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.
Here's a raw count of home runs longer than 450 feet:
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.
Here are the number of times each batter has hit a home run with an exit velocity faster than 115 MPH:
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.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as The Farthest and Hardest Hit Home Runs of the 2024 MLB Season.
