Most baseball fans can quickly recall players who hit game- or series-changing home runs in the World Series. Bill Mazeroski, Joe Carter, Kirk Gibson and Carlton Fisk all quickly come to mind. What’s more challenging, however, is thinking of the players who’ve hit tape measure home runs with the season on the line.
In this list, we’re counting down the five longest home runs in the World Series through the 2021 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. (All videos appear courtesy of MLB.)
Here’s a look at the five longest World Series home runs in the Statcast era.
5. Hunter Renfroe — 444 feet
Tampa Bay’s Hunter Renfroe starts our list with a blast hit during the 2020 World Series, held at Globe Life Field in front of limited fans due to the pandemic. In Game 4, with his Rays team trailing two games to one, Renfroe connected on a fastball from Dodgers starter Julio Urías, driving the ball 444 feet to the middle of the second deck in left-center field. The towering shot had an exit velocity of 111.4 mph and was one of four TB home runs as the Rays clawed back into the series with an 8-7 win. Los Angeles went on to win the World Series in six games.
4. Jorge Soler — 446 feet
Jorge Soler has hit some bombs in his career, but he’ll surely remember the long ball he hit in Game 6 of the 2021 World Series as a member of the Atlanta Braves. Facing Houston’s Luis Garcia in the third inning, Soler broke a scoreless tie with a three-run blast that left his bat at 109.6 mph. The baseball traveled 446 feet onto the train tracks high above left field at Houston’s Minute Maid Park. The Braves went on to win the game 7-0, clinching a World Series title.
3. Chris Taylor — 447 feet
The 2017 World Series, won by Houston, will be remembered for one main thing that we don’t need to get into here. (Bang, bang.) A home run from this series that may be overshadowed by other headlines belongs to Los Angeles’ Chris Taylor. In the first inning of Game 1, Taylor connected on a fastball from Dallas Keuchel and drove the ball deep into the left field seats — 447 feet from home plate. The home run had an exit velocity of 106.7 mph and helped the Dodgers to a 3-1 win before eventually falling in seven games.
2. George Springer — 448 feet
George Springer is a consistent power threat at the plate, and has some of the longest home runs in the Statcast era at parks including Houston’s Minute Maid Park and Toronto’s Rogers Centre. He’s also the proud owner of a World Series tape measure blast that came in Game 5 of the 2017 Fall Classic. Facing hard-throwing Dodgers reliever Brandon Morrow and with his team trailing 8-7, Springer tied the game with a solo shot that left his bat at 111.9 mph and soared 448 feet onto Minute Maid Park’s train tracks in left field. Houston eventually won an offensive battle 13-12 in 10 innings.
1. Freddie Freeman — 460 feet
Freddie Freeman is the only player in the Statcast era to hit a ball farther than 450 feet in the World Series. His memorable blast came in Game 5 of the 2021 World Series off Houston’s Framber Valdez at Truist Park in Atlanta. The towering home run traveled 460 feet with an exit velocity of 112 mph, landing deep in the right-center field seats. It was one of two home runs in the game for Atlanta, which ended up falling 9-5 in the game — but got the last laugh with a series-winning victory two nights later.
The Five Longest World Series Home Runs are:
5. Hunter Renfroe — 444 feet
4. Jorge Soler — 446 feet
3. Chris Taylor — 447 feet
2. George Springer — 448 feet
1. Freddie Freeman — 460 feet