In this list, we’re counting down the 10 longest home runs at Angel Stadium as of June 30, 2023. It’s important to note that these home runs are only from 2015 onward, when MLB’s Statcast began to officially track the distance of each MLB home run. This list includes plenty of Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani, but does one of them own the top spot? (All videos appear courtesy of MLB.)
If you’re a traveling baseball fan, you’ll want to add Angel Stadium to your must-see list. Not only does the fourth-oldest park in the big leagues give you lots of things to see and do, but you might even get a chance to witness a memorable home run — perhaps off the bat of either Trout or Ohtani.
Here’s a look at the 10 longest home runs at Angel Stadium in Anaheim.
10. Shohei Ohtani — 462 feet
The first entry on this list belongs to Shohei Ohtani, who hit a 462-foot home run against Seattle’s Logan Gilbert on June 25, 2022. Ohtani put a no-doubt swing on a fastball and crushed it deep into the seats in right-center field. The ball left his bat at 118 mph, which is tops on this list by nearly 2 mph. It was the longest home run of the season for Ohtani, who hit 34 dingers in 2022.
9. Shohei Ohtani — 463 feet
Shohei Ohtani’s next entry on this list took place on July 27, 2021, against the Rockies. He was named American League MVP that season, thanks in part to the 46 home runs he hit. Home run #36 came at home off a slider from Austin Gomber. Ohtani launched the ball deep into the right-center field seats, 463 feet from home plate. The homer had an exit velocity of 110.4 mph.
8. Mike Trout — 464 feet
Injuries limited Mike Trout to just 36 games in 2021, but he still managed to put up good numbers. Of the eight home runs that he hit, his second of the season stands out the most. This blast took place on April 6 at home against Houston, with Trout lifting a low slider from Zack Greinke 464 feet deep into the seats in left-center field. The home run had an exit velocity of 113.2 mph.
7. Jonathan Schoop — 467 feet
Jonathan Schoop has hit plenty of long home runs throughout his career, and his longest of 2019 came at Angel Stadium on May 23. Schoop smacked a hanging curveball from Matt Harvey deep to left field, landing in the top row of the field-level seats. The blast measured 467 feet and had an exit velocity of 110.4 mph.
6. Carlos Correa — 469 feet
Carlos Correa hit 22 home runs for the Astros as a rookie in 2015, but none traveled farther than the one he hit off Héctor Santiago in Anaheim on September 12. Correa smashed a changeup from Santiago, driving the ball deep into the seats in left field. The home run, which had an exit velocity of 112.3 mph, still holds up as one of the longest of Correa’s career.
5. Shohei Ohtani — 470 feet
Shohei Ohtani’s second-longest home run at Angel Stadium — to date, anyway — came on June 8 of his 2021 AL MVP season. Ohtani timed up a changeup from Kris Bubic and pummelled the baseball 470 feet to two-thirds of the way up the seats in right-center field. The blast had an exit velocity of 111.7 mph. It was Ohtani’s longest of the season and the 10th longest home run hit in the big leagues that year.
4. Mike Trout — 471 feet
Mike Trout won his third American League MVP award in 2019, putting a bow on one of the best offensive seasons of his career. That year, he hit a career-high 45 home runs, including some memorable blasts at home. His 29th of the year, which he hit off Mike Leake, is one that Halos fans will remember. On the first pitch he saw in the game, Trout — who was wearing jersey #45 in honor of teammate Tyler Skaggs, who had died less than two weeks earlier — crushed a low slider high and deep, sending the ball 471 feet into the California Spectacular rock formation. The home run had an exit velocity of 111 mph.
3. Mike Trout — 473 feet
Mike Trout’s longest home run at Angel Stadium to date came in 2019 — one highlight in an MVP season that was packed with them. The home run, his 10th of the season, was hit on May 18 against Jakob Junis and the Royals. Trout put a no-doubt swing on a high fastball from Junis, sending the ball 473 feet deep into the seats in left-center. The home run had an exit velocity of 112.8 mph.
2. Joey Gallo — 490 feet
Although he had short big league stints in 2015 and 2016, 2017 was the first full season of Joey Gallo’s career. He turned a lot of heads by slugging 41 home runs, which is still the most of any season so far in his career. His 38th home run of that memorable season is the longest home run at Angel Stadium in the Statcast era. Gallo got a low slider from Garrett Richards and launched the ball 490 feet into the upper third of the batter’s eye in center field. The ball left Gallo’s bat at 116.2 mph, making it one of the hardest-hit balls of his career.
1. Shohei Ohtani — 493 feet
The home run that superstar Shohei Ohtani hit at Angel Stadium on June 30, 2023, was notable for plenty of reasons. Not only was it the longest home run at the ballpark in the Statcast era, but it was also the longest home run of the season up to that point. The 493-foot round tripper was also Ohtani’s 15th home run in the month of June, bringing him to an even 30 home runs before July. Ohtani blasted the record-setting home run off Arizona’s Tommy Henry, who left a slider in the middle of the plate. Ohtani connected with an exit velocity of 115.1 mph and sent the baseball deep into the seats in right field.
The 10 Longest Home Runs at Angel Stadium are:
1. Shohei Ohtani — 493 feet
2. Joey Gallo — 490 feet
3. Mike Trout — 473 feet
4. Mike Trout — 471 feet
5. Shohei Ohtani — 470 feet
6. Carlos Correa — 469 feet
7. Jonathan Schoop — 467 feet
8. Mike Trout — 464 feet
9. Shohei Ohtani — 463 feet
10. Shohei Ohtani — 462 feet