He hit one even longer than that at Citi Field in June: That one went 467, so says HitTrackerOnline, the 10th-longest home run hit by anyone in 2017. That’s a list of the longest average for home runs for anyone who has 10 or more. The best chance of accomplishing the feat comes with a shot straight down the line, but the approximate distance and location required to accomplish the feat is difficult to measure accurately.On the day of the 1993 Home Run Derby, newspapers estimated that a ball would have to travel 470 feet to hit the Warehouse; Griffey's home run is marked with a plaque that reads 465 feet.The best baseball arguments are hypothetical rather than concrete, which makes this final question all the more intriguing. You undoubtedly recall this home run hit by Kyle Schwarber in the 2015 division series against the Cardinals: The projected distance of that home run was 419 feet, though if the board hadn’t interrupted its flight, maybe it goes farther. Baltimore - Camden Yards: Home Run plaque - Ken Griffey Jr On July 12, 1993 during the 1993 All Star Game Home Run Derby, Seattle Mariners slugger Ken Griffey, Jr. launched a homerun 445-feet out of Oriole Park at Camden Yards over Eutaw Street.

Ken Griffey Jr., was not exclusive to the Pacific Northwest in 1992, but it’s understandable that he didn’t merit special recognition. Down 3-0 to the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Championship Series, the Astros won a third consecutive elimination game on Friday night to force a Game 7. One of the most important at-bats of the 2020 MLB playoffs may end up being a battle between Will Smiths.

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The only current Cubs hitters who have ever played there are Ben Zobrist and Jon Jay. But he’s certainly got the power to do it. There are so many avenues to explore Griffey’s greatness, almost all of which are more meaningful than a home run during the Home Run Derby. A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/203134934">Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened on April 6, 1992, replacing Memorial Stadium as the home field of the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball. Here are four considerations of what might be different had HOK and the decision-makers responsible for our jewel of a stadium momentarily lost their senses and favored parking lot and on-ramp vistas over a center-field view of Baltimore's fair cityscape.

And that was the whole idea, I’m sure, but nobody has done it. Nor are we talking about the most important (many of the home runs that swung games and pennant races were simple wall scrapers).

“I don't think I can hit a ball there unless I hit from second base,” said José Altuve.

By the 1993 All-Star Game, 428 home runs had cleared the walls at Camden Yards, including four from Griffey. At first the idea of baseballs smashing through windows seemed romantic. And he did it with one iconic swing. On May 17, 1996, Hoiles came to the plate in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded and the Orioles trailing the Mariners by three.

“We are thinking about the next generation of Bo Jacksons on the left-handed side,” one of the architects told the Baltimore Sun in 1992.

According to this Baltimore Sun article, the only baseball that’s ever hit the warehouse was hit by Ken Griffey Jr. in the Home Run Derby when it was held in Camden Yards in 1993: That is the only batted ball to touch the warehouse, and through more than 2,000 games at Camden Yards, no hitter has ever reached the building in a game, creating a kind of mythical nature to the ballpark's most recognizable feature. We're still freaking out about it. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Despite the fact that Gonzalez hit a longer home run to left—an estimated 473-foot shot off of the upper-deck facade—than Griffey's Warehouse blast to right, Griffey was the story that day, and has been ever since.But if Eutaw Street and the Warehouse were in left field rather than right field, Gonzalez would have walked away with a bigger prize and the associated piece of history. What if the Cubs had won one more game in September 2018? The broadcaster sums it up best: "Oh my goodness.". The warehouse was used by the B&O railroad company, which was headquartered in Baltimore, to store up to 1,000 boxcars full of merchandise.

Baltimore - Camden Yards: Home Run plaque - Ken Griffey Jr On July 12, 1993 during the 1993 All Star Game Home Run Derby, Seattle Mariners slugger Ken Griffey, Jr. launched a homerun 445-feet out of Oriole Park at Camden Yards over Eutaw Street.

According to newspaper articles, Gonzalez won the derby and hit the longest home run, some 473 feet into the upper deck. Yankees? It has been preserved and now provides unique office space for the Orioles as well as home for the banquet facilities, the ballpark's central kitchen and space for ballpark operations. While you could dock this one because it happened during the Home Run Derby and not during actual play -- and you are free to do so -- just know I'm judging you. He is Mark Pallack, and he is 40 with a wife and baby daughter. Whose Camden Yards record did Correa break? He did so in the 1993 MLB Home Run Derby, in which he tied Juan González before losing in a playoff. Griffey did become the first player to hit the B&O; warehouse behind right field at Camden Yards on the fly with a batted ball, but he didn't win the competition. He may even have parked one there during his three-game home run streak in the days leading up to and including his record-breaking 2,131st consecutive game.It seems hard to believe, but those memorable September nights at Camden Yards in 1995 could have been even more memorable if Eutaw Street ran behind left field. It remains a crucial moment in Orioles history, with Hoiles being one of only 27 players in Major League history to ever hit the ultimate grand slam. So, now we turn it over to you. Juan Gonzalez is letting his soul glo: Sign up for the For The Win newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. Today, we'll outline the dingers that we think deserve consideration, and you tell us which one is the best that Camden Yards has ever seen. Kendrys Morales is first at 424.5 feet, Gary Sanchez second at 420.9 and Schwarber third at 419.8. That's where you come in. He did the same thing in the 2001 All-Star Game. Many have come close in games. Memorial Stadium, the Orioles' home since they moved from St. Louis in 1954, was an early example of such a design. And while the warehouse can be reached down the right-field line at just 439 feet — a length that is often hit by today's standards — it has yet to take a ball on the fly in a game.

If you can, pull up the YouTube clip of that swing. Here’s another possible franchise-altering moment.