For as big of a star and then villain as Barry Bonds was during his career, it’s surprisingly difficult to find details regarding the longest home run he ever hit at AT&T Park. According to BR Bullpen, Bonds holds the mark for longest home run at the stadium with a 499-foot blast to center field.
What is the longest major league home run?
While playing for the New York Yankees in 1921, Babe Ruth hit a home run that measured 578 feet, making it the longest home run in Major League Baseball history.
What year did Barry Bonds hit 71 home runs?
At 8:14 p.m. PST on Oct. 5, 2001, fireworks exploded in the background and the 41,730 fans at Pacific Bell Park rose to their feet in jubilation after Bonds crushed a 1-0 fastball and sent it into the stands for his 71st home run of the season.
Who has the longest home run in All Star history?
Reggie Jackson (532 Feet)
While this home run is not the longest in MLB history, it IS however the longest home run in All-Star Game history.
Has anyone ever 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. … The ball reportedly traveled the 344 feet to right-center field and then kept going until it hit the middle of the football practice fields.
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.
Who broke Hank Aaron’s record?
Barry Bonds, whose career was tainted by allegations of using performance-enhancing drugs, broke Aaron’s record in 2007 and finished his career with 762 home runs.
How old is Barry Bond?
56 years (July 24, 1964)
Who gave up Barry Bonds 756 home run?
Michael Joseph Bacsik (/ˈbæsɪk/; born November 11, 1977) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher and current radio host. Bacsik is particularly notable for having given up Barry Bonds’ 756th career home run on August 7, 2007, which broke the all-time record formerly held by Hank Aaron.
What was Babe Ruth’s longest home run?
At one time Tampa had a downtown sports stadium named Plant Field, which would host Spring Training baseball games. It was here, on April 4, 1919, in a game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Giants, that Babe Ruth hit his longest home run ever — 587 feet.
Who holds most baseball records?
Barry Bonds holds the most hitting records with ten, most notably the career home run and single-season home run records.
Who has the longest home run in 2019?
Cubs left-hander Mike Montgomery threw a breaking pitch that was clocked at 80 mph. The ball came off Desmond’s bat at 110.8 mph and cleared the stands, landing on the concourse at Coors Field, traveling an estimated 486 feet. That makes it the longest home run hit in 2019.
What is the rarest play in baseball?
The rarest type of triple play, and one of the rarest events of any kind in baseball, is for a single fielder to complete all three outs. There have only been 15 unassisted triple plays in MLB history, making this feat rarer than a perfect game.
Can Pujols hit 700?
It’s not impossible for Pujols to reach no. 700, but he’s got to want to get there, badly, and some team is going to have to help him out.
Has there ever been a 3 pitch inning?
One such rarity is the immaculate inning. You’ve probably heard of it — an immaculate inning is when a pitcher strikes out all three batters in an inning, on three pitches each. The immaculate inning used to be very rare — there were none from 1929-52.