I saw Ritchie Allen hit a ball over the CocaCola sign on the roof in left center field at Connie Mack stadium. He hit one to dead center over the flag pole. I was in the top of the upper deck seating on the 3rd base side when he hit it. I thought he got under it because I had to look up at it. It just kept going out of sight. Dick Allen was amazing!
I read an article in Popular Mechanics in the mid sixties where a Ritchie Allen home run left the stadium and landed in a rail car. The ball was found in LA confirming it as the longest homerun ever at over 3,000 miles!
I’m an old fellow now,and I still love the legends and stories of the game.Puts me back to when I was eleven,and trying to do my best for my old man.He loved baseball too
Jim Thome is my favorite player of all time… I remember watching him against the Yankees hitting a grand slam. These are good memories for me and ones I want to remember; just not the ones post 9/11/2001…
On May 8,1966 Frank Robinson(Baltimore Orioles) hit the only home run out of Memorial Stadium in Baltimore off of Louis Tiant. It cleared the left field stands & landed in the parking lot. I was seated there & it went right over our heads.
Mantle was hurt in a game at Memorial Stadium. But he took batting practice anyway and proceeded to hit 2 balls into the parking lot in left field... Right handed. I remember thinking I wondered if he broke any windshields. Late in the game he came up against a southpaw pitcher and pinxh hit. Guess what? Bang. A homer into the old left field bleachers. A great thrill!
@@rday710 Makes me wonder, what if the DH existed during Mantle's playing era? How many more HR's would he have slugged. He missed a lot games to injuries where he couldn't play in the field, but could pinch hit. What if he DHed?
@@GFHanks when I was a child my father bought season tickets for our beloved O's. This was Ripkens second full year with the Orioles. My best memory of 1983 at Memorial Stadium was being able to see game one of the 1983 World Series, although we lost that game I did get to see one of my all time favorite players blast a home run in that game, that man was Joe Morgan.
Actually, the ball sailed over the bleachers in extreme left-center field, left the park at a point between the camera shed and scoreboard and landed about halfway on Waveland Avenue. Has to be on the short list of longest home runs ever hit by a sub-6-foot player.
A friend of mine was at Skydome for the ALCS game in '89. I saw him a few days later and asked him how far it traveled. He said that it never really started to descend on it's flight because the decks are "stacked" straight up - on top of each other. He said if it were able to land at a lower point, it would have actually traveled much further.
Clemente’s HR was left of the scoreboard near the camera shed and yes it was a monster shot. Stargell hit one to the right of the scoreboard. Kingman’s HR in May 1979 was the longest by far. I was at that game and the ball hit the porch on the 5th house down on Kenwood Ave.
@@gluonjck63 I’m from Chicago & was watching that game on WGN, I remember there were 5 home runs in the first inning & I knew we were watching history in the making. 25-30mph winds…
The Thome statue is by the CF gate, not near where the ball landed. On the ground where the ball landed, however, is a little baseball plaque for the home run. It’s just outside the entrance gates to the bleachers. The little plaque is like the ones in the outfield at Camden Yards
Dave Kingman hit one that hit the front porch of the 3rd or 4th house on Kenmore Ave, the street that runs south and dead ends at Waveland because of Wrigley. That porch is further than that rooftop.
In 1954 Bob Montag hit a shot out of Atlanta Stadium that landed in a passing coal car bound for Nashville. Several days later, a fireman who was aboard the train showed up in Atlanta and gave the ball back to Bob, telling him that he retrieved it from the coal car after it traveled from Atlanta to Nashville back to Atlanta, 518 miles round trip. EASILY the longest home run of all time
Kingman hit one in Chicago in April 1976 while playing for the Mets. The next day, the NY Daily News reported the ball landed near the porch of the third house down the street behind Wrigley Field 610 feet from home plate. I kept the newspaper clipping for years.
yup - actually it was the 5th house on Kenmore Ave. I believe the Cub pitcher was Oscar Zamora. Kingman said it was the furthest homerun he ever hit and it was a legit 600 ft.
On a baseball tour in 2001, our bus stopped by abandoned Tiger Stadium. An attendant let us in. We got to walk throughout the empty stadium. There were still sunflower seeds in the dugout. It was highlight of trip.
i like the old tiger stadium better than the newer one. there was something about when you first saw the green grass and the players were so close. and think of all the famous players that had been there. i was in the visitors locker room and walked the tunnel to the dugout and babe ruths ghost was there.
I would say Mantle had the greatest natural power swing of all time. He put every ounce of his body into every swing. When a good hitter pivots his lower half to follow through, the head, torso and legs should be aligned like there was a pole going through your body from top of your head through into the ground. He had that ultimate swing. I think who else was like him was Griffey Jr. he had a bit of an uppercut, but was still in perfect alignment.
The two home runs Mickey Mantle almost hit out of Yankee Stadium off Chuck Stobbs in 1956 and Bill Fisher in 1963 were still on the rise when they hit the Facade and were estimated at over 700 feet if they didn't hit the Facade! No one compares to the Mick! He hit 500 foot homers on a regular basis!
I have a baseball card somewhere that says Mantle hit a ball 565 ft out of Washington's Griffith Stadium or something like that. Gotta look for it now.
Men had more testosterone back then they do now. The human body was different as most children born during that time period came from generations of hard labor fathers. The last 3 generations have watered down the testosterone levels of men as technology has replaced physical work. In another 3 generations. Men will be about as strong as women.
What about the home run hit by Mickey Mantle against the Detroit Tigers in 1960? That home run was said to have traveled 643 after clearing the rightfield roof at Briggs (later Tiger) Stadium, and landing in the parking lot of Brooks Lumberyard.
@KevinMiller-xn5vu : For those of us who grew up with The Mick most of these other home runs don't much matter. It was a different time. I don't remember this home run but I remember someone asking him once if he always tried to hit a home run "Every single time" he replied.
Yes...I'm very surprised Mantle's homer in Detroit is not on this video ......most of these listed were steroid users except for maybe Reggie, Stargell....etc. Mantle should be on here but not surprised.
The HR that Dave Kingman hit in May 1979 at Wrigley is probably the longest in history. I was at that game and the sound off the crack of the bat was very loud. The ball hit the porch on the 5th house down on Kenmore Ave. We’ve measured with tape measures from the outside wall at Wrigley to the spot where it hit and it’s around 580 feet. Willie Stargell hit one just to the right of the CF scoreboard that was probably close to that far.
Harmon Killebrew 573' in Minnesota. The stadium was torn down for the Mall of America. They painted a baseball on a wall of the mall to show where the ball would have hit.
In 1961 Tiger first baseman Norm Cash, hit one out of Tiger Stadium that went further than Reggie Jackson's ball. It cleared the roof in right field and landed in the Checker Cab Company lot across the street from the stadium. But Detroit was not part of the glamor towns of baseball so that one went unsung. I will never forget it, I was 12 years old and I was at that game. It would be the first of four homers that Cash hit out of Tiger Stadium.
norm cash was my favorite tiger. i remember 1961 when he won the batting title. a interesting fact---that year he never hit into a double play. i'm 70 now and i challenge anyone to name a better tiger first baseman since norm cash.
Dave King Kong Kingman, what an absolute beast of a player, and one of my favorites as a little child. Another favorite of mine was George Foster, I once seen him smack a monster shot vs. the Phillies when he was with the Mets in Veteran Stadium, it was a moonshot.
@@nyeaglesfootballgarbagemen8346 yes he did, Reggie Jackson hit a transformer tower at Tiger Stadium during the All-star game, also Cecil Fielder blasted one over the roof at Tiger Stadium as well. We had some great Home run hitters in the 70's & 80's, then came the roid era.
❤ Big Red Machine ⚾. I watched George Foster , Pete Rose, George Morgan. I believe George was The First ⚾ Player to make a million 💵 dollars in one contract. 😂 Now the Reds are to tight to keep many good players . I wonder how long they will keep De La Cruz . ⚾
Regarding the Stargell HR in Montreal, actually that ball landed in a narrow middle deck of orange seats, and the seat where it landed was changed to yellow.
Frank Howard of the Washington Senators and Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins each hit a homer over the left field roof in Tiger stadium in the 1960's. Not sure of distance but definitely 500 feet.
Way to say you know nothing about baseball. Ruth played the outfield. He only played 1st base in 32 games. Now onto the main point. He pitched for 4 full years... in the deadball era. I dont think it's fair to count 1914 because he was with the Sox for like half the season. But let's do the math. 1000-714=286. 286÷4=71.5. Now for the sake of it let's count 1914 as well, so five full seasons. 285÷5=57.2. There is no way, in the deadball era that Babe Ruth is averaging more than 57 or 71 home runs a season. Stop with the foolishness.
Stargell owns the longest home run in multiple stadiums, a list that includes Jarry Park, Three Rivers Stadium and Dodger Stadium among others. The latter sailed over the pagoda in right field and clear out of the park. Unless you've been there, it's difficult to fully comprehend how far the ball traveled.
@@mikesbaseballcards It has been done six times in a real game. Stargell is the only player to do it twice. He's also the only left-hander to do it even once. #Amazin'.
At the 4:26 mark, the blue bridge in Cincinnati over the Ohio river was built before the Brookkyn Bridge. It was designed and built by the same engineer and served as a template for building the larger sibling in NYC.
There are many home runs hit even farther than most of the ones given here. These are just some that come to mind: --Mickey Mantle's blast off the facade at Yankee Stadium --Willie Stargell's home run out of Dodger Stadium --A 1959 Roberto Clemente shot to dead center at Wrigley Field that left the park just to the left of the scoreboard (the CF scoreboard at Wrigley Field is off-center to right field). --Ted Williams' homer to deep right field at Fenway Park --Dave Kingman's 1976 blast at Wrigley that reportedly went even farther than his 1979 shot
I was at a game in Toronto against the Mariners and Griffey hit one so hard it was still on the way up when it hit the Hard Rock restaurant. That would have been well over 500 feet without a doubt.
Mickey Mantle homer in Detroit in 1960 was the longest and perhaps only one over 600 feet. Babe Ruth hit one also in Detroit about 575 feet. These were the 2 longest of all time period regardless of times PED,s etc etc
Both unverified. I don't believe Mick had the wrists or strength to hit a tater that far. Reggie on the other hand hit a laser 536 feet before hitting the transformer as it left the stadium
Jr's best wa😂sn't even 500. Andres was so strong he's 3rd I believe. I'm not crazy about it but I believe the hardest hitter ever Party City guy in baseball with Reggie Jackson he had quick wrist and he had the strength and the hips and his upper body to power through anything
In 2001 in sonoma ca I hit a ball 592ft with the wind going 35mph to right field off a knuckle ball going 25mph. True story legend has it kid was slanging 🐺 🎟
I saw a Kingman hit a line drive out of shea stadium over the left field bullpen into the parking lot.. It has to be at least 550 on a line drive. No more than fifty feet off the ground. Also Mantle's shot off the facade at Yankee stadium was still rising. Probably a 600 ft shot.
of all those heavy hitters I thought that the "Straw Man" had the sweetest, smooths looking swing, he might not hit as many or as far as others but he sure looked good doing it.
All I can say is Reggie's 1971 in Detroit was a bomb. Seeing some of the other videos all of them were bombs too. All tremendous hits though no shame in being 2nd to those legends who ever hit the longest I guess we will just have our personal take on it and that's what makes baseball history so great.
That ball was still going up when it hit that transformer on the roof. That ball would’ve landed at least 200’ outside the stadium. I witnessed it. I was 11 years old. I can see it like it was yesterday 😮
Roberto clemente may 17, 1959---estimated 535 ft Longest home run Ernie Banks,Jack brickhouse, Rogers Hornsby and Cubs' manager Bob Scheffinand ever saw at Wrigley Field: Ernie banks "Some of you fans may remember the ball he knocked out of Wrigley a few seasons ago, just to the left field side of the scoreboard. That’s the longest one I’ve seen hit there and we all agreed it must have traveled more than 500 feet on its trip into Waveland Avenue.
I saw Darryl Strawberry , hit a monster homer while he was in Little League here in Los Angeles...It was at my kid brothers all-star game. My brother played for the Normandie Gaints, this game for the Normandie All-stars. The all-star was being played at their home , Normandie Playground. Strawberry was playing for opposing Denker Playground All-stars (don't remember his home team name). There was already a buzz about his ability even as a Little Leaguer..So when his turn at bat came, we're all , "okay"! let see what buzz is about. The pitcher he faced had posted few "k's"..Strawberry missed the 1st pitch...next a couple of called balls , I think..Then he made contact..it was a loud crack of the bat!, louder than I'd heard before at that park. The ball towered/rocketed through the air over the home run right field fence, out of playground, across Venice Blvd and over the Rosedale Cemetery fence on Venice, I then saw it bounce up about 20+ft...? in the air! ..Needless to say the crowd was amazed..& W⚾W'd!..Strawberry took his HR stroll around the basepads..with big smile...We were all smiling too ! 'Caused we just witnessed greatness..in this kid..!
2 standout HR's in my mind: see the outfield upper deck at Comisky Park; Mickey Mantle hit a ball high into right upper deck where that deck ends towards score board, way up in there. 2. with 60+ yrs watching Kingman far the best at hitting, pulling the outside pitch over left field wall. Bash bros weren't only 'roid heads.
In mens softball there used to be 4 to 5 major teams in the country. Nobody in our state played on 1 of these. Until steroids were used. Then we had some players make those teams. They hit more homeruns and they added 30 to 40 feet of distance. They also hit for a higher average. A couple of them developed quite a temper also.
@@brentrosencrans3968 I didn’t have type message over the roof in Detroit is every bit of 500 he hit the one in Milwaukee in left center if it wasn’t 600 it was damn close
@@chuckdingwall5902 since stat cast started in 2015 there have been more than 49k homers. Of that, three have been verified at 500 feet and none of those three went beyond 505. Of those three, two of them were at Coors Field. No home run ever came close to 600 feet and likely no home run has went farther than 510 feet. Even with the home run derby in 2021 in Denver there were only 4 homers beyond 500 feet. All those Mantle, Ruth, Jackson, etc. homers with these exaggerated distances simply sound impressive, but they did not go as far as the myths say.
Washington Senator Frank Howard (aka "Hondo", and "The Capitol Punisher") hit one (I believe in either '66 or '67) to right-center in RFK Stadium that landed about 7 rows down from the uppermost part of the stadium. That HAD to be WELL OVER 500 feet. They painted the seat white (as they did several others). I sat in that seat and the players looked like mere specks. I believe the seat is in the HOF.
@@nyeaglesfootballgarbagemen8346 no one. It's likely that none of those hitters mentioned even hit a 500 foot homer in their career. All awesome power hitters but a 500 foot homer is so rare. Of the more than 49k homers hit since stat cast started in 2015 there have been 3 homers that were 500 feet and none that reached 505. Of those three, two of them were at Coors Field. None of those guys played a game at Coors Field either.
I seen Dave king kong Kingman hit a hardball out of old Shea stadium into the cars on a hot humid day with no breeze, the sound was indescribable. Only seen one hit that far once. Bo Jackson in the angels spring training facility, it landed in the parking lot of the westcourt hotel
You get mad props for Mentioning Joey Meyer. That tells me you did your Homework. I think MLB only gave him credit until recently. Meyer is also the only Player to hit a walk off HR off of Roger Clemons. He is from Hawaii and could have had a career in Football. His playing weight was 260 pounds and he is 6’3. He chose baseball because he loved to hit and he thought he would have a longer career that unfortunately was cut short because of injuries. I think he was too big to take the Grind especially playing back then. He is from Hawaii and not around baseball anymore, retired in Paradise.. Paul Molitor said that Meyer would routinely hit 600 foot HRs in Practice. That his batting practice was an event. I know Joe and he is very Humble.
Stargell's blast at the big Owe (Expos fans will get it) was a blast and they painted the seat to give credit to it. Canseco's blast was impressive as well, the Jays had no chance against the A's.
Carlton Fisk hit an absolute rocket over the left field wall at Fenway that was estimated well over 500'. I don't think it was officially measured. The buzz in the ballpark was incredible.
Sad Strawberry and Golden both. If I remember both went done the tubes when they ended up on the west coast. Gooden unbelievable pitcher before drugs ruined him. Very sad.
Dave Kingman hit a homerun in the Astrodome that doesn't get credit for going huge distances since it was a line drive about no more than 50-60 feet off the ground that went over the mezzanine seats in left field and hit back wall behind the stands. It had not started coming down when it hit the wall. This was in 1971 or 1972, but was 2nd game of the season. I have seen Reggie's homer in the all star game, seen a few of McGuires but nothing like Kingmans for sheer power. Another, not in this video I saw live, is Barry Bonds, he hit one well into the upper deck in right field at Coors Field it was a monster shot! He got injured his next at bat.
I was at the Randy Johnson/Mark McGuire game in Seattle sitting about even with 3rd base maybe 10 rows up so very nice seats. Having played college baseball myself I was stunned when McGuire hit that and Randy tipped his cap as McGuire rounded the bases. As a coincidence (another game) I was at the game where Ichiro made that amazing throw from Right field to 3rd base and I only went to a few games a year so I was fortunate to see two all timer plays in person. Well actually 3 all timer plays when I lived in LA a few years before and almost caught the famous one legged home run ball by Kirk Gibson (that was the best one).
I was 11 years old when Dave Kingman hit that monster of a home run. You should’ve heard jack Brickhouse. I was watching the game it was fantastic baseball. Was everything back then!
Go back on the video to the 3:00 mark where it shows Reggie Jackson at Tiger stadium. You’ll see the center field outside wall with the light poles on top. The year the Tigers won the World Series Kirk Gibson hit a ball that cleared those poles and was still going up. They showed the replay four times on the local news
Any reason why Harmon Killebrew's 520 ft home run in Metropolitan Stadium is ignored? Or that he was the first to ever hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium, when he hit a ball over the roof in left field?
Stan Musial hit loads of homers at the old Sportsmen's Park in St Louis. Right field wall was an advantage for southpaw batters but Stan left no doubt.
The Mick also came 18" from parking it over the right field wall at Yankee Stadium, it hit the top of the mezzanine and bounced back onto the field. And he hit a 600' shot in college.
I saw some monster shots at Tiger Stadium also. McGuire in a double header smashed one Left Center. I saw Fielder hit one over the roof but the longest one I saw was Darrel Evans. He hit a line drive shot that hit the press box so hard and the ball didn’t even seem to be descending. Great stadium and good memories!
Harmon Killebrew hit a home run in old Metropolitan Stadium that hit a seat in the upper deck that was 522 feet from home plate. It was estimated that had it not hit that seat, its trajectory would have carried it out to more than 600 feet.
If you were lucky enough to have been to the old Yankee Stadium and have seen how high the lights were that Mantle hit, it must have been awesome to witness it.
It was awesome enough to go to Yankee Stadium and just be able to look up at where that ball hit. Looking up at that, it was just impossible to comprehend that the ball was actually still rising when it hit.
So, Kirk Gibson hit a ball out of Tiger stadium June 14th, 1983. It landed in a lumber yard across the street. Cecil Fielder hit one out over the left field roof. Tiger stadium had a 3rd deck plus a roof all the way around. and so anything out of the park is way over 500 feet. Jason Thompson hit one out but it was right center field, and that might be the longest home run ever. It's up there with Strawberry and Reggie and Mantle (he hit one out in the early '60's). Norm Cash, Frank Howard also did it, and Rusty Staub. Screw all the steriod homers, McGuire etc. Canseco.
I was at Tiger Stadium on October 2, 1983 when Dan Petry was going for his 20th win (the Tigers lost the game to the Brewers, Petry took the loss), I was sitting in the 1st base stands, out near right field. Cecil Cooper hit one over the right field roof, and all I saw was the ball go straight up, but because we were too far back in our seats , under the second deck, we couldn't see that the ball had cleared the roof. The place was eerily quiet. I just figured it was an HR that landed in the upper deck. Word got around about what happened, and I was so bummed that I missed a fairly rare thing at Tiger Stadium I was listening to the Tigers' game on 6-14-83 with my grandfather, they were playing the Red Sox, and Mike Brown was pitching. It was Paul Carey's turn to announce the middle innings, as he always did with the Great Ernie Harwell when the Tigers' games could be hear on WJR 76, and when Gibson hit that HR, Paul Carey (The Voice of God) sounded like he had just seen God! It was incredibly exciting to hear that called by him. Paul's announcing for that shot was so shocking that my grandfather and I sat up in our lawn chairs and looked at each other, as if to say, What the Hell just Happened?" until he said that it had went out of the stadium. I saw the footage of it that night on WDIV 4, and it looked incredible. I think there's audio of it here on TH-cam. The ball had landed on the roof of Brooks' Lumber yard, across the street! When we went to see the Tigers play the Blue Jays later that year, the program we bought had a story about that HR, and a picture of Kirk Gibson standing on the roof of that building about where it was figured it might have landed. The exact spot is unknown, but he not only clear the roof, but a street, as well! I think the Jason Thompson over the roof Home Run was a game broadcast on local TV, it seems like a memory. I might be wishing it had been, but I do remember my grandfather had the game on, either radio or TV. I seem to have a memory of Rusty Staubs' shot, but I think that was on the radio, and back then. In 1984 Reggie Jackson was with the then California Angels, and they were playing the Tigers in Detroit. The game was on local TV, WDIV 4, and during the pre-game, Tigers 84 with George Kell, and Al Kaline, they were talking about the All-Star game Home Run he in 1971. That day, a red "X" was placed on the transformer he hit during that game, as a joke, I guess, as if to say, "Try it again Reggie." Why did they do it for that game, after he'd already played there many other times over the years, I don't know. After the pre-game, I decided to go to the laundromat where we lived in order to do some laundry, and so that I wouldn't miss the game I took a radio with me to listen to Ernie and Paul call it. I forget what inning, but Reggie damn near did it again! He almost hit where "X" marked the spot! I was upset at myself that I missed that one, and couldn't believe how ironic it was for that to happen, given the "X" and pre-game talk. It didn't leave the park, but he came so close again to hitting one out at the Corner of Michigan and Trumbull. Thank you for reading.
@EricSchryver Heck no, I was the catcher and called for my side arm pitcher to throw his curve ball, Hill hit it about 350 feet to left center. My team went 0-14 that year
I can't help but think that Jack Clark probably hit some very long home runs. I've never seen a guy swing a bat so hard, except maybe Andre Dawson. They both had the same killer swing.
Early 80's. I was in the left field bleachers in St. Louis. Jack Clark hit a ball so hard that the SS AND Left Fielder jumped to try to catch it. It came SCREAMING in, and every person near me, AND me, bailed. It slammed off the concrete, and rebounded back into play, and rolled almost all the way to the infield. To this day, the hardest ball I have ever seen hit. I grew up with Willie Mays, and McCovey, all of St. Louis McGwire, Pujols, and many others.
Look for the Barry Bonds batting practice home run 2003 at Wrigley Field that broke a window in right center, not right field but right center. I was watching the Kingman when that happened, there were 25-30mph winds that day. The famous 23-22 game on WGN television.
You can read about Micks homer in Detroit in 1960 and form your own opinions. Mick was very strong and you can see it in pictures in his forearms. Remember he used to work in the mines. He also almost hit one out of Yankee Stadium
I remember Sammy Sosa hit a game winning 3 run Homer at Wrigley Field and it smashed through a window across street from Wrigley Field on Waveland Avenue
Mickey mantle was the greatest combination of power and speed to ever play. If he didn’t tear his knee up on the sprinkler his rookie year. He would have been the best ever.
Brent Rosencrans, with all due respect, there’s documentation of both having hit homer’s over 500 feet and on numerous occasions. Ruth in Tampa in 1919, Ruth in Detroit in 1921 and his last homer in Pittsburgh in 1935 were documented. Mantle hit one nearly out of Yankee Stadium by all estimates way over that distance, one in Detroit in 1960 documented in book of world records and also his famous one in 1953 out of Griffith Stadium off of Chuck Stobbs at the famous 565 feet. There was a lot of people who saw these homer’s and lots of reading material whether you believe it or not or whether you want to
The vid left out the mammoth homer Mantle hit to right that hit a light fixture; it would have left the old Yankee Stadium. I’ve seen Mantle video of his saying that was the hardest he’d ever hit.
Mickey mantle home run of almost 600 feet is the greatest in Yankee stadium is the greatest home run ever,breaking a window out side Yankees stadium ,I'm not a Yankees fan but give the man credit 😮
How about the one Cincinnati reds Gordy Coleman hit over the wall at crosley field and it landed in the back of a pickup truck southbound on interstate 75 and ended up in Tennessee
It wasn’t at a major league park, but a home run was documented at 575 feet in Hot Sorings AR by Babe Ruth during spring training March 17, 1916. No sports steroids then.
I saw Ritchie Allen hit a ball over the CocaCola sign on the roof in left center field at Connie Mack stadium. He hit one to dead center over the flag pole. I was in the top of the upper deck seating on the 3rd base side when he hit it. I thought he got under it because I had to look up at it. It just kept going out of sight. Dick Allen was amazing!
I saw him hit one to dead center, higher than the left field roof, rising going out of the lights, with 2 strikes!
I read an article in Popular Mechanics in the mid sixties where a Ritchie Allen home run left the stadium and landed in a rail car. The ball was found in LA confirming it as the longest homerun ever at over 3,000 miles!
I’m an old fellow now,and I still love the legends and stories of the game.Puts me back to when I was eleven,and trying to do my best for my old man.He loved baseball too
Jim Thome is my favorite player of all time… I remember watching him against the Yankees hitting a grand slam. These are good memories for me and ones I want to remember; just not the ones post 9/11/2001…
On May 8,1966 Frank Robinson(Baltimore Orioles) hit the only home run out of Memorial Stadium in Baltimore off of Louis Tiant. It cleared the left field stands & landed in the parking lot. I was seated there & it went right over our heads.
I still miss Memorial Stadium.
Sorry…. what you saw was a ‘cruise missles’….
Mantle was hurt in a game at Memorial Stadium. But he took batting practice anyway and proceeded to hit 2 balls into the parking lot in left field... Right handed. I remember thinking I wondered if he broke any windshields. Late in the game he came up against a southpaw pitcher and pinxh hit. Guess what? Bang. A homer into the old left field bleachers. A great thrill!
@@rday710 Makes me wonder, what if the DH existed during Mantle's playing era? How many more HR's would he have slugged. He missed a lot games to injuries where he couldn't play in the field, but could pinch hit. What if he DHed?
@@GFHanks when I was a child my father bought season tickets for our beloved O's. This was Ripkens second full year with the Orioles. My best memory of 1983 at Memorial Stadium was being able to see game one of the 1983 World Series, although we lost that game I did get to see one of my all time favorite players blast a home run in that game, that man was Joe Morgan.
Clemente hit a home run at Wrigley to straight away center field just to the right of the scoreboard that was still rising as it left the stadium
Actually, the ball sailed over the bleachers in extreme left-center field, left the park at a point between the camera shed and scoreboard and landed about halfway on Waveland Avenue. Has to be on the short list of longest home runs ever hit by a sub-6-foot player.
Yep.
A friend of mine was at Skydome for the ALCS game in '89. I saw him a few days later and asked him how far it traveled. He said that it never really started to descend on it's flight because the decks are "stacked" straight up - on top of each other. He said if it were able to land at a lower point, it would have actually traveled much further.
Clemente’s HR was left of the scoreboard near the camera shed and yes it was a monster shot. Stargell hit one to the right of the scoreboard. Kingman’s HR in May 1979 was the longest by far. I was at that game and the ball hit the porch on the 5th house down on Kenwood Ave.
The Dave Kingman Home Run was part of a crazy game. The Phillies won 23-22, in 10 innings.
I was there. King Kong had a great game. I paid 2$ to sit in the bleachers. God I miss those times
@@gluonjck63 I’m from Chicago & was watching that game on WGN, I remember there were 5 home runs in the first inning & I knew we were watching history in the making. 25-30mph winds…
Giants never, ever should have gotten rid of him!
The worst player ever to get famous 🙂
It was quite awesome to come home from school to this game
The Thome statue is by the CF gate, not near where the ball landed. On the ground where the ball landed, however, is a little baseball plaque for the home run. It’s just outside the entrance gates to the bleachers. The little plaque is like the ones in the outfield at Camden Yards
GlenAllen Hill poked one out of Wrigley over the LF bleachers and onto the roof of the apartments across the street. At leasr 530 feet.
Wrigley Field is the worst place to hit the longest home run. There’s no backdrop there
Dave Kidman's home run was farther
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Dave Kingman hit one that hit the front porch of the 3rd or 4th house on Kenmore Ave, the street that runs south and dead ends at Waveland because of Wrigley. That porch is further than that rooftop.
In 1954 Bob Montag hit a shot out of Atlanta Stadium that landed in a passing coal car bound for Nashville. Several days later, a fireman who was aboard the train showed up in Atlanta and gave the ball back to Bob, telling him that he retrieved it from the coal car after it traveled from Atlanta to Nashville back to Atlanta, 518 miles round trip. EASILY the longest home run of all time
Kingman hit one in Chicago in April 1976 while playing for the Mets. The next day, the NY Daily News reported the ball landed near the porch of the third house down the street behind Wrigley Field 610 feet from home plate. I kept the newspaper clipping for years.
Mantle hit the longest
yup - actually it was the 5th house on Kenmore Ave. I believe the Cub pitcher was Oscar Zamora. Kingman said it was the furthest homerun he ever hit and it was a legit 600 ft.
@@josephdovi1565Correct! And the 2 he almost hit out of Yankee Stadium would have gone over 700 feet!
Wind aided much?
@@IanPunter it was in April so highly unlikely.
Mo Vaughn hit the Budweiser sign above the giant scoreboard at Shea in the 2000s that was estimated to be about 530 ft
On a baseball tour in 2001, our bus stopped by abandoned Tiger Stadium. An attendant let us in. We got to walk throughout the empty stadium. There were still sunflower seeds in the dugout. It was highlight of trip.
i like the old tiger stadium better than the newer one. there was something about when you first saw the green grass and the players were so close. and think of all the famous players that had been there. i was in the visitors locker room and walked the tunnel to the dugout and babe ruths ghost was there.
@@user-jn9gv9ve6e I think it was like walking into another century. Amazing.
I would say Mantle had the greatest natural power swing of all time. He put every ounce of his body into every swing. When a good hitter pivots his lower half to follow through, the head, torso and legs should be aligned like there was a pole going through your body from top of your head through into the ground. He had that ultimate swing. I think who else was like him was Griffey Jr. he had a bit of an uppercut, but was still in perfect alignment.
He had muscular forearms which helped him to achieve tremendous bat speed. Remember Force = Mass x Acceleration.
Well, I guess that was my problem in my playing days: I needed an alignment!
The two home runs Mickey Mantle almost hit out of Yankee Stadium off Chuck Stobbs in 1956 and Bill Fisher in 1963 were still on the rise when they hit the Facade and were estimated at over 700 feet if they didn't hit the Facade! No one compares to the Mick! He hit 500 foot homers on a regular basis!
Imagine if MM was 6'2"; 220 or larger instead of 5'11", 205.
@@charleschapman3994You just gave the reason why these people are full of shit
Mantle never hit any 600 fr HRs
I have a baseball card somewhere that says Mantle hit a ball 565 ft out of Washington's Griffith Stadium or something like that. Gotta look for it now.
@@charleschapman3994
There are guys in MLB today over
6'2" and over 220 and they ain't hittin' 'em where Mantle hit
'em.⚾
Men had more testosterone back then they do now. The human body was different as most children born during that time period came from generations of hard labor fathers. The last 3 generations have watered down the testosterone levels of men as technology has replaced physical work. In another 3 generations. Men will be about as strong as women.
What about the home run hit by Mickey Mantle against the Detroit Tigers in 1960? That home run was said to have traveled 643 after clearing the rightfield roof at Briggs (later Tiger) Stadium, and landing in the parking lot of Brooks Lumberyard.
@KevinMiller-xn5vu : For those of us who grew up with The Mick most of these other home runs don't much matter. It was a different time. I don't remember this home run but I remember someone asking him once if he always tried to hit a home run "Every single time" he replied.
Yes...I'm very surprised Mantle's homer in Detroit is not on this video ......most of these listed were steroid users except for maybe Reggie, Stargell....etc. Mantle should be on here but not surprised.
Nobody bothered to get the longest home run ever, did you notice no one in the street, so I went after the home run ball.
@@godfreyzilla8608No one remembers it
That homerun is confirmed!!!!!
The HR that Dave Kingman hit in May 1979 at Wrigley is probably the longest in history. I was at that game and the sound off the crack of the bat was very loud. The ball hit the porch on the 5th house down on Kenmore Ave. We’ve measured with tape measures from the outside wall at Wrigley to the spot where it hit and it’s around 580 feet. Willie Stargell hit one just to the right of the CF scoreboard that was probably close to that far.
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Just once, Randy Johnson was the pigeon, not the statue.
Mantle's home run off Stobbs was something, in an impossible home run park.
It makes sense that Randy Johnson was the pitcher. You gotta have someone throwing heat to hit it that far. I really miss those days...
I'm a little surprised Nolan Ryan isn't on the losing end of one of these. He was just a badass, nobody could touch him.
When someone mentions a bird and Randy Johnson in the same sentence I think of the poor bird that he took out.
@@boataxe4605 lol! Forgot about that! That poor thing took around 100 mph fastball to the chest
Harmon Killebrew 573' in Minnesota. The stadium was torn down for the Mall of America. They painted a baseball on a wall of the mall to show where the ball would have hit.
That never happened. Killebrew was a great power hitter but likely he never hit a 500 foot homer in his career.
In 1961 Tiger first baseman Norm Cash, hit one out of Tiger Stadium that went further than Reggie Jackson's ball. It cleared the roof in right field and landed in the Checker Cab Company lot across the street from the stadium. But Detroit was not part of the glamor towns of baseball so that one went unsung. I will never forget it, I was 12 years old and I was at that game. It would be the first of four homers that Cash hit out of Tiger Stadium.
norm cash was my favorite tiger. i remember 1961 when he won the batting title. a interesting fact---that year he never hit into a double play. i'm 70 now and i challenge anyone to name a better tiger first baseman since norm cash.
@@user-jn9gv9ve6e I got nothin. Cash was the man.
Dave King Kong Kingman, what an absolute beast of a player, and one of my favorites as a little child. Another favorite of mine was George Foster, I once seen him smack a monster shot vs. the Phillies when he was with the Mets in Veteran Stadium, it was a moonshot.
Kingman hit some tape measure shots
And Straw hit the base of the roof in Olympic Stadium
@@nyeaglesfootballgarbagemen8346 yes he did, Reggie Jackson hit a transformer tower at Tiger Stadium during the All-star game, also Cecil Fielder blasted one over the roof at Tiger Stadium as well. We had some great Home run hitters in the 70's & 80's, then came the roid era.
❤ Big Red Machine ⚾. I watched George Foster , Pete Rose, George Morgan. I believe George was The First ⚾ Player to make a million 💵 dollars in one contract. 😂 Now the Reds are to tight to keep many good players . I wonder how long they will keep De La Cruz . ⚾
Regarding the Stargell HR in Montreal, actually that ball landed in a narrow middle deck of orange seats, and the seat where it landed was changed to yellow.
Go Bucs!
Stargell hit the longest Homer at the Vet in philly. They had a plaque there. I beleive it landed in the exit tunnel of the 600 level. WOW
¿Didn't Wilver hit a homerun OUT OF DODGER Stadium?
Did Stargell hit the home run that went into the pool at Jarry Park?
@Ejb905 Go to Wikipedia and reference "Wilver Stargell."
There is a description of his longest home runs in the article.
Frank Howard of the Washington Senators and Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins each hit a homer over the left field roof in Tiger stadium in the 1960's.
Not sure of distance but definitely 500 feet.
The babe would have hit 1000 home runs if he hadn’t just pitched . He hit all his home runs when he was at 1st. Base…
Way to say you know nothing about baseball. Ruth played the outfield. He only played 1st base in 32 games. Now onto the main point. He pitched for 4 full years... in the deadball era. I dont think it's fair to count 1914 because he was with the Sox for like half the season. But let's do the math. 1000-714=286. 286÷4=71.5. Now for the sake of it let's count 1914 as well, so five full seasons. 285÷5=57.2. There is no way, in the deadball era that Babe Ruth is averaging more than 57 or 71 home runs a season. Stop with the foolishness.
Stargell owns the longest home run in multiple stadiums, a list that includes Jarry Park, Three Rivers Stadium and Dodger Stadium among others. The latter sailed over the pagoda in right field and clear out of the park. Unless you've been there, it's difficult to fully comprehend how far the ball traveled.
I think it's been done 5 times out of Dodger Stadium.
@@mikesbaseballcards It has been done six times in a real game. Stargell is the only player to do it twice. He's also the only left-hander to do it even once. #Amazin'.
Stargell was the king of the upper decker, in my humble opinion. I was lucky enough to witness many of his homers at Three Rivers in the 70s.
@@westbatman66 As Bob Prince would say, Go get your Chicken on the Hill with Will . . .!
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Always heard that Stargell was only player to hit ball out dodger stadium over those famous outfield bleachers.
That's correct. And, he did it on two different occasions.
He hit 1 over the left and right field pavilion!
I was at the Andres Gallaraga home run game vs the Marlins. Kevin Brown beaned him the next time Gallaraga was up and he charged the mound.
At the 4:26 mark, the blue bridge in Cincinnati over the Ohio river was built before the Brookkyn Bridge. It was designed and built by the same engineer and served as a template for building the larger sibling in NYC.
There are many home runs hit even farther than most of the ones given here. These are just some that come to mind:
--Mickey Mantle's blast off the facade at Yankee Stadium
--Willie Stargell's home run out of Dodger Stadium
--A 1959 Roberto Clemente shot to dead center at Wrigley Field that left the park just to the left of the scoreboard (the CF scoreboard at Wrigley Field is off-center to right field).
--Ted Williams' homer to deep right field at Fenway Park
--Dave Kingman's 1976 blast at Wrigley that reportedly went even farther than his 1979 shot
Yes, Mantle's facade shot does it for me
I was at a game in Toronto against the Mariners and Griffey hit one so hard it was still on the way up when it hit the Hard Rock restaurant. That would have been well over 500 feet without a doubt.
Mickey Mantle homer in Detroit in 1960 was the longest and perhaps only one over 600 feet. Babe Ruth hit one also in Detroit about 575 feet. These were the 2 longest of all time period regardless of times PED,s etc etc
Speed or as many women would get in the 60s does not make you stronger. Trust me, I know this for a fact
Ruth’s PED was beer.
Both unverified. I don't believe Mick had the wrists or strength to hit a tater that far. Reggie on the other hand hit a laser 536 feet before hitting the transformer as it left the stadium
Jr's best wa😂sn't even 500. Andres was so strong he's 3rd I believe. I'm not crazy about it but I believe the hardest hitter ever Party City guy in baseball with Reggie Jackson he had quick wrist and he had the strength and the hips and his upper body to power through anything
Neither Mantle or Ruth hit a homer 575 or 600 feet. It's likely neither of them hit a homer even 500 feet.
Andres Big Cat gallaraga! I remember watching that home run live as a marlins fan !!
McGwire hit a home run at Busch Stadium that was estimated 527 ft
Thank you for mentioning the Joey Meyer shot.
In 2001 in sonoma ca I hit a ball 592ft with the wind going 35mph to right field off a knuckle ball going 25mph. True story legend has it kid was slanging 🐺 🎟
I saw a Kingman hit a line drive out of shea stadium over the left field bullpen into the parking lot.. It has to be at least 550 on a line drive. No more than fifty feet off the ground. Also Mantle's shot off the facade at Yankee stadium was still rising. Probably a 600 ft shot.
Broke a window on of the team busses if I recall
Kingman never hit a homer anywhere close to 550 feet. It's likely he never hit a 500 foot homer.
@brentrosencrans3968 l was at the game bro!!!
@@robertcostanzo9378 not doubting you were there, but that doesn't mean the homer was 550 feet. 500 foot homers are extremely rare.
@brentrosencrans3968 hard to say how far, but it went into the parking lot at Shea.
Greg Luzinski hit one into upper deck last row in the Vet
of all those heavy hitters I thought that the "Straw Man" had the sweetest, smooths looking swing, he might not hit as many or as far as others but he sure looked good doing it.
Yeah him and Griffey had beautiful swings
All I can say is Reggie's 1971 in Detroit was a bomb. Seeing some of the other videos all of them were bombs too. All tremendous hits though no shame in being 2nd to those legends who ever hit the longest I guess we will just have our personal take on it and that's what makes baseball history so great.
That ball was still going up when it hit that transformer on the roof. That ball would’ve landed at least 200’ outside the stadium. I witnessed it. I was 11 years old. I can see it like it was yesterday 😮
Roberto clemente may 17, 1959---estimated 535 ft
Longest home run Ernie Banks,Jack brickhouse, Rogers Hornsby and Cubs' manager Bob Scheffinand ever saw at Wrigley Field:
Ernie banks "Some of you fans may remember the ball he knocked out of Wrigley a few seasons ago, just to the left field side of the scoreboard. That’s the longest one I’ve seen hit there and we all agreed it must have traveled more than 500 feet on its trip into Waveland Avenue.
Clemente never hit a homer 535 feet.
I saw Darryl Strawberry , hit a monster homer while he was in Little League here in Los Angeles...It was at my kid brothers all-star game. My brother played for the Normandie Gaints, this game for the Normandie All-stars. The all-star was being played at their home , Normandie Playground. Strawberry was playing for opposing Denker Playground All-stars (don't remember his home team name). There was already a buzz about his ability even as a Little Leaguer..So when his turn at bat came, we're all , "okay"! let see what buzz is about. The pitcher he faced had posted few "k's"..Strawberry missed the 1st pitch...next a couple of called balls , I think..Then he made contact..it was a loud crack of the bat!, louder than I'd heard before at that park. The ball towered/rocketed through the air over the home run right field fence, out of playground, across Venice Blvd and over the Rosedale Cemetery fence on Venice, I then saw it bounce up about 20+ft...? in the air! ..Needless to say the crowd was amazed..& W⚾W'd!..Strawberry took his HR stroll around the basepads..with big smile...We were all smiling too ! 'Caused we just witnessed greatness..in this kid..!
2 standout HR's in my mind: see the outfield upper deck at Comisky Park; Mickey Mantle hit a ball high into right upper deck where that deck ends towards score board, way up in there. 2. with 60+ yrs watching Kingman far the best at hitting, pulling the outside pitch over left field wall. Bash bros weren't only 'roid heads.
1 word. Kingman. Nough said
In mens softball there used to be 4 to 5 major teams in the country. Nobody in our state played on 1 of these. Until steroids were used. Then we had some players make those teams. They hit more homeruns and they added 30 to 40 feet of distance. They also hit for a higher average. A couple of them developed quite a temper also.
Dave kingman hit some long ball for the cubs. He actually hit a couple on hard check swings - true
Cecil Fielder cleared the roof in left in Detroit also out of the stadium in Milwaukee both were well over 600 feet
Sure they were
Fielder never even hit a 500 foot homer let alone a 600 footer
@@brentrosencrans3968 I didn’t have type message over the roof in Detroit is every bit of 500 he hit the one in Milwaukee in left center if it wasn’t 600 it was damn close
@@chuckdingwall5902 since stat cast started in 2015 there have been more than 49k homers. Of that, three have been verified at 500 feet and none of those three went beyond 505. Of those three, two of them were at Coors Field. No home run ever came close to 600 feet and likely no home run has went farther than 510 feet. Even with the home run derby in 2021 in Denver there were only 4 homers beyond 500 feet. All those Mantle, Ruth, Jackson, etc. homers with these exaggerated distances simply sound impressive, but they did not go as far as the myths say.
Once the ball clears the fence the distance it travels doesn't really matter.
LOL 6:13 "Either way, the ball traveled a long way."
Kirk Gibson hit a ball out of Tigers stadium and was found in a lumber yard down the street.. nobody knows how far it went but it was 550+
The ball that The Mick hit that went 565 ft could have went a further 50 -60 ft if it didnt hit the sign to hit a dead ball that far is amazing!
Washington Senator Frank Howard (aka "Hondo", and "The Capitol Punisher") hit one (I believe in either '66 or '67) to right-center in RFK Stadium that landed about 7 rows down from the uppermost part of the stadium. That HAD to be WELL OVER 500 feet. They painted the seat white (as they did several others). I sat in that seat and the players looked like mere specks. I believe the seat is in the HOF.
That one is a confirmed 500+ ft HR
Props for including Josh Gibson!
I was looking to see if Josh Gibson was mentioned.
Gibson, Ruth, Cecil fielder, and Bo all hit confirmed 600+ homeruns
Confirmed by whom
@@nyeaglesfootballgarbagemen8346confirmed by “trust me bro” 😎
@@nyeaglesfootballgarbagemen8346 no one. It's likely that none of those hitters mentioned even hit a 500 foot homer in their career. All awesome power hitters but a 500 foot homer is so rare. Of the more than 49k homers hit since stat cast started in 2015 there have been 3 homers that were 500 feet and none that reached 505. Of those three, two of them were at Coors Field. None of those guys played a game at Coors Field either.
I seen Dave king kong Kingman hit a hardball out of old Shea stadium into the cars on a hot humid day with no breeze, the sound was indescribable. Only seen one hit that far once. Bo Jackson in the angels spring training facility, it landed in the parking lot of the westcourt hotel
You get mad props for Mentioning Joey Meyer. That tells me you did your Homework. I think MLB only gave him credit until recently. Meyer is also the only Player to hit a walk off HR off of Roger Clemons. He is from Hawaii and could have had a career in Football. His playing weight was 260 pounds and he is 6’3. He chose baseball because he loved to hit and he thought he would have a longer career that unfortunately was cut short because of injuries. I think he was too big to take the Grind especially playing back then. He is from Hawaii and not around baseball anymore, retired in Paradise.. Paul Molitor said that Meyer would routinely hit 600 foot HRs in Practice. That his batting practice was an event. I know Joe and he is very Humble.
G.E.D. at 17 now means "graduated early."
I read “The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs”, by Bill Jenkinson. Babe Ruth was the king of long distance bombs.
Glenallen Hill roof shot at Wrigley and Cecil Fielder hitting it out of County Stadium in Milwaukee!!!
Stargell's blast at the big Owe (Expos fans will get it) was a blast and they painted the seat to give credit to it.
Canseco's blast was impressive as well, the Jays had no chance against the A's.
Erin Go Bragh Mark McGwire, thanks for saving baseball for me. I was there to see Kingman's homerun. We screamed it broke a window, RUN!!! ❤
Carlton Fisk hit an absolute rocket over the left field wall at Fenway that was estimated well over 500'. I don't think it was officially measured. The buzz in the ballpark was incredible.
Ya but he played for the Red Sox...go Yankees! Lol
Imagine what strawberry could have been if he didn’t have his drug addiction
Sad Strawberry and Golden both. If I remember both went done the tubes when they ended up on the west coast. Gooden unbelievable pitcher before drugs ruined him. Very sad.
@@Vicman006 Josh Hamilton became a wackadoodle while still playing, but it didn't save his career.
Babe Ruth was clean and sober right?
Dave Kingman hit a homerun in the Astrodome that doesn't get credit for going huge distances since it was a line drive about no more than 50-60 feet off the ground that went over the mezzanine seats in left field and hit back wall behind the stands. It had not started coming down when it hit the wall. This was in 1971 or 1972, but was 2nd game of the season. I have seen Reggie's homer in the all star game, seen a few of McGuires but nothing like Kingmans for sheer power. Another, not in this video I saw live, is Barry Bonds, he hit one well into the upper deck in right field at Coors Field it was a monster shot! He got injured his next at bat.
I was at the Randy Johnson/Mark McGuire game in Seattle sitting about even with 3rd base maybe 10 rows up so very nice seats. Having played college baseball myself I was stunned when McGuire hit that and Randy tipped his cap as McGuire rounded the bases. As a coincidence (another game) I was at the game where Ichiro made that amazing throw from Right field to 3rd base and I only went to a few games a year so I was fortunate to see two all timer plays in person. Well actually 3 all timer plays when I lived in LA a few years before and almost caught the famous one legged home run ball by Kirk Gibson (that was the best one).
Those are some amazing moments in baseball history thats really cool that you were there for them
I was 11 years old when Dave Kingman hit that monster of a home run. You should’ve heard jack Brickhouse. I was watching the game it was fantastic baseball. Was everything back then!
Go back on the video to the 3:00 mark where it shows Reggie Jackson at Tiger stadium. You’ll see the center field outside wall with the light poles on top. The year the Tigers won the World Series Kirk Gibson hit a ball that cleared those poles and was still going up. They showed the replay four times on the local news
So was the year 1984?
Lou Whitaker; who didn't look like a classic slugger, hit a couple home runs over the right-field roof in old Tiger Stadium.
Any reason why Harmon Killebrew's 520 ft home run in Metropolitan Stadium is ignored?
Or that he was the first to ever hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium, when he hit a ball over the roof in left field?
I was also fully expecting to see "The Killer" on this list.
I saw the red chair at The Mall of America. It's above the log ride.
520' not long enough
Mantle hit one 623'
Killebrew's was 573'
Killebrew hit it well over 500'
No steroids
Stan Musial hit loads of homers at the old Sportsmen's Park in St Louis. Right field wall was an advantage for southpaw batters but Stan left no doubt.
Kirk Gibson hit one at Tiger stadium that landed on the roof of the lumber yard across the street.
The Mick also came 18" from parking it over the right field wall at Yankee Stadium, it hit the top of the mezzanine and bounced back onto the field. And he hit a 600' shot in college.
He went straight to the minors.
Al Kaline played more than 20 years for the Tigers, and said Jackson's All-Star home run was the hardest hit ball he'd ever seen.
Back in the mid 80's I remember Kirk Gibson hit one over the roof at Tiger stadium. It went so far, I don't know how it missed this list.
I saw some monster shots at Tiger Stadium also. McGuire in a double header smashed one Left Center. I saw Fielder hit one over the roof but the longest one I saw was Darrel Evans. He hit a line drive shot that hit the press box so hard and the ball didn’t even seem to be descending. Great stadium and good memories!
Who's here after the blast Aaron Judge just cranked against the Twins?
I saw Frank Robinson hit one against the Orioles into the upper deck of left field in the mid 60s. It was a moon shot.
Harmon Killebrew hit a home run in old Metropolitan Stadium that hit a seat in the upper deck that was 522 feet from home plate. It was estimated that had it not hit that seat, its trajectory would have carried it out to more than 600 feet.
That's a myth. No homer has, or could have, gone 522 feet let alone 600.
If you were lucky enough to have been to the old Yankee Stadium and have seen how high the lights were that Mantle hit, it must have been awesome to witness it.
It was awesome enough to go to Yankee Stadium and just be able to look up at where that ball hit. Looking up at that, it was just impossible to comprehend that the ball was actually still rising when it hit.
Have to vote for the older players, the balls weren’t as juiced
So, Kirk Gibson hit a ball out of Tiger stadium June 14th, 1983. It landed in a lumber yard across the street. Cecil Fielder hit one out over the left field roof. Tiger stadium had a 3rd deck plus a roof all the way around. and so anything out of the park is way over 500 feet. Jason Thompson hit one out but it was right center field, and that might be the longest home run ever. It's up there with Strawberry and Reggie and Mantle (he hit one out in the early '60's). Norm Cash, Frank Howard also did it, and Rusty Staub. Screw all the steriod homers, McGuire etc. Canseco.
I was at Tiger Stadium on October 2, 1983 when Dan Petry was going for his 20th win (the Tigers lost the game to the Brewers, Petry took the loss), I was sitting in the 1st base stands, out near right field. Cecil Cooper hit one over the right field roof, and all I saw was the ball go straight up, but because we were too far back in our seats , under the second deck, we couldn't see that the ball had cleared the roof. The place was eerily quiet. I just figured it was an HR that landed in the upper deck. Word got around about what happened, and I was so bummed that I missed a fairly rare thing at Tiger Stadium
I was listening to the Tigers' game on 6-14-83 with my grandfather, they were playing the Red Sox, and Mike Brown was pitching. It was Paul Carey's turn to announce the middle innings, as he always did with the Great Ernie Harwell when the Tigers' games could be hear on WJR 76, and when Gibson hit that HR, Paul Carey (The Voice of God) sounded like he had just seen God! It was incredibly exciting to hear that called by him. Paul's announcing for that shot was so shocking that my grandfather and I sat up in our lawn chairs and looked at each other, as if to say, What the Hell just Happened?" until he said that it had went out of the stadium. I saw the footage of it that night on WDIV 4, and it looked incredible. I think there's audio of it here on TH-cam. The ball had landed on the roof of Brooks' Lumber yard, across the street! When we went to see the Tigers play the Blue Jays later that year, the program we bought had a story about that HR, and a picture of Kirk Gibson standing on the roof of that building about where it was figured it might have landed. The exact spot is unknown, but he not only clear the roof, but a street, as well!
I think the Jason Thompson over the roof Home Run was a game broadcast on local TV, it seems like a memory. I might be wishing it had been, but I do remember my grandfather had the game on, either radio or TV. I seem to have a memory of Rusty Staubs' shot, but I think that was on the radio, and back then.
In 1984 Reggie Jackson was with the then California Angels, and they were playing the Tigers in Detroit. The game was on local TV, WDIV 4, and during the pre-game, Tigers 84 with George Kell, and Al Kaline, they were talking about the All-Star game Home Run he in 1971. That day, a red "X" was placed on the transformer he hit during that game, as a joke, I guess, as if to say, "Try it again Reggie." Why did they do it for that game, after he'd already played there many other times over the years, I don't know. After the pre-game, I decided to go to the laundromat where we lived in order to do some laundry, and so that I wouldn't miss the game I took a radio with me to listen to Ernie and Paul call it. I forget what inning, but Reggie damn near did it again! He almost hit where "X" marked the spot! I was upset at myself that I missed that one, and couldn't believe how ironic it was for that to happen, given the "X" and pre-game talk. It didn't leave the park, but he came so close again to hitting one out at the Corner of Michigan and Trumbull.
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I remember the Gibson shot in ‘83
Glennallen Hill's blast on to the left field roof top is pretty impressive.
Played against him when he was 16. He was a monster then. Still lives in Santa Cruz.
@@EugBaseball do remember if you guys won?
@EricSchryver Heck no, I was the catcher and called for my side arm pitcher to throw his curve ball, Hill hit it about 350 feet to left center. My team went 0-14 that year
@EugBaseball ouch...
I can't help but think that Jack Clark probably hit some very long home runs. I've never seen a guy swing a bat so hard, except maybe Andre Dawson. They both had the same killer swing.
Early 80's. I was in the left field bleachers in St. Louis. Jack Clark hit a ball so hard that the SS AND Left Fielder jumped to try to catch it. It came SCREAMING in, and every person near me, AND me, bailed. It slammed off the concrete, and rebounded back into play, and rolled almost all the way to the infield. To this day, the hardest ball I have ever seen hit. I grew up with Willie Mays, and McCovey, all of St. Louis McGwire, Pujols, and many others.
Look for the Barry Bonds batting practice home run 2003 at Wrigley Field that broke a window in right center, not right field but right center. I was watching the Kingman when that happened, there were 25-30mph winds that day. The famous 23-22 game on WGN television.
You can read about Micks homer in Detroit in 1960 and form your own opinions. Mick was very strong and you can see it in pictures in his forearms. Remember he used to work in the mines. He also almost hit one out of Yankee Stadium
Back in my old softball league I was hitting softballs 300 feet for homeruns.
I remember Sammy Sosa hit a game winning 3 run Homer at Wrigley Field and it smashed through a window across street from Wrigley Field on Waveland Avenue
Glen Alan hit one the roof across the street.
Such power. You can’t hit a ball that far until you start hitting down on the ball
Willie Stargell hit 2 home runs out of Dodger Staduim I wonder how far those homers where he did it once in 1968 and again in 1973
Mickey mantle was the greatest combination of power and speed to ever play. If he didn’t tear his knee up on the sprinkler his rookie year. He would have been the best ever.
Brent Rosencrans, with all due respect, there’s documentation of both having hit homer’s over 500 feet and on numerous occasions. Ruth in Tampa in 1919, Ruth in Detroit in 1921 and his last homer in Pittsburgh in 1935 were documented. Mantle hit one nearly out of Yankee Stadium by all estimates way over that distance, one in Detroit in 1960 documented in book of world records and also his famous one in 1953 out of Griffith Stadium off of Chuck Stobbs at the famous 565 feet. There was a lot of people who saw these homer’s and lots of reading material whether you believe it or not or whether you want to
Strawberry in Montréal
Thome hit a juiced ball. Mantle.... come on...
Strawberry absolutely crushed that ball. I was an Expos fan and watched the game and hated the Mets. But i was impressed by that blast
The vid left out the mammoth homer Mantle hit to right that hit a light fixture; it would have left the old Yankee Stadium. I’ve seen Mantle video of his saying that was the hardest he’d ever hit.
Hit tower bounced back to the infield
Mickey mantle home run of almost 600 feet is the greatest in Yankee stadium is the greatest home run ever,breaking a window out side Yankees stadium ,I'm not a Yankees fan but give the man credit 😮
How about the one Cincinnati reds Gordy Coleman hit over the wall at crosley field and it landed in the back of a pickup truck southbound on interstate 75 and ended up in Tennessee
the picture of Yankee Stadium is the Greatest picture of any stadium
Who hit "heard around the world?"
I saw Kirk Gibson hit at least three homers clear out of the old Tiger Stadium circa 1985.
Thome was a JUICER.
It wasn’t at a major league park, but a home run was documented at 575 feet in Hot Sorings AR by Babe Ruth during spring training March 17, 1916. No sports steroids then.
I've been to both the site of Ruth's spring training field and the alligator petting zoo (which is still open) and it was not 575 feet.
GlenAllen Hill homer should be on this list no question. He belted one out of Wrigley onto the roof of the building across the street from Wrigley.
Gosh Gibson hit one so far everyone lost sight of it. The next day during practice it landed on the field.