How far was Barry Bonds farthest home run?

For as big of a star and then villain as Barry Bonds was during his career, it's surprisingly difficult to find details regarding the longest home run he ever hit at AT&T Park. According to BR Bullpen, Bonds holds the mark for longest home run at the stadium with a 499-foot blast to center field.

How far was the longest home run ever hit?

Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this ball an astonishing 582 FEET!

How far did Barry Bonds home run go?

"It's a period piece." Bonds' ball went into a tunnel in right field and was estimated at 485 feet -- definitely up there as one of the longest of its time.

Who has hit the farthest homerun?

On June 2, 1987, Denver Zephyrs slugger Joey Meyer hit a ball into the second deck of the old Mile High Stadium. The home run was measured as having landed an improbable 582 feet from home plate. If accurate, it stands as the longest homer in professional baseball history.

How far was Babe Ruth's farthest home run?

At one time Tampa had a downtown sports stadium named Plant Field, which would host Spring Training baseball games. 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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What was Reggie Jackson's longest home run?

Reggie Jackson, 539 Feet (1971)

Has anyone ever hit a 600 foot home run?

No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. A tremendous blast by any standards. In a single game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league players hit in a career!

Who hit 500 foot home runs?

Giancarlo Stanton: 504 feet, Aug.

Stanton belted the first 500-foot homer in Statcast™ history by extending way up the Coors Field bleachers in the left-center power gap. It took a Stanton-ian combination of a 115.8-mph exit velocity and a very low 18-degree launch angle for Stanton to reach that part of the park.

What is the farthest baseball ever thrown?

Gorbous holds the current world record for longest throw of a baseball, 135.89m (445 feet, 10 inches). The feat took place on August 1, 1957, while he was playing for the Omaha Cardinals of the American Association.

What was the fastest pitch ever thrown?

The University of Tennessee pitcher uncorked a pitch at 105.5 mph, breaking the college baseball record for fastest-ever recorded pitch.

Who hit 60 home runs 2001?

1961 was the year of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. 1998 belonged to Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire. 2001 saw only one home run king, Barry Bonds.

Who can break Barry Bonds home run record?

Of the players currently active, Albert Pujols (608) is the closest to Bonds' mark. Based upon Pujols' age (37), it's unlikely that he'll catch the former Giants' slugger. The same can be said for the 34-year-old Miguel Cabrera (459) and 38-year-old Adrian Beltre (455).

How did Barry Bonds hit 73 home runs?

How many home runs would peak steroidal Barry Bonds hit in dinger-happy 2019? On Oct. 7, 2001, Barry Bonds stepped up to the plate and knocked his 73^rd baseball of the season over the fence, pushing him further past Mark McGwire as the all-time single-season home run record holder.

What is the shortest home run ever hit?

Shortest Home Run Ever Hit

Playing for a minor league team called the Minnesota Millers back in 1900, Andy Oyler hit the shortest home run in the history of the entire world. The home run traveled only 24 inches—that's right, two feet! On a rainy day in Minnesota, Oyler made solid contact and took off to first base.

How far was Mickey Mantle's longest home run?

Gene Woodling swore that Mickey Mantle's prodigious 565-foot home run at Washington's Griffith Stadium on April 17, 1953 — considered to be the longest homer in major league history — wasn't the farthest ball he'd ever seen hit.

What was the slowest pitch ever thrown in MLB?

Dee Strange-Gordon, Washington Nationals, 34.3 mph

While that is the moment everyone remembers, Strange-Gordon actually threw a pitch slower than that one, registering a 34.3 mph pitch that Matt Olson would take for a ball and draw a walk.

How far could Rocky Colavito throw a baseball?

12) Rocky Colavito

Colavito is another player on this list who has a legendary arm. While a member of the Indians minor league team in San Diego, he once threw a ball from home plate and it landed 436 feet away, deep over the center field fence.

What is the most pitches thrown in one at bat?

Belt's 21-pitch at-bat is the longest on record since 1988, as far back as the data is available, but his regular-season feat was surpassed in a Spring Training game by the Mets' Luis Guillorme.

What MLB field has the longest fence?

Wrigley Field (Cubs)

Today, that's the longest distance down the line of any field in baseball, farther even than Coors Field.

Who hit the longest home run at Coors Field?

Who Wore 7 before Mickey Mantle?

Mapes then wore number 13 before switching to number 7. When Mapes was traded by the Yankees in 1951, Mickey Mantle took uniform number 7. Mapes, thus, is mainly remembered as the Yankee who wore both Babe Ruth's and Mickey Mantle's numbers. On December 5, 1996, Mapes died in Pryor, Oklahoma, at the age of 74.

Did Mickey Mantle ever hit an inside the park homerun?

Take Me Out to the Ball Game in 1953: Mickey Mantle's Inside the Park Home Run | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights.

Has anyone ever hit a homerun to center field at Polo Grounds?

So the Polo Grounds' hitter/pitcher alignment depended on where the ball was hit. Only four people ever hit home runs into center field: Luke Easter in a Negro Leagues game, Hank Aaron and Lou Brock, on consecutive days, and Joe Adcock.