In MLB history, who hit the farthest homerun and how far did it go?

Answer 1

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some guy and really far

Answer 2

Mark MacGwire hit a Randy Johnson Fastball 575 in seattle when Big Mac was with the A's
Mickey Mantle never hit a ball as far as they say he did. I've heard 610, 630, 700 and a bunch of other inflated numbers. But after extensive research, and accounts from people who were actually at Yankee stadium, those numbers are as inflated as the Yankee payroll, and Steinbrenners ego. Yankee fans wanna always think their the best, so they make stuff up. There was no consistent way of measuring distance in Mantles time. Now we actually have a way of measuring home runs, Other than guessing, and embelishing like the New York media does on a daily basis.

Answer 3

Longest Home Run Hit
The longest measured home run in a major league game is 193 m (634 ft) by Mickey Mantle (USA) for the New York Yankees against the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA, on September 10, 1960.

He also hit one At Rod Dedeaux field at USC that went over the fence...AND over the width of a practice football field at USC...

if you hit a record..who cares if you are a Yank...what matters is that you set the record which will stand whether you are a Brave, Cardinal or Dodger..

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http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/cont…

Answer 4

Did you know that Mickey Mantle once hit a homerun an estimated 734 feet?...Read on, the article may also help you better understand how they get the distance for homers...

734 feet (5/22/63, Yankee Stadium Façade* – Pitcher: Bill Fischer, Kansas City Athletics – Left-handed)

Mickey said that the "hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11th inning on May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. Leading off in the bottom of the 11th, with the score tied 7-7, A's pitcher Bill Fischer tried to blow a fastball past Mickey.

Answer 5

Here's an article on the topic. I remember reading in a physics textbook that, under normal atmosheric conditions, due to the wind's affect on the ball, it is practically impossible to hit the ball more than 545 feet.

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http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/ar…

Answer 6

In the book "The Physics of Baseball" the author states that under "normal" conditons for MLB(wood bat) a baseball hit over 450ft is nearly impossible....Normal being - Average ML Velocity pitch - Wind(no wind) each 10MPH of wind blowing out adds 30ft to a HR if the ball is struck at an optimum angle to take advantage of the wind...Temperature,I believe they used a temp in the 70's as "normal"- a ball will travel a little further the hotter it is...Altitude-sea level -altitude has a huge affect on how far a ball will travel, see Coors field!!...God only help BB if MLB ever puts a team in Mexico City, .400 hitters and 550ft homeruns will be common...

For any of you BB coaches out there who would like to pull a great practical joke on his team....Put your Batting practice baseballs in the freezer for a few hours....Take them to BP in a cooler...Remove the balls only long enough for the cover to warm up....The center of the ball being frozen will not allow it to travel very far....300Ft would be a tremendous blast ....Have fun...

Answer 7

A 99 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS BY BRETT FAVRE!!!

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mexicans that live across the street

Answer 8

well mickey mantle slugged one 634ft. at tiger stadium but im not sure when.

Answer 9

I don't know who hit the farthest but I saw Scott Coolbaugh hit one in a minor league game in San Antonia that had to go almost 600ft

Answer 10

Mickey Mantle hit one 643 feet, the longest in history

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http://www.kidsdomain.com/sports/basebal…

Answer 11

That David guy is a moron. McGwire does not count as he hit many of his while on steroids. Mantle Hit one at old Griffith Stadium in Washington (1956?) that went well over 600 feet, and it is legitmate.

Answer 12

Longest Home Run Hit
The longest measured home run in a major league game is 193 m (634 ft) by Mickey Mantle (USA) for the New York Yankees against the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA, on September 10, 1960.

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http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/cont…

Answer 13

Notice how everyone say Mickey Mantle? It could be true. What happened was he put it off the facade at Yankee Stadium. There are no actual measurements in the old days.

Answer 14

Mickey Mantle, May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. The ball hit the bottom of the light tower above the third deck in right field. Projected distance if the ball had not hit the tower was 736 feet. The actual mearsured home run was hit by Mickey Mantle in Washington's old ball park in the early 50's. That ball traveled 565 feet. Mantle has hit the ten longest home runs in history. By far the greatest single talent ever to play the game. The only reason his career ended when it did was because both knees were in terrible shape plus he partied too much with Whitey Ford and Billy Martin.

Answer 15

Any drive over 400 feet is noteworthy. A blow of 450 feet shows exceptional power, as the majority of major league players are unable to hit a ball that far. Anything in the 500-foot range is genuinely historic. For perspective, consider the computerized measuring system implemented by IBM in most major league cities in 1982. By 1995, the sponsorship had changed, but the program had been expanded to include every big league ballpark. During those years, only one drive of 500 feet was confirmed by this system. Cecil Fielder of the Detroit Tigers is credited with powering a ball 502 feet in the air over the left-field bleachers at Milwaukee's County Stadium on September 14, 1991. Such renowned sluggers and extraordinary physical specimens as Jose Canseco and Juan Gonzalez have never come genuinely close to the 500-foot threshold. The best effort on the part of either player was Canseco's famous blast into the fifth level at Toronto's Sky Dome during the 1989 American League playoffs, which was estimated at 484 feet.


Not surprisingly, all of the great true distance hitters have also been the source of the greatest exaggerations. Despite his extraordinary accomplishments, Babe Ruth is not immune. His tremendous blow to right-center field in Detroit on June 8, 1926, has often been reported as traveling over 600 feet. Certainly, this drive was propelled somewhere around 500 feet in the air, which makes it legitimately historic, but proof that it traveled 600 feet cannot be found. When Mickey Mantle cleared the left-center-field bleachers at Clark Griffith Stadium in Washington on April 17, 1953, the entire baseball world was lead to believe the ball had traveled 565 feet from home plate to the point where it landed. In truth, that figure derived from the distance from home plate to the place where a neighborhood child retrieved the ball. Since this home run was the only one that ever cleared those bleachers during decades of major league and Negro League competition, it is genuinely deserving of recognition. However, the actual distance in the air was probably about 510 feet. The same process was at work for Mantle on September 10, 1960, in Detroit, where his right-center-field rooftopper was reported to have traveled more than 600 feet. From interviews with the surviving source of the original data, it is readily apparent once again that the all had bounced several times before it reached the estimated distance. Included among the other great exaggerations in the history of tape measure home runs are Dave Nicholson's Comiskey Park rooftopper on May 6, 1964, and Dave Kingman's Wrigley Field blast on April 14, 1976. In the case of Nicholson, who was a powerful man, as was Kingman, the figure of 573 feet was provided by "White Sox mathematicians." These unidentified individuals based their calculations on the assumption that the ball traveled completely over the left-center-field roof. however, subsequent investigation indicated that the ball landed on the back of the roof before bouncing into the night. When Kingman launched his wind-aided blow in Chicago, The New York Times somehow concluded that it had flown 630 feet. It has been confirmed that the ball struck against the third house beyond Waveland Avenue, which is situated about 530 feet from home plate. Yet again, we have an example of a genuinely epic home run that has been grievously overstated.

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http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/ar…

Answer 16

mickey mantle. no doubt.