Has anyone ever hit a homerun to center field at Polo Grounds?
Has anyone ever hit a homerun to center field at Polo Grounds? Only four people ever hit home runs into center field: Luke Easter in a Negro Leagues game, Hank Aaron and Lou Brock, on consecutive days, and Joe Adcock. To add to the bonanza of oddities, the bullpens were in play in the nooks of the outfield wall.
What was Mickey Mantle’s farthest home run?
Mickey rocketed the ball over the right-center-field wall, across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline and hopping over the fence bordering the field. The distance: 656 feet to the point where it first landed! 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just hit the longest home run in baseball history!
Has there ever been a two pitch inning?
That uncommon inning is believed to be Minor Leagues’ very first two-pitch inning — which would also make it the first in all of professional baseball, since it can’t happen in the Majors like it did on Friday night.
What is the farthest HR ever hit?
However, the 6-foot-2 slugger made history with the longest home run ever officially recorded through StatCast. For comparison, the longest MLB home run in 2022 (more below) traveled 499 feet and the official record for the farthest home run ever hit in MLB history went 505 feet (Nomar Mazara).
