Distance of Home Runs in 2013.

The longest 2013 Yankee Stadium home run was hit by a Yankee suspended for using performance enhancing drugs (PED), possibly including steroids: Francisco Cervelli, 444 feet.  This link points to a list of homers with their estimated distance computed by the ESPN Hit Tracker:

http://www.hittrackeronline.com/top_true_distance.php

Check the "Park Overlays" feature.  You can put diagrams of two parks, such as Fenway Park and  Yankee Stadium, on screen simultaneously and compare the different dimensions.

Dustin Pedroia in Fenway Park 24 September 2008
By Eric Kilby from USA via Wikimedia Commons

The two shortest homers were under 300 feet but both were inside the park homers (IPHR).  The shortest non-IPHR were in Fenway Park:
Brandon Snyder: 312 right field line
Jason Kipnis of Cleveland 319 right field line
Dustin Pedroia: 324 right field line
Dustin Pedroia: 330 left field off light tower.














The ten longest:

Hitter	Team	Date	True Distance	Video
Gattis, Evan	ATL	09/08/13	486	Video
Pence, Hunter	SF	08/27/13	476	Video
Trumbo, Mark	LAA	04/29/13	475	Video
Rizzo, Anthony	CHC	04/18/13	475	Video
Bruce, Jay	CIN	06/22/13	472	Video
Napoli, Mike	BOS	05/01/13	472	Video
Trumbo, Mark	LAA	09/07/13	471	Video
Frazier, Todd	CIN	04/24/13	470	Video
Rasmus, Colby	TOR	04/06/13	468	Video
Morrison, Logan	MIA	09/06/13	467	Video

Minimum distance for a home run: 380 feet.  Sunday, February 16, 2014

How about we bring back that 1926 rule but with a minimum distance for a home run of 380 feet?

I would add to that a line 380 feet from home plate behind a short fence.  If a fly ball lands beyond 380 feet it is a home run, benefit of the doubt going to the batter.  In some parks an upper deck shot may also qualify.  Hey, I didn't approve these silly buildings.
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