Top 10 Longest Home Runs in Baseball History

[@bernie139]

I saw Ritchie Allen hit a ball over the CocaCola sign on the roof in left center field at Connie Mack stadium. He hit one to dead center over the flag pole. I was in the top of the upper deck seating on the 3rd base side when he hit it. I thought he got under it because I had to look up at it. It just kept going out of sight. Dick Allen was amazing!

[@richardhughes6492]

I saw him hit one to dead center, higher than the left field roof, rising going out of the lights, with 2 strikes!

[@j.j.hallhall4455]

I read an article in Popular Mechanics in the mid sixties where a Ritchie Allen home run left the stadium and landed in a rail car. The ball was found in LA confirming it as the longest homerun ever at over 3,000 miles!

[@WestCoastAce27]

Remember the one into the pool in Montreal? He is so underrated.

[@Kevin-b6c2f]

Used a 40 ounce bat!

[@nels52]

The fact that Dick Allen isn’t in the Hall of Fame makes a mockery of that institution.

[@ballybunion9]

Kingman hit one in Chicago in April 1976 while playing for the Mets. The next day, the NY Daily News reported the ball landed near the porch of the third house down the street behind Wrigley Field 610 feet from home plate. I kept the newspaper clipping for years.

[@josephdovi1565]

Mantle hit the longest

[@buddmannable]

yup - actually it was the 5th house on Kenmore Ave. I believe the Cub pitcher was Oscar Zamora. Kingman said it was the furthest homerun he ever hit and it was a legit 600 ft.

[@johnvan6803]

​@@josephdovi1565Correct! And the 2 he almost hit out of Yankee Stadium would have gone over 700 feet!

[@IanPunter]

Wind aided much?

[@buddmannable]

@@IanPunter it was in April so highly unlikely.

[@joecossentino6926]

On May 8,1966 Frank Robinson(Baltimore Orioles) hit the only home run out of Memorial Stadium in Baltimore off of Louis Tiant. It cleared the left field stands & landed in the parking lot. I was seated there & it went right over our heads.

[@GFHanks]

I still miss Memorial Stadium.

[@larrywest538]

Sorry…. what you saw was a ‘cruise missles’….

[@rday710]

Mantle was hurt in a game at Memorial Stadium. But he took batting practice anyway and proceeded to hit 2 balls into the parking lot in left field... Right handed. I remember thinking I wondered if he broke any windshields. Late in the game he came up against a southpaw pitcher and pinxh hit. Guess what? Bang. A homer into the old left field bleachers. A great thrill!

[@1blastman]

@@rday710 Makes me wonder, what if the DH existed during Mantle's playing era? How many more HR's would he have slugged. He missed a lot games to injuries where he couldn't play in the field, but could pinch hit. What if he DHed?

[@TheLeadSled]

@@GFHanks when I was a child my father bought season tickets for our beloved O's. This was Ripkens second full year with the Orioles. My best memory of 1983 at Memorial Stadium was being able to see game one of the 1983 World Series, although we lost that game I did get to see one of my all time favorite players blast a home run in that game, that man was Joe Morgan.

[@gregmeagher3945]

Clemente hit a home run at Wrigley to straight away center field just to the right of the scoreboard that was still rising as it left the stadium

[@RayManzarekRocks]

Actually, the ball sailed over the bleachers in extreme left-center field, left the park at a point between the camera shed and scoreboard and landed about halfway on Waveland Avenue. Has to be on the short list of longest home runs ever hit by a sub-6-foot player.

[@TN-we3zt]

Yep.

[@rjtkzg]

A friend of mine was at Skydome for the ALCS game in '89. I saw him a few days later and asked him how far it traveled. He said that it never really started to descend on it's flight because the decks are "stacked" straight up - on top of each other. He said if it were able to land at a lower point, it would have actually traveled much further.

[@BritainsBestGuitar]

Clemente’s HR was left of the scoreboard near the camera shed and yes it was a monster shot. Stargell hit one to the right of the scoreboard. Kingman’s HR in May 1979 was the longest by far. I was at that game and the ball hit the porch on the 5th house down on Kenwood Ave.

[@bartdrennon1764]

Saw Willie McCovey hit one off the centerfield scoreboard in Busch Memorial stadium that I swear was still rising when the scoreboard stopped it.

[@stanyeeast3508]

"He did take steroids, though, which certainly helped" The dead serious delivery was perfection lol

[@Swampfoxtrd]

The Thome statue is by the CF gate, not near where the ball landed. On the ground where the ball landed, however, is a little baseball plaque for the home run. It’s just outside the entrance gates to the bleachers. The little plaque is like the ones in the outfield at Camden Yards

[@brianfranco7808]

The Dave Kingman Home Run was part of a crazy game. The Phillies won 23-22, in 10 innings.

[@gluonjck63]

I was there. King Kong had a great game. I paid 2$ to sit in the bleachers. God I miss those times

[@theBIGBLUTO]

@@gluonjck63 I’m from Chicago & was watching that game on WGN, I remember there were 5 home runs in the first inning & I knew we were watching history in the making. 25-30mph winds…

[@ldfreitas9437]

Giants never, ever should have gotten rid of him!

[@jonesyokc]

The worst player ever to get famous 🙂

[@musicappreciate]

It was quite awesome to come home from school to this game

[@thomasoswalt416]

I’m an old fellow now,and I still love the legends and stories of the game.Puts me back to when I was eleven,and trying to do my best for my old man.He loved baseball too

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

What about the home run hit by Mickey Mantle against the Detroit Tigers in 1960? That home run was said to have traveled 643 after clearing the rightfield roof at Briggs (later Tiger) Stadium, and landing in the parking lot of Brooks Lumberyard.

[@godfreyzilla8608]

@KevinMiller-xn5vu : For those of us who grew up with The Mick most of these other home runs don't much matter. It was a different time. I don't remember this home run but I remember someone asking him once if he always tried to hit a home run "Every single time" he replied.

[@dougleclaire9424]

Yes...I'm very surprised Mantle's homer in Detroit is not on this video ......most of these listed were steroid users except for maybe Reggie, Stargell....etc. Mantle should be on here but not surprised.

[@myronhelton4441]

Nobody bothered to get the longest home run ever, did you notice no one in the street, so I went after the home run ball.

[@nyjsackexchange]

​@@godfreyzilla8608No one remembers it

[@robertcostanzo9378]

That homerun is confirmed!!!!!

[@danhageman5443]

Frank Howard of the Washington Senators and Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins each hit a homer over the left field roof in Tiger stadium in the 1960's. Not sure of distance but definitely 500 feet.

[@anthonyb27]

I remember Greg Lusinski doing the same against the Orioles in the 70's.

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

@@anthonyb27 The Bull was playing for the Phillies then.

[@anthonyb27]

@@KevinMiller-xn5vu I guess I had the place or opponent mixed up, but I do remember him hitting a ball out of a stadium. 😆

[@johnkrolczyk2241]

GlenAllen Hill poked one out of Wrigley over the LF bleachers and onto the roof of the apartments across the street. At leasr 530 feet.

[@Dave-oz9qh]

Wrigley Field is the worst place to hit the longest home run. There’s no backdrop there

[@Tbass-yy8uc]

Dave Kidman's home run was farther

[@RAtMW88]

490 ft

[@AmosGreen-yp2xz]

Just checking in

[@davidmartinez52420]

Dave Kingman hit one that hit the front porch of the 3rd or 4th house on Kenmore Ave, the street that runs south and dead ends at Waveland because of Wrigley. That porch is further than that rooftop.

[@robertcostanzo9378]

I saw a Kingman hit a line drive out of shea stadium over the left field bullpen into the parking lot.. It has to be at least 550 on a line drive. No more than fifty feet off the ground. Also Mantle's shot off the facade at Yankee stadium was still rising. Probably a 600 ft shot.

[@vinsoriano1536]

Broke a window on of the team busses if I recall

[@brentrosencrans3968]

Kingman never hit a homer anywhere close to 550 feet. It's likely he never hit a 500 foot homer.

[@robertcostanzo9378]

@brentrosencrans3968 l was at the game bro!!!

[@brentrosencrans3968]

@@robertcostanzo9378 not doubting you were there, but that doesn't mean the homer was 550 feet. 500 foot homers are extremely rare.

[@robertcostanzo9378]

@brentrosencrans3968 hard to say how far, but it went into the parking lot at Shea.

[@TheAcceleratorMagazine]

I have a Babe Ruth home run ball from 1921. It was hit off Walter Johnson at the Polo Grounds. The only homerun in the game and longest ball hit out of the Polo Grounds up to May 7th, 1921. It's signed by both Ruth and Johnson and them only. The game ball. rick in Tennessee

[@DP-qb2to]

Too cool. Being a Twins fans and their history as the original Senators I enjoy stories like this.

[@TheAcceleratorMagazine]

@@DP-qb2to Preciate you takin the time to read and reply.

[@TheAcceleratorMagazine]

@@DP-qb2to I'm amazed at at all the baseball memories in the comments. Accurate memories I'm 70 and don't have many memories like that. Lot of head trauma I think has erased a lot of my memories. My wife of 51 years will start telling me something and I will have absolutely no idea what she is talking about.... Ok, I may not listen like I should. She said to sell the baseball. Hate to, i just like holding it and imagining Babe tagging it and then holding it and signing it for a little kid and later have it to his son, then to a grandson. Then I wound up with it about 1990 at the estate auction. Has spent it's whole life in safes. It's in amazing shape. Especially for a game ball. rick in Tennessee

[@garylam6233]

Man what a masterpiece should be worth lots of money to the right historian . My nephew has a ball signed by the whole New York Yankees team !! The ball was a home run ball hit by yogi bearer some time late 60s

[@TheAcceleratorMagazine]

@@garylam6233 Thanks and pretty cool ball there also. rick in Tennessee.

[@terryshaw9471]

You can read about Micks homer in Detroit in 1960 and form your own opinions. Mick was very strong and you can see it in pictures in his forearms. Remember he used to work in the mines. He also almost hit one out of Yankee Stadium

[@paulheaphy4228]

565'

[@4etuber8]

@@paulheaphy4228 I saw Kirk Gibson hit one off the light stand at Yankee Stadium in batting practice, then hit the next pitch out of the stadium. Best power hitting feat I've ever seen including homers by Frank Howard and Cecil Fielder. Somewhere I have a baseball card that states on the back that Gibby once hit a home run 545 feet.

[@wyattyewchuck4218]

Ron Bloomberg hit one off the facade 2 at Yankee Stadium

[@paulheaphy4228]

@@terryshaw9471 And Washington.

[@BritainsBestGuitar]

The HR that Dave Kingman hit in May 1979 at Wrigley is probably the longest in history. I was at that game and the sound off the crack of the bat was very loud. The ball hit the porch on the 5th house down on Kenmore Ave. We’ve measured with tape measures from the outside wall at Wrigley to the spot where it hit and it’s around 580 feet. Willie Stargell hit one just to the right of the CF scoreboard that was probably close to that far.

[@homerun8032]

It was 530 ft. You can actually measure that one one Google maps.

[@ArtisticallySavvyPhotography]

In 1954 Bob Montag hit a shot out of Atlanta Stadium that landed in a passing coal car bound for Nashville. Several days later, a fireman who was aboard the train showed up in Atlanta and gave the ball back to Bob, telling him that he retrieved it from the coal car after it traveled from Atlanta to Nashville back to Atlanta, 518 miles round trip. EASILY the longest home run of all time

[@rtflone]

My grandfather used to take me to Atlanta baseball games in the 50s. No MLB there yet Atlanta had a minor-league team called the Crackers. I remember he caught a long fly ball hit into the left field seats right where we were seated. He just stood up and caught the ball bare-handed. I was maybe 6 or 7 and that had a lot to do with shaping my idea of what being a man was all about.

[@hushpuckena126]

Just once, Randy Johnson was the pigeon, not the statue. Mantle's home run off Stobbs was something, in an impossible home run park.

[@mc-um3nv]

It makes sense that Randy Johnson was the pitcher. You gotta have someone throwing heat to hit it that far. I really miss those days...

[@mc-um3nv]

I'm a little surprised Nolan Ryan isn't on the losing end of one of these. He was just a badass, nobody could touch him.

[@boataxe4605]

When someone mentions a bird and Randy Johnson in the same sentence I think of the poor bird that he took out.

[@mc-um3nv]

@@boataxe4605 lol! Forgot about that! That poor thing took around 100 mph fastball to the chest

[@rf3495]

Harmon Killebrew 573' in Minnesota. The stadium was torn down for the Mall of America. They painted a baseball on a wall of the mall to show where the ball would have hit.

[@brentrosencrans3968]

That never happened. Killebrew was a great power hitter but likely he never hit a 500 foot homer in his career.

[@midnightwriter9658]

@@brentrosencrans3968 .. do a simple Google search there Spanky and read what is states... 520 ft on 6/3/67 at Met Stadium .

[@DP-qb2to]

@@brentrosencrans3968 Harmon hit the longest Homerun ever at Metropolitan Stadium originally measured at 520' and later adjusted to 522'. The Mall of America has a plaque on the floor where Home Plate was and there is a seat hanging on the wall where it landed in the outfield. 573 was the number of HRs he hit in his career so you were both right and wrong. Easy to google the stats.

[@brentrosencrans3968]

@@DP-qb2to Believe what you want. He never hit a homer 522 feet. I've been to Mall of America and as you say it's simple to google anything and get whatever story you'd like.

[@TheTom2video]

The longest home run in my estimation is by Mickey Mantle. In September 1963 at Yankee stadium. Mantle hit a walk off home run off KC pitcher Bill Fisher. The ball hit the facade in right field and the ball was still on the rise. About 2 feet short of clearing Yankees stadium. Mickey Mantle said “THE HARDEST BALL I EVER HIT”. According to experts, the ball was projected to go over 700 feet if the ball left Yankee Stadium. I was 13 years old at the time and I saw it on WPIX TV, that was a night game.

[@mij582]

That was May 22, 1963

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Not True! Jose Canseco did the longest by far!

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Josh Gibson hit longer than Mantle!

[@Workforaliving]

@@RaineriHakkarainen that Canseco shot at skydome was ridiculous. I was watching the game on TV and just couldn't believe it. Ive seen alot of long shots on TV but that one was the furthest. McGuire came close onetime though

[@paulg6274]

Over 700? 😅 Did you then beat Paul Bunyan in a wood chopping contest?

[@steve3602]

To all those who say Mickey Mantle never hit a ball close to 600 feet I say you don't know your baseball history. Most of those who say that either never saw Mantle in his prime or weren't born when he played. He had awesome power. Injuries and all, imagine how he would've fared in today's ballparks, especially Yankee Stadium. I saw Mantle's home run off of Bill Fischer that was still rising when it missed leaving the stadium by inches. It hit the facade so hard that it bounced back towards the infield! Nobody can convince me that if the facade wasn't there it would've landed well over 600 feet and I'm being conservative in my estimate!

[@steve3602]

@@rticle15 Well, I'll bet you never watched Mantle in his prime but I saw the shot. It was still rising when it hit the top of the facade at the original Yankee stadium. I'm also familiar with what his teammates and newspapers said at the time and the projected distance had it cleared the stadium facade. But I know there will always be that naysayer and you're entitled to your opinion. That doesn't mean it's fact. I will agree with you that on the whole pitchers have gotten faster and hitters have gotten stronger. But there were individual players in the past who were exceptions in talent. Mantle was one of those players who would've excelled in today's game, especially considering the dimensions of today's ballparks.

[@StepheMauro-kh1px]

Love mantle but u have no understanding of physics buddy - still rising after over 400 ft ?? So it would have gone more than 800 ft. Please !! No wonder people don’t take these anecdotal statements seriously

[@steve3602]

@@StepheMauro-kh1px I never said 800 feet or 700 feet for that matter. I do remember the original estimates in the newspapers the next day were in the 620 ft. range had it cleared the facade. If Canseco hit a ball 540 and Josh Gibson hit one 580 feet it's not that outlandish to say Mantle hit one farther.

[@StepheMauro-kh1px]

@@steve3602 b

[@StepheMauro-kh1px]

@@steve3602 even 620 ft .. it can only rise for 1/2 the distance which would be 320 and even that is a real improbability !!! A golf ball with dimples has a different curve . Take a good look at the stat cast home run animation and you’ll realize the arc involved in a long hr . I’m hoping that you don’t believe that a fastball can be a “ rising “ fastball also. They now call it a riding fastball. Riding is basically a physical impossibility unless it went 1500 mph . These old anecdotes are fun - but inaccurate

[@boataxe4605]

Props for including Josh Gibson!

[@johnwaldrop3211]

I was looking to see if Josh Gibson was mentioned.

[@michaelroberts6450]

All I can say is Reggie's 1971 in Detroit was a bomb. Seeing some of the other videos all of them were bombs too. All tremendous hits though no shame in being 2nd to those legends who ever hit the longest I guess we will just have our personal take on it and that's what makes baseball history so great.

[@eddiehaskell5578]

That ball was still going up when it hit that transformer on the roof. That ball would’ve landed at least 200’ outside the stadium. I witnessed it. I was 11 years old. I can see it like it was yesterday 😮

[@TheLeadSled]

Dave King Kong Kingman, what an absolute beast of a player, and one of my favorites as a little child. Another favorite of mine was George Foster, I once seen him smack a monster shot vs. the Phillies when he was with the Mets in Veteran Stadium, it was a moonshot.

[@nyjsackexchange]

Kingman hit some tape measure shots And Straw hit the base of the roof in Olympic Stadium

[@TheLeadSled]

@@nyjsackexchange yes he did, Reggie Jackson hit a transformer tower at Tiger Stadium during the All-star game, also Cecil Fielder blasted one over the roof at Tiger Stadium as well. We had some great Home run hitters in the 70's & 80's, then came the roid era.

[@ChristopherTeague-cs8vg]

❤ Big Red Machine ⚾. I watched George Foster , Pete Rose, George Morgan. I believe George was The First ⚾ Player to make a million 💵 dollars in one contract. 😂 Now the Reds are to tight to keep many good players . I wonder how long they will keep De La Cruz . ⚾

[@RickCooley-db2pl]

Loved players in the 70's and 80's like George Foster, Dave Kingman, Mike Schmidt, and Gorman Thomas, and also Dave Parker, Fred Lynn, Shawn Green, and of course, Dale Murphy!

[@ronwallace6273]

Kingman on cubs was mad they were going to walk him and he stepped forward and launched the 3rd pitch over the ivy it was craziest thing I ever saw , the other team was complaining about him swinging on a walk they said you I loved watching cubs play in 70s and 80s

[@charleyit]

In 1961 Tiger first baseman Norm Cash, hit one out of Tiger Stadium that went further than Reggie Jackson's ball. It cleared the roof in right field and landed in the Checker Cab Company lot across the street from the stadium. But Detroit was not part of the glamor towns of baseball so that one went unsung. I will never forget it, I was 12 years old and I was at that game. It would be the first of four homers that Cash hit out of Tiger Stadium.

[@mortsims]

norm cash was my favorite tiger. i remember 1961 when he won the batting title. a interesting fact---that year he never hit into a double play. i'm 70 now and i challenge anyone to name a better tiger first baseman since norm cash.

[@charleslee6923]

@@mortsims I got nothin. Cash was the man.

[@rickchristenson7404]

Glad that Cash got some recognition. Yup, 4 blasts to the roof! Wow!

[@jerrymorelock2056]

I saw Cash and Mantle both hit home runs in Briggs/Tiger Stadium, but none of the long ones. I can still name the lineups of most of those '60s Tigers teams. Free agency was definitely good for the players, but ruined my interest in the major leagues. The only baseball I've watched since the '80s is college ball.

[@4etuber8]

One of the times he didn't go to bat with a table leg. lol Loved Norm Cash!

[@RayManzarekRocks]

Stargell owns the longest home run in multiple stadiums, a list that includes Jarry Park, Three Rivers Stadium and Dodger Stadium among others. The latter sailed over the pagoda in right field and clear out of the park. Unless you've been there, it's difficult to fully comprehend how far the ball traveled.

[@mikesbaseballcards]

I think it's been done 5 times out of Dodger Stadium.

[@RayManzarekRocks]

@@mikesbaseballcards It has been done six times in a real game. Stargell is the only player to do it twice. He's also the only left-hander to do it even once. #Amazin'.

[@RayManzarekRocks]

@@westbatman66 As Bob Prince would say, Go get your Chicken on the Hill with Will . . .!

[@vegasdano7569]

Yuuup pops # 8 👍🏼👍🏼RIP 🙏🏼

[@vegasdano7569]

@@RayManzarekRocksyou got that. Right 👍🏼👍🏼

[@vmf1965]

Regarding the Stargell HR in Montreal, actually that ball landed in a narrow middle deck of orange seats, and the seat where it landed was changed to yellow.

[@makaha5750]

Go Bucs!

[@andrewpotok2661]

Stargell hit the longest Homer at the Vet in philly. They had a plaque there. I beleive it landed in the exit tunnel of the 600 level. WOW

[@davidn.5803]

¿Didn't Wilver hit a homerun OUT OF DODGER Stadium?

[@Ejb905]

Did Stargell hit the home run that went into the pool at Jarry Park?

[@davidn.5803]

@Ejb905 Go to Wikipedia and reference "Wilver Stargell." There is a description of his longest home runs in the article.

[@ChadBest-ug8uo]

On a baseball tour in 2001, our bus stopped by abandoned Tiger Stadium. An attendant let us in. We got to walk throughout the empty stadium. There were still sunflower seeds in the dugout. It was highlight of trip.

[@mortsims]

i like the old tiger stadium better than the newer one. there was something about when you first saw the green grass and the players were so close. and think of all the famous players that had been there. i was in the visitors locker room and walked the tunnel to the dugout and babe ruths ghost was there.

[@ChadBest-ug8uo]

@@mortsims I think it was like walking into another century. Amazing.

[@matthanley-c1g]

@@ChadBest-ug8uo that was an awesome stadium, I wish they kept it for the memorabilia

[@frankfunicello550]

I would say Mantle had the greatest natural power swing of all time. He put every ounce of his body into every swing. When a good hitter pivots his lower half to follow through, the head, torso and legs should be aligned like there was a pole going through your body from top of your head through into the ground. He had that ultimate swing. I think who else was like him was Griffey Jr. he had a bit of an uppercut, but was still in perfect alignment.

[@charleschapman3994]

He had muscular forearms which helped him to achieve tremendous bat speed. Remember Force = Mass x Acceleration.

[@davidellis7081]

Well, I guess that was my problem in my playing days: I needed an alignment!

[@edanderson8413]

Mackey said his approach to hitting was hit the next one farther than ever before

[@WilliamGibson-v1c]

No way!! HARMEN KILLERBREW

[@OutsideCleaners]

LOL 6:13 "Either way, the ball traveled a long way."

[@RickeyPerrin]

No one hit it as far as Mickey Mantle! Go to Bricktown in Oklahoma City see his statue. 565 ft. In the air.

[@georgeschiabor196]

No one

[@homerun8032]

😂

[@Andrew_P86]

Sure and Josh Gibson hit 800 ft home runs. Lol

[@TravisBrowder]

It landed in the parking lot of a building supply store.

[@johnn9977]

565 no way

[@carolgordon4785]

I saw Darryl Strawberry , hit a monster homer while he was in Little League here in Los Angeles...It was at my kid brothers all-star game. My brother played for the Normandie Gaints, this game for the Normandie All-stars. The all-star was being played at their home , Normandie Playground. Strawberry was playing for opposing Denker Playground All-stars (don't remember his home team name). There was already a buzz about his ability even as a Little Leaguer..So when his turn at bat came, we're all , "okay"! let see what buzz is about. The pitcher he faced had posted few "k's"..Strawberry missed the 1st pitch...next a couple of called balls , I think..Then he made contact..it was a loud crack of the bat!, louder than I'd heard before at that park. The ball towered/rocketed through the air over the home run right field fence, out of playground, across Venice Blvd and over the Rosedale Cemetery fence on Venice, I then saw it bounce up about 20+ft...? in the air! ..Needless to say the crowd was amazed..& W⚾W'd!..Strawberry took his HR stroll around the basepads..with big smile...We were all smiling too ! 'Caused we just witnessed greatness..in this kid..!

[@fire-4-effect]

Reggie Jackson's home run at Tiger Stadium was very like further than 532. I used to work there.

[@brentrosencrans3968]

It didn't travel anywhere near 532 feet. Likely it wasn't even a 500 foot homer

[@SPfg3388]

If you were lucky enough to have been to the old Yankee Stadium and have seen how high the lights were that Mantle hit, it must have been awesome to witness it.

[@MarkPear-k6v]

It was awesome enough to go to Yankee Stadium and just be able to look up at where that ball hit. Looking up at that, it was just impossible to comprehend that the ball was actually still rising when it hit.

[@robertkelly6282]

They said it was a line drive still rising when it it

[@Chize41]

I love the tale of Frank Howard hitting a homer that a leaping shortstop almost caught

[@peterfishwick1593]

Saw Howard hit 3 hrs. and a double in Spokane. Hardest ball hit was the double. It went thru the 3rd baseman’s legs. lol.

[@damonwashington2837]

Great Friggin' Video 😮!!! Ty

[@danwithers9736]

Washington Senator Frank Howard (aka "Hondo", and "The Capitol Punisher") hit one (I believe in either '66 or '67) to right-center in RFK Stadium that landed about 7 rows down from the uppermost part of the stadium. That HAD to be WELL OVER 500 feet. They painted the seat white (as they did several others). I sat in that seat and the players looked like mere specks. I believe the seat is in the HOF.

[@nyjsackexchange]

That one is a confirmed 500+ ft HR

[@johnvan6803]

The two home runs Mickey Mantle almost hit out of Yankee Stadium off Chuck Stobbs in 1956 and Bill Fisher in 1963 were still on the rise when they hit the Facade and were estimated at over 700 feet if they didn't hit the Facade! No one compares to the Mick! He hit 500 foot homers on a regular basis!

[@charleschapman3994]

Imagine if MM was 6'2"; 220 or larger instead of 5'11", 205.

[@nyjsackexchange]

​@@charleschapman3994You just gave the reason why these people are full of shit Mantle never hit any 600 fr HRs

[@1blastman]

I have a baseball card somewhere that says Mantle hit a ball 565 ft out of Washington's Griffith Stadium or something like that. Gotta look for it now.

[@t4texastom587]

​@@charleschapman3994 There are guys in MLB today over 6'2" and over 220 and they ain't hittin' 'em where Mantle hit 'em.⚾

[@Justin-pq3rq]

Men had more testosterone back then they do now. The human body was different as most children born during that time period came from generations of hard labor fathers. The last 3 generations have watered down the testosterone levels of men as technology has replaced physical work. In another 3 generations. Men will be about as strong as women.

[@casablanca2745]

Saw Frank Howard hit a check swing double off the Fenway Green Monster in 1967

[@hughguidi5570]

I can hardly wait to read any responses on this one. Yes, the Mick who I followed growing up in the 50's and 60's was the greatest HR hitter as far as distance. In 1951 during spring training the Yankees trained in AZ. They went to CA at USC to play the Trojan baseball team. Mickey hit 2 HR's out of the stadium, 1 actually landing on the football practice field, picked up by Frank Gifford no less 600'+. The other left the stadium and was found down a back road 500'+. He also hit a triple and a single. All as a 19yo rookie! The guy was unreal, even beginning his career.

[@Justin-pq3rq]

Mickey mantle was the greatest combination of power and speed to ever play. If he didn’t tear his knee up on the sprinkler his rookie year. He would have been the best ever.

[@johncraftenworth7847]

boozer

[@GoldtriggerDude]

@@johncraftenworth7847 I was thinking the same thing. Imagine what he could have done if he wasn't such a boozer.

[@davidhasman6356]

I grew up in Rochester N.Y. When I was a boy my father and I went to Redwing Stadium to see the International All Star team play the Baltimore Orioles. At the time Baltimore had a Power hitting first baseman by the name of Jim Gentile Gentile batted left handed. He hit a climbing line drive home run that climbed out over the right field fence like a bullet the ball was hit so hard the right fielder never moved!! My dad had his transistor radio with him so he could listen to the guys in the press booth. The press booth guy said the ball hit the advertising sign out by Norton Street estimated at 540 feet away!!! I will never forget that moment 👍👍

[@garymoon2829]

I'm so glad you included Josh Gibson, who was denied the chance to play in the major leagues because of racism. He was a tremendously powerful hitter. As a kid, I lived on Long Island (New York) and was a devoted Mickey Mantle fan during his peak years. My father was a New York Giants fan, and mother loved the Brooklyn Dodgers. Being a Yankees fan, my dad took me to some games at Yankee Stadium. By then, the Dodgers and Giants had moved west. I still remember him telling me that "nobody had ever hit a ball out of Yankee Stadium...except for one by a black man, Josh Gibson. At the time, I barely knew about the "Negro Leagues", but never forgot that remark. When I was maybe 9 or 10 years old, at a day game in Yankee Stadium, sitting in a box near first base and deep into my worship of Mickey Mantle, Mickey hit one. Hard! I watched the ball climb higher than any home run I'd ever seen and thought of Josh Gibson. The ball impacted the "facade" hanging down from the roof above the top deck. A few feet higher and it would indeed have gone out of the stadium, becoming the first and only...except for the one by Josh Gibson. Somewhere on the internet there are pictures of the path of Mantle's shot. Unfortunately, Gibson's is presumably not recorded. But if Ike G Sports can share info on documentation on Gibson's homer, I'd love to read more about it...and thanks!

[@ikegsports1150]

Thanks for the comment, that is very cool. It must have been amazing to see games with those legendary players and teams in New York.

[@Uncle65788]

I can recall when Mickey Mantle hit a Home Run that hit the facade of lights high above the field of play in Right Field. I do not remember who the Yankees were playing, but I do recall there was appearing with a full-page photo of the Shot, with measurements and all on the back page of the New York Daily News. It came very close if only by inches to have been the first ball ever to have been hit out of Yankee Stadium.

[@matthanley-c1g]

Kirk Gibson hit one out of tiger stadium in 1983 that measured 540 ft

[@matthanley-c1g]

Yes brother I was there and it was freaky watching it fly for what seemed like forever

[@4etuber8]

I saw Kirk Gibson hit one off the light stand at Yankee Stadium in batting practice, then hit the next pitch out of the stadium. Best power hitting feat I've ever seen including homers by Frank Howard and Cecil Fielder. Somewhere I have a baseball card that states on the back that Gibby once hit a home run 545 feet--that must be the one you're talking about!

[@matthanley-c1g]

@@4etuber8 that's awesome, yeah in 1983 my little league team won our regionals and the coach took the team to a tiger game as a reward, I will never forget that massive home run that Gibson hit, me and a couple of my buddies left our seats well before the hit and moved to an ideal location behind home plate and about mid way up the stands so we got a great look at that Homer. I never thought a ball could fly so far. Hey thanks my friend for your comments and your Top 10 longest home runs, I really enjoyed it.

[@StevenGarrad-wo5sf]

You brought up Steroids as being an advantage, but not mile high stadium. The longest field goal was also at Mile High Stadium its no coincidence. The air is much different that high up

[@richardmiqueli2385]

Mickey hit the longest home run EVER.

[@paulg6274]

That's quite unlikely.

[@garylam6233]

Very interesting of all the great hitters I’m sure some have been missed . There has really been some great hitters in the sport ! Thanks

[@mattzukowski6126]

Dave Kingman hit one out of Wrigley and landed on the porch of the 5th house up the street.

[@franklinbruce7121]

AWESOME collection of BASEBALL HISTORY 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@kenb1376]

I read “The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs”, by Bill Jenkinson. Babe Ruth was the king of long distance bombs.

[@chrisfrompasadena3013]

True, indispensable book for baseball fans, this video covers only the tv Era. Guess what? - long home runs were hit before games were televised.

[@Indyjeeplover]

Go back on the video to the 3:00 mark where it shows Reggie Jackson at Tiger stadium. You’ll see the center field outside wall with the light poles on top. The year the Tigers won the World Series Kirk Gibson hit a ball that cleared those poles and was still going up. They showed the replay four times on the local news

[@makaha5750]

So was the year 1984?

[@paulbrower]

Lou Whitaker; who didn't look like a classic slugger, hit a couple home runs over the right-field roof in old Tiger Stadium.

[@thomasoliver354]

The Luzinski shot off the Liberty Bell at the Vet was a monster. Also, the Schmidt shot at the Astrodome was a massive shot.

[@PhilipNeuer8855]

Josh Gibson

[@dondee5439]

At the 4:26 mark, the blue bridge in Cincinnati over the Ohio river was built before the Brookkyn Bridge. It was designed and built by the same engineer and served as a template for building the larger sibling in NYC.

[@buntobe1508]

Mickey Mantle hit a ball they are STILL looking for near Old Griffith Stadium area in DC

[@Gofast49442]

I saw mantle hit on entirely out of the old Briggs stadium over 2 decks. I believe he could go 700

[@Rick-m3c]

Maybe it's because I saw him so many times. Mickey was the GOAT.

[@nyjsackexchange]

Mo Vaughn hit the Budweiser sign above the giant scoreboard at Shea in the 2000s that was estimated to be about 530 ft

[@lorenzobeckmann3736]

2 standout HR's in my mind: see the outfield upper deck at Comisky Park; Mickey Mantle hit a ball high into right upper deck where that deck ends towards score board, way up in there. 2. with 60+ yrs watching Kingman far the best at hitting, pulling the outside pitch over left field wall. Bash bros weren't only 'roid heads.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

The Mick also came 18" from parking it over the right field wall at Yankee Stadium, it hit the top of the mezzanine and bounced back onto the field. And he hit a 600' shot in college.

[@charleschapman3994]

He went straight to the minors.

[@Uncle65788]

There was a story told by a reporter covering Columbia College when Lou Gehrig was studying to be an engineer(I do not know as a fact that is that Lou Gehrig studied engineering, however ) there was a tournament that was played at Yankee Stadium.The tournament was a collegiate event and Columbia College was one of the teams participating. Gehrig came close to hitting a ball out of Yankee Stadium, as a matter of fact, it was considered one of the longest balls ever hit at Yankee Stadium.

[@terryshaw9471]

Mickey Mantle homer in Detroit in 1960 was the longest and perhaps only one over 600 feet. Babe Ruth hit one also in Detroit about 575 feet. These were the 2 longest of all time period regardless of times PED,s etc etc

[@victormarrotti2575]

Speed or as many women would get in the 60s does not make you stronger. Trust me, I know this for a fact

[@boataxe4605]

Ruth’s PED was beer.

[@solojrbb]

Both unverified. I don't believe Mick had the wrists or strength to hit a tater that far. Reggie on the other hand hit a laser 536 feet before hitting the transformer as it left the stadium

[@solojrbb]

Jr's best wa😂sn't even 500. Andres was so strong he's 3rd I believe. I'm not crazy about it but I believe the hardest hitter ever Party City guy in baseball with Reggie Jackson he had quick wrist and he had the strength and the hips and his upper body to power through anything

[@brentrosencrans3968]

Neither Mantle or Ruth hit a homer 575 or 600 feet. It's likely neither of them hit a homer even 500 feet.

[@ScottMaiher]

Mickey mantle home run of almost 600 feet is the greatest in Yankee stadium is the greatest home run ever,breaking a window out side Yankees stadium ,I'm not a Yankees fan but give the man credit 😮

[@homerun8032]

😂

[@anthonytripp2251]

I saw Frank Howard hit one to the last row of bleachers in dead center field in the REAL Yankee Stadium. It was 463 feet just to the to wall so this must have gone about 550 feet. It was as close as anyone came to hitting one out of Yankee Stadium.

[@4etuber8]

I saw Kirk Gibson hit one off the light stand at Yankee Stadium in batting practice, then hit the next pitch out of the stadium. Best power hitting feat I've ever seen including homers by Frank Howard and Cecil Fielder. Somewhere I have a baseball card that states on the back that Gibby once hit a home run 545 feet.

[@blainecole5452]

Howard is also credited with hitting one some 530' on his baseball card. I still have his rookie card with the Dodgers when he was voted Rookie of the Year. I last saw him at Angel Stadium. He was hitting pop flies to the outfielders with a fungo bat. I swear the ball was flying higher than the upper deck roof.

[@4etuber8]

@@blainecole5452 Yes, I now recall Howard hitting fungo to the outfielders! Also, Ted Williams the manager of that team!

[@TyrantsBDamned]

Greg Ludinski at Comisky, 1983/84?

[@15jstone]

I was at a game in Toronto against the Mariners and Griffey hit one so hard it was still on the way up when it hit the Hard Rock restaurant. That would have been well over 500 feet without a doubt.

[@Ejb905]

Stargell's blast at the big Owe (Expos fans will get it) was a blast and they painted the seat to give credit to it. Canseco's blast was impressive as well, the Jays had no chance against the A's.

[@eaglez1901]

Greg Luzinski hit one into upper deck last row in the Vet

[@jimparker7778]

Stan Musial hit loads of homers at the old Sportsmen's Park in St Louis. Right field wall was an advantage for southpaw batters but Stan left no doubt.

[@SDSOverfiend]

What about Paul O’Neill nuke in Baltimore that landed out the park on Eutaw st. That hit the factory?

[@paulbrower5867]

Add a bounce-back, and some home runs are hit really far. Tiger Stadium in Detroit had a right-field overhang off which some balls were hit very hard. Norm Cash, Kirk Gibson, and Lou Whitaker hit a bunch of those. I have never seen one of those go all the way to the infield, but if the ball bounces into the middle of the outfield it has gone a long way.

[@WestCoastAce27]

Richie (Dick) Allen hit balls out of stadiums; the most famous one into the pool at Jarry Park in Montreal. To right center field. That stadium was converted into a tennis stadium after the Expos moved into Olympic Stadium.

[@hespheiden1]

Harmon Killebrew--longest home run and only one to ever reach the upper deck at Metropolitan Stadium. 520 feet. Also hit one out of Tiger Stadium--one of only three.

[@joeferguson2606]

Roberto clemente may 17, 1959---estimated 535 ft Longest home run Ernie Banks,Jack brickhouse, Rogers Hornsby and Cubs' manager Bob Scheffinand ever saw at Wrigley Field: Ernie banks "Some of you fans may remember the ball he knocked out of Wrigley a few seasons ago, just to the left field side of the scoreboard. That’s the longest one I’ve seen hit there and we all agreed it must have traveled more than 500 feet on its trip into Waveland Avenue.

[@brentrosencrans3968]

Clemente never hit a homer 535 feet.

[@Paladin70]

Well if Brent Rosencrans, the omnipotent all-knowing master of baseball facts says it never happened, it probably happened!!! 😂😂😂

[@brentrosencrans3968]

@@Paladin70 It's not because I said it never happened, but because it never happened. Me saying it only corrects the post.

[@Paladin70]

So we are now to believe that the immortal know-it-all Brent Rosencrans has first hand knowledge of every home run ever hit and precisely how far each of them traveled, so if he says it never happened, we should believe him without question. We should take his word over Ernie Banks, who actually witnessed the Clemente home run at Wrigley because HE is, after all, THE Brent Rosencrans, baseball historian extraordinaire!!! Riiiiight!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@brentrosencrans3968]

@@Paladin70 You're taking someone else's word because it feels good to believe it but if you'd stop and think for a second about a 535 foot homer claim you'd understand how silly it is. If you'd like me to expand you can respond in a respectful manner. If not, don't bother responding.

[@tomignelzi1348]

Glenallen Hill from the Cubs hit one that landed on the rooftop across from Wrigley Field.

[@ChefDuane]

The single most exciting moment in sport in the home run. You go from just watching the game an immediate high.

[@peterjohnson617]

of all those heavy hitters I thought that the "Straw Man" had the sweetest, smooths looking swing, he might not hit as many or as far as others but he sure looked good doing it.

[@jamiethomas3306]

Yeah him and Griffey had beautiful swings

[@robloxvids2233]

He also had a third leg. Lenny Dykstra called it a hammer and said it was so long Strawberry couldn't wear a cup. He said he would tape it to his thigh.

[@Saidakine]

You get mad props for Mentioning Joey Meyer. That tells me you did your Homework. I think MLB only gave him credit until recently. Meyer is also the only Player to hit a walk off HR off of Roger Clemons. He is from Hawaii and could have had a career in Football. His playing weight was 260 pounds and he is 6’3. He chose baseball because he loved to hit and he thought he would have a longer career that unfortunately was cut short because of injuries. I think he was too big to take the Grind especially playing back then. He is from Hawaii and not around baseball anymore, retired in Paradise.. Paul Molitor said that Meyer would routinely hit 600 foot HRs in Practice. That his batting practice was an event. I know Joe and he is very Humble.

[@stevenscalici3470]

The vid left out the mammoth homer Mantle hit to right that hit a light fixture; it would have left the old Yankee Stadium. I’ve seen Mantle video of his saying that was the hardest he’d ever hit.

[@robertkelly6282]

Hit tower bounced back to the infield

[@tjdent7166]

Dave kingman hit some long ball for the cubs. He actually hit a couple on hard check swings - true

[@anthonymongelli5567]

Mantle is the one who hit the furthest .!!

[@MM-vv8mt]

Harmon Killebrew hit a home run in old Metropolitan Stadium that hit a seat in the upper deck that was 522 feet from home plate. It was estimated that had it not hit that seat, its trajectory would have carried it out to more than 600 feet.

[@brentrosencrans3968]

That's a myth. No homer has, or could have, gone 522 feet let alone 600.

[@carlosphillips8447]

How about the one Cincinnati reds Gordy Coleman hit over the wall at crosley field and it landed in the back of a pickup truck southbound on interstate 75 and ended up in Tennessee

[@TN-we3zt]

There are many home runs hit even farther than most of the ones given here. These are just some that come to mind: --Mickey Mantle's blast off the facade at Yankee Stadium --Willie Stargell's home run out of Dodger Stadium --A 1959 Roberto Clemente shot to dead center at Wrigley Field that left the park just to the left of the scoreboard (the CF scoreboard at Wrigley Field is off-center to right field). --Ted Williams' homer to deep right field at Fenway Park --Dave Kingman's 1976 blast at Wrigley that reportedly went even farther than his 1979 shot

[@johngruen5274]

Yes, Mantle's facade shot does it for me

[@melmoland6686]

Mantle hit 2 hrs. off the facade in right. Once I believe during a regular season game in 1963 and another one off St. Louis in a WS game in 1964 against a knuckleball pitcher named Barney Schultz. That one I watched on tv.

[@melmoland6686]

The one in '63 I have the sports article, probably from the daily news.

[@stephenconnell2689]

Erin Go Bragh Mark McGwire, thanks for saving baseball for me. I was there to see Kingman's homerun. We screamed it broke a window, RUN!!! ❤

[@bradpennell5490]

I saw George Bell hit one with the Orioles in Cleveland where the ball cleared the top of the foul pole by about 8 feet in 1993. Longest ball I've ever seen hit.

[@demcanes01]

Andres Big Cat gallaraga! I remember watching that home run live as a marlins fan !!

[@Cagney68]

The Ruth and Mantle distances each grow a hundred feet every time they're mentioned.

[@localbod]

I'm British and don't know that much about baseball. It can be a tad confusing, but I do get the concept of smashing the ball out of the park. The only two player names that I had heard of before in this list are Reggie Jackson and Babe Ruth. Thank you for this interesting video.

[@notmyrealname1730]

Any reason why Harmon Killebrew's 520 ft home run in Metropolitan Stadium is ignored? Or that he was the first to ever hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium, when he hit a ball over the roof in left field?

[@derfzus1040]

I was also fully expecting to see "The Killer" on this list.

[@michaelmack1035]

I saw the red chair at The Mall of America. It's above the log ride.

[@johnpizzimenti1320]

520' not long enough Mantle hit one 623'

[@rf3495]

Killebrew's was 573'

[@Paul15.]

Killebrew hit it well over 500' No steroids

[@MeneerHerculePoirot]

Was playing cf in the Metro City League at Shelby Park field 1 in Nashville. My cousin was pitching. There were no fences, but the Cumberland River was a measured 660 feet from home plate in right field. Have never known his name, but a left-handed black kid playing for Tennessee Pride Sausage hit one into the Cumberland. There was a blacktopped road and some trees then the riverbank. The ball was still going up when it entered the trees before dropping down into the river. It looked like a golf shot. This was on a Sunday afternoon in July, 1971. When he hit it there were a couple hundred people at the game. Everybody just froze. Can't remember who was in rf, but he never came up out of his fielder's crouch. lol Years later my nephew told me he saw Ken Griffey, Jr. do the same thing in an AAU game at the same field.

[@jimbotc2000]

Have you posted the Top 10 shortest yet?

[@bostoncityofchampions6581]

That's easy. They were all hit to right field at Yankee Stadium.

[@jimbotc2000]

Really? 😄 😊

[@nyjsackexchange]

Jeter's 296 ft 'HR' that landed on that kid's fishing net over the warning track in right

[@jimbotc2000]

Okay.

[@hereswhatmyseeingeyedogsez7745]

I saw Kirk Gibson hit at least three homers clear out of the old Tiger Stadium circa 1985.

[@4etuber8]

I saw Kirk Gibson hit one off the light stand at Yankee Stadium in batting practice, then hit the next pitch out of the stadium. Best power hitting feat I've ever seen including homers by Frank Howard and Cecil Fielder. Somewhere I have a baseball card that states on the back that Gibby once hit a home run 545 feet.

[@Ejb905]

Strawberry absolutely crushed that ball. I was an Expos fan and watched the game and hated the Mets. But i was impressed by that blast

[@seanquinn4787]

I was at the Andres Gallaraga home run game vs the Marlins. Kevin Brown beaned him the next time Gallaraga was up and he charged the mound.

[@GeorgeYoung-co3rr]

How about Mickey mantle homerun that hit the lights on top of Yankee statium that was still rising?

[@andypearson6222]

It wasn’t at a major league park, but a home run was documented at 575 feet in Hot Sorings AR by Babe Ruth during spring training March 17, 1916. No sports steroids then.

[@brentrosencrans3968]

I've been to both the site of Ruth's spring training field and the alligator petting zoo (which is still open) and it was not 575 feet.

[@marksauce2383]

Deader baseballs too ⚾️

[@robertstamps1593]

Thanks for mentioning Josh Gibson

[@clayengle3436]

You might want to check out the 650 homerun byRuth in 1926 Artillery Park in Wilkes-Barre

[@brentrosencrans3968]

Ruth never hit a homer 650 feet and likely never hit one even 500 feet

[@floydparr8006]

Roberto Clemente hit the longest home run in Wrigley Field estimated at 536 feet. He also hit the longest home run in Forbes Field off Sandy Koufax, the ball hit high off a light tower in left field, 450 feet from the plate and like Jackson's Tiger Stadium HR, would have traveled over 500 feet if it hadn't hit the tower.

[@Harry-sr9ln]

I’m SHOCKED Richie Allen is NOT ON THIS LIST!!😳😳🙄

[@WestCoastAce27]

Yep. 1 out of Connie Mack Stadium and 1 out of Jarry Park in MTL. BOTH to right center.