Ranking the 25 longest home runs hit in MLB during the week of June 30 through July 6. Rougned Odor’s 471-footer is No. 1.
MLB hitters will sure miss Globe Life Park when the Texas Rangers close it down at season’s end. For the second time in three weeks, the week’s longest home run was struck there.
Two weeks ago Nomar Mazara launched an epic 505-footer – equaling the longest of the Statcast era – into the right field upper deck. On Thursday, Rougned Odor produced a 471-footer for the fans in the upper center field seats.
Perhaps oddly, in this week prior to All-Star week, only one participant in the upcoming Home Run Derby made the top 25. Ronald Acuna Jr. authored the week’s 21st longest home run when he took a Noah Syndergaard pitch for a 437-foot ride Sunday.
There were, however, plenty of All-Stars on the list, among them Acuna, Gary Sanchez (No. 3), Mike Trout (13), Cody Bellinger (16 and 24) and Joey Gallo (22).
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Bellinger was the only player to author two of the week’s epic blasts….and they came in the same game. During Wednesday’s 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks, Bellinger hit a 436-footer off Merrill Kelly to open the scoring in the second. In the 10th, he broke a 4-4 tie with a walk-off 442-footer against Yoan Lopez.
It was an especially generous week for Tampa Bay Rays pitchers, who offered up four of the 25 longest, including Gary Sanchez’s 461-footer off Emilio Pagan, the third longest. Counting only those four, Rays pitchers threw 1,793 feet – that’s about a third of a mile — worth of bombs during the week.
The average distance of the 25 longest home runs was 447 feet. The hardest hit was Aaron Judge’s 116.3 mph missile off Tampa’s Ryan Stanek Friday.
The list of longest blasts is based on the estimated distance of every home run hit during the week. In the event of ties, exit velocity is used as the tie-breaker.
Here’s the full list of the 25 longest home runs in MLB during week-14 of the season.
Rank  Date        Batter, Team           Pitcher, team                 Distance
1         July 4        Rougned Odor, Tex        Luis Garcia, LAA                 471
2         July 3        Yoan Moncada, CWS     Shane Green, Det               462
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â July 4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Gary Sanchez, NYYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Emilio Pagan, TBÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 461
4         June 30   Eugenio Suarez, Cin       Jon Lester, Chc                               457
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â July 5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Aaron Judge, NYYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ryan Stanek, TBÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 455
6         July 5        Mike Zunino, Sea            Masahiro Tanaka, NYY                  455
7         July 5        Trea Turner, Was            Brad Keller, KC                                453
8         July 4        Miguel Cabrera, Det      Juan Minaya, CWS                          453
9         July 2        Jorge Soler, KC                 Trevor Bauer, Cle                            451
10       July 3       Yuli Gurriel, Hou              Peter Lambert, Col                         450
11       July 4       Paul Goldschmidt, Stl    Drew Pomeranz, SF                       449
12       June 30   Shohei Ohtani, LAA        Aaron Brooks, Oak                         447
13       July 4       Mike Trout, LAA        Lance Lynn, Tex                445
14       July 3       Yasiel Puig, Cin                 Jhoulys Chacin, Mil             445
15       July 1       Keston Hiura, Mil            Tyler Mahle, Cin                             442
16       July 3       Cody Bellinger, LA           Yoan Lopez, Ari                442
17       July 2       Chance Sisco, Bal             Chaz Roe, TB                  441
18       July 5       Xander Bogaerts, Bos    Austin Adams, Det                         441
19       July 2       Christian Vazquez, Bos Derek Law, Tor                                 438
20       July 4       Albert Almora Jr., Chc   Jordan Lyles, Pit                 438
21       June 30   Ronald Acuna Jr., Atl      Noah Syndergaard, NYM        437
22       June 30   Joey Gallo, Tex.         Blake Snell, TB                 436
23       July 4       Eloy Jimenez, CWS         Matthew Boyd. Det                       436
24       July 3       Cody Bellinger, LA           Merrill Kelly, Ari                436
25      July 4        Tim Beckham, Sea          Michael Wacha, Stl             434