After a week that was dominated by Giancarlo Stanton and his ridiculous power stroke, we’re back to basics a bit this week with some rather pedestrian dingers.
1. Ryan Braun vs Tim Lincecum, 465 feet (May 25th)
HE HIT THE DAMN BALL OUT OF MILLER PARK. PEDs or no PEDs, that’s impressive.
2. Tim Beckham vs Aaron Leon, 464 feet (May 22nd)
This homer fell just shy of landing where that A-Rod homer that tops THE LIST landed last month. Well-hit, Tim Beckham!
3. Kris Bryant vs Aaron Barrett, 463 feet (May 26th)
Kris Bryant makes his debut on THE LIST with this titanic shot off of the new scoreboard at Wrigley Field. Of course he does.
4. Josh Donaldson vs Hector Noesi, 452 feet (May 25th)
Dead center into the suite level at Rogers Centre? OK Josh Donaldson, I know you’re happy to be out of Oakland, but I didn’t know you were THIS happy.
5t. Mike Napoli vs Hector Santiago, 450 feet (May 24th)
Dead center at Fenway is always impressive. Mike Napoli, take a bow.
5t. Jung Ho Kang vs Ian Kennedy, 450 feet (May 28th)
Jung Ho Kang absolutely destroyed this meatball from Ian Kennedy. It would be the first of three homers Kennedy would allow during a very short evening on Thursday.
Longest homers of the year
1. Alex Rodriguez vs Nathan Karns, 477 feet (April 17th)
2. Giancarlo Stanton vs Alex Wood, 475 feet (May 16th)
3. Giancarlo Stanton vs Cody Martin, 474 feet (May 15th)
4. Josh Donaldson vs Chris Tillman, 469 feet (April 23rd)
5. Giancarlo Stanton vs Mike Bolsinger, 467 feet (May 12th)
THE LIST
Giancarlo Stanton, 4
Nelson Cruz, 2
Josh Donaldson, 2
Edwin Encarnacion, 2
Joc Pederson, 2
Jose Abreu, 1
Pedro Alvarez, 1
Tim Beckham, 1
Ryan Braun, 1
Kris Bryant, 1
Miguel Cabrera, 1
Starlin Castro, 1
Lucas Duda, 1
Prince Fielder, 1
Evan Gattis, 1
Paul Goldschmidt, 1
Adrian Gonzalez, 1
Carlos Gonzalez, 1
Yasmani Grandal, 1
Jedd Gyorko, 1
Ryan Howard, 1
Jung Ho Kang, 1
Evan Longoria, 1
Starling Marte, 1
Justin Maxwell, 1
Mike Napoli, 1
David Peralta, 1
Aramis Ramirez, 1
Alex Rodriguez, 1
Steven Souza Jr, 1
Michael Taylor, 1
Mark Trumbo, 1
Mike Trout, 1
Mike Zunino, 1
