What is the shortest HR ever?

Try watching this video on www.youtube.com, or enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser. As a result, it seems former Royal Lorenzo Cain's 302-foot home run in Fenway Park
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball stadium located in Boston, Massachusetts, near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home of the Boston Red Sox, the city's American League baseball team, and, since 1953, its only Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise.
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Fenway_Park
is the shortest blast on record during the Statcast era.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on kingsofkauffman.com


What is the 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!
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on bleacherreport.com


What is the shortest home run wall in MLB?

When it comes to outfield walls, Fenway Park really has it all. All the way across the field from the Green Monster, the park's right field wall measures just 3 feet tall, the smallest in MLB.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on sports.betmgm.com


What was the longest HR ever?

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!
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on nbcsports.com


What is the minimum home run distance?

The minimum distance to hit a home run (along either foul line) is set by baseball rules, generally at 325 feet (99 m).
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on en.wikipedia.org


MLB Shortest Home Runs Ever



Is a 600 foot home run possible?

The predictions of the physics despite the issue of over-estimated backspin, is remarkably consistent with the results from ESPN Home Run Tracker at least as far as the maximum possible homer. It seems that the limit is somewhere a bit above 500 feet. So, it seems that 600 footers are out of the question.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on physics.csuchico.edu


How far is Babe Ruth home run?

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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on roadsideamerica.com


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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on mlb.com


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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on mlb.com


How many people hit 700 hrs?

Of the more than 20,000 players who have participated in an MLB game, Pujols joined Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth as one of only four AL/NL players to have reached 700 homers. Here is a quick look at that short list of legends.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on mlb.com


Has there ever been 5 home runs in one inning?

Astros tie MLB record with 5 home runs in 1 inning, all off Red Sox's Nathan Eovaldi. The Houston Astros exploded on Tuesday with five home runs in the second inning off Boston Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on theathletic.com


What is the 2023 shift rule?

The shift. The new rule: At the time a pitch is thrown, all four infielders are required to be on the infield dirt (or infield grass) with two on each side of second base. Players will be able to move as soon as the ball leaves the pitcher's hand.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on espn.com


What is the lightest MLB bat?

The Lightest MLB Baseball Bat

Rod Carew and Ozzie Smith, we found, both used bats in the 29-ounce range.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on batdigest.com


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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on baseball-almanac.com


What is a three 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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on mlb.com


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!
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on baseball-almanac.com


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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on baseball-reference.com


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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on baseballbible.net


Who is the youngest no-hitter?

The youngest pitcher to throw no-hitter: Amos Rusie, New York Giants, July 31, 1891 (20 years, 62 days).
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on espn.com


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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on khou.com


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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on sportsnaut.com


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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on baseballhall.org


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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on baseballhall.org


How far was Aaron judge's home run?

While Judge's 61st home run was his hardest, it was far from his longest. The four-time All-Star's longest homer came against the Baltimore Orioles on July 22 when he hit a 465-foot missile to left-center field at Camden Yards.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on nbcsports.com


Who hit the first home run ever?

Ross Barnes was the first ever player to hit a home run in 1876.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on alexaanswers.amazon.com
Previous question
Are rolled bats illegal?