T-Mobile Park in Seattle has a reputation as a pitcher’s park, routinely ranking low in the MLB park factor ratings. Reputation aside, there have been several exciting moments in which a hitter makes it seem as though this American League West stadium is actually a hitter’s park.
In this list, we’re counting down the 10 longest home runs at T-Mobile Park 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 Angels teammates, a couple of catchers and a record-setting Yankee. (All videos appear courtesy of MLB.)
Here’s a look at the 10 longest home runs at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.
10. George Springer — 455 feet
We begin our T-Mobile Park list with someone who has earned a spot on many parks’ top 10 lists, including Rogers Centre, Minute Maid Park, and Target Field. During a matchup on April 16, 2018, James Paxton left a fastball over the heart of the plate that George Springer drove 455 feet to left-center field, sending the ball off the scoreboard. The home run was Springer’s fourth of 22 that year, and had an exit velocity of 114.5 mph — just 0.2 mph from being his hardest-hit ball of the season.
9 (t). Chris Iannetta — 456 feet
Catcher Chris Iannetta hit just seven home runs in 2016, but his blast at T-Mobile Field on June 8 gave the Mariners faithful plenty to cheer about. Iannata lifted a slider from Carlos Carrasco deep to left-center field, driving the ball a few rows into the upper deck. The 456-foot long ball had an exit velocity of 109.3 mph and was the longest home run of Iannetta’s season.
9 (t). George Springer — 456 feet
Outfielder George Springer hit a career-high 34 home runs during an All-Star and Silver Slugger season in 2017, including a memorable blast in Seattle on June 25. Springer drove a slider from Ariel Miranda 456 feet with an exit velocity of 107.9 mph, sending the baseball off the batter’s eye in straightaway center field. The home run was his 22nd of the campaign.
8. Nomar Mazara — 458 feet
Outfielder Nomar Mazara’s career began with a lot of promise, thanks to consecutive 20-home run seasons in 2016, 2017, and 2018. The following year, Mazara smacked a home run that was one of his longest of the campaign. That memorable blast came on July 23 against Tommy Milone. Mazara smashed an inside fastball 458 feet, driving the ball into the upper deck high above right field. It was his 14th home run of the season and had an exit velocity of 111.8 mph.
6 (t). Mike Trout — 459 feet
Mike Trout launched 39 home runs during an impressive 2018 season, and the longest of those bombs came at T-Mobile Park on June 11. Trout hammered an elevated fastball from Ryan Cook 459 feet to straightaway center field, sending the baseball crashing off the batter’s eye. The home run, his 21st of the season, had an exit velocity of 115 mph.
6 (t). Nelson Cruz — 459 feet
Of the 43 home runs that Nelson Cruz hit for Seattle in 2016, none traveled farther than his 21st. It came off Houston’s Tyler Wilson in the first inning of a game on July 2. Cruz lifted an inside slider and drove the baseball 459 feet into the netting over the scoreboard in deep left-center field. The home run, which was the 30th-farthest homer hit in the big leagues that season, had an exit velocity of 112.7 mph.
5. Aaron Judge — 462 feet
Injuries limited Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge to *just* 27 home runs in 2019, but the slugger still managed to hit some balls very far. One of his longest home runs came in Seattle on August 27, off a fastball from Yusei Kikuchi. Judge’s home run flew 462 feet and smacked off the batter’s eye after leaving his bat at 114.1 mph. It was the 17th of the season for Judge — and, more importantly, the 100th of his career.
4. Shohei Ohtani — 463 feet
The longest home run of Shohei Ohtani’s 2021 American League MVP season flew 470 feet, but his home run in Seattle on July 9 wasn’t a whole lot shorter. That long ball, Ohtani’s 33rd of the year, came off an elevated fastball from Marco Gonzales. Ohtani drilled the pitch with a 116.5 mph exit velocity, sending the ball 463 feet off the facing of the upper deck in deep right field.
3. C.J. Cron — 464 feet
Throughout his career, first baseman C.J. Cron has been consistently able to smash tape measure home runs. He’s hit some of the longest bombs in many parks’ histories, including Angel Stadium, Minute Maid Park and Globe Life Field. His longest in Seattle — which was also his longest of the season — came on May 16, 2019, when he was with the Twins. Cron smashed a fastball from Erik Swanson 464 feet into the upper half of the upper deck. The baseball left Cron’s bat at 114.3 mph and was his 10th of 25 home runs that year.
2. Chris Carter — 465 feet
Milwaukee’s Chris Carter led the National League in home runs in 2016, hitting a career-high 41. His 28th of the season, which came in Seattle on August 19, was the longest. Carter cracked a fastball from Wade LeBlanc with an exit velocity of 109.9 mph, sending the ball off the upper half of the batter’s eye in straightaway center field — 465 feet from home plate.
1. Mike Zunino — 470 feet
The 470-foot home run that Mariners catcher Mike Zunino hit on June 29, 2018, is not only the longest at T-Mobile Park in the Statcast era, but it was also the longest of Zunino’s season and the 17th-hardest hit ball in the big leagues that year. Zunino absolutely destroyed a fastball from Ian Kennedy, sending the ball to the second-last row of the upper deck in left field. The home run had an exit velocity of 116 mph and was the 12th long ball for Zunino in a season in which he hit 20.
The 10 Longest Home Runs at T-Mobile Park are:
1. Mike Zunino — 470 feet
2. Chris Carter — 465 feet
3. C.J. Cron — 464 feet
4. Shohei Ohtani — 463 feet
5. Aaron Judge — 462 feet
6 (t). Nelson Cruz — 459 feet
6 (t). Mike Trout — 459 feet
8. Nomar Mazara — 458 feet
9 (t). George Springer — 456 feet
9 (t). Chris Iannetta — 456 feet
10. George Springer — 455 feet