How did they calculate it?
2007-02-01 01:04:09 · 16 answers · asked by popular_bond 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
And by who?
2007-02-01 01:08:11 · update #1
Who has a chance of beating it?
2007-02-01 01:27:39 · update #2
The longest measured was by me.....at Griffith Stadium.....565 feet.....some sports writer actually got out the next day and went out with a tape and measured where it ended at.....one other time I hit one of the facade at Yankee stadium......some wise "calculator guy" projected that it would have gone over 700 feet........just fooling this isn't really me....its me!....but the information is right.....this question has been asked several times before!!!......GO YANKEES! STINKIN RED SOX!!
2007-02-01 09:15:06 · answer #1 · answered by Mickey Mantle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some say Josh Gibson, but that info wasn't too well documented...
I remember that while watching the All-Star games two years ago, the one where Bobby Abreu hit all those homers, the announcers said the farthest ball ever hit was by Babe Ruth there at Tiger stadium. It went at least 600 feet and was supposedly picked up by a kid on a street corner, who got an autograph from The Babe on the ball. What a great souvenier...
2007-02-01 12:44:23 · answer #2 · answered by Adventuresome Ron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adam Dunn, 1st Baseman for the Cincinnati Reds hit a HR in Cincinnati that cleared the right field wall, stands, and proceeded to bounce into the Ohio River where it came to rest on a piece of drift wood. The ball was recovered about 70 miles downstream. This story is very well authenticated. Since it was hit by a bat, swung by a person, and traveled that distance without being propelled by further human exertion, this is the correct answer. I wish the answer was Mantle or Gibson, but it's not.
2007-02-01 05:04:21 · answer #3 · answered by Scott D 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They say it was Mickey Mantle at Yankee Stadium 565 feet. I know Dave Kingman hit a homerun at Wrigley Field that landed 3 blocks away hit a front door and you see the lady answering the door. They estimated the ball at 625 feet. Another tidbit, Bernie Williams hit a batting practice ball out of Yankee Stadium. He hit it through the crevice between the right field bleachers and the old bullpen. Although it appears Mantles record nobody wants it broken..
2007-02-01 01:30:46 · answer #4 · answered by hank 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mickey Mantle consistently hit the ball further than anyone. He hit two balls that nearly cleared Yankee Stadium hitting the facade and bouncing back onto the field. He hit one in Griffith Stadium measured at 565 ft but his longest recorded homerun was hit Sep 10, 1960 at Tiger Stadium an estimated 643 feet.
2007-02-01 04:39:54 · answer #5 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Babe Ruth supposedly hit one over the roof of Navin Field, aka Briggs and later Tiger Stadium in Detroit, that traveled well over 600 feet, but I believe it was Duke Snider, who purportedly knocked one out of Ebbets Field, and landed in the coal car of a train that did not stop until it reached California. That is a good poke in anyone's league.
2007-02-01 03:18:27 · answer #6 · answered by DAKal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Josh Gibson hit several 650 plus. It's just to bad they did not keep records back in those days.
2007-02-01 09:51:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps if greater baseball communities are created and the season is made longer...yet in any different case no because of the fact even the steroid shoppers are no longer on the right song to try this (plus pitchers use steroids too so improvements in wellness automobile will help them besides)
2016-11-02 01:12:43 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mantle, Reggie and Bo Jackson
2007-02-01 02:31:01 · answer #9 · answered by gman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glen Allen Hill hit one on top of the roof tops out of Wrigley unfortunately it hit something
2007-02-01 06:24:33 · answer #10 · answered by teddy w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋