The Farthest and Hardest Hit Home Runs of the 2024 MLB Season
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As MLB resumed following the midseason All-Star break, batters stepped up to the plate ready to rake again. Sunday's games coming out of the break featured two of the five furthest-hit baseballs of the 2024 season, including the furthest-hit (478 feet) from Jorge Soler, and a 473-foot bomb from Shohei Ohtani.
Top 10 furthest-hit home runs of 2024 MLB season
Below are the 10 furthest-hit home runs of the 2024 MLB season so far. Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge both occupy the top-10 twice, while everyone else on the list is just a one-timer.
Unsurprisingly, the humid, hot air of the last few months has made for many of the farthest-hit balls, with only one from April still on the list of top-10: Mike Trout's 473-foot bomb on April 1.
The two furthest home runs from Soler and Ohtani were both hit at Coors Field in Denver.
Batter | Distance (ft.) | Date |
---|---|---|
Jorge Soler | 478 | July 21 |
Shohei Ohtani | 476 | June 18 |
Mike Trout | 473 | April 1 |
Aaron Judge | 473 | May 9 |
Shohei Ohtani | 473 | July 21 |
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 471 | June 24 |
Luis Robert Jr. | 470 | June 29 |
Bobby Witt Jr. | 468 | May 21 |
Aaron Judge | 467 | May 15 |
Logan O'Hoppe | 467 | June 15 |
Here's a raw count of home runs longer than 450 feet:
Batter | Home runs above 450 feet |
---|---|
Shohei Ohtani | 6 |
Aaron Judge | 4 |
Oneil Cruz | 3 |
Ryan McMahon | 3 |
Yordan Alvarez | 2 |
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 2 |
Rece Hinds | 2 |
Jorge Soler | 2 |
Christian Walker | 2 |
Bobby Witt Jr. | 2 |
Top 10 hardest-hit home runs of the 2024 MLB season
Furthest is one measure, but how about the hardest hit? Here is a look at the home runs that came off the bat fastest.
Batter | Exit velocity (MPH) | Hit distance |
---|---|---|
Giancarlo Stanton | 119.9 | 447 |
Giancarlo Stanton | 118.8 | 421 |
Shohei Ohtani | 118.7 | 450 |
Oneil Cruz | 117.7 | 462 |
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 117.5 | 445 |
Oneil Cruz | 117.3 | 452 |
Yordan Alvarez | 116.8 | 395 |
Matt Wallner | 116.7 | 389 |
Shohei Ohtani | 116.7 | 473 |
Giancarlo Stanton | 116.2 | 417 |
Here are the number of times each batter has hit a home run with an exit velocity faster than 115 MPH:
Batter | HRs above 115 MPH exit velocity |
---|---|
Aaron Judge | 3 |
Shohei Ohtani | 3 |
Giancarlo Stanton | 3 |
Oneil Cruz | 2 |
There are still a few months left of the season, so there is plenty of time for new names to hit their way onto either of these leaderboards.