Longest Home Run

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Longest home run. Other legendary home run hitters include jimmie foxx mel ott ted williams mickey mantle who on september 10 1960 mythically hit the longest home run ever at an estimated distance of 643 feet 196 m although this was measured after the ball stopped rolling reggie jackson harmon killebrew ernie banks mike schmidt dave kingman. 14 manny ramirez 501 feet. The 495 foot homer also was the furthest ever hit at the braves truist park which opened in 2017.

Contreras crushed a home run high off the wrigley field scoreboard in left field to open the scoring in game 4 of the national league championship series. Jenkinson reported the home run s distance at 502 feet the longest estimate from ibm s measuring system from 1982 to 1996 in a study published by baseball almanac. His accomplishments include helping his team to win seven american league pennants alongside four world series championships.

One of the longest home runs in wrigley field history came from a guy who had 11 that season at age 33 and who throughout his career was an average hitting outfielder. It s the home run that coined the term tape measure home run and is listed in the guinness book of sports records as the longest home run to be hit in a regular season major league game. Tie adam dunn 2008 and giancarlo stanton 2016.

George herman babe ruth jr. Standard center field walls in the major leagues stand between 400 410 feet away from home plate. Long distance home runs.

If you enjoy the article and other information about home runs please consider buying the book which was written researched by sabr. This article appeared in the home run encyclopedia and is sole property of the author. The yankees were playing the senators at griffith stadium in washington dc.

Hitting a home run to straight away center field off of a 90 mile an hour fastball is difficult to do. It was acuna s 19th career leadoff home run the second most in the major leagues since 2018. It raises the question.