what is the longest home run ever
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- (According to some accounts) The record for the longest measured home …run in a major-league game is 634 ft., by Mickey Mantle for the New York Yankees against the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, in September 1960.
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Longest Home Runs in MLB History HD The longest home runs ever hit in the history of Major League Baseball.
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Hank Aaron hits first home run of his MLB career A+E Networks. On April 23, 1954, Hank Aaron knocks out the first home run of his Major League Baseball career. Twenty years later, Aaron becomes baseball’s new home run king when he broke Babe Ruth’s long-standing record of 714 career homers.
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Ranking the 11 greatest home runs in baseball history This might be too high -- and it will definitely be dismissed by some because of Bonds' steroid history -- but here's where I stand: Bonds became the all-time home run king when he hit No. 756 on Aug. 7, 2007, passing Hank Aaron, and his 762 career homers remain the most in baseball's official record books.
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- The longest hitting streaks in Major League Baseball history, starting with the almost untouchable 56-game streak of Joe DiMaggio.
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- Mickey Mantle's longest home run of September 10, 1960, was measured at 643 feet after the ball stopped rolling. The longest measured home run in MLB measured where it first … hit the ground was by Babe Ruth on July 18, 1921, at 575 feet.
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The 15 Longest Home Runs Ever Hit If the home run is the most exciting play in baseball, than here are the most awesome. We now present to you the 15 longest home runs ever hit. Richie Sexson stood so tall in the batters box you would think that he was tall enough to play in the NBA.
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- Sammy Sosa hit the longest home run in home run derby. It was  528 feet, followed by 524 and 520 feet, also by Sosa.
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Can Mantle's 565-foot homer be matched? Can Mantle's 565-foot homer be matched? Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most famous home runs in major-league history -- one hit by Mickey Mantle off Chuck Stobbs at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Yankees publicist Red Patterson claimed the home run went 565 feet. Mickey Mantle's home run in 1953 landed in a housing development beyond the left-field wall.
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- That record is held by Reggie Jackson of the New York Yankees who hit 5 home runs in the 1977 World Series.  Reggie Jackson And Chase Utley hold the record for most home run…s in all seven games in the world series.
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Willie Mays breaks National League home run record Willie Mays breaks National League home run record. On May 4, 1965, San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays hits his 512th career home run to break Mel Ott’s National League record for home runs. Mays would finish his career with 660 home runs, good for third on the all-time list at the time of his retirement. Willie Howard Mays was born May 6, 1931, in Westfield, Alabama.
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Top 15 Longest Home Runs in MLB History But it also brought us something that even some of baseball’s most pure fans cannot pretend they aren’t entertained by: lots of fantastic home runs. So with that in mind, here are to date, in game, the longest home runs ever hit in MLB history. It seems only fitting to quote Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, two very smart and well-respected Cy Young award winning pitchers throughout the steroid era, when they put it best, “chicks dig the longball.”.
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What are the official longest home runs in MLB? Examples include: Mickey Mantle - 660 Feet. 1  Mickey Mantle - 634 feet. 2  The Mick hit the first taped home run at 660ft at Griffth stadium after he hit the roof five times coming within mere feet of hitting it out of Yankee Stadium. 3  Mickey Mantle at Yankee Stadium on 2-3 occasions hit 550-560' and one occasion 570'-620'. Mick has the record. In an exhibition game, Mickey Mantle hit a ball 660 feet. He was also known for hitting home run's over 600 feet on more than one occasion.
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The Longest Baseball Game Ever Played In a game which began on April 18, 1981, the Rochester Red Wings were eventually defeated by the Pawtucket Red Sox… after playing a record-shattering 33 innings. To this day, it remains the longest professional baseball game ever played. It was a game rife with future superstars, as Hall-Of-Famers Cal Ripken Jr. and Wade Boggs played third base for Rochester and Pawtucket, respectively. That night, on the eve of Easter Sunday, 1740 fans were in attendance.
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- In 1993, Ken Griffey, Jr. of Seattle Mariners fame tied Long and Mattingly with an eight game HR streak of his own. Griffey's streak ran from July 20 through July 28, which is the shortest span in which any player has hit eight home runs in eight games.
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Who hit the longest homerun in MLB history? Roger Maris. I have a baseball card where it shows the ball flight, hitting the facade in Yankee Stadium. It says it is estimated that the ball would have traveled 600 feet had it not hit that facade. LOOKOUTS AA BALL CLUB HIT THE LONGEST HOME RUN ..
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Ted Williamsâs blast remains Fenway Park benchmark Barry Chin/Globe Staff The red seat marks the spot of the longest home run ever hit at Fenway Park – 502 feet by Ted Williams on June 9, 1946. By Alex Speier Globe Staff July 13, 2015. For a night, baseball’s defining distances will no longer be 60 feet, 6 inches or 90 feet. Instead, the attention will turn to the quest for more distant reaches during Monday’s Home Run Derby, and the anticipation that maybe, just maybe, someone will launch a ball 500 feet. It’s happened before, of course.
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Hank Aaron hits first home run of his MLB career Hank Aaron hits first home run of his MLB career. On April 23, 1954, Hank Aaron knocks out the first home run of his Major League Baseball career. Twenty years later, Aaron becomes baseball’s new home run king when he broke Babe Ruth’s long-standing record of 714 career homers.
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Top 15 Longest Home Runs in MLB History Top 15 Longest Home Runs in MLB History. Baseball has always been a sport that has been played with elements of speed and power. Whether it’s been the 50 plus base stealer or the 30/30 men of the past who could combine both speed and power to become dangerous offensive weapons.
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Distance of Longest Batted Baseball The longest measured home run in a Major League Game is 193 meters (634 ft) by Mickey Mantle (USA), when playing for the New York Yankees against the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA, on September 10, 1960..
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- One of the most common question asked here at Baseball Almanac is who hit the longest home run ever.
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- Longest Home Run. The record for the longest estimated home run in a major-league game is 634 ft., by Mickey Mantle for the New York Yankees against the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, in September 1960.
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Moonshots Episode 10: Fenway Park A trio of home runs in Fenway Park off the unusually-hittable Curt Schilling powered the Angels to the top. Vladimir Guerrero hit the second home run in the series, a 484 foot no-doubter to left field, and the longest at Fenway Park in the HitTracker era (since 2006). Guerrero's home run was bookended by two other strong blasts, making for a heart-pounding top of the third inning on July 30th, 2006.
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- Saturday May 16th, 2015. Make way for Adrian Beltre in the record books. In Friday night's game against the Indians, the Rangers' third baseman hit his 400th career home run, becoming the fourth active player to reach that plateau.