The 10 Longest Career Home Runs by Yordan Álvarez

Although he might not have the same name recognition as such sluggers as Aaron Judge and Mike Trout, Houston’s Yordan Álvarez is a legitimate home run threat whenever he steps to the plate. The Cuban-born outfielder/designated hitter earned American League Rookie of the Year honors in 2019 and emerged as one of the league’s most feared power hitters in 2021, 2022, and 2023 after hitting at least 30 home runs each season.

In this list, we’re using data from Statcast to count down the 10 longest home runs of his career to date. (All videos appear courtesy of MLB.)

Here are the 10 longest home runs of Yordan Álvarez’s career.

9 (t). 450 feet: July 19, 2019, at Minute Maid Park

Álvarez burst into the big leagues in 2019, hitting 27 home runs for the Astros in just 87 games. His second-longest blast was his 10th of the campaign, and came at home on July 19 against the Rangers. In the first pitch he saw during his third-inning at-bat, Álvarez smacked a fastball from Mike Minor with an exit velocity of 112.2 mph. The baseball soared 450 feet into the second deck in right-center field. The homer gave the Astros three in a row, following long balls from José Altuve and Alex Bregman.

9 (t). 450 feet: November 5, 2022, at Minute Maid Park

Fans and players alike remember World Series home runs, but when a home run travels as far as the one Álvarez hit in Game 6 of the 2022 Fall Classic, it’s impossible to forget. In front of a raucous home crowd and his team trailing 1-0 in the sixth inning, Álvarez launched a sinker from José Alvarado into the bar area above the batter’s eye. The 450-foot, three-run blast left the slugger’s bat at 112.5 mph, putting the Astros ahead for good. Just a few innings later, Houston clinched the World Series.

8. 451 feet: June 8, 2021, at Fenway Park

It takes some serious muscle to hit a home run to straightaway center field at Fenway Park, and that’s exactly what Álvarez did during a matchup with the Red Sox on June 8, 2021. Álvarez caught up with a fastball from Matt Andriese and drove the baseball off the wall behind the center field seats. The monstrous blast, which left Álvarez’s bat at 111.3 mph and traveled 451 feet, was the sixth-longest bomb hit at Fenway in 2021.

7. 452 feet: June 5, 2023, at Rogers Centre

Álvarez helped the Astros take flight during a June 5, 2023, contest north of the border — thanks to a towering blast in the fourth inning off Toronto’s Trevor Richards. Álvarez drilled an outside fastball with an exit velocity of 110.2 mph, sending the baseball to straightaway center field. It landed in the second level of the WestJet Flight Deck, a lovely party space situated above the batter’s eye. It was the third-longest home run hit at Rogers Centre in 2023 and the longest of Álvarez’s season.

6. 453 feet: September 18, 2021, at Minute Maid Park

Álvarez hit 33 home runs for Houston in 2021, and his second-longest of the campaign came at home on September 18. The slugger drilled a slider from Arizona’s Humberto Castellanos, connecting with an exit velocity of 114.1 mph and sending the baseball into the Budweiser Brew House party area in center field. At 453 feet, this was the longest of any home run hit at Minute Maid Park in 2021.

5. 454 feet: September 17, 2019, at Minute Maid Park

The longest home run that Álvarez hit during his rookie season in 2019 was #26; he ended up hitting 27 in total. The memorable blast came at Minute Maid Park on September 17 against the Texas Rangers. Álvarez lifted a 3-2 fastball from Lance Lynn deep into center field, sending the ball into the Budweiser Brew House party area. The 454-foot blast boasted an exit velocity of 112.1 mph.

3 (t). 456 feet: September 22, 2021, at Angel Stadium

Of the 33 home runs that Álvarez hit in 2021, his blast on September 22 was his longest of the season. Álvarez blasted a fastball from Janson Junk with an exit velocity of 116.1 — the hardest-hit homer on this list — and sent the ball onto the batter’s eye at Angel Stadium. The home run, his 32nd of the campaign, traveled 456 feet. Only Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout, and Giancarlo Stanton hit longer home runs at the Anaheim ballpark in ’21.

3 (t). 456 feet: June 5, 2022, at Kauffman Stadium

Álvarez has the distinction of hitting the second-longest home run at Kauffman Stadium in 2022 — a round-tripper that was just one foot short of being the longest hit at the KC ballpark that year. The blast in question came on June 5 during an at-bat against Arodys Vizcaíno. Álvarez absolutely demolished a changeup, sending it off the facing below the Blue Moon Taproom above the seats in right field. The long home run had an exit velocity of 114.3 mph.

2. 464 feet: September 16, 2022, at Minute Maid Park

Álvarez gave Astros fans at Minute Maid Park lots to cheer about during a September 16, 2022, matchup against Oakland. The slugger launched his longest home run in Houston to date, clubbing an elevated sinker from Adrián Martínez with an exit velocity of 114.9 mph. The baseball left the field of play in a hurry, landing in the Budweiser Brew House Party area. At a distance of 464 feet, this was the longest home run hit at Minute Maid Park in 2022.

1. 469 feet: May 30, 2022, at Oakland Coliseum

To date, the longest home run of Álvarez’s career came in Oakland — a mammoth shot against Paul Blackburn on May 30, 2022. The 469-foot blast hit the facing of the second deck in center field after leaving Álvarez’s bat at 113.9 mph. This home run, Álvarez’s 13th of the campaign, was the second-longest home run hit at the Coliseum in ’22. Only a 490-foot shot from Mike Trout was longer.