In this list, we’re counting down the 10 longest home runs at Oakland Coliseum through the 2022 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. This list includes a pair of Yankees teammates, a Springer dinger and two appearances from a certain Los Angeles Angel. (All videos appear courtesy of MLB.)
The Coliseum in Oakland doesn’t exactly have a reputation among fans around the country as a must-see baseball facility. Still, there are plenty of reasons to consider planning a visit, including a chance to see a tape measure home run.
Here’s a look at the 10 longest home runs at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland.
10. Aaron Judge — 467 feet
Of the 27 home runs that Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit in his injury-shortened 2019 season, none traveled farther than the one in Oakland on August 20. Judge put a no-doubt swing on a middle-of-the-zone fastball from Joakim Soria, sending the ball 467 feet into the top row of the field-level seats in deep left-center field. The home run’s exit velocity of 116 mph makes it the hardest-hit home run on this list.
9. Yordan Alvarez — 469 feet
It’s not hard to imagine that Houston’s Yordan Alvarez will be appearing on more of these lists throughout his career. For now, his longest home run at Oakland Coliseum came on May 30, 2022. The towering blast bounced off the facing of the second deck, 469 feet from home plate. The home run, which Alvarez hit off Paul Blackburn, had an exit velocity of 113.9 mph and was the seventh-longest home run hit in the big leagues in 2022.
7 (t). Giancarlo Stanton — 472 feet
The longest of Giancarlo Stanton’s 35 home runs in 2021 was hit in Oakland off a slider from Sean Manaea. Stanton crushed the ball with an exit velocity of 112.1 mph and drove it into the second deck in center field. The home run, which came on August 27, was Stanton’s 24th of the season. Stanton also has top-10 home runs at several other parks around the majors, including Yankee Stadium, Citi Field, and Coors Field.
7 (t). Shin-Soo Choo — 472 feet
Shin-Soo Choo hit a career-high 24 home runs in 2019, his last full season in the big leagues. His 23rd of the season came in Oakland on September 22 and was the longest of his career. Choo ripped the first pitch he saw from Tanner Roark 472 feet to straightaway center field, sending the ball into the seats above the batter’s eye. The home run swing had an exit velocity of 111.7 mph, which was just 0.1 mph under his hardest-hit ball of the year.
5 (t). Matt Olson — 475 feet
The longest home run of first baseman Matt Olson’s career came in 2018, his first full season in the big leagues. Olson clobbered a curveball from Tampa Bay’s Ryan Yarbrough, sending the baseball into the second deck in right-center field. The 475-foot blast was the eighth-longest home run hit in the majors that season, and had an exit velocity of 112.7 mph.
5 (t). Chad Pinder — 475 feet
Chad Pinder hit 15 home runs for the A’s in 2017, with his longest coming at home against Boston on May 20. Pinder ripped the first pitch of his fourth inning at-bat from Noé Ramirez 475 feet into the second deck in left-center field. The home run, his fourth of 2017, had an exit velocity of 111 mph and is the longest of Pinder’s career to date.
4. George Springer — 476 feet
Outfielder George Springer has hit tape measure blasts at many parks around the majors (Minute Maid Park, Rogers Centre and T-Mobile Park, among them) but his longest career “Springer dinger” came in Oakland on May 7, 2018. Springer blasted a high, outside changeup and sent it 476 feet into the seats in left-center field. The three-run shot, good for seventh-longest in the big leagues in 2018, was Springer’s eighth of the season and had an exit velocity of 112 mph.
3. Mike Trout — 486 feet
Given the number of times that the Angels play in Oakland each year, it’s hardly a surprise to see Mike Trout appear on this list. In 2019, Trout hit 45 home runs and saved the best for last — a 486-foot bomb on September 5. The home run soared over the batter’s eye and into the seats above it, leaving Trout’s bat at 111.1 mph. It was the fourth-longest home run in the major leagues in 2019, but not even Trout’s longest career dinger in Oakland.
2. Luis Robert — 487 feet
White Sox fans are undoubtedly excited about the power of young slugger Luis Robert, and there’s been no better display of his power than in Game 3 of the American League Wild Card series in 2020. Hitting in front of an empty Oakland stadium during the pandemic-affected season, Robert launched a fastball from Mike Fiers to the top of the 100 Level seats in left-center field. The October 1 blast traveled 487 feet — the longest home run of Robert’s career by a good margin — and had an exit velocity of 112.2 mph.
1. Mike Trout — 490 feet
The longest home run at Oakland Coliseum in the Statcast era belongs to Mike Trout, who hit the memorable blast on October 5, 2022. Trout ripped a low fastball from Norge Ruiz, sending the baseball 490 feet into the seats high above the batter’s eye in center field. It was his 40th of 40 home runs that season, his 350th career home run, and the fifth-longest home run in the big leagues in 2022. The home run had an exit velocity of 110.6 mph.
The 10 Longest Home Runs at Oakland Coliseum are:
1. Mike Trout — 490 feet
2. Luis Robert Jr. — 487 feet
3. Mike Trout — 486 feet
4. George Springer — 476 feet
5 (t). Chad Pinder — 475 feet
5 (t). Matt Olson — 475 feet
7 (t). Shin-Soo Choo — 472 feet
7 (t). Giancarlo Stanton — 472 feet
9. Yordan Alvarez — 469 feet
10. Aaron Judge — 467 feet