Vento's Pizza in East Liberty, one of Pittsburgh's longest-standing pizzerias, will end a 67-year run on Saturday. The 495-foot blast cleared the wall in right-center field, sailed over the advertising signs and went into the second deck of the deepest part in the yard. Wilver Dornell Stargell led the Pirates to two World Series victories and six division titles. Full Twins leaderboard, White Sox: Yermn Mercedes -- April 8 vs. KCDistance: 485 feet (Watch it)Mercedes came out of nowhere and became the games hottest hitter in April for the Sox. Its been one of the lone bright spots for Sanchez this year, who joined Minnesota as part of the Isiah Kiner-Falefa trade. During the 1989 ALCS against the Toronto Blue Jays, after a shortened season held him to 65 games and just 17 homers, Canseco hit the longest home run of all-time. On April 17, 1953, Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle was credited with a tape-measure blast that traveled 565 feet, per Yankees publicist Red Patterson. Then look up Joey Meyers home run from 1987; it went nearly 600 feet into the upper level. "I'm not much of a baseball fan, don't know much about it, didn't know much about it. Full White Sox leaderboard, Angels: Mike Trout -- Oct. 5, 2022 at OAKDistance: 490 feet (Watch it)A few seasons earlier, Trout had crushed a ball over the batter's eye facade in dead center field in Oakland. Vaughn was traded to the New York Mets at the end of 2001, and was actually mocked at the beginning of the 2002 season for being out of shape. But everything came together on June 21, 2018 when Mazara sent a Reynaldo Lopez fastball towering into the bleachers. The giant football/baseball stadium could hold about 70,000, but just a little over 1,000 people were in attendance. The longest verified home run in American professional baseball history didn't even happen in the majors. 1. ","type":"markdown"},{"__typename":"PhotoPart","caption":null,"contextualCaption":null,"contextualAspectRatio":null,"credit":null,"format":"jpg","templateUrl":"https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/private/{formatInstructions}/mlb/gb8b3k8hyxcciqhywyhp","type":"photo"},{"__typename":"Markdown","content":"The media descended on Mile High the next day -- wanting to talk to the man who reached heights never reached before. The giant football/baseball stadium could hold about 70,000, but just a little over 1,000 people were in attendance. Stargell passed away in 2001 following a tragic stroke, but he is remembered fondly: His friendly attitude and caring leadership role in the team earned him the nickname Pops.. Ryan McMahon: 478 feet ( Watch it) The 112.9 mph blast isn't the only 480-footer Garca has hit, either. The 10 Longest Home Runs at Citizens Bank Park are: 1. Full Cardinals leaderboard, Cubs: Willson Contreras -- July 29 vs. CINDistance: 464 feet (Watch it)In one of the last games before the Cubs sent out Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo, Contreras gave the Chicago faithful something to cheer about before their departure. Longest Home runs of 2020! Big Blue went 9-7-1 in Daboll's debut campaign and secured their first playoff victory since their 2011 Super Bowl run.At 25 years old, Jones is seeking a hefty payday in free agency this month as . The ESPN Home Run Tracker listed it at 539 feet, one of the longest homers hit in the recorded era. Plenty of other visiting batters have the same opportunities Cron has, but he has the second-longest home run in the season thus far. Alvarez's uppercut swing demolished the pitch with a 115.4 mph exit velocity. As you might expect, baseball legends are credited with the records. But they just asked me to come in and told me this is where it hit and it seems like it could be a hell of a long ways. Full D-backs leaderboard, Dodgers: Luke Raley -- Sept. 22 at COLDistance: 472 feet (Watch it)The Dodgers had three former MVPs, two former Rookie of the Year Award winners and nine All-Stars in their lineup this season, but it was the rookie Raley who had the biggest blast of the year for the boys in blue. Looking ahead to 2022, MLB free agency is something to keep in mind. I calculated it without ever knowing any records of any kind.\"\n\nTennyson was shocked when I told him it's considered perhaps the longest measured home run in the history of baseball, telling me multiple times \"that's incredible.\" One of his responsibilities was laying out the foundations for the football and baseball fields at Mile High Stadium, so he was very familiar with the grounds and dimensions.\n\n\"There were people who worked at the stadium full-time,\" Tennyson explained. After swatting a two-run homer in the third off Charlie Morton, he followed with a game-tying solo shot in the seventh that may still be orbiting Earth at this very moment. "In the thin air, it doesn't take much. His first homer of the year against the D-backs wasnt just the teams longest, but it was also a walk-off that gave his team a 1-0 win. While Dave Kingmans home run hit was impressive by any standard, the exact distance that he reached is heavily debated. Giancarlo Stanton hit the longest home run ever made in Coors Field to date, Keith Hernandez said mid-broadcast: It looks like theres beer coming off that sign., honored, but also a little overwhelmed by the statue, and he readily points out that many other players were just as great, it would have reached 525 feet if not for the roof stopping it, people generally credit Darryl Strawberry with the full distance, Kingmans home run is said to be the longest one in the history of Wrigley Field, one of Dunns teammates said that his hits disappeared over the horizon, His friendly attitude and caring leadership role in the team earned him the nickname Pops., Reggie Jacksons ball was obstructed by the venue and the full reach of the hit had to be calculated, insist that the wind helped him achieve this amazing record, while others point out that others played in the same conditions with inferior results, was described by the Tampa Morning Tribune as wallop stupendous.. Incredibly, it is the longest walk-off home run ever tracked by StatCast since 2015. Now I'm 58, I appreciate more things now than I did," he told me. Meyer hit 135 homers over 580 games. Apparently this isn't even Ronny Mauricio's longest home run. Through 101 games, Sanchez has a .214/.284/.398 slash line with only 14 home runs in 373 plate appearances. "The first one I hit barely went over the fence, so everybody on the other team was yelling cheapie and all that," Meyer said. A perfect swing, the high altitude and maybe, just maybe, the bat he used all played a role. There is nothing better in sports than a towering home run. Giancarlo Stanton is the second only player since 2015 to hit one 500-plus feet. Postseason homers are included here. The ball kept going up and up until it hit halfway up the second deck of Mile High Stadium -- a place very few baseballs go. A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have . The Astros defeated the Athletics 5-1. One of the most cherished records in all of major league baseball is the most career home runs . Unlike some other mammoth homers in baseball history, there are only a handful of stories on Meyer's blast -- the longest ever according to the internet. There are stories of his 600-foot home runs or treating old Yankee Stadium like it was his own personal Little League field. However, the 6-foot-2 slugger made history with the longest home run ever officially recorded through StatCast. He hit 91 homers from 1984-86, batting around .300 and cracking 100 RBIs twice. \"What we did was took what their line of sight was of the baseball at its highest arc and where it hit in the east stands. Interestingly, Braves outfielders account for four of the longest MLB home runs in 2021. In a flash, the 30-year-old crushed the third-farthest home run in MLB this season with a 472-foot missile off Dane Dunning. Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball. Cron. According to the New York Times, the team couldn't even find a jersey to fit his torso that season. Here's a look at the longest homers from the 2022 Home Run Derby: 1. Meyer ended up hitting three home runs that night with Ripken's lumber. In fact, the Indians erected a 12-foot bronze statue in his honor in Heritage Park! We'd like to remember some of the longest home runs in Derby history to get excited. Cron managed to do on June 17th, crushing a baseball 486 feet to left field is still impressive. The longest home run in baseball this season was hit at Fenway Park on Wednesday night Miguel San's 495-foot solo shot in the third inning was the fifth-longest homer of the Statcast era.. It was that day when the term "tape-measure home run" was born, as one of the game's best power hitters hit a colossal 565-foot shot out of Griffith Stadium. When Meyer came up for the at-bat in question that night, he had already homered. Famous hits like Mickey Mantles home run are almost always hotly debated, and his was no exception! pic.twitter.com/qHVzzjGRA4, "No, I don't even tell them I played," Meyer said with a laugh in a phone interview with MLB.com, his work walkie-talkie blaring in the background. But players on the field thought it had only gone out because of the thin Rocky Mountain air. These are the longest Coors Field moonshots "At least give me the extra foot," Yelich joked about just missing the 500-foot club. Giancarlo Stanton hit the longest home run ever made in Coors Field to date when he played against the Rockies in 2016. Naturally, no video evidence was recorded, but the ball hit just two feet shy of the top of the facade at old Yankee Stadium. The longest verified home run in American professional baseball history didn't even happen in the majors. "He had Cal Ripken's bats. The New York Mets first baseman owns the longest in-game home run of any player competing in this year's Derby. He never appeared in an All-Star Game from 1989-2001 and he never hit more than 28 homers in a single season. And I just calculated it from there. Longest Homeruns at Wrigley Field Watch on Year: 1979 Team: Chicago Cubs Dave Kingman, nicknamed "Kong" was one of those power hitters that would either strikeout or absolutely crush a ball into the seats. His accomplishments include helping his team to win seven American League pennants alongside four World Series championships! Here are the longest homers Statcast has tracked since Opening Day of the 2015 season. This particular home run came off of a pitch by Senators' right hander Chuck Stobbs in Washington D.C. in April, 1953. It went clear over the first level of seats and landed in the concourse above. His 504-footer at Coors Field came a year before his 59-homer MVP season in 2017, but Stanton has shown plenty of times before and since this home run that he can clear the fence by a long, long way. Taking his swings at Coors Field, the All-Star slugger demolished a 520-foot blast in Colorado that astonishingly went into the third deck of the stadium. Maybe it's the Sultan of Swat, the King of Crash. SHOT. (Ted Williams's blast in 1946, commemorated by a red seat in . Meyer admits he never saw where it landed. Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Josh Gibson didnt benefit from technology tracking how far they hit a baseball. Garca was the most consistent hitter for the Crew all season long and set a career high with 29 homers on the year, including this blast that nearly put a hole in the scoreboard. He works security at a hospital in Maui. The media descended on Mile High the next day -- wanting to talk to the man who reached heights never reached before. Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! Franchy Cordero 474 feet 2. Full White Sox leaderboard, Angels: Shohei Ohtani -- June 8 vs. KCDistance: 470 feet (Watch it)Ohtani was the story of baseball all year long, with the two-way sensation setting the record for the most home runs in a single year by a Japanese-born player while also going 9-2 on the mound with a 3.18 ERA. The 2021 season was filled with moonshots aplenty, as MLB hitters (and pitchers) combined to swat nearly 6,000 home runs. Full Tigers leaderboard, Twins: Miguel San -- Aug. 25 at BOSDistance: 495 feet (Watch it)Nick Pivetta was excellent in the postseason for the Red Sox, but before that success, he was on the wrong end of history when San stepped up to the plate and sent a ball over the Green Monster and onto Lansdowne Street. 461 feet: Pete Alonso T-11. After being diagnosed with colon cancer in '20, the Os slugger overcame it and returned to blast 21 homers. Five different players slugged 40 or more, while another 14 had at least 35 on the year. Cordero obliterated the Padres' previous best of 461 feet, which had been set by Wil Myers the previous September. Yordan Alvarez connects on the longest home run of his career, a 469-foot blast, on May 30, 2022 at RingCentral Coliseum in Oakland, California. "I never thought I was anybody . "What we did was took what their line of sight was of the baseball at its highest arc and where it hit in the east stands. Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! "Well, I knew I hit it good," Meyer told me. A commemorative plaque has been affixed to a rock behind the . Baseball is known worldwide as the All-American sport, and people from all around the United States flock to sports stadiums to watch their favorite teams. You know, the types of moonshots and dingers that need a tape measure to figure out how far they traveled. Sammy Sosa, 2002-- 524 Feet Sammy Sosa at the height. Cleveland: Bradley Zimmer -- Aug. 9 vs. CINDistance: 471 feet (Watch it)With sluggers such as Jos Ramrez, Franmil Reyes and Bobby Bradley in Cleveland, Zimmer topping the list might come as a surprise, but he earned it with this blast that traveled up and over the center field shrubbery at Progressive Field. Contreras crushed a home run high off the Wrigley Field scoreboard in left field to open the scoring in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series. Its officially recognized by the Baseball Hall of Fame. Adam Duvall, ATL: 483 feet (Watch it)5. Ryan McMahon: 478 feet (Watch it)8-T. Duvall, ATL: 477 feet (Watch it)8-T. Fernando Tatis Jr., SD: 477 feet (Watch it)10-T. Trevor Story, COL: 475 feet (Watch it)10-T. San, MIN: 475 feet (Watch it), Blue Jays: George Springer -- May 1 vs. ATLDistance: 470 feet (Watch it)Springer introduced himself to the Toronto -- or rather the Buffalo -- faithful in one heck of a way. While Healy only played 221 games for the A's, that rocket remains a record holder to this day. Adam Duvall 458 feet 9. But in May 2000, Chicagos outfielder delivered a blast that no fan watching it ever forgot. 8 TCU (3-2) 10-1 Friday night at Lupton Stadium behind a strong performance from starting pitcher Jackson Baumeister (1-0). . After playing just 43 games in '19 and '20, Stanton stayed healthy in '21 and recorded his sixth season with at least 30 homers, with seven blasts of at least 440 feet. Meyer hit 135 homers over 580 games. It's pretty intimidating.". The following morning, the homeowner got in his car and ran the 22-year-old over. Full Astros leaderboard, Athletics: Ryon Healy -- Sept. 15, 2016 at KCDistance: 480 feet (Watch it)Healy brought the lumber from the right side against the Royals' Edinson Vlquez, crushing a 111.6 mph, 480-foot home run over the fountains in left-center field at Kauffman Stadium. The best player in the Negro League, Gibson is credited with a 580-foot home run at Yankee Stadium in 1967. Marcell Ozuna, ATL: 479 feet ( Watch it) 7. Jorge Alfaro 459 feet 7 (t). One of his responsibilities was laying out the foundations for the football and baseball fields at Mile High Stadium, so he was very familiar with the grounds and dimensions. He was added to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988 and is renowned as a baseball legend. Even the rain couldnt cool him off, as he launched not only the longest homer from a Chicago batter, but the third-longest across baseball this season. \"I'm not much of a baseball fan, don't know much about it, didn't know much about it. A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have . Some ended up in alligator ponds, some cleared fence after fence after fence until there were no more fences left to clear. 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