September 10th, 2022 Few people on the planet can describe the feeling of hitting a ball so far that even the camera operators have trouble tracking its flight. On June 21, 2019, Nomar Mazara joined that exclusive club -- and raised the bar for peak homer distance. Mazara, who was already no stranger to tape-measure blasts, hit the ultimate shot -- a 505-foot wallop to right field
that set a record for the longest dinger tracked by Statcast™ since the tracking technology launched in 2015. Mazara tops the list, but in seven seasons Statcast has measured a plethora of neck-craning shots that have to be seen to be believed. Here are the longest homers Statcast has tracked since Opening Day of the 2015 season. 1.
Nomar Mazara: 505 feet, June 21, 2019, vs. CWS “That was a bomb, a complete bomb,” said Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus, who was on first base at the time of the home run. “I think it was more than 505 feet. It was more like 600 feet. It was really loud. We know he can do that. He’s got a lot of pop in his bat.” 2. (tie) C.J. Cron: 504 feet, Sept. 9, 2022, vs. COL 2. (tie)**Giancarlo Stanton: 504 feet, Aug. 6, 2016, vs. COL** "I think we like seeing it fly like that, especially if it's our guys hitting it," Marlins manager Don Mattingly told MLB.com. "Balls with that trajectory, for a lot of guys it doesn't go out. He hits balls that just keep carrying. He hits them a long way." 4.
Christian Yelich: 499 feet, Sept. 6, 2022 vs. COL 5. (tie) Jesús Sánchez: 496 feet, May 30, 2022
vs. COL 5. (tie) Miguel Sanó: 496 feet, Sept. 17, 2019, vs. CWS 5. (tie) Aaron Judge: 496 feet, Sept. 30, 2017, vs. TOR 8. (tie) Ronald Acuña Jr.: 495 feet, Sept. 25, 2020, vs. BOS 8. (tie) Joey Gallo: 495 feet, July 20, 2018, vs. CLE 8. (tie) Aaron Judge: 495 feet, June 11, 2017, vs. BAL 8. (tie) Miguel Sanó: 495 feet, Aug. 25, 2021, vs. BOS 8. (tie) Ryan McMahon: 495 feet,
Aug. 9, 2022, vs. STL Who hit the longest home run in 2022?Rockies first baseman C.J. Cron hit the longest home run of the MLB season Friday night, a 504-foot shot through the mist at Coors Field.
What is the longest home run ever hit?Babe Ruth is said to have blasted a 587-foot home run in 1919—the New York Times later estimated it to have traveled 552 feet. The longest, however, could have been in the minor leagues, when Joey Meyer hit a 582-foot shot in 1987 playing for the minor league Denver Zephyrs.
Has anyone ever hit a 600 foot home run?No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. A tremendous blast by any standards. In a single game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league players hit in a career!
Who has the longest home run in Statcast era?It's only fair for the longest measured home run in Coors Field history to belong to a member of the Rockies -- even if Cron's towering 504-foot blast has to share the honor with the one Giancarlo Stanton hit in 2016.
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