The Bomb Squad: The Longest Home Runs in MLB During Week-15
By Bill Felber
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.
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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
10 July 7 Justin Turner, LA Joey Lucchesi, SD 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