In this list, we’re counting down the 10 longest home runs at Kauffman Stadium 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 had a short MLB career, a future hall of famer and the longest career home run for several players. (All videos appear courtesy of MLB.)
It’s always exciting to see the water fountains at Kauffman Stadium erupt in celebration of a Royals home run — but even more exciting when a home run baseball has flown far enough to actually land in the fountains.
Here’s a look at the 10 longest home runs at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.
10 (t). Jorge Soler — 464 feet
Jorge Soler is no stranger to these lists, with top-10 entries on the lists for Target Field and Truist Park. His longest home run at Kauffman Stadium came against Baltimore’s Richard Bleier on May 14, 2017. Soler launched a slider from Bleier 464 feet to straightaway center field with an exit velocity of 114.2 mph — best on this list. It was the first home run of 2017 for the Cuban slugger, who only hit two in total and spent the bulk of his season in Triple-A.
10 (t). Adalberto Mondesi — 464 feet
The longest home run of Adalberto Mondesi’s career came at Kauffman Stadium on June 18, 2021. Mondesi hit the blast off Boston’s Nick Pivetta, driving an inside fastball 464 feet into the party area deep in right field. The three-run shot, which had an exit velocity of 112.6 mph, was Mondesi’s fourth of an injury-plagued season that limited him to just six long balls in total.
8 (t). Nathaniel Lowe — 465 feet
Nathaniel Lowe’s first home run of 2021, which came April 4, is the longest of his career to date. Lowe got a good swing on a low slider from Brady Singer, lifting the ball high and all the way to the fountains in right-center field. The splash shot traveled 465 feet and left Lowe’s bat at 113.9 mph. He went on to hit 17 more long balls in his first full big league season.
8 (t). Nelson Cruz — 465 feet
Pick any park in the big leagues, and there’s a pretty good chance that Nelson Cruz has hit a monster home run at it. He has top-10 blasts at a multitude of parks, including Tropicana Field, Target Field, and Comerica Park. Cruz’s longest home run in Kansas City came on August 6, 2017. He smacked a pitch from Scott Alexander 465 feet off the back of the batter’s eye, with the ball leaving his bat at 109.4 mph. It was his 24th of 39 home runs that season.
7. Khris Davis — 467 feet
Khris Davis eclipsed the 40 home run plateau for the first time in his career in 2016, starting a trend of three straight campaigns in which the outfielder/designated hitter would hit at least 40 long balls and drive in at least 100 runs. His 35th home run of 2016, which came in Kansas City on September 12, is the longest of his career. Davis lifted a low slider from Dillon Gee 467 feet into the water fountains in left-center field. The home run had an exit velocity of 112.1 mph.
6. Kendrys Morales — 469 feet
Kendrys Morales hit 22 home runs for the Royals in 2015, and his 14th of the season is arguably the most memorable. Morales launched a slider from Miguel González hit and deep, sending the baseball 469 feet into the water fountains in right-center field. The home run had an exit velocity of 112.4 mph.
5. Luke Voit — 470 feet
The 470-foot blast that New York’s Luke Voit hit at Kauffman Stadium on May 25, 2019, is the longest home run of Voit’s career to date and was the 22nd longest home run hit in the big leagues that season. Voit turned around an inside slider from Scott Barlow with an exit velocity of 109 mph, sending the ball just short of the concourse in left field. The home run was Voit’s 13th of a season in which he hit 21.
4. Eloy Jiménez — 471 feet
In the second inning of a June 9, 2019 matchup between two American League Central teams, Kansas City’s Glenn Sparkman left a slow curveball high in the zone, and Chicago Slugger Eloy Jiménez absolutely hammered it. The ball left the bat at 111.6 mph and flew 471 feet into the batter’s eye. The home run was the eighth of Jiménez’s rookie season — he went on to hit 31 in total — and is currently the longest one of his career.
3. Brandon Moss — 474 feet
The home run that Brandon Moss hit on July 1, 2017, against Minnesota’s José Berríos isn’t just one of the longest balls hit at Kauffman Stadium in the Statcast era — it’s also the longest home run of Moss’s career. Moss connected with a slider from Berríos, driving the baseball 474 feet with an exit velocity of 111.3 mph. The baseball soared over the batter’s eye and was Moss’s 10th home run of 22 in his final season in the big leagues.
2. Ryon Healy — 480 feet
Infielder Ryon Healy hit 69 home runs in 405 total games in his short big league career, but none flew farther than the one he hit on September 15, 2016, in Kansas City. Healy crushed a low changeup from Edinson Volquez with an exit velocity of 111.6 mph, sending the ball 480 feet into the second deck in left field above the stadium’s signature waterfall feature.
1. Jonathan Schoop — 484 feet
There’s a lot that can be said about the home run that Baltimore’s Jonathan Schoop hit in Kansas City on August 26, 2015. The 484-foot blast off Johnny Cueto isn’t just the longest home run at Kauffman Stadium in the Statcast era, but it’s also Schoop’s longest career home run. It was the second-longest home run hit in the big leagues in 2015. Schoop drilled the home run over the left field foul pole, crushing the ball with an exit velocity of 110.6 mph. Schoop also has top-10 home runs at Angel Stadium and Target Field.
The 10 Longest Home Runs at Kauffman Stadium are:
1. Jonathan Schoop — 484 feet
2. Ryon Healy — 480 feet
3. Brandon Moss — 474 feet
4. Eloy Jiménez — 471 feet
5. Luke Voit — 470 feet
6. Kendrys Morales — 469 feet
7. Khris Davis — 467 feet
8 (t). Nelson Cruz — 465 feet
8 (t). Nathaniel Lowe — 465 feet
10 (t). Adalberto Mondesi — 464 feet
10 (t). Jorge Soler — 464 feet