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Longest homerun you’ve ever seen

Pedro Alvarez over the batters eye at PNC. Really wish he would’ve put it all together because, on the few occasions he was locked in, it was fun to watch
 
Hardest hit ball I have seen was a Cecil Fielder line drive at Fenway. He hit it to the left center portion of the monster. My view was from the right field bleachers and it seemed like the ball was still rising when it hit the wall. In great Cecil Fielder fashion, it ended up a single.
 
GemParty said:
I think I saw Stanton murder a baseball yesterday. 483 feet & exit was 121.3 MPH. It was majestic. Check it out if you missed it.

He’s had a few 500. One was a missile over the Art Deco carnival structure of Marlins Park landing on the centerfield concourse a few years ago. My lord.

Reggie & Mantle have had 500+.

My question is concerning Ted Williams 502 Red Designation Seat at Fenway and Babe Ruth’s fabled 575? That’s Five-Seventy-Five.

Ortiz says, Ted’s is really hard to imagine. Article linked. Ortiz never personally came close. He tried. He even experimented with Aluminum bats.

Jerry Remy said this week, in 30 years of watching games and batting practices, at Fenway nothing has landed near that Red seat in right field.

Are those bombs long ago Fact/fiction?

www.bostonglobe.com

Ted Williams’s blast remains Fenway Park benchmark - The Boston Globe

Despite significant advances in player training and preparation, no one has eclipsed the 502-foot homer Williams hit in 1946.
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Let's not forget the great Jimmie Foxx, who hit a 475 foot home run as a 16 year old. Many baseball historian's rank him #2 behind Ruth in power hitting.

"In 1936, Jimmie Foxx, batting against the Yankees' Red Ruffing, hit a shot that sailed over Fenway's leftfield wall and landed on the back of the roof of the Lansdowne Street Garage. Foxx also cleared Comiskey Park's leftfield roof."

Arguably he had the greatest single season ever at the plate in 1932......

In 1932, the 25 yr old Foxx hit .364, with 58 home runs with 169 RBIs, missing the Triple Crown by just three points in batting average. Foxx actually hit 60 home runs that year, which would have tied Babe Ruth's record, but two of the home runs were hit in games that ended up being rained out, so the home runs did not count."



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I saw Mickey Mantle's last World Series homer off the façade in the stadium. It was a Barnie Shultz knuckleball that didn't knuckleball. That was a blast!
 
NatiHuskiFan said:
I was at the game where Adam Dunn hit one out of GABP and in to the Ohio River. I don’t think there has ever been one come close to leaving the park since.
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The best factoid on that was, with the bounce into the Ohio River, Dunn became the first player in MLB history to hit a home run into another state.

I've seen Josh Bell hit two into the Allegheny on the fly, but those were just 472 and 474 feet. But the funniest was a Pedro Alvarez bomb that landed in a boat, which may be the first time a home run ball souvenir was ever collected that way.
 
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I attended numerous games in Wrigley during the Dave Kingman era. He was a powerful guy and a lot of his homers were like pop ups, they would go tremendously high. So when the wind was blowing out, they would go and go and go. And his famous shot was much more toward center (than Hill's) and went well past Waveland Ave down Kenmore Street. Complete bombs.
 
I do not believe any estimated home run distances back in the day over 550 ft. And those Ruth home runs over 650 ft, come on. Now that we have stat case and launch monitors, it's hard to input numbers to make someone have the bat speed to hit one 600 ft. Its like the weekend hacker who says he hits it 300 yards.
 
NC_Uconn_Fan said:
I do not believe any estimated home run distances back in the day over 550 ft. And those Ruth home runs over 650 ft, come on. Now that we have stat case and launch monitors, it's hard to input numbers to make someone have the bat speed to hit one 600 ft. Its like the weekend hacker who says he hits it 300 yards.
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There were some strong guys back then and I'm sure the consistency of the baseball was highly variable. Get a hot ball and a good swing and 550 ft by Ruth, Williams, Foxx, etc is possible.

Do you believe Arnold Palmer drove the first hole at Cherry Hill during final round of US Open in 1960? 345+ yards with wood face, steel shaft and sponge for a golf ball?

None of today's big hitters could do it using Arnie's equipment.

www.golfchannel.com

Pros Try to Duplicate Arnold Palmer's Famous Drive at Cherry Hills

Arnold Palmer’s presence was palpable at the first tee in Tuesday’s practice rounds at the BMW Championship.
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Chin Diesel said:
There were some strong guys back then and I'm sure the consistency of the baseball was highly variable. Get a hot ball and a good swing and 550 ft by Ruth, Williams, Foxx, etc is possible.

Do you believe Arnold Palmer drove the first hole at Cherry Hill during final round of US Open in 1960? 345+ yards with wood face, steel shaft and sponge for a golf ball?

None of today's big hitters could do it using Arnie's equipment.

www.golfchannel.com

Pros Try to Duplicate Arnold Palmer's Famous Drive at Cherry Hills

Arnold Palmer’s presence was palpable at the first tee in Tuesday’s practice rounds at the BMW Championship.
www.golfchannel.com www.golfchannel.com
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I wouldn't expect anyone on today's PGA tour to be able to duplicate Arnie's feat with no advance practice. But, I do think that if they did have the opportunity to practice that shot with that equipment, some of them coulda.

Regarding Ruth and 650 ft shot, what we know about physics, baseball trajectory and exit speed makes that a very dubious proposition. 550 is certainly within the realm of possibility.
 
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1971 All-Star game in Detroit. Reggie Jackson hit a homerun off of Dock Ellis that hit the base of the light tower on the roof at Tiger Stadium. Boog Powell said it was the hardest hit ball he had ever seen.

Personally, I gave up one to Dale Murphy at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket that went over the lights in left field. I got a standing ovation from my own teammates when the inning was over for giving up the "longest homerun in history." Lesson learned, never hang a forkball. If you do, it's like putting it on a tee.
 
storrsroars said:
I wouldn't expect anyone on today's PGA tour to be able to duplicate Arnie's feat with no advance practice. But, I do think that if they did have the opportunity to practice that shot with that equipment, some of them coulda.

Regarding Ruth and 650 ft shot, what we know about physics, baseball trajectory and exit speed makes that a very dubious proposition. 550 is certainly within the realm of possibility.
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And that was partly my point. Players back in the 30's had way heavier bats. They swung differently to get that lumber around.
Arnie had to perfect a swing to get the screws on the persimmon driver. But you had to be damn strong and true on your swing. Today's better conditioned athletes couldn't just pick up his equipment and do what he did.
 
Pawsox said:
1971 All-Star game in Detroit. Reggie Jackson hit a homerun off of Dock Ellis that hit the base of the light tower on the roof at Tiger Stadium. Boog Powell said it was the hardest hit ball he had ever seen.

Personally, I gave up one to Dale Murphy at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket that went over the lights in left field. I got a standing ovation from my own teammates when the inning was over for giving up the "longest homerun in history." Lesson learned, never hang a forkball. If you do, it's like putting it on a tee.
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Right here.


 
I once saw Sam Horn, in spring training, hit a home run at the old Tinker Field in Orlando. Over the right field fence was the Citrus Bowl (now Camping World Stadium) which dwarfed Tinker Field. At the top of the Citrus Bowl was a trailer, that might have been offices or a press booth or temporary. Horn hit that trailer. Massive home run. No trailer, it would have gone into the Citrus Bowl.
 
NC_Uconn_Fan said:
I do not believe any estimated home run distances back in the day over 550 ft. And those Ruth home runs over 650 ft, come on. Now that we have stat case and launch monitors, it's hard to input numbers to make someone have the bat speed to hit one 600 ft. Its like the weekend hacker who says he hits it 300 yards.
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If it's good enough for MLB.com it's good enough for me. Read the article. It infers it may not have been 650ft as originally measured "but was well over 600ft." Probably was a barnstorming juiced up ball to pack'm in.

 
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I saw Carl Everett hit the last upper deck home run in the Astrodome in ‘99 and I swear it was still rising, was ridiculous and nobody was up there so it took a few minutes for people to get to the ball.
 
On TV, Jose Canseco at Skydome vs the Blue Jays in the playoffs back in the day.

In person, when I was younger George Bell hit a missle at Yankee Stadium that hit the bottom of the Getty sign in LCF.
 
GemParty said:
I think I saw Stanton murder a baseball yesterday. 483 feet & exit was 121.3 MPH. It was majestic. Check it out if you missed it.

He’s had a few 500. One was a missile over the Art Deco carnival structure of Marlins Park landing on the centerfield concourse a few years ago. My lord.

Reggie & Mantle have had 500+.

My question is concerning Ted Williams 502 Red Designation Seat at Fenway and Babe Ruth’s fabled 575? That’s Five-Seventy-Five.

Ortiz says, Ted’s is really hard to imagine. Article linked. Ortiz never personally came close. He tried. He even experimented with Aluminum bats.

Jerry Remy said this week, in 30 years of watching games and batting practices, at Fenway nothing has landed near that Red seat in right field.

Are those bombs long ago Fact/fiction?

www.bostonglobe.com

Ted Williams’s blast remains Fenway Park benchmark - The Boston Globe

Despite significant advances in player training and preparation, no one has eclipsed the 502-foot homer Williams hit in 1946.
www.bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com
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Darryl Strawberry hit the top of the dome in Montreal. Camera only caught the thing after it came down. Must've been at least 550 ft.
 
I saw Dwight Evan's hit one off Tom Candiotti in 1988 ( I think). I don't think it landed yet
 
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Chin Diesel said:
There were some strong guys back then and I'm sure the consistency of the baseball was highly variable. Get a hot ball and a good swing and 550 ft by Ruth, Williams, Foxx, etc is possible.

Do you believe Arnold Palmer drove the first hole at Cherry Hill during final round of US Open in 1960? 345+ yards with wood face, steel shaft and sponge for a golf ball?

None of today's big hitters could do it using Arnie's equipment.

www.golfchannel.com

Pros Try to Duplicate Arnold Palmer's Famous Drive at Cherry Hills

Arnold Palmer’s presence was palpable at the first tee in Tuesday’s practice rounds at the BMW Championship.
www.golfchannel.com www.golfchannel.com
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I think with golf it is possible. You catch one with low spin and get a good roll on firm fairway. I don't think he could carry it 345 like guys today with modern equipment.
 
It wasn’t measured, but George Foster cranked one in San Diego that was still rising when it hit about 40 rows above the 8’ fence in left field of Jack Murphy stadium (old place). It took “1 mississippi” to get there, the hardest hit ball I’ve ever seen or heard. It was a pitcher’s park, with 400+ to dead center, and Dave Winfield used to hit them out often enough. But never like Foster.
 
dennismenace said:
As a child I saw Moose Skowron in July 1959 hit one over the left centerfield wall into the bleachers at the old stadium. That was well over 460 ft. Left center was 457 ft. I also remember (but was not there) Harmon Killebrew hitting gargantuan shots in the stadium both into the left field bleachers and left field upper deck both of which were rare territory for homeruns. Mantle the only one to hit two in dead center (461 ft fence).

www.nytimes.com

Mantle Measures Up to History; Long Homer Adds to His Records at Yankee Stadium; 2 of His Clouts in Past Came Close to Leaving Park (Published 1964)

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I was at the stadium when Mantle hit one dead center field over 400ft. Over the monuments. Marris also hit one in the seats. That game was Mel Stotlemeyer pitched his first game. He also contributed with a base hit as The Bombers beat the White Sox 9-6. I forget the date. I don't I was even a teen then.
 
Doctor Hoop said:
Jim Rice hit some monsters. I remember this one.

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This brings back memories of a cartoon that appeared in a Boston paper after the homerun. The cartoon showed a ballplayer up on the Mass Pike hidden behind a sandbagged wall. It was entitled "how to defend against Jim Rice". LOL. I remember him winning the MVP in 1978 with 400 total bases.
 
I think Manny hit a bomb in Toronto that went about 540 if I’m correct.
 
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