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- (tie). Yordan Alvarez, 429 feet (April 18 vs. Angels)
- Astros' longest homers of 2021
- Glenallen Hill, Chicago Cubs outfielder – 500+ feet, Wrigley Field
- Kyle Tucker, 445 feet (Aug. 19 at Braves)
- Astros honor Yordan Alvarez's monstrous home run with orange seat at Minute Maid Park
- Astros’ longest homers of 2022
- Left field options for the Yankees
The Jays will open the 2021 season playing at their spring training facility in Dunedin, Fla., TD Ballpark. The stadium underwent a significant renovation before the 2020 season, which included lowering the height of the leftfield fence. The current layout is a bit like a mirror image of Target Field in Minneapolis. It features a deep power alley in left-center and a tall fence in right. In baseball’s slightly less professional days, it was played in stadiums that may as well have been designed by M.C. The Polo Grounds in New York was 257 feet down the line in right but 483 feet to center.
Down the rightfield line, the “Pesky Pole” stands just 302 feet from the plate, turning looping flyballs into homers. But at the same time, the wall juts back dramatically as it extends away from the pole, quickly reaching 380 feet, making it the second-hardest park for lefthanded batters to homer in. One wacky feature gives a ballpark charm, but more than that is just ridiculous. Thankfully, the Astros removed the slope known as Tal’s Hill, with its in-play flagpole and 436-foot-deep fence, before the 2017 season. Seattle’s ballpark used to be one of the most pitcher-friendly in baseball. Specifically, a cavernous left-centerfield power alley allowed more doubles to righthanded batters than to lefties.
(tie). Yordan Alvarez, 429 feet (April 18 vs. Angels)
This blast from Sexson reminds us all why he’s not just one of the best names in sports, but that he was also a home run and RBI producer as well. PNC has this nifty little feature that I hadn’t noticed until I started working on this project. The leftfield wall there is pushed back, forming a deep corner in left-center. That pocket is the deepest part of the park at 410 feet, 11 feet farther than dead center.
Even in an era where pitchers are throwing harder than ever and hitters are making louder contact, we rarely see 500-foot home runs. The longest blast in the StatCast era came in 2005, when Nomar Mazara hit a 505-foot cannon. Giancarlo Stanton is the second only player since 2015 to hit one 500-plus feet.
Astros' longest homers of 2021
But the Mariners moved in the fences in that part of the park by up to 17 feet before the 2013 season, which has produced more homers, even though T-Mobile remains a pitcher’s park. Left-center is still roomier than right-center, though, and so righties still pick up significantly more triples. It should come as no surprise that Coors Field is responsible for the three longest home runs in MLB this season.
The current iteration of Yankee Stadium has the exact same dimensions as its predecessor, though it doesn’t play exactly the same as the park that once sat across the street. Yankee Stadium is a reminder that park factors are about more than just dimensions and elevation. Despite identical outfield fences, it’s significantly easier to hit a home run at The House That Jeter Built than The House That Ruth Built. When the new stadium opened in 2009, the team commissioned a wind study to figure out why the ball was flying farther but the results don’t appear to have been publicized. Wind or not, the short porch is still an iconic stadium feature. At first glance, there’s nothing noteworthy about the outfield at the new Rangers ballpark.
Glenallen Hill, Chicago Cubs outfielder – 500+ feet, Wrigley Field
Astros play-by-play announcer Todd Kalas said it best at the crack of the bat, "Oh my goodness. This ball is absolutely torched down the right-field line." Saturday night's ALDS Game 3 matchup between the Astros and Mariners made history in multiple ways. For Seattle, there weren’t quite as many notable o-fers, but both Adam Frazier and Jared Kelenic went 0-for-7, with Frazier in particular leaving six runners on base. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. MLB Scores Yesterday's MLB Games, Scores from any date in Major League history, MLB Probable Pitchers, Baseball-Reference Stream Finder, ... Please note that players may not be in the uniform of the correct team in these images.
In a home game for the Red Sox at Fenway Park, Ramirez got around on an offering from Blue Jay left-hander Chris Michalak and made sure he didn’t miss a single piece of it. He crushed it off of the light fixture high above the green monster in left field and atop of the Coca-Cola bottles that sit just below the lights. It was his second home run of the day and one of his 41 homers in his first year in Boston. Manny’s 12 total years of 30+ home runs were no fluke, even if he had a little bit of help. Baseball has always been a sport that has been played with elements of speed and power. Whether it's been the 50 plus base stealer or the 30/30 men of the past who could combine both speed and power to become dangerous offensive weapons.
The first baseman was even given the Barry Bonds treatment in his school days, getting intentionally walked with the bases loaded. 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. Milwaukee Brewers’ third baseman Russell Branyan hit a 480-foot blast on July 27, 2004.
It should come as no surprise that the record books for the longest home run ever in baseball history are spotty. MLB history offers reports of truly epic blasts, which we’ll dive into below. But the farthest home run ever documented happened in a Triple-A baseball game. Major League Baseball’s introduction of StatCast tracking makes it easier than ever to determine the farthest home runs hit travel today.
The other thing that makes Pittsburgh’s stadium nice is the rightfield wall, which stands 21 feet tall in honor of Roberto Clemente. It’s a subtle nod to a franchise legend that can easily go unnoticed. Angel Stadium’s dimensions are the result of optimizing the stadium for football when the Rams came to town and then reverting it to baseball-only status when they moved to St. Louis.
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. All rise, especially those of you out there in the back row of the left-field bleachers. Judge unloaded on a Logan Verrett slider for his 20th home run of the 2017 season, rocketing off his bat at 118.6 mph. When Judge later extended his Major League homer lead with a second homer in the Yanks' 14-3 victory over Baltimore, his teammates jokingly refused to give him high fives. Yordan Alvarezand the Astros will forever remember his massive home run. The seat in the third deck of Minute Maid Park that the ball hit was painted orange to commemorate the occasion.
Cleveland Indians’ first baseman, and future Hall of Famer, Jim Thome hit a 511-foot home run to center field on July 3, 1999, off of Kansas City Royals pitcher Don Wengert. Chicago Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa hit a 484-foot home run to left-center field on April 12, 2002. Sosa’s home run was hit off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher David Williams.
A bandbox park will benefit groundball pitchers, while a cavernous outfield like the Rockies’ will cut down on home runs at the expense of more doubles and triples. Fences can be shallower on one side or another to give an advantage to batters who hit from that side of the plate. The walls can meet at odd angles, requiring an outfielder to be familiar with how a ball might carom, lest he allow two bases to be turned into three. Even the height of the fences varies, keeping scorched liners from leaving the park or preventing outfielders from bringing back wall-scrapers. Amid a red-hot stretch, Urshela teed off against Baltimore's Gabriel Ynoa, destroying a solo blast into the left-field bleachers. The homer came off Urshela's bat at 111.4 mph and marked his seventh home run in six games.
Here are the deepest home runs hit from the 2021 MLB season, with videos from MLB.com. Below, we’ll look at some of the longest home runs hit in MLB history, both documented and rumored. The media descended on Mile High the next day -- wanting to talk to the man who reached heights never reached before.
Perhaps, it's the pitcher who throws a blazing 95 mile per hour heater, that can still mix a nasty curve or breaking pitch to completely fool you. Basketball courts, from high school to college to the NBA, are 94 feet by 50 feet. But baseball teams get to choose how their playing surface will be shaped, and that decision has wide-ranging implications. 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.
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