2:22 if you notice the cameraman starts to focus on the lower part of the deck ready to capture a typical home-run and has to readjust back to the upper part of the upper deck!
Dave Kingman hit one at Fenway in ‘77 when playing for the Yankees that went close to the lights on the pole in left center where Sano hit it. I never did see it come down, just went into the night.
As someone who is very familiar with Globe Life Field in Arlington, the Mazara home run was completely ridiculous. The restaurant up there is so far from home plate, the players look like ants. It boggles the mind how a ball can travel that distance.
Yes Sir , Yankee fan from way back... Most of todays juiced up big hitters couldn't carry Mantles jock.. Did it with 2 bad wheels and after effects of too much drink..Childhood hero.. Todays players meh!!!
Guys like Aaron Judge have 90 more pounds of muscle than Mickey. The sports science and the training is way better now (this is why every track & field record from that era has been completely obliterated by today’s athletes). Also the velocity of pitches is way higher and that usually equates to the velocity off the bat being higher because the ball hits that bat harder. Todays home runs are going farther
People don’t realize how impressive Judge’s hr was. In New York elevation which is 34 ft compared to a mile high elevation. Judge could’ve hit that exact pitch 530+ feet
and Sano's homerun is just as impressive since Fenway has the lowest elevation of any ballpark, sucks that new york and the twins don't play the rockies often.
@@HomerErectusMaybe Williams was a little distracted ... Seeing how it was his first season back from 3 years of serving in WW2. What was Judge's excuse.
What are you talking about? Do you read it says “RECORDED BY STATCAST” Don’t you think a list of players should have made this list..literacy is completely missing
I wish there was a way to measure the one Ted Simmons hit to left field in Philadelphia in ‘75 or ‘76. In my memory it was by far the hardest hit ball I ever saw. It seemed like it was still on the way up when it hit the seats, and reached the seats faster than any other.
I'm from Philly and that would be Veterans Stadium. Willie Stargell has the longest HR hit there. They marked the seat with a "S". Simmons slammed some as well...
I was a 16 year old baseball enthusiasts when I watched the 1989 ALCS game where Jose Canseco hit one into the upper deck and off of the big plexiglass window. That one measured 540 feet at Toronto's old Skydome 😳34 years later, and it's still the longest homer that I have ever seen.
I’m a Cubs fan who enjoyed the McGwire/Sosa chase. I’ll attest I’ve never seen anything like McGwire hitting BP. He was hitting balls on the roof of old Busch stadium and they were rolling off the back 🤯
Every time Willie hit a homer they had "Chicken on the Hill with Will." The Hill District is the neighborhood behind the arena where the Penguins play. A food place in the neighborhood would give out free chicken if Willie hit one out. I can't remember if he paid for the chicken, but he was a great guy and it wouldn't surprise me if he did.
No home run ever went 530 feet. That, along with Mantle hitting a 550 foot homer, are myths. It's likely neither of them hit a 500 foot homer during their careers.
He hit one in Tampa that probably would have broken records, but we’ll never know because of that dumb stadium. Multiple people said it was the hardest ball they’ve ever seen hit. Whatever happened to that guy?
I’ll never forget a guy named Reggie Abercrombie back in like, 2004-2005, right handed hitter, hit a home run to left field that almost went out of the Reds’ stadium. Top left field deck, 3/4 of the way up.
The home run by Reggie Jackson in the 1971 All Star game in Detroit was a monster. As I recall, it almost left the park; ‘Reggie Jackson's famous home run at Tiger Stadium during the 1971 All-Star Game is thought to have traveled approximately 532 feet. Its distance would have been even greater had it not hit a light tower!’
The old numbers are not at all accurate. There is no way they could measure trajectory, ball speed, wind, angle, etc.. Past distance estimates are irrelevant. I remember hearing numbers like 600 ft back in the day. No effing way. These guys are fitter and stronger than ever and they seem to max out around 500 ft, give or take.
@@mplslawnguy3389 All those peripheral measurements are totally irrelevant...their is only one that matters, the distance. Even in those times there were at least two options for attaining the measurement, one being with a surveyors instrumentation.
Longest HR’s I ever watched were Mark McGwire during BP. He was hitting them on the roof of the upper deck at old Busch. Imagine a giant donut stadium with three levels. He was hitting them on the roof and they were rolling out of the stadium. Completely insane. Never seen anything like it. He hit a baseball like it was a golf ball.
yeah these are just recent history.... back in the day they hit them much farther. They used bigger longer heavier bats (a lot heavier), made of ash or hickory, which are harder than the maple bats used today. When sluggers connected with them they really took off. Pretty reliable estimates for hitters like Mantle, Mays, Reggie Jackson, Willie Stargell just to name a few, blasting shots well over 500 feet, probably in the 550-575ft range
@@brentrosencrans3968 Joey Meyer 582ft; Josh Gibson 580ft; Jim Thome 511; Darryl Strawberry 525; Dave Kingman 530ft; Adam dunn 535ft; Willie Stargell 535ft; Reggie Jackson 539ft; Mickey Mantle 565ft; Babe Ruth 575ft... I could do this all day. During the golden age of baseball and before, they never really kept track of how far distances were hit, so it is pretty much estimated form old video. Babe Ruth has dozens that are estimated to be in the 550ft range. Likewise, several of Willie Mays' HR's are estimated to be in the 525-550ft range. Back when the Polo Grounds were open, dead center field fence was like 505. and Ruth hit over it on occasion. After the 1923 remodeling which shortened center field to like 470, there were 5 hr's in history hit over that fence, that "cleared it by considerable margins" (Schoolboy Rowe, Luke Easter, Joe Adcock, Hank Aaron and Lou Brock). All of these are estimated in the 530+ft range, Hank Aarons is easily over 550ft. Do you even follow baseball? Again, back before the 1960's, batters used bigger, longer heavier bats, as the average pitch speeds were slower. When they connected with these, physics takes over and bye bye. There are several videos on TH-cam of batters doing tests with these different types of bats made of different types of hardwood. The results are pretty amazing. Even the sound of the ball getting smoked by those heavier harder bats is deeper and more awesome than those of today. Anyway, I could do this all day, but I gotta run. Hey, I heard your mommy calling. She needs you to come up from the basement, time for some string cheese and a juice box and to have your diaper checked....
@@bendalton5221 I once blindly believed all those homers you listed. Meyer. Kingman, Mantle, Jackson, etc. It appears you are emotionally invested in these distances that are guesses at best. Batters used bigger bats is your explanation for longer homers along with pitch speeds being slower? I'm not trying to be mean or condescending but you appear to not know much about physics. Question: did you ever stop to think that all those enormous home run distances you listed all were conveniently done before they could be verified? Since stat cast started in 2015 there have been nearly 50k home runs. Of that, 3 were 500+ feet. None went beyond 505 feet and two were in Denver. If what you are believing is true then during the 2021 ASG in Denver we should have seen 600 foot homers, but we didn't. The best of the best combined for 4 home runs beyond 500 feet. Remember, they were getting meatballs thrown to them in Denver. Juan Soto's went the farthest at 520 feet. You can attempt to mock me all you want with the 3rd grade comments, but in the end you are upset that your fairy tale of 550 foot homers was challenged and even experts now say those distances were made up and not true.
@@brentrosencrans3968 you're missing the point, home run distances decreased with the advent of smaller lighter bats. I could explain the physics of it to you but clearly you wouldn't believe it anyway so I won't waste my time. Has nothing to do with the quality of the hitters or pitchers. A ball traveling 85mph will go farther if contacted with a heavier bat than a lighter bat hitting a ball going 94mph. And I would love to see what "experts" you are talking about. I take my info from sources form countless books and sources I have read (I am a geek and love to read and research, not that you would know what that is, and I have yet to come across "expert" testimony that discredits older baseball like that - if anything, just the opposite. It is modern study of older info that is giving light to some of these distances, it isn't estimates from like the 1950's or something like that). Anyway, just go away already, you believe what you do, and I'll believe the testimony of people that actually know what they are talking about when it comes to baseball. Go do some liberal things and bother others, or whatever it is you do. Cheers, and as always, have a nice day!
I remember watching an Adam Dunn home run compilation video about a year ago here on YT (in fact I think I saved it), it's incredible how far a lot of his home runs went, good grief...
How many folks have been on that concourse at Yankee stadium and it’s distance from home plate .. taking nothing away from the rest but damn some of the sounds those bats make love it.
Yeah nice shots but not even close to the Mick's drives. Add another 60 - 75 feet on multiple ones from # 7 plus some that during the day a few were so far they could only estimate them as there was no way to be 100% accurate
Yea here is a statcast for you Mantle hitting the facade in right filed at Yankee Stadium in the 60s, long before juiced up balls and players, no one not even Mr. May A. Judge has ever done it.
I've been watching games at Fenway since 1988.. I can remember ONE homerun Manny Ramirez hit to left center that was similar to Sano's but it hit the top of the billboard... that might've been the longest Fenway homerun I've seen.
That home run in Fenway was ridiculous. The dude hit it out of the ball park in center field. I remember in 1999 during the home run derby in Fenway with a juiced up McGwire and Sosa and I don’t think either of them hit any baseballs that far.
I’ve seen Jason Bay hit one over the end of the Monster near CF but not nearly as far as this one. Also, Manny’s home run that hit that light tower was insane but that was halfway to the foul pole at least.
These are no doubt very impressive. When Jose Canseco played for Oakland back in the late 80s, I saw more than one of his homers, clear the Center Field wall in Oakland on a near flat trajectory. Look at his homer in the first game of the 1988 World Series.
Harmon Killebrew used to hit home runs well over 500 feet long. His longest recorded home run at the old Met Stadium was listed at 520 feet but was likely closer to 550 feet. He also hit one completely out of the old Tiger Stadium. He was not a big man either.
I hate to be a pooper of parties (because I'm also a Twins fan) but... anything before StatCast is pretty much dependent on stadium seat home run measurements being accurate, which... they often were not. Often stadium seat home run distances were calculated based on nothing more than the architectural drawings, which could differ by as much as 10 feet from the actual placement of the seats in the rows. So unfortunately, any home run distance taken before StatCast is likely to be an exaggeration.
@@katherineberger6329 Finally someone is thinking. All these 550+ foot homers Mantle, Kingman, McGwire, Canseco, etc. likely didn't travel further than 510 feet tops (and none were in Denver). There have been nearly 50k homers since stat cast started and 3 have went beyond 500 feet and none beyond 505 (2 of those in Denver). I think people just like to believe these outrageous home run distances without thinking.
Wow, the topic of the longest home runs ever recorded by Statcast sounds absolutely thrilling! It's incredible to think about the power and skill needed to hit a baseball such distances. The blend of athleticism, technique, and strength required for such feats is truly a marvel. It's exciting to imagine the stadiums where these record-breaking home runs were hit, each one a unique moment in baseball history. What a great way to celebrate the amazing capabilities of athletes and the fascinating technology of Statcast that makes it possible to record these achievements! 🌟⚾💥
There used to be a sign out there in right field at the Arlington ballpark that said hit it here win a free suite, 501 feet. I remember thinking how ridiculous that was. Mazara hit it farther than that!
I went to the Ballpark At Arlington 1997 and remember that sign. It was on the roof over the 2nd deck. Mazara's was too much of a line drive to have hit onto the roof. If he launched it 5 to 10 degrees higher, however ...
@@coinbuyer-8605 I loved that ballpark from the first time I ever walked in it in 1995. It was a majestic looking thing inside and out. I've seen others criticize it for one reason or the other. The Texas heat was the big killer and I'm sure the reason for the new ballpark which by the way has the charm of an airline terminal or a shopping mall.
Statcast has has some research to do. All 5 of these HRs are definitely huge blasts! But 3 of them are under 500 ft, and 2 of them are a little over 500 ft. The most crushing HRs that I ever saw were further than these. When I was a kid, I saw the Mets Dave Kingman hit it into the Parking lot at Shea stadium. That was well over 500 ft. I saw Cecil Fielder hit a HR over the left field roof at Tiger Stadium. It was estimated to be only 502 ft which I find very hard to believe. I saw Jose Canseco crush a ball at the Skydome in Toronto. The ball nearly hit the highest level in left field and the ceiling simultaneously. That one too was well over 500 ft. I saw Mark McGwire demolish a Randy Johnson fastball at the Kingdome in Seattle that was hit so hard that when it got to the HR wall, instead of it coming down, it was still going up. LOL! Way over 500 ft. I never saw anybody hit a HR off of Randy Johnson like that. I've also seen Reggie Jackson, Darryl Strawberry and George Foster hit some monstrous HRs too that were over 500 ft. Strawberry hit the clock in dead center field in St. Louis. And these are just HRs that I saw in my lifetime. Then of course, Babe Ruth was said to have hit a HR nearly 600 ft. And Mickey Mantle was said to have hit the light bulb at the top of the upper right field deck at Yankee Stadium in the 1950's. The HRs in this video are entertaining, but hardly the 5 longest HRs ever. Just the 5 longest recorded by Statcast.
Saw the Mguire home run against randy johnson--that was easily near the 550 area--johnson threw like a 101 mph fastball and mcguire crushed it.th-cam.com/video/stUolWxG3wo-/w-d-xo.html--camera could not even follow it and it almost hit the backwall of the upperdeck of the stadium
Babe Ruth is credited with a 575 ft homer. Micky Mantle - 565ft. I'm guessing there was no recording of those Home Runs. This video is an interesting look at what is the longest homer recorded. Of course, it is not without controversy. th-cam.com/video/D5xXhoX6-W0/w-d-xo.html One big part of measuring these modern homers is the confines of the stadiums. If the trajectory could be accurately computed, it seems logical that some of the homers shown would be well beyond the distance where the ball hit in the stadium.
Reggie Jackson in the 1971 Allstar game hit the light tower on the roof of old Tigers Stadium. An estimated distance of 532 feet. Majestic! 😮Love talking long ball.
Dave Kingman hit one in Chicago that landed on the porch of a house 3 doors down from Waveland. The straight line distance is 520 feet! Most titanic blast ever. Jorge Soler's HR in the 6th game of the Astros-Braves series must have gone about that far. Completely out of Minute Maid park. Kingman's HR is on YT. "That one's in Milwaukee!" :)
Thome hit one out of Jacobs field straight out through Centerfield onto the street, it was well over 500+ feet. Its always the Yankees or Redsox they show.
Cecil Fielder hit one completely out of County Stadium in Milwaukee. You could also include some of Harmon Killebrew's homers or Reggie Jackson's in the 71 All Star Game
Stanton hit a grand slam in 2012 off 65 year old Jamie Moyer and took out the scoreboard for a little bit I will never forget the sound of that ball hitting the bat and how fast it left the park
I watched Gary Sheffield hit a meatball off Tim Wakefield at Fenway so hard that it was still on it's upward trajectory as it cleared the green monster and all it's sign's. I believe it was back in 2004. It used to be on youtube and everyone who saw it swore it must've gone over 600 ft. The sound alone was as loud as a car crash. An amazing sight to see while sitting in the right field stands
SSP - when I was a kid, I remember them claiming that Mantle hit a ball 565 ft. at Griffith Stadium. That was based on an announcer measuring to the spot where he thought it landed after the game was over. I loved the story, but I'm guessing he did not hit a ball 565 ft.
On May 16th, 1998 Mark McGwire hit a 545 foot HR at Busch Stadium. It hit off the post dispatch sign, so it was easy to measure. Would have to be top 5 ever
Canseco’s HR at the Skydome is longer than these. Probably couldn’t be measured because it was still rising when it hit the top seats of the upper deck
I could listen to that Mazara shot on repeat the rest of my life.
preach
2:22 if you notice the cameraman starts to focus on the lower part of the deck ready to capture a typical home-run and has to readjust back to the upper part of the upper deck!
Try Jose Canseco's blast in Toronto
you wouldn't last three hours.
That sound off the bat is unbelievable. Most "homer" sounding contact ever
That Mazara one... Such the pure sound of the ball getting utterly annihilated!
like a gunshot
That Sanchez HR looked as perfect contact as I ever seen a ball hit.
it was coors field tho
496 at Coors, 476 in Miami
bet you couldnt even hit it that far@@aers8127
I just realized he was hitting 7th in the order...
Dave Kingman hit one at Fenway in ‘77 when playing for the Yankees that went close to the lights on the pole in left center where Sano hit it. I never did see it come down, just went into the night.
notice how it says stat cast era...
Pete Incaviglia for the Tiger's hit one up at the top of the light tower in left, similar to Manny Ramiraz's blast..
@@ben9098 This wise guy remark will garnish @Braxtonaton a lot of thumbs up.
He also hit one out of Wrigley field that shattered a window of a house two doors down from Waveland Ave.
The announcers stated that air traffic control at Logan would have thought it was a UFO. 😂 Never forget that shot.
As someone who is very familiar with Globe Life Field in Arlington, the Mazara home run was completely ridiculous. The restaurant up there is so far from home plate, the players look like ants. It boggles the mind how a ball can travel that distance.
Oh my god Jesus Sanchez. When I started working for a minor league team in 2018, he was there. He was a goober for sure. Always smiling.
lucky you! Sounds awesome
Whats a goober? Ive heard the term but dont know what it is
@Rory Johnston means they're goofy, and like having fun
@@adamholt929 ah ok, most of the time ive heard it had a negative connontation to it
@Rory Johnston it can be sometimes, but the way they used it that's what they're intending I believe
When I was a child, I remember Micky Mantle hit a HR off of the upper facade of Yankee Stadium that was measured at 500+ feet.
Yes Sir , Yankee fan from way back... Most of todays juiced up big hitters couldn't carry Mantles jock.. Did it with 2 bad wheels and after effects of too much drink..Childhood hero.. Todays players meh!!!
@@oldrockr1557 Alcoholism shouldn't be celebrated? 😂😂
Guys like Aaron Judge have 90 more pounds of muscle than Mickey. The sports science and the training is way better now (this is why every track & field record from that era has been completely obliterated by today’s athletes). Also the velocity of pitches is way higher and that usually equates to the velocity off the bat being higher because the ball hits that bat harder. Todays home runs are going farther
@@curtf9813
Wrong. Funny though.
Henry Aaron, Lou Brock & Joe Adcock all hit one in the CF bleachers at the old Polo Grounds.
Mickey Mantle!!!!! No color TV. No blaring music.
He hit a homerun without color tv?
@@jerryklooster438it didn’t happen. Home runs are only in color.
People don’t realize how impressive Judge’s hr was. In New York elevation which is 34 ft compared to a mile high elevation. Judge could’ve hit that exact pitch 530+ feet
Its almost as impressive as his career .211 ave in the post season.
@@bigmike12396small sample size also .772 ops
@@bigmike12396Still better than Ted Williams’ .200 postseason batting average
and Sano's homerun is just as impressive since Fenway has the lowest elevation of any ballpark, sucks that new york and the twins don't play the rockies often.
@@HomerErectusMaybe Williams was a little distracted ... Seeing how it was his first season back from 3 years of serving in WW2. What was Judge's excuse.
Glen Allen Hill, hit one on the roof of the building across Waveland Ave. At Wrigley
He hit some monster shots. I was at a game where he hit a homerun ball across Waveland and down Kenmore.
I remember that monster home run and some "experts" were trying to estimate it went about 450 feet. Teammate Mark Grace said, "450 feet my fanny"!
Only ball I've ever seen hit onto one of those roofs. That was Hill + steroids + 30 mph wind. What a shot!
Yup, they ended up measuring that one at 495'. Seemed longer. He said he hit it so clean he didn't even feel it.
Mickey Mantle hit the longest homer,they`re trying to erase him from history,
Who is they?
What are you talking about? Do you read it says “RECORDED BY STATCAST” Don’t you think a list of players should have made this list..literacy is completely missing
@@chefmathesmathes7718
Shove your literacy.
Totally agree
Stanton's is way over estimated. Mike Piazza hit a ball back past that spot onto the walkway once, and it was estimated at 495 (later revised to 515).
Piazza was a strong MF
@Bear A Tone Line drives don't travel farther than fly balls. They're lower to the ground by definition.
@N Ig The more significant difference is the exit velocity. You see how these are all hit 105+ mph off the bat.
Otherwise it's just a pop-up.
exit velo bro
@@KTF0Stanton stronger!😂
It always feels good catching a 505 foot homer.
So I'm guessing that Statcast hasn't been around very long
Yeah, I think Statcast came out in 2015
and people were using steroids in the mlb until 2002
@@aoldm11 What???
I wish there was a way to measure the one Ted Simmons hit to left field in Philadelphia in ‘75 or ‘76. In my memory it was by far the hardest hit ball I ever saw. It seemed like it was still on the way up when it hit the seats, and reached the seats faster than any other.
I'm from Philly and that would be Veterans Stadium. Willie Stargell has the longest HR hit there. They marked the seat with a "S". Simmons slammed some as well...
I've always heard that Mickey Mantle hit one that folks said went all the way to the pearly gates where Saint Peter put it away
I was a 16 year old baseball enthusiasts when I watched the 1989 ALCS game where Jose Canseco hit one into the upper deck and off of the big plexiglass window. That one measured 540 feet at Toronto's old Skydome 😳34 years later, and it's still the longest homer that I have ever seen.
Galarraga at Joe Robbie Stadium 529 ft but everyone knows it was more than that
Definitely one of the absolute longest home runs I've seen footage of, amazing how far that thing went...
This is the longest home run, visually, I've ever seen. I've never seen a baseball hit harder. He absolutely obliterated it.
I think they originally called it 572.
@@peterz22thomas5 Why not 600? It never traveled 529 feet let alone 572.
Mark McGwire, 1998, Chase Field batting practice. 550 footer, out of the window, onto Jefferson street. Ball was never found.
STEROIDS. Doesn't count.
Don't worry about it, They're till looking for it.
I’m a Cubs fan who enjoyed the McGwire/Sosa chase. I’ll attest I’ve never seen anything like McGwire hitting BP. He was hitting balls on the roof of old Busch stadium and they were rolling off the back 🤯
Who cares? McGwire was a cheater.
It never went 550 feet. That's a myth.
Statcast is nice. McGuire hit the scoreboard at then Jacobs Field and Mantle parked one on the roof at old Municipal Stadium in Cleveland.
*McGwire
McGwire hit one at Busch Stadium once, that it was way up past Big Mac Land. Had to been 550 feet. Before statcast was a thing
i wonder how far some of willie Stargell's homers went
Man, I wish there was footage of that first one he hit outta Dodgers Stadium in '69.
"Willie didn't just hit you. He robbed you of your dignity."
(Don Sutton)
Miss you, Pops 🙏
Every time Willie hit a homer they had "Chicken on the Hill with Will." The Hill District is the neighborhood behind the arena where the Penguins play. A food place in the neighborhood would give out free chicken if Willie hit one out. I can't remember if he paid for the chicken, but he was a great guy and it wouldn't surprise me if he did.
Mickey Mantle, need I say more
That’s why the video says it’s in Statcast era
@@Midnight1716unodos
Mickey Mantle.
New title: What happens at Coors Field
It's because the elevation is so high?
@@MattPlaysGolf yeah
@@MattPlaysGolf no shit
That’s why our tickets are $4 sometimes
I will do that on my channel
Don’t forget Dave Kingman’s monster shot back in’79. Went 530 feet
Remember, Glenallen Hill's (Cubs) shot that bounced off the rooftops across the street?
No home run ever went 530 feet. That, along with Mantle hitting a 550 foot homer, are myths. It's likely neither of them hit a 500 foot homer during their careers.
I can remember players hitting home runs onto and over the roof of Tiger Stadium, but the seats of those old stadiums were a lot closer to the field.
Miguel Sano, to this day I can’t believe how far that ball went.
He hit one in Tampa that probably would have broken records, but we’ll never know because of that dumb stadium. Multiple people said it was the hardest ball they’ve ever seen hit. Whatever happened to that guy?
How about Mantle's homerun that hit the facade in the house that Ruth built
On a upward trajectory and something like 563 ft.
Josh Gibson is the only one to ever hit one clear out of Yankee Stadium.
@@lorimcquinn3966 Myth. It likely never went 500 feet.
@@dansmithkzoo Trouble with that story is he never would confirm it during his lifetime.
@@dansmithkzoo never happened
lol as a baltimoron, Hearing home runners makes me wanna crack beers with my boys.Good shit.
haha yeah dog totallyyyy
Frank Robby hit one out of the old Memorial Stadium that may have touched heaven.
I’ll never forget a guy named Reggie Abercrombie back in like, 2004-2005, right handed hitter, hit a home run to left field that almost went out of the Reds’ stadium. Top left field deck, 3/4 of the way up.
The home run by Reggie Jackson in the 1971 All Star game in Detroit was a monster. As I recall, it almost left the park;
‘Reggie Jackson's famous home run at Tiger Stadium during the 1971 All-Star Game is thought to have traveled approximately 532 feet. Its distance would have been even greater had it not hit a light tower!’
The old numbers are not at all accurate. There is no way they could measure trajectory, ball speed, wind, angle, etc.. Past distance estimates are irrelevant. I remember hearing numbers like 600 ft back in the day. No effing way. These guys are fitter and stronger than ever and they seem to max out around 500 ft, give or take.
It hit a transformer in right center. The ball got out of the park in a hurry. When Reggie got all of one, he really launched it.
@@mplslawnguy3389
Wrong.
@@mplslawnguy3389
Mantle hit one over the Tiger Stadium roof, across the street, and into a lumberyard. That's 500+ feet.
@@mplslawnguy3389 All those peripheral measurements are totally irrelevant...their is only one that matters, the distance. Even in those times there were at least two options for attaining the measurement, one being with a surveyors instrumentation.
1:24 praising Jesus Sanchez lmfso ❤😂
No coincidence that two of these were hit in Coors Field by guys who normally play at 6’ above sea level in Miami.
Every José Canseco Home run were hit farther than all this home runs 😂
Inagine him n frank Thomas exit velo..
Why are you bragging about a cheater?
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Longest HR’s I ever watched were Mark McGwire during BP. He was hitting them on the roof of the upper deck at old Busch. Imagine a giant donut stadium with three levels. He was hitting them on the roof and they were rolling out of the stadium. Completely insane. Never seen anything like it. He hit a baseball like it was a golf ball.
He did it the right way too. Just vitamins and prayers.
@@mplslawnguy3389
Dam strait. And rolled oats
Used to watch McGwire and Canseco hit BP...Canseco would absolutely destroy some of those balls.
My cat swatted a ping pong ball the entire distance of the house. I threw it low and away too.
The only puddy you ever caught. 😺😊😅😂
@@TheBatugan77 Shhhh! That's suppose to be our secret.
@@ArthurShedsJackson
😁😃😆👍
yeah these are just recent history.... back in the day they hit them much farther. They used bigger longer heavier bats (a lot heavier), made of ash or hickory, which are harder than the maple bats used today. When sluggers connected with them they really took off. Pretty reliable estimates for hitters like Mantle, Mays, Reggie Jackson, Willie Stargell just to name a few, blasting shots well over 500 feet, probably in the 550-575ft range
Bendalton - they call this kind of thinking "restorative nostalgia".
No home run has went 550-575 feet. It's likely that no homer has ever went further than 510 feet.
@@brentrosencrans3968 Joey Meyer 582ft; Josh Gibson 580ft; Jim Thome 511; Darryl Strawberry 525; Dave Kingman 530ft; Adam dunn 535ft; Willie Stargell 535ft; Reggie Jackson 539ft; Mickey Mantle 565ft; Babe Ruth 575ft... I could do this all day. During the golden age of baseball and before, they never really kept track of how far distances were hit, so it is pretty much estimated form old video. Babe Ruth has dozens that are estimated to be in the 550ft range. Likewise, several of Willie Mays' HR's are estimated to be in the 525-550ft range. Back when the Polo Grounds were open, dead center field fence was like 505. and Ruth hit over it on occasion. After the 1923 remodeling which shortened center field to like 470, there were 5 hr's in history hit over that fence, that "cleared it by considerable margins" (Schoolboy Rowe, Luke Easter, Joe Adcock, Hank Aaron and Lou Brock). All of these are estimated in the 530+ft range, Hank Aarons is easily over 550ft.
Do you even follow baseball? Again, back before the 1960's, batters used bigger, longer heavier bats, as the average pitch speeds were slower. When they connected with these, physics takes over and bye bye. There are several videos on TH-cam of batters doing tests with these different types of bats made of different types of hardwood. The results are pretty amazing. Even the sound of the ball getting smoked by those heavier harder bats is deeper and more awesome than those of today.
Anyway, I could do this all day, but I gotta run. Hey, I heard your mommy calling. She needs you to come up from the basement, time for some string cheese and a juice box and to have your diaper checked....
@@bendalton5221 I once blindly believed all those homers you listed. Meyer. Kingman, Mantle, Jackson, etc. It appears you are emotionally invested in these distances that are guesses at best. Batters used bigger bats is your explanation for longer homers along with pitch speeds being slower? I'm not trying to be mean or condescending but you appear to not know much about physics. Question: did you ever stop to think that all those enormous home run distances you listed all were conveniently done before they could be verified? Since stat cast started in 2015 there have been nearly 50k home runs. Of that, 3 were 500+ feet. None went beyond 505 feet and two were in Denver. If what you are believing is true then during the 2021 ASG in Denver we should have seen 600 foot homers, but we didn't. The best of the best combined for 4 home runs beyond 500 feet. Remember, they were getting meatballs thrown to them in Denver. Juan Soto's went the farthest at 520 feet. You can attempt to mock me all you want with the 3rd grade comments, but in the end you are upset that your fairy tale of 550 foot homers was challenged and even experts now say those distances were made up and not true.
@@brentrosencrans3968 you're missing the point, home run distances decreased with the advent of smaller lighter bats. I could explain the physics of it to you but clearly you wouldn't believe it anyway so I won't waste my time. Has nothing to do with the quality of the hitters or pitchers. A ball traveling 85mph will go farther if contacted with a heavier bat than a lighter bat hitting a ball going 94mph. And I would love to see what "experts" you are talking about. I take my info from sources form countless books and sources I have read (I am a geek and love to read and research, not that you would know what that is, and I have yet to come across "expert" testimony that discredits older baseball like that - if anything, just the opposite. It is modern study of older info that is giving light to some of these distances, it isn't estimates from like the 1950's or something like that). Anyway, just go away already, you believe what you do, and I'll believe the testimony of people that actually know what they are talking about when it comes to baseball. Go do some liberal things and bother others, or whatever it is you do.
Cheers, and as always, have a nice day!
So did they not have Statcast in Coors in 2022? Yelich hit one 499 feet that year.
Absolute Bombs. Moon shots I remember Adam Dunn crushed one that went 520, and I just rhought it looked like the ball waa shot out of a cannon 😳😊
I remember watching an Adam Dunn home run compilation video about a year ago here on YT (in fact I think I saved it), it's incredible how far a lot of his home runs went, good grief...
Remember that one
How many folks have been on that concourse at Yankee stadium and it’s distance from home plate .. taking nothing away from the rest but damn some of the sounds those bats make love it.
Yeah nice shots but not even close to the Mick's drives. Add another 60 - 75 feet on multiple ones from # 7 plus some that during the day a few were so far they could only estimate them as there was no way to be 100% accurate
Sanchez's homerun was mighty impressive. A pitch off the inside edge that he just turns on and yanks it down the line and sends it damn near 500 feet.
Yea here is a statcast for you Mantle hitting the facade in right filed at Yankee Stadium in the 60s, long before juiced up balls and players, no one not even Mr. May A. Judge has ever done it.
When Sano hit that ball, everyone in the entire stadium new it was gone.
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@@ticharribetikymo257 tf you mean bot
When did statcast start these measurements? 2015 or thereabouts? In 2011, Josh Hamilton hit a ball to almost the exact same spot as Mazzera's drive.
Dave Kingman s blast out of Wrigley Field 3 houses down the street !?
Yelich has a 499 at Coors, and both Story and Cron have gone farther than 500 at Coors in statcast era
story was 483 ft i think
@@dodgerssuck498 Cron, yes (09/09/22). The Story homer was later confirmed to be less than 500 feet.
Still like Canseco in the SkyDome.
Stanton is such a powerful hitter man
I've been watching games at Fenway since 1988.. I can remember ONE homerun Manny Ramirez hit to left center that was similar to Sano's but it hit the top of the billboard... that might've been the longest Fenway homerun I've seen.
Cough: Ted Williams
Cough Cough:
Williamsburg (502 feet). Broke a man's hat
@TheBatugan77 🤣.. heard about that.. never saw it though.. I heard everyone's monocles fell off it was so far.
That home run in Fenway was ridiculous. The dude hit it out of the ball park in center field.
I remember in 1999 during the home run derby in Fenway with a juiced up McGwire and Sosa and I don’t think either of them hit any baseballs that far.
Im not sure how they determined that its 495 feet, but that angle makes it look further than the rest to me
I’ve seen Jason Bay hit one over the end of the Monster near CF but not nearly as far as this one. Also, Manny’s home run that hit that light tower was insane but that was halfway to the foul pole at least.
"the dude" u don't know who Sano is?? bro hits nukes free agent last year but I think his career's about done, decent-ish 5 or so year stretch
That guy at 1:00 dived in front of that kid for the ball lol
Dove
I would too.
Everybody forgets the bomb that little Larry Bowa hit in 1979
2:33 The Natural
These are no doubt very impressive. When Jose Canseco played for Oakland back in the late 80s, I saw more than one of his homers, clear the Center Field wall in Oakland on a near flat trajectory. Look at his homer in the first game of the 1988 World Series.
You can’t count how many times balls have gone out over the Monster. Reggie Jackson, right field roof old Tiger stadium.
Four of Norm Cash's home runs cleared the roof In the old Tiger Stadium. Jim Northrop did it a couple of times.
Kirk Gibson cleared that roof a couple times. I was there when Champ Summers had one bounce off the roof and back onto the field.
Harmon Killebrew used to hit home runs well over 500 feet long. His longest recorded home run at the old Met Stadium was listed at 520 feet but was likely closer to 550 feet. He also hit one completely out of the old Tiger Stadium. He was not a big man either.
I hate to be a pooper of parties (because I'm also a Twins fan) but... anything before StatCast is pretty much dependent on stadium seat home run measurements being accurate, which... they often were not. Often stadium seat home run distances were calculated based on nothing more than the architectural drawings, which could differ by as much as 10 feet from the actual placement of the seats in the rows. So unfortunately, any home run distance taken before StatCast is likely to be an exaggeration.
ok but Killebrew was a beast anyway you look at it. and a really nice modest guy!@@katherineberger6329
@@katherineberger6329 Finally someone is thinking. All these 550+ foot homers Mantle, Kingman, McGwire, Canseco, etc. likely didn't travel further than 510 feet tops (and none were in Denver). There have been nearly 50k homers since stat cast started and 3 have went beyond 500 feet and none beyond 505 (2 of those in Denver). I think people just like to believe these outrageous home run distances without thinking.
2:01 stanton & lemahieu 💪
Wow, the topic of the longest home runs ever recorded by Statcast sounds absolutely thrilling! It's incredible to think about the power and skill needed to hit a baseball such distances. The blend of athleticism, technique, and strength required for such feats is truly a marvel. It's exciting to imagine the stadiums where these record-breaking home runs were hit, each one a unique moment in baseball history. What a great way to celebrate the amazing capabilities of athletes and the fascinating technology of Statcast that makes it possible to record these achievements! 🌟⚾💥
There used to be a sign out there in right field at the Arlington ballpark that said hit it here win a free suite, 501 feet. I remember thinking how ridiculous that was. Mazara hit it farther than that!
I went to the Ballpark At Arlington 1997 and remember that sign. It was on the roof over the 2nd deck. Mazara's was too much of a line drive to have hit onto the roof. If he launched it 5 to 10 degrees higher, however ...
@@coinbuyer-8605 I loved that ballpark from the first time I ever walked in it in 1995. It was a majestic looking thing inside and out. I've seen others criticize it for one reason or the other. The Texas heat was the big killer and I'm sure the reason for the new ballpark which by the way has the charm of an airline terminal or a shopping mall.
Glenallen Hill's rooftop shot across Waveland Avenue is the longest Wrigley Field has ever seen.
Statcast has has some research to do. All 5 of these HRs are definitely huge blasts! But 3 of them are under 500 ft, and 2 of them are a little over 500 ft. The most crushing HRs that I ever saw were further than these. When I was a kid, I saw the Mets Dave Kingman hit it into the Parking lot at Shea stadium. That was well over 500 ft. I saw Cecil Fielder hit a HR over the left field roof at Tiger Stadium. It was estimated to be only 502 ft which I find very hard to believe. I saw Jose Canseco crush a ball at the Skydome in Toronto. The ball nearly hit the highest level in left field and the ceiling simultaneously. That one too was well over 500 ft. I saw Mark McGwire demolish a Randy Johnson fastball at the Kingdome in Seattle that was hit so hard that when it got to the HR wall, instead of it coming down, it was still going up. LOL! Way over 500 ft. I never saw anybody hit a HR off of Randy Johnson like that. I've also seen Reggie Jackson, Darryl Strawberry and George Foster hit some monstrous HRs too that were over 500 ft. Strawberry hit the clock in dead center field in St. Louis. And these are just HRs that I saw in my lifetime. Then of course, Babe Ruth was said to have hit a HR nearly 600 ft. And Mickey Mantle was said to have hit the light bulb at the top of the upper right field deck at Yankee Stadium in the 1950's. The HRs in this video are entertaining, but hardly the 5 longest HRs ever. Just the 5 longest recorded by Statcast.
Saw the Mguire home run against randy johnson--that was easily near the 550 area--johnson threw like a 101 mph fastball and mcguire crushed it.th-cam.com/video/stUolWxG3wo-/w-d-xo.html--camera could not even follow it and it almost hit the backwall of the upperdeck of the stadium
the point of the video is that they're homeruns recorded in the statcast era
@@jaydensmith5235 Thank you. My last sentence says that.
Babe Ruth is credited with a 575 ft homer. Micky Mantle - 565ft. I'm guessing there was no recording of those Home Runs. This video is an interesting look at what is the longest homer recorded. Of course, it is not without controversy. th-cam.com/video/D5xXhoX6-W0/w-d-xo.html
One big part of measuring these modern homers is the confines of the stadiums. If the trajectory could be accurately computed, it seems logical that some of the homers shown would be well beyond the distance where the ball hit in the stadium.
No home run went 565 or 575 feet. It's likely neither went 500 feet.
@@brentrosencrans3968
Wrong.
You're used to that.
Reggie Jackson in the 1971 Allstar game hit the light tower on the roof of old Tigers Stadium. An estimated distance of 532 feet. Majestic! 😮Love talking long ball.
Should have the measurements throughout and / or at the end of each hr ( so we can get a better sense of the distance after seeing it)
Canseco against the Blue Jays was absurd. I believe it was 3rd deck
longest I ever seen live was a Adam Dunn homer at Cincinnati. I put it 525 feet at least. up dead center close to the paddle wheel
Didn't even reach 500
@@brentrosencrans3968 499 lol
C.J Cron "Hold my beer"
That first HR call might literally be the worst call of all-time. How is that guy employed?
Where is the HR that Willie Stargel hit
He left Dodger Stadium twice.
There's no better feeling than when the bat flexes, and you know you nailed it and mailed it.
One thing in common: All sorta hit meatballs. Bad pitches. High heat on the last one was borderline but it was still right in the middle. Crushed.
I saw Johnny Bench hit the nose bleed seats in Riverfront Stadium back in 83. I'm amazed how some of these guys can smash the ball.
Kirk Gibson has knocked a couple out of old Tiger Stadium and they kept on rolling down Trumbull or Grand river so.....!
Dave Kingman hit one in Chicago that landed on the porch of a house 3 doors down from Waveland. The straight line distance is 520 feet! Most titanic blast ever. Jorge Soler's HR in the 6th game of the Astros-Braves series must have gone about that far. Completely out of Minute Maid park. Kingman's HR is on YT. "That one's in Milwaukee!" :)
Oh yeah Kingman was a beast,I saw him in Puerto Rico hit a 500 feet.
Strawberry too
Thome hit one out of Jacobs field straight out through Centerfield onto the street, it was well over 500+ feet. Its always the Yankees or Redsox they show.
Willie Stargell in Montreal not on there.
Cecil Fielder hit one completely out of County Stadium in Milwaukee. You could also include some of Harmon Killebrew's homers or Reggie Jackson's in the 71 All Star Game
Way to go Sanchez! Giving all us under 6' and 200 lb hope!
Stanton hit a grand slam in 2012 off 65 year old Jamie Moyer and took out the scoreboard for a little bit I will never forget the sound of that ball hitting the bat and how fast it left the park
I watched Gary Sheffield hit a meatball off Tim Wakefield at Fenway so hard that it was still on it's upward trajectory as it cleared the green monster and all it's sign's. I believe it was back in 2004. It used to be on youtube and everyone who saw it swore it must've gone over 600 ft. The sound alone was as loud as a car crash. An amazing sight to see while sitting in the right field stands
All day games
Where is Dave Kingmans 515 foot shot in Chicago, out of the stadium and a quarter of the way down the street.
Up your 'back alley'.
😮😯😳😱
That last hitter @2:40 got high torque fat bat on that unfortunate baseball.
People love to argue about the longest home run.
0:03 Pull!
#5 was estimated much longer than 495...Sportscenter that night said they had reports of people claiming near 540 feet.
Sportscenter? Good place for watching highlights but their opinion for how far a ball traveled? Well, whatever.
Barry Bonds against the Angels was better than all of these combined.
He was a cheater, so no one cares.
What happened to the steroid era? Those guys were hitting over 500 on the reg.
It never ended.
No, they weren't.
Imagine Babe Ruth at Coors Field.
And Mantle hit it farther than all these guys. Think about that for a minute.
SSP - when I was a kid, I remember them claiming that Mantle hit a ball 565 ft. at Griffith Stadium. That was based on an announcer measuring to the spot where he thought it landed after the game was over. I loved the story, but I'm guessing he did not hit a ball 565 ft.
They included the distance his home runs bounced and rolled after landing. 🙄
Was that in his cheating years? If so, then no one cares.
He was the King
The Mick
Just another 5 for 5 Tuesday matinee game for LaSteroid.
Jose Canseco BP Arlington Texas in the 90's was different.
I wish the yanks would put the auxiliary scores back in the outfield. One of the charms of old old stadium.
I’m sure Schmidt, Luzinski, McCovey, Stargell, Mantle, Kingman, McGwire and Canseco hit bigger bombs than these.
No doubt!
Willie McCovey, was as powerful a hitter that ever played the game. Don Drysdale only feared one hitter, Mr McCovey!
Carl Everett, Sky boxes at the Astrodome. I was there.
Damn Coors field is gorgeous.
On May 16th, 1998 Mark McGwire hit a 545 foot HR at Busch Stadium. It hit off the post dispatch sign, so it was easy to measure. Would have to be top 5 ever
No home run ever went 545 feet
Didn't Alonso hit one halfway up the upper deck in Minnesota
Canseco’s HR at the Skydome is longer than these. Probably couldn’t be measured because it was still rising when it hit the top seats of the upper deck
I was going to mention. That bomb.
Who's that Pitcher guy that hit it 493 FEET?
Ohtani on June 30, 2023.
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Check out Reggie Jackson All Star Game home run, Tiger Stadium.😂