Wanted to know who crushed the longest homeruns in MLB history, by distance, and I think ChatGPT wasn’t having it today, Only gave me 5 answers, and one was in the minor leagues. We will come back to this another day, to see what else comes up. But here’s what we got today.
As of my knowledge cutoff in September 2021, here are some of the longest home runs in MLB history:
- Mickey Mantle: On April 17, 1953, Mantle hit a home run at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. that was estimated to have traveled 565 feet (172 meters). This is widely regarded as the longest home run in MLB history.
- Babe Ruth: Ruth hit numerous long home runs during his career, but one of the most famous is the shot he hit out of Navin Field (now Tiger Stadium) in Detroit on July 18, 1921. It was estimated to have traveled 575 feet (175 meters), although there is some debate about the actual distance.
- Joey Meyer: On July 16, 1987, while playing for the Denver Zephyrs, Meyer hit a home run at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado that was estimated to have traveled 582 feet (177.4 meters). This is the longest home run ever hit in a professional baseball game, although it was not in the MLB.
- Jim Thome: Thome hit a home run on July 3, 1999, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio that was estimated to have traveled 511 feet (156 meters). This is the longest home run ever hit during an MLB game, according to the calculations by ESPN’s Home Run Tracker.
- Giancarlo Stanton: Stanton hit a home run on August 6, 2016, at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado that was estimated to have traveled 504 feet (153.6 meters). This is the longest home run hit in the Statcast era (since 2015) and the longest recorded by MLB’s advanced tracking system.
Please note that there may have been other long home runs hit since my knowledge cutoff date.
ChatGRT (Ground Rule Triple) 