What is longest home run ever hit?

What is the longest home run of all time? 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! The media could not be played.
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Has anyone ever hit a 600 foot home run?

Then look up Joey Meyer's home run from 1987; it went nearly 600 feet into the upper level.
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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 has hit a 500 foot home run?

tie) 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.
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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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Top 5 Longest Home Runs Ever Recorded By Statcast



Who hit the hardest homerun?

Stanton hit a 121.7 mph home run in 2018 against the Texas Rangers, which remains the hardest-hit home run to this day. He also managed a 121.3 mph home run against the Washington Nationals in 2020. Not to be outdone, Judge hit a 121.1 mph home run against the Orioles in 2017 when he was a rookie.
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Has anyone thrown a no hitter and lost?

On April 23, 1964, Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt . 45s became the first pitcher to throw a nine-inning no-hitter and lose. In fact, he is still the only individual to throw an official (nine-inning) no-hitter and lose.
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What is the lowest 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!
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What is the deepest homerun in MLB history?

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! The media could not be played.
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Has anyone ever hit 2 home runs in one inning?

Fifty-nine different players have hit two home runs in an inning of a Major League Baseball (MLB) game to date, the most recent being Gleyber Torres of the New York Yankees on September 21, 2022.
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Who is the oldest player to hit a homerun?

Shortly thereafter, it was discovered that Jud Wilson was actually the oldest player to homer in a major-league game. Wilson hit a home run for the Homestead Grays on September 23, 1945, at the age of 49 years, 206 days.
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What is the rarest thing in baseball?

Rarest of all is the unassisted triple play by an outfielder, performed only once in professional baseball history, by Walter Carlisle. It is possible for a team to score on a triple play, but that is also phenomenally rare.
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Has there ever been a 27 pitch game?

No, there has never been a 27-strikeout baseball game. The all-time record for strikeouts in a 9-inning game is 20.
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Has there ever been an immaculate inning in a no-hitter?

Here are the pitchers who have accomplished the impressive feat. Detmers is the first rookie and just the third pitcher ever to throw an immaculate inning and a no-hitter in the same season, joining Sandy Koufax (1962, '63 and '64) and Mike Fiers (2015).
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Who threw the fastest pitch ever?

Fastest Pitchers in Baseball History
  • Dwight Gooden (Tie) Top speed: 100.0 miles per hour (1990) ...
  • Bartolo Colon (Tie) Top speed: 100.0 miles per hour (1999) ...
  • Roger Clemens (Tie) Top speed: 100.0 miles per hour (2001) ...
  • Josh Beckett (Tie) ...
  • Joba Chamberlain. ...
  • Billy Wagner (Tie) ...
  • Tony Pena (Tie) ...
  • Guillermo Mota (Tie)
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What is the fastest pitch thrown?

Fastest pitch ever thrown

As a result, Aroldis Chapman is credited with throwing the fastest pitch in MLB history. On Sept. 24, 2010, Chapman made MLB history. Then a rookie relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, the fireballer unleashed a fastball clocked at 105.1 mph by PITCH/fx.
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Has anyone hit 4 home runs in a row?

Mike Cameron, Rocky Colavito, Carlos Delgado, Scooter Gennett, Lou Gehrig, Bobby Lowe, J.D. Martinez, and Mike Schmidt hit each of their four home runs in consecutive order!
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What is a 3 pitch inning called?

One such rarity is the immaculate inning. You've probably heard of it -- an immaculate inning is when a pitcher strikes out all three batters in an inning, on three pitches each. The immaculate inning used to be very rare -- there were none from 1929-52.
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Has there ever been a 2 pitch inning?

It's a pretty rare feat. But ... have you ever seen a two-pitch inning? As in, a pitcher only needs two pitches to record a clean inning of work? If you watched the Rome Braves' win over the West Virginia Power on Friday night, you did.
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Who has the weirdest pitch in baseball?

Top 9 Nastiest Pitches in Baseball History
  • Nolan Ryan's Fastball.
  • Clayton Kershaw's 12-6 Curveball.
  • R.A. Dickey's Knuckleball.
  • Mariano Rivera's Cutter.
  • Randy Johnson's Slider.
  • Sandy Koufax's Curveball.
  • Trevor Hoffman's Changeup.
  • Greg Maddux's Two-Seamer.
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Why is there no crying in baseball?

The final line of Hanks' post, reminding us all that, “There is no crying in baseball,” is a reference to the iconic line uttered in his role as manager Jimmy Dugan in the 1992 movie "A League of Their Own." If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device.
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What is the weirdest name in baseball history?

Chicken Wolf. You wouldn't think the name "Chicken" would be the way to go, but that's what William Van Winkle Wolf went by throughout his 11-year playing career in the late 1800s (one year in major leagues).
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What is the most unpopular baseball team?

The Yankees now top the list at number one, followed by the Dodgers, and then the Astros. For the last several years, those three teams have taken turns in the top spot as the league's most hated team. Rounding out the top 10 is the Phillies, Cubs, Red Sox, and Giants.
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Has anyone ever hit a home run on the first pitch?

Chuck Tanner, who hit a home run in his first pitch ever seen, became a much better manager, and is one of the few members of the 1,000 Wins Club — in 1972, Tanner even won the Manager of the Year Award.
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Who is the youngest to hit 400 homeruns?

On the day his father turned 50, Ken Griffey Jr. became the youngest player in major league history to hit 400 home runs when he hit a Rolando Arrojo pitch into the left-field seats in the fourth inning of Cincinnati's 7-5 loss to Colorado.
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