Chicago Cubs | Top 10 | Longest Home Runs (According To StatCast)

[@WindyCityBaseball]

Note: These are the longest home runs by the Cubs during the StatCast Era. StatCast began in 2015, so basically these are the top ten longest Cub homers since 2015.

[@daliljonjon2558]

Wow, you must be fun at parties

[@bazzer124]

Dave Kingman should have a word or two with StatCast...

[@tonygrooove]

Thanks. I was expecting Kingman, Sosa, etc.

[@coryjohnsonandthebrokennig455]

tonygrooove and Tyrone Hill

[@mattbasford6299]

The Glennallen Hill bomb was one of the hardest hit balls I've ever seen

[@tkearns4388]

In that 23-22 game against the Phillies in 1979, Kingman hit 3 HRs that were longer than all 10 of these StatCast homers.

[@cmzeman]

And I won't mention Glenallen Hill.

[@brookiiecookie199]

I have a book on that game, god that must’ve been a fun game to be at

[@kingfish4242]

The longest HR with visual evidence was Dave Kingman . His blast against the Phillies in 79 was 550 feet. It would have been longer if it didn't hit the front porch of the 3rd house across Waveland Ave.

[@adamstevens1204]

You can see Kingmans bounce as it came down. Score was 21-18 or something so wond was howling out. Hill Homer was longer

[@johnkolakowski4253]

Sorry guys you are both way off! Kingman's blast in '79 not only did not hit the third house, as it is clearly stated later in the full video,but caromed off of the porch roof of the fourth house and is not only much farther than Hill's incredible blast onto the roof just across the street,( 510 feet ) but also was smashed way out into the power alley in super deep left 695 feet away from home plate! Kingman also hit one in the summer of '76 as a Met that may have travelled even farther! And both of those are NOT the furthest one's The Mighty Kong hit in his incredible career! ( 8 into the parking lot at Shea, 1 THROUGH the roof at Olympic Stadium, and 1 in Oakland off Yankees legend Ron Guidry that was hit so damn far they actually lost sight of the ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@johnkolakowski4253]

​@@adamstevens1204the winds that day were only 8mph... Look it up...

[@tkearns4388]

@@johnkolakowski4253 When Kingman was with the Yankees, I remember watching a game on TV when he hit a ball out of the stadium, but just foul. Rizzuto did about a dozen holy cows and said it was the farthest ball he had ever seen hit. And he saw plenty of Mantle's HRs.

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

​@@johnkolakowski4253The cool part about Kong's blast was the resident in the building. He was watching the game on WGN at Wrigley & as the ball was coming down, he made a bee line for the ball, running down the steps out of his residence to try & retrieve the baseball.

[@shawnyoung8752]

Kingman hit one 3 houses down in 77. Schmidt hit a couple Titanic shots. He also hit line drive homers into 15 20 mph winds. Stargell hit the sidewalks across Sheffield many times.

[@dirliedirl]

Actually, Kingman's shot was 4 houses down (including the corner house with the WGN letters), and 5 houses if you include the empty lot between 2 of the houses. Just a ridiculous home run. And according to many sources, he hit one a couple years before as a member of the Mets that went even further down that same street.

[@douglascarlson9006]

@@dirliedirl Yes, Kingman's HR was beyond Waveland and down Kenmore ...

[@YESJesusisLord100]

1979

[@-mais]

@Shawn Young this is based off statcast so they didn't show those

[@steveclare116]

@@dirliedirl ... That might be the HR referenced.... Comment said 77'.... Kingman did not join Cubs until 1978. He played with Mets / Padres (in NL) in 77' plus 2 AL teams.

[@dirliedirl]

Man I wish StatCast was around for Kingman's nearly 600ft blast. And Glenallen Hill's rooftop shot.

[@mattbasford6299]

That shot by Hill is still the hardest hit ball I've ever seen

[@justafanintexas7913]

Or Sosa's that landed on the next house up on Kenmore past Kingman's shot?

[@Longenecker1776]

Kingman’s went about 535’ 3rd house back LF

[@STEEPPOW]

Fuck star cast

[@williamfisher233]

The Hill shot was 560+

[@dancrews7769]

Sosa and Kingman made the street home run alley and Glenallen Hill's shot onto the building were LEGENDARY! How far was Arrieta's against ARI?

[@jarodsparacio851]

I remember that Arrieta HR in Arizona. It was 2015 I believe. If I remember correctly, many of the HR trackers put that one at around 440 ft or so. Pretty cool!

[@dancrews7769]

@@jarodsparacio851 It was 2016

[@mattbasford6299]

That shot by Hill is still the hardest hit ball I've ever seen.

[@bradpalmer7944]

Those were 3 of the 4 longest home runs I saw in my 40 years of covering the Cubs for WBBM Radio and WLS-TV. The other was by Roberto Clemente. It went over the TV camera platform, just left of the scoreboard, and onto Waveland Avenue.

[@bradpalmer7944]

@Michael bell I doubt any exists. But it remains etched in my memory, along with some of Clemente's sliding catches into the visitor's bullpen.

[@jarjarbinks4744]

1:54 Skaggs ❤️

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

Dave Kingman and Glenallen Hill have hit bombs out of Wrigley that are superior to the little leaguers shown here.

[@dirliedirl]

Absolutely.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

Yea the Kingman one went 500+ I think

[@sebastiankrembuszewski8435]

Roids will do that

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

@@sebastiankrembuszewski8435 Dave Kingman was never on steroids. I have no idea about Mr. Hill but I have never heard anyone accuse him of being on them. You need to keep your mouth closed when you cannot back up such idiotic claims. Stay safe.

[@potentially__9445]

@@ChairmanMeow1oth did!!

[@tomlovejoy1534]

Even though he played years before the 2016 W.S. Cubs, Glenn Allen Hills rooftop bomb needs to be included in this top 10. I watched that game and that was an amazing H.R Or how about Dave Kingman's H.R. that danced over the left field wall and down a side street..a thing of beauty from Kong! 👍⚾️

[@williamfisher233]

I'll never forget the Hill HR. And he was mad about it!

[@CubsBaseball]

What i learned from this video : 1. Schwarber LOVES his daddy hacks, 2. We like to clobber baseballs in the postseason

[@barrymccockiner5321]

This aged well

[@storytimewithunclebill1998]

Huge Cubs fan. Those were some awesome moments and homeruns. Got a new subscriber. Was fun to watch. Great video

[@ChairmanMeow1]

I love the understatement "they're gonna score that a hit" lol

[@byron_2529]

Missing a couple at the top. Glenallen Hill hit one across Waveland Avenue that hit the roof of the building. Dave Kingman hit one over Waveland Avenue and down the street back in the late 70’s

[@kvernon1]

Yes, both those homers were longer, but the disclaimer is in the title -- "10 Longest Home Runs according to StatCast". So as other people have mentioned, these are the longest home runs at Wrigley only since 2015.

[@jonathanegrie415]

The heck with statcast. Dave Kingman still has the longest EVER hit there almost 530 ft. Philliesvs.Cubs 5/17/79. Look it up.

[@brian09ist]

Yup

[@sammyholdem2492]

Sammy s was further

[@dadp9917]

Kong was short changed by 45 ft. (40 ft. for the Vacant lot & a few feet into the next lot "on the front lawn under the porch where it would have landed if unobstructed by the porch") as it hit the 4th house (NOT THE 3RD HOUSE) 5 lots up Kenmore - 575 ft. A bit higher, it would have hit that guy. Some speculated that his 76 shot off Tom Detorre may have went further. Love to see footage of that one. Lou's call was incorrect Quote "beyond the white house" which "IS" the 3 house Lou so it hit the 4th house on the 5th lot up Kenmore. I've studied this footage a ton.

[@groofoot]

@@sammyholdem2492 The blast Sammy hit in game 2 of the 2003 NLCS came closer to hitting the CF scoreboard than any homer hit since Babe Ruth's famous homer in the 1932 World Series .... I think Sammy hit that one off Brad Penny ....

[@franksantos3418]

Kong was awesome. He went to my high school and proud to say my son almost tied his freshman year HR record. In fact I used to live behind his house in MP Illinois. As a young kid we would shovel his mom’s drive way for a autographed baseball. After a while we kids thought she was signing the balls. Dave Kingman is Cubs royalty.

[@jordy7540]

B.S. Glen Allen Hill...????

[@williamfisher233]

Pre statcast. If that Bryant one was 495 ft, the Glenallen Hill was 560+

[@CubsBaseball]

great video man!

[@JohnB3363]

What about Dave Kingman’s home run in 1979 that went over Waveland and ended up on the porch 3 houses down on Kenmore?

[@davidcarrington9259]

Cubs Dave Kingman hit the longest home run I have ever seen, out of the ball park a down the street of the neighborhood across from the park.

[@situatedcookie5838]

Kyle Schwarber crushes baseballs

[@rickywarner7444]

Statcast aside, Dave Kingman hit a ball off of the porch of the 3'rd house over the left field wall. Glenalan Hill hit one on top of the roof across the street from Wrigley. 50+ year Cubs fan, the two longest balls hit I've ever seen by a Cubs player in Chicago.

[@justafanintexas7913]

And Sosa hit one into a flower pot on the porch of the next house up Kenmore from Kingman's blast.

[@philburpalooza8]

I'm in agreement with you brother. Kingman's shot he hit three houses down a side street off Waveland Avenue has to be a longest hit homerun of all time by any baseball player.

[@jlateralus21]

@@philburpalooza8 they say Sosa's over the tree across the street in LCF was further. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXmXXqZql9ikkLs

[@adamstevens1204]

You can see Kingman ball bounce. It does not land back there. I am sure it bounced back there down the street.

[@adamstevens1204]

​@@philburpalooza8 no it didn't. Watch the tape. You can see it bounce right after it clears the stadium from the tape. Takes a big bounce, but the Homer is out of gas once it lands in the ground

[@griv-jr12]

Steve stove said a few times during commentary the furthest he seen at wrigley was roberto clementes..said he hit it over the camera man booth in center field

[@henrymanahan2764]

I remember when Sammy hit it and the ball went screaming down the road and everybody freaking out.

[@rwbteam7468]

Schwarbombs left and right I see

[@peterrichards931]

Dave Kingman hit a blast in May 1979 which hit the front porch of the 3rd house across Waveland Ave. Way over 500 feet. Was a brutal smash...

[@RojoCube]

2:05 unfortunately shortly after that game. Tyler Skaggs accidentally OD'd.

[@chicubs2099]

Crazy that Schwarber's home run against Pittsburgh in the 2015 WC game wasn't on this list.

[@gary1270]

thats what im saying!

[@wagree01]

Yeah, I was certain that’d be number 1

[@bubbakemp5817]

Awesome,! Thanks for sharing! I love my Cubbies!

[@fspankyaz67]

In reference to Dave Kingman. Growing up in Chicago he was my favorite player. Until Spring training in 1979. It was a game at the old Scottsdale Stadium. We and tons of kids waited for him for autographs after a spring training game. He jumped the back center fence and left. Knowing tons of kids were waiting for him. Bruce Sutter( RIP) stood in the heat and signed autographs for over a hr.. True story..

[@mikepetitti]

Doug Frobel hit the center field camera booth in 1984. That was a blast!

[@markchristian85]

Kingman hit the longest one ever. Glenallen Hill's was the 2nd longest I've seen at Wrigley. I think "How far Did it Fly" estimated Hill's at 376 or something stupid like that.

[@michaeld6147]

490

[@brianwidner9832]

6 and 7 pretty funny and shows how inaccurate stat cast is, #7 clearly and not even close onto Sheffield, #6 doesn't make it out of the stadium, but is "longer" and both hit damn near the same spot in the right center alley

[@famguy218]

Can’t believe that Schwarber hit that home run 5 years ago...

[@edwilliams4363]

The three home runs Dave Kingman hit in a game back in 1979 against Phillies two of those went over 500 ft onto Wayland ave

[@patman7421]

No Dave Kingman, no Glenallen Hill what gives!?

[@michaelevansva4867]

Glenallen Hill rooftop shot in 2000

[@Destroyer4226.]

Anybody else notice that we already need to update this with Ian Happ's 472ft homer?

[@jimhickman3296]

Check your history. I think you may run across my fathers name somewhere down the line. Gentleman Jim Hickman

[@kellyjay7448]

Yes! He was on the legendary '69 Cubs! I remember him well.

[@jacobthorson1749]

I wish you still uploaded you had some great videos

[@brianwilliams447]

Uh, google Glen Allen Hill Chicago Cubs HR.

[@michaelkawell3300]

Glenallen hill on the rooftops

[@b3yourself91]

bryants might have hit the roof if the scoreboard wsnt in the way

[@mattbasford6299]

Glenallen Hill hit on on the back of the rooftop in left.

[@robertthomas7239]

@@mattbasford6299 Kingman hit the house across the street from there and down 3 houses. Sosa also put one over the tree in front of the house Hill hit.

[@mattbasford6299]

@@robertthomas7239 I saw those as well. All were massive shots

[@whisky2roxy]

If this was all-time cubs, ex steroid era it would be 10. Kingman 9. Kingman 8. Kingman 7. Kingman 6. Kingman 5. Kingman 4. Kingman 3. Kingman 2. Kingman 1. Kingman.

[@justafanintexas7913]

Hate to differ with you but Sosa hit one that landed in a flower pot and stuck on the fourth house up Kenmore, one house further than Kingman's blast.

[@dadp9917]

Kong' 79 blast went 570-580 ft. as it hit the 4th house / 5th lot up Kenmore and NOT the 530 that he gets credited for. It hit the porch that the guys comes out on. Lou corrects himself on the replay. Sosa' blast was another bomb but down the sidewalk on the left side of the street a bit shorter than Kong's. By some accounts Kong's 76 shot off Tom Detorre may have went further. Love to see some footage of that one.

[@johnkolakowski4253]

​@@justafanintexas7913wrong; Kongs hit the fourth house as well so at worst its a tie there...

[@justafanintexas7913]

@@johnkolakowski4253 - So all the experts and witnesses are wrong, especially the center field camera? You must be a treat to be around.

[@johnkolakowski4253]

@@justafanintexas7913 measure it first lunkhead... I live right there and its way farther then theyre giving it credit for

[@mattbasford6299]

2 words for you. Glenallen Hill. Onto the rooftop in left field.

[@Mondosly]

Absolutely...

[@HawkeyeCR52322]

That man had the most violent baseball swing I've ever seen

[@ElliottAS]

@@HawkeyeCR52322 jacked up on the juice too. Loved him

[@johnnyg2049]

Dave Kingman also...530 ft on to a porch on a cross street off Waveland 3 houses down.

[@mattbasford6299]

@@johnnyg2049 that was a big one too

[@janerkenbrack3373]

I understand this is limited to statcast, but I remember Glendon Hill hitting a ball onto the roof of the building across Waveland.

[@Mitchblakk]

Didn’t Buckner hit the building over Sheffield? I could’ve sworn another cub took out a window also.

[@justafanintexas7913]

Several did, including Billy Williams.

[@groofoot]

.... and Willie Stargell did, too, in 1969 .... and at some point, I think Dave Parker did also ....

[@abbasrizvi9389]

I was at No #1 homer in Sept 2015. Awesome Game!!

[@outsiderdf]

Sosa hit 10 homers longer in one season.

[@mikestuhr2797]

I’m going to miss Shwarbs

[@turbolivesinmyheart6328]

Oh hell yes. Go Cubs.

[@mhandler2000]

You left out Glenallen Hill's 490 foot blast that landed on top of the roof of the apartments across Waveland Ave. 😮

[@buekowbros8151]

Half of these are Kyle Schwaber

[@bendejo9235]

Mehh... Dave Kingman hit one that reached the porch of the third house past Waveland Ave (I think it was 1979?). And Glenallen hill hit on on top of the roof on that apartment complex on Waveland (2000? 2001?) And Roberto Clemente hit one to dead-center...to that abandoned corner gas station past Waveland (1958? 1959??)

[@QCBrian.S]

No Kingman or Sosa shots?, across Waveland

[@rufuspipemos]

If Statcast calls that Bryant HR at 495ft, then if they existed in 1979, they would have called Kingman's at 595 feet. His landed on the third house down the street from the field and there is visual evidence to prove it.

[@1963Fall]

Kingman hit the porch 3 houses down on Kenmore in 1979.

[@000distructzero]

As pointed out here I know it was before the age of stat cast, exit velocity and launch angles... But ya Glenallen Hill and Dave Kingman would like a word..., for that matter Sosa too with his bombs hitting the apt bld or the one in to the trees next to apt building.

[@nathanmcmenamin3748]

i think sosa put one through a window across the street... and i had the luxory of being at the ballpark for hills... landed on the roof across the street... estimates of 505+ for that one... kingmans was deffently the longest...

[@ernestpassaro9663]

Where are Dave kingmans home runs they were further than any of those ?

[@patman7421]

How could you pass up Dave Kingman and Glenallen Hill?

[@maddoxishim5]

R.I.P. Skaggs

[@slotmaster3092]

check out number 62 by sammy in 98'. it never came down.

[@hectorquintana712]

This is not even close to being accurate. Good job though we can tell it’s a young cub’s fan.

[@josephkelly2292]

I haven't watched the video yet, but if Glen Allen Hill's Home Run to the rooftop across the street is not number one, this list means nothing

[@markabboud8564]

Dave Kingmans hr is #1 hands down. That ball went almost 600 ft.

[@LakeFX]

Statcast didn't start until 2015, so that's all that was considered here. But yeah... Hill's and Kingman's were legendary.

[@BarryJowers]

Schwarber, Bryant, Rizzo, Baez, Contreras. I miss our world series winning core but I'm glad we moved on from all of them except Schwarber

[@slumkiss777]

Dave kingman was the first one to come to mind.

[@JayRo-xp1nt]

Glen Allen Hill hit the longest ever hitting the rooftops across Addison .

[@gindie1]

If it hit a rooftop on Addison, it would have been a foul ball. Waveland is past left field, Sheffield past right field

[@JayRo-xp1nt]

@@gindie1 okay waveland

[@JayRo-xp1nt]

@@gindie1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3_MhKOHhcugf5Y

[@joshuabudyn6290]

Sammy against the Brewers in 03 hit one into the trees down Kenmore avenue, longest home run I've ever seen. Don't care what statcast says Sammy's is the longest in Cubs history, then GlenAllen Hills

[@dal.890]

Why does it stop early

[@keltonbloxham7090]

nobody: Schwarber:This list is mine.

[@DerangedLeftWingers]

you forgot Glenallen Hill

[@olafweinzer5746]

Small stadium is bad for that.

[@propertypreparedness6846]

Missing alot of further homeruns.

[@RWildekrav66]

Schwarbs is now gone ! But hey we now have Joc Pederson. wow

[@ORagnar]

If the ball is hit out at a 45 degree angle, it should get the greatest distance, sans wind. 11/9/23, 9:30 p.m.

[@ryanjustice2670]

Disappointing. I was looking forward to this video and expecting to hit the "like" button. But who cares about StatCast when you have Dave Kingman, Glen Allen Hill, and Sammy Sosa?

[@kevindundon475]

Holy cow that kingman

[@LJC68]

No Glenaalen Hall, No King-Kong Kingman? What's the matter with you guys? Whaddia, 18?

[@gpaulso]

And here’s the longest (yes, even further than Kingman’s): kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXmXXqZql9ikkLssi=KsK65YpqGUdNaYZ4

[@BobSmith-cq9xb]

Dave Kingman... Just look him up, kids.

[@nvrmor023]

Piazza hit the clock above the centerfield scoreboard

[@larrykopp1166]

Glenallen Hills was measured at 463

[@thomaspaine374]

Guess the creator of this video never heard of Dave Kingman or Glenallen Hill. Not to mention, Hack Wilson, Gabby Hartnett, Ernie Banks, Billy Williams or Ron Santo.

[@lonniec7603]

Dave Kingman?

[@driese50]

What a joke that glenalyn hills homer isnt #1 dude hit the roof of the building across the street how in the hell can homeruns that not leave tbe park have a farther distance than hills

[@dirliedirl]

This is only as of the StatCast era (2015 and on), or Hill's definitely would be #2 on the list, behind Kingman's blast, which went 4 houses down Kenmore Ave, 100 feet past Waveland Avenue.

[@justafanintexas7913]

@@dirliedirl - #4 behind Sosa's blast three weeks later that cleared those rooftop seats and Sosa's blast to the porch of the house one up from Kingman's.

[@karb58benefits]

Glen Alan Hill hit one on top of building in left has to be #1

[@matthewimi]

Yeah you forgot Dave Kingman

[@mattpavey3062]

That's how RIZZO AND WE EAT ... CENTER CUT SKY HIGH... OH WAIT I CAN EAT ALL DAY OFF THAT MOUND OF PLATES

[@jmpodo311]

Someone forgot about Glennallen Hill

[@Draper1217]

Kingman? Hill? No statcast needed there

[@TafariMosi]

Soler hit one off the scoreboard also

[@acedegenerate2254]

Glen Allen Hill

[@Ewaddoups1227]

If the video board wasn’t there Bryant’s woulda gone 5 hundo

[@Demy1970]

Watching first 4 minutes, I wouldn’t trust statcast, just go to every homerun from Kingman at Wrigley or playing for Cubs and you will have your top 40

[@russellziske7385]

Kingman? Hello?

[@Centervilletheband-eh2pg]

missing dave kingman blast

[@matthewimi]

They forgot Dave kingman's 530-ft home run in 1979.🤷🏼‍♂️

[@wallacecreed4746]

Its the statcast era so since 2015

[@dadp9917]

It went 570-580 - he hit the 4th house/5th lot up kenmore. He hit the porch that the guy comes out on. Lou, corrected himself on the replay.

[@groofoot]

@@dadp9917 Willie Stargell hit one, in 1969, which, I think, cleared Sheffield on the fly .... it tied the game in the top of the 9th inning ....

[@thegrimspeaker8987]

Where is king man in this count down.

[@hoosierflatty6435]

MISS U SCHWARBS

[@justdonut74]

I was there for Number 1!

[@jacktoton531]

Dave king hit one 530 feet but that was like in the 1970s

[@justafanintexas7913]

And Sosa hit one to the next house up Kenmore.

[@RWildekrav66]

What was 530 feet shorter in the 70’s than it is in 2021 ?

[@kiwidadygirl]

Change the title. Lol. They go since statcast but on several they don't use statcast? Hill, Sosa and Kingman just never existed I guess. :/