Everybody digs the long ball, right? Well, the only thing sweeter is an even longer one.
Witnessing a no-doubter, one where the batter knows it's gone off the bat, the announcer can't believe their eyes, and the pitcher doesn't even bother to turn around, is a feeling unlike any other.
While the longest home run in MLB history was an estimated 575-foot shot from Babe Ruth against the Detroit Tigers at Navin Field on July 18, 1921, the authenticity of the blast cannot be certain.
Nowadays, we have Statcast, a tool designed to help with this very problem. Since it was fully implemented at MLB ballparks at the start of the 2015 season, Statcast has witnessed some monster home runs.
Here are the ten longest since then:
Longest MLB home runs in Statcast eraT-8) Ronald Acuña Jr.: 495 feet, Sept. 25, 2020, vs. BOS495 FEET for @ronaldacunajr24. 😱😱 pic.twitter.com/Nh57SMHNQt
— MLB (@MLB) September 25, 2020T-8) Joey Gallo: 495 feet, July 20, 2018, vs. CLEA thread of the top 8 longest home runs of the statcast era
8. 7/20/2018 Joey Gallo- 495 feet pic.twitter.com/7UKheQVt1B
This Aaron Judge blast is one of his 48 career home runs against the Orioles.
It traveled 495 feet! pic.twitter.com/vokDtKTZeG
Absolutely CRUSHED. 😳#MNTwinspic.twitter.com/nAkhG7KkOi
— FanDuel Sports Network North (@FanDuelSN_NOR) August 26, 2021T-8) Ryan McMahon: 495 feet, Aug. 9, 2022, vs. STLRyan McMahon hit a baseball 495 feet 💪 pic.twitter.com/kVZmngL6Po
— Baseball Bros (@BaseballBros) August 10, 2022T-5) Jesús Sánchez: 496 feet, May 30, 2022 vs. COL496 FEET!!!
Jesús Sánchez with the longest home run of the season by far! pic.twitter.com/0Tu0szdmvx
4. 9/17/2019 Miguel Sanó- 496 feet pic.twitter.com/832lWFLYEC
— Will Maddux (@MLBMetrics) February 23, 2022T-5) Aaron Judge: 496 feet, Sept. 30, 2017, vs. TOROn September 30th, 2017, Aaron Judge launched this 496-foot BOMB off of Marcus Stroman.
To this date, it's still the longest homer of Judge's big-league career. pic.twitter.com/AGU23iBYbK
499 FEET FROM CHRISTIAN YELICH 😳🚀
That's the longest lefty HR in Coors Field history.
(via @Brewers) pic.twitter.com/xQ0GqzGFe4
On this date in 2016, Giancarlo Stanton destroyed a ball 504 feet: The longest ball ever hit at Coors Field 💪💪 pic.twitter.com/y2DBALxfU1
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) August 6, 2026T-2) C.J. Cron: 504 feet, Sept. 9, 2022, vs. ARIC.J. CRON 504 FT BOMB 💣
Second longest HR to be tracked in MLB history 🤯
(via @Rockies)pic.twitter.com/nHck131nWD
Nomar Mazara - 06/21/2019 pic.twitter.com/Ws6m6aPUK1
— Random Homers (@randomhomers) October 6, 2023What are the longest MLB home runs ever?The alleged longest home run in MLB history was Babe Ruth's moonshot at Navin Field in 1921 that supposedly traveled 575 feet. Here are the other longest home runs in MLB history, keeping in mind that pre-Statcast numbers are only estimates.
- Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees - 565 ft (1953)
- Reggie Jackson, Oakland Athletics - 539 ft (1971)
- Adam Dunn, Cincinnati Reds - 535 ft (2004)
- Willie Stargell, Pittsburgh Pirates - 535 ft (1978)
- Dave Kingman, New York Mets - 530 ft (1976)
- Darryl Strawberry, New York Mets - 525 ft (1988)
- Jim Thome, Cleveland Indians - 511 ft (1999)
- Mo Vaughn, New York Mets - 505 ft (2002)
- Joe Borchard, Chicago White Sox - 504 ft (2004)
- Adam Dunn, Arizona Diamondbacks - 504 ft (2008)
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY Sports: Longest MLB home runs ever: See the top 10 of baseball's Statcast era
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