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!
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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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?
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
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 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 🤯
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.
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 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 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 RU-vid 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!
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.
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.
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! 🌟⚾💥
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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!" :)
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
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.
It is great we now have statcast. No more do people get to pass on guesses and exaggeration as fact. Like how many people try and claim Mickey Mantle among others hit 600 ft homeruns lol. Rest assured if Stanton and Judge in their heyday's couldn't hit a ball that far Mantle certainly wouldn't have been able to.
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.
Richie Allen, Connie Mack, dead center, above LF roof height, about 90’ high, rising as it soared into the night!! Do the math & get back to me, I was there!!
I walk in a park that has several fields including a big one with a 250 foot fence. As I walk outside the fence with my dog, I look back at the plate and think "that's a pretty good shot to make it over this." These guys are hitting the ball twice... as.. far. The ball would still be rising when it made it this far.
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
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
Us mere mortals would just like to maybe make contact like this once in our life at a batting cage or HR derby with friends.....to have that feeling when you hit a ball that sweey
I don't know about Comcast, but Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle hit the longest home runs in history! The two balls that Mantle hit which nearly went out of Yankee Stadium are estimated at possibly going 650bto 700 feet if they didn't hit the Facade.
What does Comcast have to do with it? No home run ever came anywhere close to 650-700 feet. It's likely that no home run has ever went beyond 510 feet and that would have to be in Denver.
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. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D5xXhoX6-W0.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.
