it) 7. Full Cardinals leaderboard, Cubs: Willson Contreras -- Oct. 18, 2017 vs. Dodgers (NLCS Game 4)Distance: 491 feet (Watch it)The Cubs' longest home run in the regular season is a 481-footer by El Mago, Javier Bez, on Aug. 23, 2018. It's pretty intimidating.". (Top 15 HRs! pic.twitter.com/qHVzzjGRA4, "No, I don't even tell them I played," Meyer said with a laugh in a phone interview with MLB.com, his work walkie-talkie blaring in the background. Down and in his first plate appearance, it 's the longest big of. 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