A visit to San Diego’s Petco Park will give you a chance to enjoy some sun and sand — and maybe an opportunity to witness a long home run, too.
In this list, we’re counting down the 10 longest home runs at Petco Park through the 2021 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 Polar Bear, a player who is synonymous with tape measure blasts and a young slugger who should probably stay off motorcycles. (All videos appear courtesy of MLB.)
Here’s a look at the 10 longest home runs at Petco Park in San Diego.
10. Mike Zunino — 454 feet
Catcher Mike Zunino is a consistent offensive threat, averaging 28 home runs per 162 games throughout his career. He often puts the “long” in long ball, too; he’s had multiple career home runs travel at least 470 feet. Zunino gets our Petco Park list started with a 454-foot bomb hit off Houston’s Lance McCullers Jr. in Game 2 of the 2020 American League Championship Series. The home run, which came on October 12, had an exit velocity of 111.1 mph and landed above the bullpen in deep left-center field.
9. Ronald Acuña Jr. — 455 feet
Atlanta superstar Ronald Acuña Jr. has three of the four longest home runs at Truist Park in the Statcast era, but he’s also had some impressive blasts while playing on the road. His 455-foot homer against Dinelson Lamet on July 12, 2017 is particularly memorable. Immediately after a brushback pitch, Acuña Jr. crushed a cutter with an exit velocity of 113.3 mph, driving the baseball into the second deck in left-center field.
8. Wil Myers — 456 feet
San Diego’s Wil Myers wasted no time getting his offense started in 2019. On Opening Day, March 28, Myers smacked a cut fastball from San Francisco’s Madison Bumgarner 456 feet to deep right-center field. The home run had an exit velocity of 109 mph and was one of Myers’ longest home runs in a season in which he hit 18.
7. Franmil Reyes — 457 feet
Franmil Reyes has shown plenty of pop early in his career, hitting at least 30 home runs twice in his first four seasons. Reyes left no doubt on a high fastball by Los Angeles righty Kenta Maeda, driving the baseball 457 feet to the standing room section at the base of the Petco Park video board in left field. The May 5, 2019 home run left Reyes’ bat at 109.6 mph and was his ninth long ball of the season. He went on to hit 28 more, ending the season with 37 long balls — good for 15th in the big leagues.
6. Giancarlo Stanton — 458 feet
One of the most prolific home run hitters in recent years, Giancarlo Stanton has hit memorable long balls at several MLB parks — Coors Field and Yankee Stadium, to name a few. He clubbed his way into the Petco Park record books in Game 2 of the 2020 American League Division Series with a dinger off Tyler Glasnow. The three-run shot, hit in an empty ballpark due to the COVID-19 pandemic, traveled 458 feet to the upper deck in left-center field with an exit velocity of 118.3 mph — best on this list.
5. Franchy Cordero — 459 feet
Although he hasn’t hit more than eight home runs in a season so far in his career, OF/1B Franchy Cordero lays claim to an impressive blast at Petco Park. Cordero hammered a slider from Jason Vargas 459 feet, sending the ball deep into the right field seats for his sixth homer of the season. The feat came on April 28, 2018, and had an exit velocity of 116.9 mph.
4. Pete Alonso — 462 feet
With the Mets and Padres tied in the ninth inning of a contest on May 7, 2019, New York first baseman Pete Alonso put his club ahead with a tape measure home run. The 462-foot shot, which came off a fastball from Adam Warren, hit the facing of the iconic Western Metal Supply Co. building. Alonso celebrated the long ball, which had an exit velocity of 114.6 mph, with an epic bat toss.
3. Fernando Tatis Jr. — 465 feet
After finishing fourth in National League MVP voting in 2020, the eyes of the baseball world were firmly focused on San Diego slugger Fernando Tatis Jr. when the 2021 season arrived. It didn’t take him long to get people talking, thanks to a memorable big fly on April 4. Tatis Jr. pounded a fastball from Arizona’s Chris Devenski 465 feet over the bullpens in deep left-center field. The home run had an exit velocity of 112.6 mph. It was the first home run of 2021 for Tatis Jr., who went on to hit 41 more that season, earning a career-best third spot in the NL MVP voting, as well as an All-Star Game berth and a Silver Slugger Award.
2. Edwin Ríos — 473 feet
The fourth and final home run of Edwin Ríos’s rookie season in 2019 is one that he’ll remember for a long time. The Dodger timed up a slider from David Bednar perfectly, crushing the baseball with an exit velocity of 112.5 mph and sending it 473 feet into the San Diego night. The home run, which came late in the season on September 25, landed deep in the seats in right-center field.
1. Franmil Reyes — 479 feet
It might be tempting to mail in a plate appearance with two outs and your club trailing in the ninth inning of a 14-0 game, but that’s not what San Diego’s Franmil Reyes did when he dug in against Atlanta’s Luke Jackson on June 5, 2018. Instead, Reyes put up a long ball to remember. The baseball had an exit velocity of 114.6 mph and cleared the bullpens in left-center field — giving the Padres faithful who’d stuck around despite the blowout something to cheer for. The 479-foot home run earns Reyes top spot at Petco Park in the Statcast era.
The 10 Longest Home Runs at Petco Park are:
10. Mike Zunino — 454 feet
9. Ronald Acuña Jr. — 455 feet
8. Wil Myers — 456 feet
7. Franmil Reyes — 457 feet
6. Giancarlo Stanton — 458 feet
5. Franchy Cordero — 459 feet
4. Pete Alonso — 462 feet
3. Fernando Tatis Jr. — 465 feet
2. Edwin Ríos — 473 feet
1. Franmil Reyes — 479 feet