Ravelo's drive went most of the way up the seats in left-center. Marte surpassed Jake Lamb's 481-foot homer on April 29, 2017 by a single foot to set the D-backs record. \"In the thin air, it doesn't take much. "When I was done playing, I didn't do what I wanted and expected to do: play in the big leagues longer, establish myself. (Scott was traded from Rochester, the Orioles' Triple-A affiliate at the time.) Its the most hitter-friendly MLB park thanks to the thin air helping make baseballs fly out of the stadium. 461 feet: Pete Alonso T-11. Yermn Mercedes gets an honorable mention here for the club's longest regular-season homer since 2015, blasting a 485-foot shot against the Royals at Guaranteed Rate Field on April 8, 2021. Franchy Cordero 474 feet 2. 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. The best player in the Negro League, Gibson is credited with a 580-foot home run at Yankee Stadium in 1967. 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 . Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Josh Gibson didnt benefit from technology tracking how far they hit a baseball. Stanton is the best power hitter in MLB today, theres no question about it. https://t.co/wmu8ohJbHp. Washington Nationals outfielder Juan Soto hit the longest home run in the Home Run Derby (StatCast era) in 2021. Here's a look at the longest homers from the 2022 Home Run Derby: 1. Tommy Pham, SD: 486 feet (Watch it)3. Pham sent a German Mrquez slider all the way to the concourse in Colorado, a spot that hitters otherwise found only during the Home Run Derby in July. Sending one into a ballpark's upper deck or out of the stadium was their speciality and has always been one of the coolest parts of the game. Keaton Anthony scored the game . Nobody had ever done it in a game. 1. Josh Gibson, perhaps the greatest power hitter in MLB history, is a baseball legend. 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. "It's an honor for you to even call me," Meyer said. Out of his 18 homers in '21, eight of them traveled over 420 feet, including three that cracked the 440-foot mark. Its officially recognized by the Baseball Hall of Fame. "That was a bomb, a complete bomb," teammate Elvis Andrus said. If you Google "longest home run ever hit," the search pops up on Joey Meyer. 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. 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. Adam Dunn hit 462 home runs in his career, earning a reputation as one of the best home-run threats during his era. Despite his slow start and 268-pound stature, Vaughn got some great runs in before his knee problems set in during the 2003 season. The Most Valuable Baseball Cards From The 1980s, Including Cal Ripken Jr. And Nolan Ryan, Juan Soto to participate in 2022 Home Run Derby, stats show it might help him, WATCH: NC States Tommy White hits 8th home run in 7 games, What is the fastest pitch ever? But I didn't watch it, you know. Health will also be a factor. Those were the two longest homers in MLB in 2017 and two of the longest in Statcast history. Taking his swings at Coors Field, the All-Star slugger demolished a. 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. 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?". In the 1971 Midsummer Classic, slugger Reggie Jackson sent Dock Ellis pitch practically out of Tiger Stadium, with the ball bouncing off the roof as everyone in attendance just sat back in shock. But in May 2000, Chicagos outfielder delivered a blast that no fan watching it ever forgot. Let's revisit some of the longest home runs of 2022. 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.". 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. Full Rockies leaderboard, crushed a ball over the batter's eye facade. When Mo Vaughn hit this run, Keith Hernandez said mid-broadcast: It looks like theres beer coming off that sign.. 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. The 2022 All-Star made his second appearance on this list with his 504-foot bomb at Coors Field off Arizona Diamondbacks. Meyer reared back and connected with a breaking ball from reliever Mike Murphy -- sending it deep into the Denver darkness. You get the feeling Meyer, modest and soft-spoken over the phone, was almost frightened by the attention. Meyer admits he never saw where it landed.\n\n\"Well, I knew I hit it good,\" Meyer told me. "The first one I hit barely went over the fence, so everybody on the other team was yelling cheapie and all that," Meyer said. 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. That's the bat I used that night.". The longest home run in Coors Field history has an asterisk. 67-year-old Vento's Pizza, in East Liberty, is closing. 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. Interestingly, the hardest baseball hit in 2021 didnt even leave the infield. Its extremely tricky to determine the distance of a home run accurately since so many factors go into a good measurement, but Mo Vaughns hit was clearly a milestone! Full Pirates leaderboard, Reds: Aristides Aquino -- Aug. 10, 2019 vs. CHCDistance: 469 feet (Watch it)The Punisher also hit the hardest home run of the 2019 MLB season (his 118.3 mph homer on Aug. 8 tied him with Pete Alonso and Gary Snchez), but his longest home run came two days later -- and capped a huge three-home-run game for the rookie sensation. The award for the longest-hit home run this year goes to C.J. The Brewers lefty slugger crushed a hanging changeup from Chad Kuhl into the third deck in Denver. I high-fived him and thought he was joking.\"\n\nMeyer had hit BP balls up there but never in a game. \"He had Cal Ripken's bats. This one was extra special, because it was Trout's 40th homer of the season and the 350th of his career. Ronald Acua Jr. 460 feet 6. MOON. All records listed on our website are current and up-to-date. There's the unbelievable power of Wily Mo Pea or Glenallen Hill. Longest Home Runs 2022: The. Glenallen Hill isnt one of the most prominent names from our examination of the furthest home runs hit in MLB history. Longest MLB home runs in 2022 . 8 TCU (3-2) 10-1 Friday night at Lupton Stadium behind a strong performance from starting pitcher Jackson Baumeister (1-0). "Yeah I always hit home runs, but I prided myself that at every level I played, I hit for average," Meyer said. However, the 6-foot-2 slugger made history with the longest home run ever officially recorded through StatCast. But not so fast. Longest league winning run from the start of a calendar year: 13, 3 January 2021 - 2 March 2021 (national record) . Yermn Mercedes, CWS: 485 feet ( Watch it) 4. Full Dodgers leaderboard, Giants: Alex Dickerson -- Sept. 1, 2020 at COLDistance: 480 feet (Watch it)Dickerson went to the upper, upper deck at Coors Field -- yes, the third deck, at the very top of the right-field stands, to open September 2020 by setting a new Giants record with a 480-foot home run. It's pretty intimidating.". The New York Mets first baseman owns the longest in-game home run of any player competing in this year's Derby. In the second game of a doubleheader, Thomas took a 3-1 pitch and sent it towering to left-center and it didnt stay in the stadium long. Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers 499 feet, Ryan McMahon, Colorado Rockies 495 feet. Full White Sox leaderboard, Angels: Shohei Ohtani -- June 8 vs. KCDistance: 470 feet (Watch it)Ohtani was the story of baseball all year long, with the two-way sensation setting the record for the most home runs in a single year by a Japanese-born player while also going 9-2 on the mound with a 3.18 ERA. Candelario tied Martinez with a long home run into the bullpens in right-center field in Cleveland four years later. Through 101 games, Sanchez has a .214/.284/.398 slash line with only 14 home runs in 373 plate appearances. Bryce Harper 465 feet 4. ","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. Overwhelmed by his own power. George Herman Babe Ruth Jr. is arguably the most famous baseball legend to ever step up to bat. 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. "A new player had come in from Baltimore, Donnie Scott," Meyer said. "There were people who worked at the stadium full-time," Tennyson explained. Meyer admits he never saw where it landed. 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. In a 3-1 count with the Twins trailing 4-3, Buxton turned a hanger from Liam Hendricks into a no-doubt 469-foot blast to end the game. Giancarlo Stanton hit the longest home run ever made in Coors Field to date when he played against the Rockies in 2016. 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. He then used it the next day, and in his first plate appearance, it broke. But now, for the first time, visitors can learn of its rich history and the incredible feat that took place there 86 years ago. It more like 600 feet. "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. Giancarlo Stanton hit the longest home run ever made in Coors Field to date when he played against the Rockies in 2016. It was only the fourth career homer off a southpaw for the left-handed-hitting Zimmer, whose previous long was 435 feet. 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