17 May 2023 , 17:18
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Aaron Judge produced the perfect response to cheating allegations on Monday night as he smashed an enormous 448-foot home run against Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday.
The 2022 MVP hit the devastating home-run with the score tied at 3-3, with the New York Yankees going on to win by three runs as they beat the Blue Jays for the second-straight evening. Their first win was marred with controversy, as Judge was accused of looking over at the Yankees dugout to get some intel on the type of pitch coming his way before denying the claims after the game.
Judge shrugged that off and hit a classic home-run, while also breaking a WestJet Airlines sign at Rogers Centre to fully assert his dominance in Toronto. The home-run was a long one, but still didn't come close to the longest hits of all-time.
The longest recorded home-run of all-time belongs to Joey Meyer, who sent the baseball 582 feet back in 1987 when playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs. However, this was before he then joined MLB, making it a baseball record but not a league leader.
The MLB record is still not conclusive, as most claims were made before accurate tracking data and statistics were in use. Legend Babe Ruth claimed to have hit a home run over 600 feet, while Mickey Mantle hit a home-run that was estimated to reach a whopping 734 feet.
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Thankfully, in 2015 MLB Statcast was properly introduced to accurately measure the distance of home-runs for fans and also for the history books. Since the Statcast era began, Nomar Mazara holds the record with a homer stretching 505 feet while playing for the Texas Rangers in 2019.
Just behind Mazara in joint-second are both Giancarlo Stanton and C.J. Cron, who hit 504 feet in both 2016 and 2022 respectively. They're the only MLB stars who have cracked 500 feet since the Statcast era, but Judge is also high up the list on two occasions, tied both fifth and eighth.
Judge's longest recorded home-run is 496 feet, as he sent one high into the stands back in 2017. The Yankees star hit another long strike that same season, this time just falling short at 495 feet.
As pitchers have improved it's always going to be hard to reach the astronomical distances quoted in the past, and just because they're not officially recorded doesn't mean they're not legitimate. Judge has proved he does have the distance in him though, and after breaking the home-run record last season he may have the longest hit in his sights too.