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Longest Home MLB Home Runs "Historical" Discussion.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 11:22 am
Posted on 9/7/22 at 11:22 am
So the longest Home Run since 2019 at 499 feet last night by Christian Yelich of Milwaukee. Which leads me to the discussion of "Longest Homeruns" by myth or actual distance actually measured in the game today and of the past.
I'm just trying to rap my head around the suggestions that players of Old like Mantle(565 FT in 1953), Babe(575 FT in 1921), and Gibson(580 in the negro league in 1937) all supposedly hit these massive Home Runs and I don't quite believe it was physically possible at the time but that's only my opinion.
Humans and Man as a whole have undoubtedly gotten much bigger and stronger than we were a 50-100 years ago, so who here believes these are myths and who here believes these stats are believed to be a FACT?
For reference on how hard it is to hit long Home Runs Mark Mcgwire was 6'5 and 245-250 lbs in 1998 on his Historical run in that season with Sammy and only achieved a distance of 487 Feet that year.
I know its not all about Body size and has tons to do with wrist and bat speed yada yada yada, but size and power most certainly help how far the ball can go.
What gives here?
I'm just trying to rap my head around the suggestions that players of Old like Mantle(565 FT in 1953), Babe(575 FT in 1921), and Gibson(580 in the negro league in 1937) all supposedly hit these massive Home Runs and I don't quite believe it was physically possible at the time but that's only my opinion.
Humans and Man as a whole have undoubtedly gotten much bigger and stronger than we were a 50-100 years ago, so who here believes these are myths and who here believes these stats are believed to be a FACT?
For reference on how hard it is to hit long Home Runs Mark Mcgwire was 6'5 and 245-250 lbs in 1998 on his Historical run in that season with Sammy and only achieved a distance of 487 Feet that year.
I know its not all about Body size and has tons to do with wrist and bat speed yada yada yada, but size and power most certainly help how far the ball can go.
What gives here?
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Posted on 9/7/22 at 11:25 am to Morpheus
Ruth used a significantly heavier bat than current hitters... but still no way he really hit one 575' on the fly. Maybe after it stopped rolling.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 11:28 am to Morpheus
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For reference on how hard it is to hit long Home Runs Mark Mcgwire was 6'5 and 245-250 lbs in 1998 on his Historical run in that season with Sammy and only achieved a distance of 487 Feet that year.
He did hit a 537* ft home run off Randy Johnson the year prior in the Kingdome.
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I'm just trying to rap my head around the suggestions that players of Old like Mantle(565 FT in 1953), Babe(575 FT in 1921), and Gibson(580 in the negro league in 1937) all supposedly hit these massive Home Runs
because they didn't
Posted on 9/7/22 at 11:30 am to Morpheus
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I know its not all about Body size and has tons to do with wrist and bat speed yada yada yada, but size and power most certainly help how far the ball can go.
Not even just that. They've tinkered with the balls. The bats are different. etc.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 11:30 am to LSUBoo
Yeah those are some of the things I'm not as aware of as some like maybe yourself know, like weight of the bats now vs then.
Is that bat weight illegal now for current players to use?
Is that bat weight illegal now for current players to use?
Posted on 9/7/22 at 11:32 am to Morpheus
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Is that bat weight illegal now for current players to use?
No, but pitchers throw harder, so it's harder to turn on a pitch with a heavier bat.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 11:34 am to Morpheus
In 1988 Darryl Strawberry hit one an estimated 525'. It had to be estimated because it was inside Olympic Stadium in Montreal and hit the rim of the stadium.
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Strawberry’s home run off St. Claire traveled about 340 feet horizontally before it hit the rim of the stadium on its descent.17 The next day McGill University physicist Robert Moore was asked to estimate how far it would have gone had it not struck the service ring. By his calculations, Strawberry’s blast would have landed between 500 and 550 feet from home plate.18 The Expos arbitrarily split the difference and called it 525 feet, leaving it 10 feet short of Willie Stargell’s mammoth 535-foot round-tripper at Olympic Stadium in 1978.19 In any event, it was easily the longest home run of Strawberry’s 17-year career.20
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This post was edited on 9/7/22 at 11:38 am
Posted on 9/7/22 at 11:35 am to LSUBoo
Would be fun to have a home run distance contest at somewhere like Field or Dreams park or other open area.
Have stat cast and people tracking, let players use heavy bats, use juiced/hitter friendly balls, pitchers lob to them, etc.
Have stat cast and people tracking, let players use heavy bats, use juiced/hitter friendly balls, pitchers lob to them, etc.
This post was edited on 9/7/22 at 11:38 am
Posted on 9/7/22 at 11:38 am to Morpheus
Bonds in 02 World Series off Percival. Unreal.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 11:41 am to Morpheus
Pujols would hold the record but his shot off Brad Lidge hasn't landed yet
Posted on 9/7/22 at 11:48 am to KleeNecks
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Pujols would hold the record but his shot off Brad Lidge hasn't landed yet
I know this gets memed a ton but wasn't Soler's in last year's WS just as long? They were both in the same venue and both went out.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 11:50 am to Eighteen
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Have stat cast and people tracking, let players use heavy bats, use juiced/hitter friendly balls, pitchers lob to them, etc.
You'd actually want them throwing flat fastballs with little movement. The faster the ball is thrown, the faster it will come off the bat.
Edit: I agree it would be fun to watch, make it part of preseason
This post was edited on 9/7/22 at 11:52 am
Posted on 9/7/22 at 11:55 am to Honest Tune
Did that one get measured?
Posted on 9/7/22 at 11:57 am to Honest Tune
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Bonds in 02 World Series off Percival. Unreal.
I don’t know how this can even be measured. The ball can’t even be seen on the video. Maybe using launch angle and exit velo but I don’t know how accurate that would be from a video clip.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 12:10 pm to Morpheus
I can't remember the exact distance but I remember reading Josh Hamilton's book Beyond Belief and there was a part about a ball he hit in the minors that went something unbelievable like 560ft.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 12:14 pm to EastBankTiger
Posted on 9/7/22 at 12:16 pm to Morpheus
I have no idea how they measure home run distance now, but whoever said Soler's World Series HR only went 446 feet is on fricking crack.
How we measure their distances are weird.
How we measure their distances are weird.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 12:22 pm to LSUBoo
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Longest Home MLB Home Runs "Historical" Discussion. by LSUBoo Glenallen Hill gives the rooftop a souvenir.
Always thought Glenallen got short-changed on the estimated distance on this one.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 12:24 pm to LSUBoo
Hill got a little bit of that one. 
It's fun to watch these old videos and notice how the area has changed over the years.
It's fun to watch these old videos and notice how the area has changed over the years.
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