Did Babe Ruth hit the longest home run ever?

Babe Ruth was said to have hit a home run over 600 feet. A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have gone 734 feet. While those feats would shatter Meyer's mark, there was no technology or tool that could give an exact measure of those distances.
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What is the farthest home run Babe Ruth ever hit?

It was here, on April 4, 1919, in a game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Giants, that Babe Ruth hit his longest home run ever -- 587 feet.
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Who hit the longest home run ever?

In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this ball an astonishing 582 FEET!
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What is the farthest HR ever?

Mazara, who was already no stranger to tape-measure blasts, hit the ultimate shot -- a 505-foot wallop to right field that set a record for the longest dinger tracked by Statcast™ since the tracking technology launched in 2015.
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What was Mickey Mantle's longest home run?

Two years to the day after his MLB debut – on April 17, 1953 – future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle hit one of the furthest recorded home runs in history. 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.
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Did Babe Ruth's legendary 1919 Tampa home run really go 587 feet?



Who is the best baseball player of all time?

Not only was Ruth the greatest baseball player of all time, but he was the most important one too.
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Who hit a 600 foot home run?

Babe Ruth was said to have hit a home run over 600 feet. A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have gone 734 feet.
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Who broke Ruth's home run record?

Sixty-one years after Maris captivated the baseball world with his pursuit of Ruth's beloved record, Aaron Judge now stands alone as the American League's single-season home run king.
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Who hit 72 home runs in a season?

2001 — Barry Bonds set a new mark for home runs in a single season, hitting Nos. 71 and 72, but San Francisco was eliminated from the playoffs with an 11-10 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The game time was four hours, 27 minutes, setting a record for the longest nine-inning game.
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What was Ruth's HR record?

Babe Ruth, as you all know, held the record with 60 home runs from 1927-1960. Ruth broke his own record of 59, which he set in 1921, which broke his own record of 54 he set in 1920 in his first year with the Yankees.
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What was Babe Ruth's fastest pitch ever?

Babe Ruth's fastball was still recorded as 100 mph multiple times even though it was being thrown closer to the plate in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This may have helped him top out at 100.9 mph.
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What are the 10 longest home runs ever hit?

Going, going, gone: The 10 longest home runs in MLB history
  • Adam Dunn – 504 Feet, on September 27, 2008. MLB. 4.05M subscribers. ...
  • Mo Vaughn – 505 Feet, on June 26, 2002. MLB. 4.05M subscribers. ...
  • Darryl Strawberry – 525 Feet, on April 4, 1988. MLB. 4.05M subscribers. ...
  • Reggie Jackson – 539 Feet, on July 13, 1971. MLB. 4.05M subscribers.
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Who did Bonds hit 73 off of?

The all-time mark of 73 homers from Barry Bonds in 2001 is sullied because it's widely believed he used steroids, so some believe that the real record is the 61 now shared by Judge and Roger Maris.
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Has anyone hit 7 home runs in a game?

"The White Sox hit seven home runs during Saturday's game against the Blue Jays at U.S. Cellular Field, and made dubious history in the process. Those seven long balls, all amazingly of the solo variety, were not enough to prevent a 10-8 loss.
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Who hit 8 home runs in a game?

The record for most home runs in a single game is eight, held by Jay Clarke for Corsicana of the Texas League on June 15, 1902.
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What was Babe Ruth's last words?

Last Words by Babe Ruth: I'm going over the valley.
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Who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth?

Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. He passed Hank Aaron, who hit 755, on August 7, 2007. The only other players to have hit 700 or more are Babe Ruth with 714 and Albert Pujols with 703. Alex Rodriguez (696), Willie Mays (660), Ken Griffey Jr.
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Did Babe Ruth ever hit 3 homeruns in a game?

It only seems fitting that Babe Ruth's final home run came in a game in which he hit three on May 25, 1935. Most players' star power begins to fade over time, and Ruth was no exception to this rule. Released by the Yankees following the 1934 season, Ruth returned to Boston to play for the Braves.
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Who has hit 700 home runs?

Here is a quick look at that short list of legends.
  • 1) Barry Bonds: 762. 700th HR: Sept. 17, 2004. ...
  • 2) Hank Aaron: 755. 700th HR: July 21, 1973. ...
  • 3) Babe Ruth: 714.
  • 4) Albert Pujols: 703.
  • Brian Murphy is a reporter for MLB.com.
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Who hit 5 home runs in one day?

But for one day in 1954, Musial hit home runs at a clip no one had ever seen. On May 2, 1954, Musial became the first player in history to hit five home runs in a single day.
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Who hit 2 homers in one inning?

Did you know that Alex Rodriguez and Edwin Encarnacion are the only American Leaguer players to hit two home runs in the same inning – twice in their careers?
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Who holds the homerun record without steroids?

Barry Bonds has hit the most career homers, with 762 homers.
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Who hit the most home runs in a single-season?

Barry Bonds holds the overall single-season record with 73 home runs in 2001, topping the 70 hit by Mark McGwire and 66 by Sammy Sosa during the home run chase of 1998.
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