Year after year, analytics show Citi Field in New York to be one of the major league parks that is friendliest to pitchers. That doesn’t mean that the home of the Mets hasn’t been the site of some impressive long balls, though.
In this list, we’re counting down the 10 longest home runs at Citi Field through the 2022 season. 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 a player who hit two top-10 home runs 48 hours apart, an entry from a slugger who plays across town and two entries from a player who has hit long home runs at several big league parks. (All videos appear courtesy of MLB.)
Here’s a look at the 10 longest home runs at Citi Field in New York.
10 (t). Joey Gallo — 457 feet
In 2017, his first full season in the majors, Rangers slugger Joey Gallo knocked 41 home runs — a number that is still a career high. His 31st long ball of the season took place in Queens, on the first pitch he saw of a fifth-inning at-bat against Chris Flexen. Even though Flexen’s pitch was well placed low and away, Gallo reached out and ripped it 457 feet deep into the seats in right-center field. The home run had an exit velocity of 113.7 mph.
10 (t). Aaron Judge — 457 feet
Aaron Judge’s 37th home run of 2017 took place in New York, but not in the Bronx. Instead, Judge’s long ball came at Citi Field against the Mets and Robert Gsellman. The Mets righty left a slider high in the zone, which is never a good idea against a slugger like Judge. As expected, he put a good swing on the baseball and sent it 457 feet into the upper deck in left center field. With an exit velocity of 117 mph, this is the hardest-hit ball on our list by a good margin.
8 (t). Pete Alonso — 458 feet
It only seems right for Pete Alonso to have hit one of the 10 longest home runs at Citi Field, given the power numbers he’s consistently put up throughout his career. The Polar Bear’s biggest shot at his home park came on June 15, 2019, during his rookie season. Alonso jumped all over a slider from Michael Wacha and sent the baseball 458 feet to the facing of the upper deck in left field. The three-run shot, which had an exit velocity of 111.8 mph, was his 23rd of a season in which he led the league with 53.
8 (t). Austin Riley — 458 feet
Austin Riley’s first home run of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season was at Citi Field on July 26. Riley blasted a curveball from Corey Oswalt all the way to the facing of the upper deck in left field, 458 feet from home plate. The hit had an exit velocity of 111 mph and gave Atlanta a 12-1 lead over the Mets in the sixth inning.
7. Kyle Schwarber — 459 feet
The Mets swept the Cubs in the 2015 National League Championship Series, with the Cubs scoring no more than three runs in any of the four games. One small highlight for North Side fans was Kyle Schwarber’s home run in Game 1 on October 17. Schwarber got the best of Matt Harvey in an eighth-inning matchup, drilling a fastball from Harvey 459 feet to deep right-center field with an exit velocity of 110.4 mph. (No video available.)
6. Anthony Rizzo — 462 feet
The longest home run of Anthony Rizzo’s 32-home run season in 2017 came at Citi Field against Zack Wheeler. On just the second pitch of the game, Rizzo lifted a slider with an exit velocity of 110.5 mph, driving the baseball 462 feet to the batter’s eye in straightaway center field. This was the first time in Rizzo’s career that he hit from the leadoff spot, and made the most of it in his first at-bat.
5. Juan Soto — 463 feet
Juan Soto had a productive 2020 season, hitting 13 home runs in just 47 games. His second long ball of the season came on August 10 in the Big Apple. Soto cracked a hanging curveball from Steven Matz with an exit velocity of 108.6 mph, driving the baseball 463 feet to straightaway center field, where it landed on the batter’s eye.
4. Juan Soto — 466 feet
Just two days after his 463-foot home run at Citi Field, Juan Soto was once against victimizing a Mets pitcher with a tape measure blast. This time, he clubbed an inside slider from Robert Gsellman 466 feet, hitting the baseball onto the right field upper deck concourse. The home run had an exit velocity of 112.9 mph and landed in a part of the ballpark that few home runs ever reach.
3. Kyle Schwarber — 467 feet
In Kyle Schwarber’s earlier entry on this list, he hit a long home run in 2015 against Matt Harvey. Two years later, the slugger was once against hitting a highlight reel long ball against Harvey. This one, which came on June 14, 2017, traveled 467 feet and had an exit velocity of 113.6 mph. The ball soared over the Shea Bridge in right-center field and was Schwarber’s 12th homer of the campaign. Schwarber also has top-10 home runs at American Family Field and Wrigley Field.
2. Giancarlo Stanton — 468 feet
One of the most feared home run hitters in the game today, Giancarlo Stanton is responsible for one of the longest home runs hit at Yankee Stadium — so it seems appropriate that he’s also hit one of the biggest blasts at Citi Field. The home run in question came on May 7, 2017, when Stanton was a Marlin. He took Adam Wilk deep with a line drive blast to left field. The baseball left Stanton’s bat at 113.4 mph and traveled 468 feet to the second deck.
1. Michael Conforto — 469 feet
The longest home run at Citi Field in the Statcast era jumped off Michael Conforto’s bat at 111.3 mph on September 29, 2021. The Mets slugger had a 3-0 count and swung at a fastball from Elieser Hernandez, launching the baseball deep into the seats in right-center field. It landed 469 feet from home plate, where a young fan scooped it up and likely didn’t realize that he had a noteworthy souvenir in his hands.
The 10 Longest Home Runs at Citi Field are:
1. Michael Conforto — 469 feet
2. Giancarlo Stanton — 468 feet
3. Kyle Schwarber — 467 feet
4. Juan Soto — 466 feet
5. Juan Soto — 463 feet
6. Anthony Rizzo — 462 feet
7. Kyle Schwarber — 459 feet
8 (t). Austin Riley — 458 feet
8 (t). Pete Alonso — 458 feet
10 (t). Aaron Judge — 457 feet
10 (t). Joey Gallo — 457 feet