Death, taxes and baseballs flying over the outfield fence at Coors Field — three things you can count on in life.
Home runs are probably the first thing you picture when you think about the Denver ballpark. Between 2012 and 2021, Coors Field led the league in park factor (according to Statcast) eight times and never finished lower than fourth overall. Simply put, Coors Field is home run heaven.
In this list, we’re counting down the 10 longest home runs at Coors Field as of June 24, 2023. 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 features a former All-Star Game hero, a second career home run for another player, and some guy who used to go by Mike. (All videos appear courtesy of MLB.)
Here’s a look at the 10 longest home runs at Coors Field in Denver.
9 (t). C.J. Cron — 486 feet
It takes some muscle to drive a baseball to the concourse behind left field, but that’s exactly what Colorado’s C.J. Cron did on June 17, 2022. The infielder blasted a curveball from San Diego’s MacKenzie Gore 486 feet with an exit velocity of 111.2 mph, sending the baseball into a part of the park that few players can even reach in batting practice. The home run was Cron’s 16th of 2022, but not quite his longest of the year at Coors Field.
9 (t). Ian Desmond — 486 feet
Colorado’s Ian Desmond joined a select group of MLBers who have hit home runs onto the Coors Field concourse with a blast of 486 feet on June 10, 2019. Desmond squared up a cutter from Mike Montgomery with an exit velocity of 110.8 mph for his seventh long ball of the season.
9 (t). Tommy Pham — 486 feet
Tommy Pham earns a spot on this list thanks to a 486-footer on August 17, 2021 that found the concourse in left-center field. Then a member of the Padres, Pham’s seventh inning round tripper off Rockies pitcher Germán Márquez had an exit velocity of 107.9 mph and was his 13th home run of the season.
7 (t). Rangel Ravelo — 487 feet
A player always remembers his first career home run, but it’s safe to say that career home run #2 holds a special place in Rangel Ravelo’s heart. Then with the Cardinals, Ravelo pounded a slider from Colorado’s Tim Melville 487 feet with an exit velocity of 111.5 mph. The baseball landed more than halfway up the seats in left-center field. To date, Ravelo has just three career big league home runs, and there’s no doubt the one on September 12, 2019 is the most impressive.
7 (t). Trevor Story — 487 feet
Trevor Story’s record-setting 518-foot home run in the 2021 MLB All-Star Game is a big part of the Coors Field lore, but the infielder has had long ball success in Denver in regular season action, too. Facing San Francisco’s Andrew Suárez, Story jumped on a fastball and drove it 487 feet with an exit velocity of 111.9 mph. The baseball landed on the concourse behind the left field seats, a place that most players only hope to reach during batting practice.
6. Michael A. Taylor — 493 feet
On the first pitch that he saw from Yohan Flande on August 20, 2015, Washington’s Michael A. Taylor crushed the baseball 493 feet into left-center field. The home run was Taylor’s 11th of the season, had an exit velocity of 110.1 mph and landed about two-thirds of the way up the seats in one of the deepest parts of the ballpark.
5. Ryan McMahon — 495 feet
Infielder Ryan McMahon clubbed 20 home runs for the Rockies in 2022, but none traveled farther than the one he hit against T.J. McFarland on August 9. McMahon drilled a changeup into the seats above the bullpens in right-center field. The blast, which left McMahon’s bat at 110.4 mph, is the longest of his career, to date.
4. Jesús Sánchez — 496 feet
The third-longest home run in the big leagues in 2022 came off the bat of Miami’s Jesús Sánchez, who drilled the memorable blast at Coors Field on May 30. Sánchez jumped all over an inside slider from Ryan Feltner, pulling the ball 496 feet onto the concourse behind the seats in the upper deck. The home run had an exit velocity of 114.7 mph and is the longest career home run for Sánchez, to date.
3. Christian Yelich — 499 feet
Milwaukee slugger Christian Yelich came just one foot away from the elusive 500-foot mark at Coors Field on September 6, 2022, hitting a 499-foot bomb against Chad Kuhl. The outfielder did a perfect job of timing up a middle-of-the-zone changeup, connecting with an exit velocity of 109.9 mph and sending the ball in the upper deck of right-center field. To date, it’s the longest home run of Yelich’s career.
1 (t). C.J. Cron — 504 feet
C.J. Cron has hit some mammoth home runs throughout his career, but the longest to date came in Denver on September 9, 2022 — his first season as a National League All-Star. Cron decimated a fastball from Keynan Middleton, barely missing the Toyota Tundra pickup truck that sits high above the concourse in left-center field. The home run left Cron’s bat at 110 mph and was his 27th of the season.
1 (t). Giancarlo Stanton — 504 feet
If you want to watch someone do cruel things to a baseball, look no further than Giancarlo Stanton. Playing for the Marlins and squaring off against Chad Bettis on August 6, 2016, Stanton launched a changeup a staggering 504 feet into the seats in left-center field. The line drive blast was Stanton’s 23rd of the season and had a head-turning exit velocity of 115.8 mph. Not only is this home run the longest in Coors Field history, but it was also the first home run that Statcast tracked that traveled at least 500 feet.
The 10 Longest Home Runs at Coors Field are:
1 (t). Giancarlo Stanton — 504 feet
1 (t). C.J. Cron — 504 feet
3. Christian Yelich — 499 feet
4. Jesús Sánchez — 496 feet
5. Ryan McMahon — 495 feet
6. Michael A. Taylor — 493 feet
7 (t). Trevor Story — 487 feet
7 (t). Rangel Ravelo — 487 feet
9 (t). Tommy Pham — 486 feet
9 (t). Ian Desmond — 486 feet
9 (t). C.J. Cron — 486 feet