Table of Content
Here are the longest homers of the 2013 season. Not bad for a player whose hip concerns this past offseason delayed his free agent deal. Considering that Cobb has a 2.73 ERA on the season, Rasmus’ long ball is even more impressive. Let’s take a look at the 10 longest home run blasts of the 2013 season. Will Schwarber ever square a ball up this well again?
When it comes to baseball, everyone has their favorite player and there’s nothing more exciting than watching your favorite player hit a home run out of the park. These 20 players did more than just hit a home run, they hit the longest home runs of the 2013 baseball season. Some of the names that are on the list and some of the ones that are not may surprise you. That was the scene on April 29 when Mark Trumbo took a 3-1 pitch towards left-center field for his fourth home run of the season. The ball landed past the outfield seats and added to the Angels early lead against the Oakland Athletics.
ESPN's Robert Griffin III Uses Highly Racist Term On Air, Says It Was Accident
Prior to 2022, Stanton’s 2020 postseason performance is his best. Unlike some other mammoth homers in baseball history, there are only a handful of stories on Meyer's blast -- the longest ever according to the internet. He seems content with that -- helping out a little bit at MLB clinics on the island and really not talking about his baseball career unless somebody finds out about it.
The 2020 season was weird for everyone, but it was a banner year for Luke Voit. With 22 homers prior to the playoffs, he was the MLB home run leader. This helped him post a .610 slugging percentage across 234 plate appearances. How good of a performance was this? Well, he outperformed his home run number from in 276 fewer plate appearances.
Phillies sign Kimbrel to one-year, $10 million deal
However, his name likely comes to mind pretty quickly for Alex Cobb following the fifth inning blast that Rasmus hit off of him to the third deck at the Rogers Centre. The Rays managed to maintain their lead and win the game, but Rasmus hit his second home run of more than 460 feet this season. His overall performance in the Championship Series is quite interesting, too. While Contreras’ .688 OPS during this postseason round is his second-worst mark, two of his three career postseason home runs have come during that time. He was limited to just 94 plate appearances in the regular season, which led to four homers and 11 RBI. Stanton out-performed both those numbers in 31 postseason plate appearances while posting a 255 wRC+.
Using an amazing tool from ESPN called the Home Run Tracker, I am going to pull out the 10 longest home runs of 2013 in terms of true distance. This is defined as the distance the ball would have traveled if it had continued traveling down to the field level without being impeded by bleachers or fans. Home runs require a combination of strength and accuracy.
Ronald Acuña Jr., Atlanta Braves: 455 feet
Chris Davis led MLB with an Orioles-record 53 home runs this season. He showed power to all fields, with 16 of his 53 home runs going to left or left center field, 14 to center field and 23 to right field. Davis’ average homer to center field this season traveled over 422 feet. Against one of the best closers in baseball, Wright took Kimbrel deep in the ninth inning to tie the game for the New York Mets and setup an extra inning victory. The at-bat featured one of the NL East’s best hitters against one of the league’s most dominant closers, and resulted in a blast towards right-center field. Those power numbers are nice, but it doesn’t make up for the lack of production he’s had otherwise.
In fact, it would have been 38 feet shy of the fence in the same location at Comerica Park, Cabrera's home field. Crisp’s average home run traveled 368.9 feet, the shortest average distance of any hitter in a single season with at least 20 home runs in the past eight seasons. The next-shortest was J.J. Hardy, who averaged 385 feet on his home runs. Mike Trout led the major leagues in average home run distance this season , averaging nearly 420 feet per homer.
Joc Pederson, Atlanta Braves: 454 feet
Martinez’s three-run home run gave the Astros the lead, and was also the longest home run hit at Comerica Park this season at the time. The home run to left-center field was just his third of the season, but has been a bright spot for an Astros team that is going through a rough adjustment period to the American League. You don’t have to search far on this website to find out that we love home runs. They’re awesome at all times of the year. But postseason home runs? Those are a whole different kind of vibe.
Meyer had hit BP balls up there but never in a game. Nobody had ever done it in a game. A perfect swing, the high altitude and maybe, just maybe, the bat he used all played a role.
But for now, it’s Trumbo who has the deepest blast for the Angels, and the entire 2013 season. If you want to pick a Blue Jay with the best chances of hitting a home run, Jose Bautista or Edwin Encarnacion may be your pick. If you want to pick who has the best chances of hitting the deepest blast, Colby Rasmus should be the early favorite. Colby Rasmus has hit seven home runs this season, two of which rank among the longest home runs of the entire season. His longest, a 468-foot blast off Alfredo Aceves of the Boston Red Sox, was just his second of the season and padded an early season victory for the Toronto Blue Jays.
But who has hit the longest home run this season? Take a look at the 15 longest home runs of the 2013 MLB season so far. There's home run king Barry Bonds, there's Adam Dunn depositing baseballs into other states. There's the unbelievable power of Wily Mo Peña or Glenallen Hill.
No comments:
Post a Comment