The 2020 Major League Baseball season was like none other in history. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the start of the season until July 23. Teams then played a 60-game schedule, had a postseason play-in tournament, and used a neutral site for the World Series. Most stadiums sat empty during games or had cardboard cutouts of fans, with crowd noises piped through stadium sound systems. But despite the strange environment, there were plenty of memorable home runs.
In this list, we’re counting down the longest home runs of the 2020 MLB season, as per Statcast. This list includes three different Atlanta Braves, a two-time National League MVP, and a couple of sluggers from the Bronx. (Videos appear courtesy of MLB.)
Here’s a look at the longest home runs of 2020 in Major League Baseball.
9 (t). Aaron Judge — 468 feet
It seems only fitting to begin a list of longest home runs with an entry from Aaron Judge, doesn’t it? During the shortened 2020 season, the Yankees outfielder hit nine home runs in 28 games. The longest of these was his sixth, hit at Yankee Stadium on August 2. Judge connected with a hanging curveball from Boston’s Matt Barnes, sending the baseball into the upper rows of the empty bleachers in left-center field. The 468-foot blast had an exit velocity of 107.4 mph.
9 (t). Matt Kemp — 468 feet
The 2020 season was the final of Matt Kemp’s 15-year career, and the two-time Silver Slugger knocked six home runs as a member of the Rockies. During an August 28 downpour at Coors Field, Kemp lifted a slider from San Diego’s Zach Davies deep into the fountains at the base of the batter’s eye. The baseball left Kemp’s bat at 109.6 mph and landed 468 feet from home plate.
9 (t). Marcell Ozuna — 468 feet
The third 468-foot home run of 2020 belongs to Atlanta’s Marcell Ozuna, whose 18 home runs in 60 games led the league. His final long bomb, hit on September 27 at Truist Park, was among the most impressive. Ozuna smacked a changeup from Boston’s Nick Pivetta, sending the baseball deep into the empty seats in left-center field. The home run swing had an exit velocity of 110.2 mph.
8. Marcell Ozuna — 469 feet
Marcel Ozuna is one of two players — both Braves, for those keeping score — with a pair of entries on this list. His longest home run of 2020 came on August 26 at Truist Park and was his eighth of the season. Ozuna drilled a curveball from New York’s Gerrit Cole 469 feet into the empty seats in deep left-center field. The towering home run had an exit velocity of 109.4 mph.
7. Bryce Harper — 470 feet
Atlanta’s Truist Park makes several appearances on this list, including playing host to Bryce Harper‘s second-longest career home run. The dinger in question came off Robbie Erlin on August 22. Erlin threw a first pitch fastball that Harper clobbered with an exit velocity of 109.6 mph. The baseball landed high in the empty seats in right-center field, 470 feet from home plate. It was Harper’s seventh long ball of a season in which he hit 13 in 58 games.
6. Austin Riley — 471 feet
Atlanta’s Austin Riley hit just eight home runs in 2020, but only five home runs hit by others flew farther than his longest. The memorable blast was Riley’s seventh of the campaign, and came at home against the Nationals on September 4. Wil Crowe threw a hanging slider that Riley lifted high and deep to left-center field. The 471-foot homer landed in the upper half of the outfield seats after leaving Riley’s bat at 107.2 mph.
5. Ronald Acuña Jr. — 473 feet
Ronald Acuña Jr. put up impressive power numbers for the Braves in 2020, hitting 14 home runs in just 46 games. His fifth of the season came against Yankees ace Gerrit Cole during an August 26 contest. Acuña Jr. connected with a Cole fastball, driving the baseball 473 feet into the left-center field seats at Truist Park. The home run, which had an exit velocity of 114 mph, wasn’t quite Acuña Jr.’s longest of 2020.
4. Alex Dickerson — 480 feet
Outfielder Alex Dickerson only hit 40 home runs over a six-year career, but one of them holds a spot as one of 2020’s longest shots. Dickerson smacked the memorable blast at Coors Field on September 1 as a member of the San Francisco Giants. He connected with a low changeup from Jon Gray, pounding the baseball into the upper deck in right field. The 480-foot blast was Dickerson’s fifth of the campaign and had an exit velocity of 109 mph.
3. Giancarlo Stanton — 483 feet
A hamstring injury limited Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton slugger to just 23 games and four home runs in 2020. His second home run of the campaign is one that is particularly impressive. Stanton drilled a 3-0 fastball from Washington’s Erick Fedde 483 feet, reaching the upper rows of the tarped-off seats in left-center field at Nationals Park. The home run’s exit velocity of 121.3 mph is notable, as it’s the second-hardest-hit home run in the Statcast era.
2. Luis Robert Jr. — 487 feet
The lone postseason home run on this list belongs to Chicago’s Luis Robert Jr., who hit a towering shot against Oakland in Game 3 of the American League Wild Card series. Robert Jr. crushed a fastball from Mike Fiers with an exit velocity of 112.2 mph, driving the baseball deep into the seats in left-center field at the Oakland Coliseum. The October 1 home run measured 487 feet, making it the longest of the young slugger’s career by a good margin.
1. Ronald Acuña Jr. — 495 feet
The last home run that Ronald Acuña Jr. hit in 2020 was the longest of any big league blast during the pandemic-shortened season. It came at Truist Park against Boston’s Chris Mazza. The right-handed pitcher threw a cutter that Acuña Jr. hammered with an exit velocity of 112.9 mph. The first-inning, 495-foot homer landed just a few rows from the top of the seats in left-center field.
The 10 Longest Home Runs of the 2020 MLB Season are:
1. Ronald Acuña Jr. — 495 feet
2. Luis Robert Jr. — 487 feet
3. Giancarlo Stanton — 483 feet
4. Alex Dickerson — 480 feet
5. Ronald Acuña Jr. — 473 feet
6. Austin Riley — 471 feet
7. Bryce Harper — 470 feet
8. Marcell Ozuna — 469 feet
9 (t). Marcell Ozuna — 468 feet
9 (t). Matt Kemp — 468 feet
9 (t). Aaron Judge — 468 feet