Who Hit the Longest Home Run at Wrigley Field?

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It was the fifth-longest homer of the Statcast era, which dates back to 2015, and the longest homer in the majors this season. Target Field is often cited as a safe haven for pitcher's, but that narrative is no longer true. With the establishment of the land value, the final potential obstacle to the completion of Target Field was resolved. Ten days later, on August 30, 2007, the ceremonial groundbreaking took place, despite the ongoing land dispute (the event had been scheduled for August 2, but was postponed in the aftermath of the I-35W bridge collapse). The bill authorizing the financing of Target Field specified a cap of $90 million for onsite infrastructure costs, which included land acquisition.

It was also the longest home run ever hit at Dodger Stadium until Giancarlo Stanton hit one 470 feet in 2017. Statcast created the term "no-doubt home runs" to describe home runs that would have gone out of all 30 major league ballparks. His 465-foot home run against Minnesota's Kyle Gibson on Aug. 3 was the biggest home run by a Royal since Brandon Moss' 474-foot homer off Minnesota's Jose Berrios on July 1, 2017. Kingman, Dave Kingman, Dave (530 ft.) That day, Kingman blasted three home runs, including a 530-foot shot that was possibly the largest of his career and the longest ever hit at Wrigley Field. To make the deal possible, the Twins had agreed to make up the $15 million difference between that price and what Hennepin County had originally budgeted. In exchange, they received the right to develop several acres near the ballpark.

Watch: Vargas launched one of the longest home runs of the season

With the entire Minnesota Legislature up for reelection in 2006, the session began with no expectation that a ballpark bill could pass. All parties were now committed to both the Hennepin County financing plan and the Rapid Park site, meaning all of the building blocks were in place for a deal, but optimism among the stakeholders was almost impossible to find. Though the ballpark was a subject of sometimes intense discussion in the 2005 Minnesota Legislative session, it fell victim to a political climate which resulted in a lengthy shutdown of Minnesota government due to a budget impasse. No action was taken in either the regular session or the special session which resolved the budget dispute.

He's just second player to hit a ball to the CATCH seats at Target Field. Byung-Ho Park was the other player and his was four feet shorter than Sano's. Historically, Target Field tends to be a pitcher-friendly ballpark, but it’s also a place that has played host to some mammoth home runs over the years. The 10 Home Run Derby participants, with the longest home run each as hit this season, are listed below.

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Jorge Soler had the best season of his career in 2019, leading the American League with 48 home runs and also earning AL MVP votes for the first time. The home run was Soler’s 29th of the season and had an exit velocity of 112.1 mph. The last time a player received a direct ride home from a game-ending homer was in 2007, when Josh Hamilton hit one for the Texas Rangers that measured 467 feet to left field at Yankee Stadium. Though no deal was struck to purchase the Rapid Park land at that time, an initial valuation of $10 million was assumed by the city for a roughly 10-acre (4.0 ha) parcel.

On June 3, 2012, Texas Rangers’ right fielder Nelson Cruz hit a 484-foot home run to left-center field off Angels reliever Bobby Cassevah. Prior to Sanó’s blast, the longest home run at Fenway tracked by Statcast was a 469-foot bomb by Hanley Ramirez on April 29, 2017. (Ted Williams’s blast in 1946, commemorated by a red seat in the right field bleachers, is estimated to have traveled 502 feet.

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Target Field was initially awarded LEED Silver Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council, the second LEED-certified professional sports stadium in the United States, after Oracle Park. In 2017, Target Field was recertified LEED Gold, the first sports site in the nation to be so designated. The concrete portion of construction was completed in November 2008 with a roof deck pour for the Twins administration building. In March 2009 Tekna Kleen , started doing the finishing cleaning touches to Target Field.

All sides recognized that such a requirement would kill the project, and thus it became a proxy for deciding whether a ballpark should be built at all. And the city of Minneapolis, acting on the recommendation of its own advisory committee, worked out an option to purchase the Rapid Park land. They agreed to pay $12.95 million plus 5 acres (2.0 ha) of adjacent land in exchange for the rights to purchase the 8-acre (3.2 ha) main ballpark site, effectively agreeing to pay $4.3 million per acre. This agreement expired at the end of 2004 when no stadium bill was passed, but it would play a key role in the later condemnation proceedings.

In it, the Twins essentially relinquished their desire to put a roof on any new facility, accepting that it was not a financial possibility. Early in 2004 the Twins unveiled a new vision of a stadium which could be built on any site with a footprint of at least four square blocks. Two concept drawings, with and without a retractable roof, were accompanied by a scale model which was displayed at TwinsFest in January at the Metrodome.

The next day, a separate opinion valuing the land at $33.2 million was filed by the dissenting judge. The landowners immediately announced that they would appeal the condemnation ruling, and a court date was set for November. As work began on the ballpark, a final major snag threatened to derail the entire project for almost a year. Pawlenty advanced a plan that could build up to three stadiums albeit with uncertain financing.

It was the final home run of the 52 Judge hit in his rookie season en route to being unanimously named the American League Rookie of the Year, and finishing runner up for AL MVP to José Altuve. The Red Sox’ loss Wednesday night featured another bullpen meltdown, with Josh Donaldson and Jake Cave each homering in the 10th to help the Twins secure the win. Miguel Sanó's 495-foot solo shot in the third inning was the fifth-longest homer of the Statcast era. He has a degree in Communications and is an expert on how the media handles sports-related issues. Harold has experience working for the NFL, NBA, and MLB, and he also does freelance work for the PGA and WTA.

In 2021, Miguel Sanó hit 30 home runs for just the second time in his career. While there was plenty of talk about the 495-foot blast that he hit at Fenway Park, one shouldn’t overlook a home run that he hit at Target Field on July 28. This one, his 17th of the year, was towering shot that came off a Joe Jimenez fastball. It left Sanó’s bat at a whopping 114.8 mph and flew 473 feet into the ballpark’s upper deck. Outfielder George Springer has top-10 home runs at multiple major league parks, including Rogers Centre and Minute Maid Park. His longest bomb in Minneapolis came on May 31, 2017, when he was a member of the Astros.

Miguel Sanó’s first of several appearances on this list is thanks to a big fly he hit against Silvino Brancho on August 18, 2017. Sanó hit 28 home runs that year, but none flew farther than this one — a 469-foot blast that left Sanó’s bat at 110 mph. The no-doubt home run, the slugger’s final of the season, landed in the upper deck in left-center field.