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Hyperbole has always been part of the phenomenon of long-distance home runs, and this factor must also be considered. This article appeared in The Home Run Encyclopedia and is sole property of the author. This feat was accomplished at a time before home runs were hit with enough frequency to be considered a regular part of the game. This is dramatized by the fact that Connor's blow was the only home run he would hit that season.
He smoked his longest career home run in Arizona off of Chicago Cubs pitcher Francis Beltran. The majestic shot actually hit the scoreboard above the centerfield fence. The homer that puts him at the top of everyone’s list is a 575-footer that was hit at Detroit’s Navan Field in 1921. Notice that even the exact date isn’t quite confirmed either. With a mighty swing, Jackson took Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis’s throw high out to right field.
Reggie Jackson, Oakland Athletics outfielder – 539 feet, Tiger Stadium
The blast has been measured as a 525 foot home run from Strawberry, which ended being first the longest one of his 39 on the season. It was such a literal moonshot into the roof that it came down onto the field of play after smacking the top of the stadium like a bullet. This was one of the last years we got to see a healthy Strawberry on top of his game, but at least he went out with a bang. When he came to the plate to hit this blast, he was already established as a power hitter, so no one was shocked when he cranked this ball out of the yard. On July 3rd, 1999, Jim Thome destroyed Kansas City Royals righty Don Wengert’s offering to the deepest part of center, and then some. The ball left the building, literally ending up on Eagle Avenue beyond the center field backdrop and bouncing through the streets.
Dunn went on to hit a career-best 46 home runs by the end of that season. Reggie Jackson was famously known as Mr. October for hitting three home runs in a 1977 World Series game against the Dodgers. This behemoth of a bomb came while he represented the Oakland Athletics in the 1971 All-Star Game. With Mazara’s recent hit, he will find himself tied with Vaughn in the record books. Before Giancarlo Stanton was hitting home runs in Yankee Stadium, he was one of the Miami Marlins’ biggest home run threats. Putting him in the thin air of Denver’s Coors Field is sure to increase the likelihood of a long Stanton home run.
Mickey Mantle, 1953, 565 Feet
There are stories of his 600-foot home runs or treating old Yankee Stadium like it was his own personal Little League field. The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only. All advice, including picks and predictions, is based on individual commentators’ opinions and not that of Minute Media or its related brands.
On August 16, 2016, that’s exactly what happened when he hit one 504 feet. Share your opinion on our baseball message boards where a topic on the longest hit ever has already begun. Below, we’ll look at some of the longest home runs hit in MLB history, both documented and rumored. While ESPN didn't dare to debunk this legend, it studied another home run against the Kansas City Royals on May 22, 1963. Although it came nowhere close to 734 feet, ESPN determined an impressive true distance of 503 feet.
Mickey Mantle
This was a historic 565-foot homer that helped fuel the Mantle legend. Major League Baseball’s introduction of StatCast tracking makes it easier than ever to determine the farthest home runs hit travel today. 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. Urban legends of Mickey Mantle's power prowess have run wild. Initial estimates credited him with hitting a 656-foot bomb in college, a mark outlandish even for an MLB star using performance-enhancing drugs. The Oakland Athletics outfielder stepped up to the plate against Pittsburgh Pirates hurler Dock Ellis, who according to Baseball-Reference.com entered the Midsummer Classic sporting a 2.11 ERA.
MLB Statcast was introduced in 2015 and gave fans a more accurate indicator of home run distance. Determining the longest homer ever in MLB history is an exercise in myth-busting. Before Strawberry broke the record, the previous longest Olympic Stadium Home Run was made by Willie Stargell at 475 feet. The media descended on Mile High the next day -- wanting to talk to the man who reached heights never reached before.
Longest home run in Wrigley Field history
The blast had an exit velocity of 111.6 to right-center field. New York Met Michael Conforto hit a 469-foot home run on September 29, 2021, off of Miami Marlins pitcher Elieser Hernandez. The center field home run was Conforto’s 13th homer of the season. On June 26, 2021, St. Louis Cardinals‘ first baseman Paul Goldschmidt hit a 470-foot home run to center field off of Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher J.T. The 92.3 mph fastball had a 108.9 mph exit velocity off Goldschmidt’s bat. Looming over baseball history as an almost mythical figure, Babe Ruth to this day remains one of the sport’s greatest power hitters.
It has been confirmed that the ball struck against the third house beyond Waveland Avenue, which is situated about 530 feet from home plate. Yet again, we have an example of a genuinely epic home run that has been grievously overstated. Along with Roger Connor, the longest hitters in the early days of the major leagues during the 19th century included such men as Harry Stovey, Buck Ewing, Jocko Milligan, and Ed Delahanty. Perhaps the mightiest of all the early sluggers was Big Dan Brouthers, who played for several National League teams before the turn of the century. His longest drive was probably struck on May 4, 1894, at old Union Park in Baltimore.
Mr. October was the architect of many classic post-season memories while wearing New York Yankees pinstripes. One of his greatest moments, however, came in a game that didn’t mean anything. In 1971, Reggie was representing the Oakland Athletics in the All-Star Game at Tigers Stadium. In the bottom of the 3rd inning, Jackson crushed an outside fastball that eventually rang off of a transformer at the top of the stadium. Tiger Stadium was famous for its low roof and a few players have hit balls completely out of the ballpark, but Jackson’s 532-foot home run stands as one of the longest on record. On September 30, 2017, New York Yankee Aaron Judge hit a 496-foot home run to left-center field off of Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman.
But since a source like ESPN doesn’t challenge it, it still stands as the second-longest today. Entering the 1970s, Reggie Jackson was already established as one of the best ever. His 1971 All-Star blast off the light tower atop the right-center-field roof at Tiger Stadium ranks as one of the 10 longest drives in major league history. Also ranking among the elite during that decade were Greg Luzinski, Dave Kingman, and George Foster.
These were men of great skill and power, and they unquestionable set the distance standards for their times. A careful analysis indicates, however, that accounts of 450- to 500-foot home runs in those days are almost certainly apocryphal. It was not until Babe Ruth came upon the scene that we can find confirmed accounts of batted balls that can favorably compare with any hit during subsequent generations.
Jackson also helped win nearly-countless pennants, and tendency to play as a clutch hitter earned him the nickname “Mr. "I don't know why they decided to ," Tennyson told me over the phone. Meyer ended up hitting three home runs that night with Ripken's lumber. He then used it the next day, and in his first plate appearance, it broke.
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