What is the fastest homerun to ever be hit?

Below is a quick look at the top 19 -- including the postseason -- as well as the best of the non-Stanton/Judge group.
  • 1) Stanton: 121.7 mph. Date: Aug. ...
  • 2) Stanton: 121.3 mph. ...
  • 3) Judge: 121.1 mph. ...
  • 4) Stanton: 119.8 mph. ...
  • 5) Kyle Schwarber: 119.7 mph. ...
  • 6) Manny Machado: 119.6 mph. ...
  • 7) Judge: 119.4 mph. ...
  • 8) Stanton: 119.3 mph.
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Has anyone ever 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. 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's the fastest baseball ever hit?

WATCH: Pirates rookie Oneil Cruz rockets 122.4-mph single for hardest MLB hit ever recorded. Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz came into 2022 as one of the game's top prospects for many reasons, including his nearly unmatched ability to hit the baseball hard.
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What is the highest exit velocity in MLB ever?

Here are the hardest-hit baseballs in MLB history
  • Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto Blue Jays – 117.9 mph.
  • Luis Robert, Chicago White Sox – 117.8 mph.
  • Jorge Soler, Miami Marlins – 117.6 mph.
  • Yordan Alvarez, Houston Astros – 117.4 mph.
  • Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers – 117.2 mph.
  • Rowdy Tellez, Milwaukee Brewers – 116.9 mph.
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Has there ever been a 500 foot home run?

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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Who hit the hardest-hit baseball?

Yet the hardest-hit baseball in history belongs to neither of them. It was actually hit by Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz, who hit a 122.4 mph single in August. The ball was nearly 3 mph faster than the record at the time, which belonged to Stanton.
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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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Who throws the fastest pitch?

According to the film, the fastest recorded pitch ever actually belongs to long-time MLB ace and MLB all-time strikeout leader Nolan Ryan, who once hurled his wicked four-seamer 108.5 miles per hour. The Game Haus cited that Ryan's fastest fastball on August 20, 1974, was actually logged at 100.9.
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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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What is the slowest home run ever?

Harold Ramirez's 85.4 mph shot right down the LF line at the Trop had the lowest exit velocity of any over-the-wall HR ever tracked by Statcast.
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What is the longest home run streak ever?

Most consecutive games with a home run
  • 8 STRAIGHT GAMES.
  • Ken Griffey, Jr., Mariners -- July 20-28, 1993.
  • Don Mattingly, Yankees -- July 8-18, 1987.
  • Dale Long, Pirates -- May 19-28, 1956.
  • 7 STRAIGHT GAMES.
  • Mike Trout, Angels -- Sept. 4-12, 2022.
  • Joey Votto, Reds -- July 24-30, 2021.
  • Kendrys Morales, Blue Jays -- Aug.
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Is it possible to throw a 110 mph fastball?

The fastest of them tops out at 105 MPH. WIRED examines why the 110 MPH fastball is almost impossible.
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Who in the MLB can throw 100 mph?

Jhoan Duran gave Alex Verdugo a nasty taste of his incredible pitch. Jhoan Duran gave Alex Verdugo a nasty taste of his incredible pitch.
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Who can throw a baseball 100 mph?

As far as the technology of the time could tell us, Nolan Ryan threw a 100 mph fastball. Randy Johnson was clocked as high as 102. Bob Feller may have hit 104 in his day, although we only have some creative science experiments to rely on for that figure.
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Who threw 106 mph?

There actually is a major leaguer who has thrown pitches at 101 mph and has a 106 mph exit velocity on a hit. Jacob deGrom, who was a shortstop for much of his college career at Stetson, had a 106 mph exit velocity on a single in 2015. He also has 47 101-plus mph pitches in his career.
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Who threw a 108 mph fastball?

Nolan Ryan's record 108 mph fastball. ... Nolan Ryan became baseball's first pitcher to 'light up” the radar at a major league park. On Aug. 20, 1974, in a game against the Detroit Tigers, then Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan pitched an 11-inning complete game 1-0 loss.
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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 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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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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Does anyone have 1000 home runs?

Cal Ripken, Jr.
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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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What is the longest no hitter?

After nearly 70 years, they still talk about that game in Winchester. It was no ordinary no-hitter. It went 17 innings, a feat still unchallenged as the longest no-hit game in professional baseball history.
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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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What is the rarest pitch in baseball?

Definition. A screwball is a breaking ball designed to move in the opposite direction of just about every other breaking pitch. It is one of the rarest pitches thrown in baseball, mostly because of the tax it can put on a pitcher's arm.
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Who threw 110 mph fastball?

The legend of Steve Dalkowski is well known.
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