Here are the longest homers Statcast has tracked since Opening Day of the 2015 season. The hit was estimated to be around 573 feet and the New York Times originally reported it as a 630-foot hit. On June 2, 1987, the Denver Zephyrs hosted the Buffalo Bisons at Mile High Stadium. You know, the types of moonshots and dingers that need a tape measure to figure out how far they traveled. "A new player had come in from Baltimore, Donnie Scott," Meyer said. 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. Cron Hit a 504-Foot Home Run Friday Night (Video) Zach Koons Sep 10, 2022 In this story: Colorado Rockies Rockies slugger C.J. Regardless of how the scores turn out and who wins the game, record-breaking home runs are always exciting. The 2022 All-Star made his second appearance on this list with his 504-foot bomb at Coors Field off Arizona Diamondbacks. ESPN's Home Run. Here are the longest home runs in Home Run Derby history. ","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. Me personally, I think they are going to keep Rhule next year to ride out the 5th year option for Darnold. Full Nationals leaderboard, Phillies: Bryce Harper -- April 25 at COLDistance: 468 feet (Watch it)Harper slugged his way into NL MVP contention this season with the Phillies, hitting 35 homers and posting an absurd 1.044 OPS in 141 games. Martinez hit a 467-foot home run off of Seattle Mariners Taijuan Walker on July 21, 2015. Plenty of other visiting batters have the same opportunities Cron has, but he has the second-longest home run in the season thus far. This is a ballpark that once forced the commissioner of baseball to hire an astrophysicist, a place that has been described as a. Both in terms of average home run distance and max exit velocity, he crushes baseballs like no one else in the sport. Full Blue Jays leaderboard, Orioles: Trey Mancini -- July 25 vs. WSHDistance: 455 feet (Watch it)Mancinis comeback was one of the feel-good stories of the '21 season. Full Orioles leaderboard, Rays: Avisal Garca -- May 14, 2019 at MIADistance: 485 feet (Watch it)It took a long time for anybody to break J.P. Arencibia's mark of 464 feet, set back in 2015. 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. BYRON BUXTON 469 FOOT BLAST FOR THE WALK OFF! But this shot at the Oakland Coliseum left us awe-struck anyway. Jorge Soler, Miami Marlins - 468 feet ; Kyle Schwarber, Philadelphia Phillies - 468 feet ; Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Toronto Blue Jays - 467 feet ; Griffin Doersching - Longest home run in college baseball 14. "The first one I hit barely went over the fence, so everybody on the other team was yelling cheapie and all that," Meyer said. Before Strawberry broke the record, the previous longest Olympic Stadium Home Run was made by Willie Stargell at 475 feet. The ball that Babe Ruth hit to make this home run was given to evangelist Billy Sunday, who was nearby at the Florida Fairgrounds. 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. Here are the 10 longest home runs of the season, as well as the longest for each of the 30 teams, courtesy of Statcast: 1. Full D-backs leaderboard, Dodgers: Luke Raley -- Sept. 22 at COLDistance: 472 feet (Watch it)The Dodgers had three former MVPs, two former Rookie of the Year Award winners and nine All-Stars in their lineup this season, but it was the rookie Raley who had the biggest blast of the year for the boys in blue. The Cincinnati Reds also picked him during the 1998 Major League Baseball draft almost immediately afterwards, which required everyone to strike a deal so that he could divide his time between both pursuits. What about Mickey Mantle? \"The next one, though, was that one.\"\n\nMeyer reared back and connected with a breaking ball from reliever Mike Murphy -- sending it deep into the Denver darkness. It was really loud." 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. Judge stepped to the plate in the. I don't remember how I actually came up with the calculations -- it involved the speed of the baseball, what kind of arc it was on, where it landed in the east stands and where it may have been projected beyond that point.". Determining the longest homer ever in MLB history is an exercise in myth-busting. It comes as no surprise that of the 10 farthest home runs hit, five happened at Coors Field. Glenallen Hill isnt one of the most prominent names from our examination of the furthest home runs hit in MLB history. "Yeah I always hit home runs, but I prided myself that at every level I played, I hit for average," Meyer said. Martinez -- July 21, 2015 vs. SEA; Jeimer Candelario -- July 15, 2019 at CLEDistance: 467 feet (Watch them: Martinez; Candelario)Martinez one-upped Seattle slugger Nelson Cruz, who hit a 455-foot homer in the top half of the same inning, with this impressive blast to straightaway center at cavernous Comerica Park in the first season of Statcast tracking. 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. Giancarlo Stanton is the second only player since 2015 to hit one 500-plus feet. Ronald Acua Jr., ATL: 481 feet (Watch it)6. \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. 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. "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. With 14 homers in 90 games, Marte didnt have the best power numbers, but he still showed he can send a ball into orbit. He flashed his big power against Duvall and the eventual NL champs in September, splashing a 460-foot drive into the center-field pond at Truist Park. So, there you have it: the longest verifiably measured homer in history. 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. A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have . "When I was done playing, I didn't do what I wanted and expected to do: play in the big leagues longer, establish myself. Babe Ruth had a bunch of moonshots over his baseball-wrecking career. pic.twitter.com/MhMc95FRje. 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. 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. 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. According to the New York Times, the team couldn't even find a jersey to fit his torso that season.\n\n\"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.\n\nMeyer's high school coach in Honolulu still raves about his power, saying he could come out right now and still hit homers. Unlike some other mammoth homers in baseball history, there are only a handful of stories on Meyer's blast -- the longest ever according to the internet. 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. Meyer had hit BP balls up there but never in a game. Alvarez's uppercut swing demolished the pitch with a 115.4 mph exit velocity. Skip to content. 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. Full Red Sox leaderboard, Yankees: Giancarlo Stanton -- Aug. 27 at OAKDistance: 472 feet (Watch it)Stanton has made a habit of showing up on any leaderboard that has to do with home runs during his career. Take a good look at how far away those LF seats are. Maybe his towering shot helped a few fans feel like they were back in 2016 again. The first baseman was even given the Barry Bonds treatment in his school days, getting intentionally walked with the bases loaded. But what if I told you the guy who has the longest home run ever barely even played in the Major Leagues? And I just calculated it from there. 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. On Aug. 9, Colorado Rockies infielder Ryan McMahon unloaded on a pitch in the 7th inning of a 14-5 blowout against the St. Louis Cardinals. 1 - Willie Stargell crushed one home run on June 25, 1971, it hit a seat in Section 601, and it was the longest home run ever hit at Veterans Stadium (half credit to Jim Bunning).Only two other players would hit a home run into the 600 level, the upper deck, at the Vet (before it closed), Butch Huskey (Section 638) & Ruben Rivera (Section 638). 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. Interestingly, it came with the switch-hitting Smoak batting right-handed against lefty Robbie Ross, even though he hit with more power from the left side over his career. 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. 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. It should come as no surprise that the record books for the longest home run ever in baseball history are spotty. 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. Adam Duvall, ATL: 483 feet (Watch it)5. I wasn't the watching type. 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