Mike Trout’s 454-footer wasn’t the week’s longest, but it was certainly the most emotional home run of all. Here are the longest HRs in MLB during week-15.
It was a difficult yet glorious week for MLB‘s best player.
Working through the grief precipitated by the sudden death of teammate Tyler Skaggs, Mike Trout led the Los Angeles Angels on and off the field. His on-field contributions included two of the longest home runs of this abbreviated All-Star week, one of them a 454-footer Friday in a game the Angels dedicated to Skaggs’ memory.
That shot, against Seattle pitcher Mike Leake, was the week’s third-longest. The previous Sunday, in the Angels’ final game before the All-Star break, Trout hit a 424-footer off Houston’s Will Harris.
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Trout and Ranger Danny Santana were the only players with two of the week’s longest homers, and Harris was the only pitcher to throw two of them. He also gave up Tim Federowicz’s 423-foot home run for the Texas Rangers Friday.
His pair were two of four monster shots thrown by Astros pitchers. Also Friday, Gerrit Cole threw a 431-foot home run to Santana. On Saturday, Wade Miley threw a 425-footer to Santana.
The average distance of the 25 longest home runs was 433.1 feet. The hardest hit was also the longest, Bobby Bradley’s 457-foot missile off Minnesota’s Tyler Bradley Saturday. It went out at 113.5 mph.
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-15 of the season.
No.        Date     Batter, Team                     Pitcher, Team        Distance
1             July 13  Bobby Bradley, Cle         Tyler Duffey, Min            457
2             July 12  Ronald Acuna, Jr., Atl   Dinelson Limet, SD         455
3             July 12  Mike Trout, LAA        Mike Leake, Sea        454
4             July 12  Starling Marte, Pit     Pedro Strop, Chc             454
5       July 13 Trevor Story, Col        Tanner Roark, Cin      447
6       July 7    Eloy Jimenez, CWS         Kyle Hendricks, Chc        438
7       July 12  Buster Posey, SF       Matt Albers, Mil              435
8       July 7    Matt Olson, Oak              Matt Carasiti, Sea            434
9       July 13  Cody Bellinger, LA      Chris Sale, Bos                  433
10Â Â Â Â Â Â July 7Â Â Â Â Justin Turner, LAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Joey Lucchesi, SDÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 433
11      July 12  David Dahl, Col         David Hernandez, Cin    433
12      July 12  Ramon Laureano, Oak  Ivan Nova, CWS        431
13      July 12  Danny Santana, Tex       Gerrit Cole, Hou              431
14      July 12  Yordan Alvarez, Hou      Jesse Chavez, Tex           430
15      July 7    Jake Bauers, Cle        Jared Hughes, Cin           427
16      July 7    Nick Ahmed, Ari        German Marquez, Col  427
17      July 13  Danny Santana, Tex       Wade Miley, Hou            425
18      July 7    Victor Robles, Was           Jacob Junis, KC         425
19      July 13  Albert Pujols, LAA           David McKay, Sea      425
20      July 7    Mike Trout, LAA        Will Harris, Hou        424
21      July 7    Josh Donaldson, Atl       Trevor Richards, Mia      423
22      July 12  Tim Federowicz, Tex      Will Harris, Hou        423
23      July 13  Jung Ho Kang, Pit            Jon Lester, Chc        422
24      July 12  Todd Frazier, NYM          Adam Conley, Mia     422
25      July 13  Curt Casali, Cin          Jake McGee, Col       420