On April 23, 1954, Hank Aaron knocks out the first home run of his Major League Baseball career.
Twenty
years later, Aaron becomes baseball's new home run king when he broke Babe Ruth's long-standing record of 714 career homers.
When did Hank Aaron hit his 300th home run?
04-19-1963
| Aaron hits his 300th career home run.
When was the first home run ever hit?
The first home run ever hit in the National League was by Ross Barnes of the Chicago White Stockings (now known as the Chicago Cubs), in
1876
.
Who has the longest home run in 2021?
Twins' Miguel Sanó
hits 495-foot home run, longest of 2021 season. Minnesota Twins first baseman Miguel Sanó hit the longest home run in MLB this season — a 495-foot shot at Fenway Park — Wednesday night against the Boston Red Sox.
What is the longest HR ever hit?
In 1987, Joey Meyer of the Denver Zephyrs hit the longest verifiable home run in professional baseball history. The home run was measured at a distance of
582 feet (177 m)
and was hit inside Denver's Mile High Stadium.
Who has the most home runs of all time?
| Rank Player (yrs, age) Home Runs | 1. Barry Bonds (22) 762 | 2. Henry Aaron+ (23) 755 | 3. Babe Ruth+ (22) 714 | 4. Alex Rodriguez (22) 696 |
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Who has the longest HR in MLB history?
The current record for longest Home Run Derby homer in the Statcast era belongs to
Yankees slugger Aaron Judge
, who smashed one 513 feet during the 2017 derby at Marlins Park.
What was Mickey Mantle's longest home run?
Two years to the day after his MLB debut – on April 17, 1953 – future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle hit one of the furthest recorded home runs in history. It was that day when the term “tape-measure home run” was born, as one of the game's best power hitters hit a colossal
565-foot shot
out of Griffith Stadium.
Who hit the shortest home run ever?
As a result, it seems
former Royal Lorenzo Cain's
302-foot home run in Fenway Park is the shortest blast on record during the Statcast era.
Has anyone hit 5 home runs in a game?
Five home runs in a game has been achieved four times:
Pete Schneider (1923)
, Lou Frierson (1934), Cecil Dunn (1936) and Dick Lane (1948). In the pre-professional era, Lipman Pike also hit five home runs in 1866.
Did Mickey Mantle really hit a 600 foot home run?
Mickey Mantle's famous 600-foot homer at
USC
may have been debunked. Mickey Mantle hit many home runs during his career — 536 to be exact. And most of them were absolutely crushed. There's the 565-footer at Griffith Stadium or the prodigious blasts off the tops of the old Yankee Stadium facade.
Can Pujols hit 700?
The only other player to have hit
700 or more
is Babe Ruth with 714. Alex Rodriguez (696), Albert Pujols (679), Willie Mays (660), Ken Griffey Jr. (630), Jim Thome (612), and Sammy Sosa (609) are the only other players to have hit 600 or more.
How many players hit 600 home runs?
Only
nine players
reside on one of baseball's most exclusive lists. Nearly 20,000 players have appeared in a big league game, but only nine of them can claim the honor of clubbing 600 home runs.
How old is Barry Bond?
Barry Lamar Bonds (
born July 24, 1964
) is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Who hit 500 foot home runs?
Stanton belted the first 500-foot homer in StatcastTM history by extending way up the Coors Field bleachers in the left-center power gap.
How far did Babe Ruth hit a baseball?
Babe Ruth,
575 Feet
(1921)
