What is the second longest home run ever hit?

2. Mickey Mantle, 1953, 565 Feet. Seven years before Mickey Mantle hit the longest home run ever recorded in a baseball game, he hit what was then the longest tape measure shot.
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Who has the 2nd longest homerun in MLB history?

2. Mickey Mantle, 565 Feet (1953)
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What's the farthest home run ever hit?

However, the 6-foot-2 slugger made history with the longest home run ever officially recorded through StatCast. For comparison, the longest MLB home run in 2022 (more below) traveled 499 feet and the official record for the farthest home run ever hit in MLB history went 505 feet (Nomar Mazara).
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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 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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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 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 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 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 ever hit 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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Has a player ever hit 2 Grand Slams in one game?

Fernando Tatis got his 15 minutes of fame and then some Friday night when he clubbed two grand slams off Los Angeles starter Chan Ho Park.
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Who is the real home run king?

While the all-time MLB record of 73 home runs is still held by Barry Bonds, some observers believe that mark is illegitimate, because of the widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs during Bonds's era.
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Has there ever been a 7 foot MLB player?

At 7-foot-1, Van Mil tied former Diamondbacks prospect Ryan Doherty as the tallest player in baseball history. In a career of 338 professional baseball games, he threw 516 1/3 innings with a 3.12 ERA. The Dutch pitcher also played for the Netherlands national team throughout his career.
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Has there ever been 6 home runs in a row?

Votto set a Cincinnati record by homering in six consecutive games, and then added to it for the longest streak in MLB in three years. Votto hit nine total home runs during those seven games, with most of the damage coming against the Cubs.
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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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Who is the fastest player to 100 home runs?

Ryan Howard: 325 games

Howard set the standard and then some, demolishing the previous record for fewest games to 100 career home runs. He hit No.
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Who was fastest to 600 home runs?

Barry Bonds was the quickest National League player in history to reach 600 home runs; he did so in his 2,395th game and his 8,211th at-bat. Hank Aaron took the longest time in history to hit 600 home runs; he reached the mark in his 2,592nd game and his 10,009th at bat.
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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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What's the hardest-hit ever?

During the Pittsburgh Pirates' 14-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday, Cruz recorded the hardest-hit ball in Statcast history, measuring at 122.4 mph.
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Who has fastest bat speed in MLB?

Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Oneil Cruz has recorded the hardest-hit ball in the seven years that Major League Baseball has measured exit velocity. Aug. 24, 2022, at 6:17 p.m.
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Has anyone ever hit 3 home runs in a game?

Babe Ruth was the first player to hit three home runs in game at least once both leagues, once with the New York Yankees in 1930, and once in the National League, with the Boston Braves in 1935. Merv Connors had eight career home runs, the fewest career home runs by any player with a 3-homer game on their resume.
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