The Diamondbacks' Aerial Assault

by James Kannengieser on Aug 4, 2009 12:30 PM EDT

If the Mets are to lose, I'd prefer it be in the fashion of this weekend's series against the Diamondbacks - death by tape measure home run. The D-Backs mashed 7 home runs and 6 of them traveled 400+ feet. Mark Reynolds accounted for most of the damage, hitting 4 all by himself including the new longest home run in Citi Field history off Brian Stokes Saturday night (graphic courtesy of Hit Tracker):

That's a 464 foot shot hit off a 95 mph fastball. Together with Miguel Montero and Justin Upton, the D-Backs have hit 6 of the 29 longest home runs in the new stadium's history. Here are the top 10 longest home runs at Citi, once again according to Hit Tracker:

Rank	Date	Player	Pitcher	Distance (feet)
1	8/1	Mark Reynolds	Brian Stokes	464
2	4/16	Carlos Delgado	Jake Peavy	456
3	5/27	Adam Dunn	Johan Santana	455
4	7/27	Troy Tulowitzki	Oliver Perez	445
5	6/20	Carlos Pena	Johan Santana	444
6	8/3	Mark Reynolds	Nelson Figueroa	442
7	5/8	Carlos Delgado	Sean Burnett	442
8	8/3	Mark Reynolds	Nelson Figueroa	441
9	4/26	Austin Kearns	Oliver Perez	435
10	5/13	Fernando Tatis	Buddy Carlyle	433
(tie)	5/7	David Wright	Jamie Moyer	433

Some other Citi Field home run facts:

The greatest speed off the bat belongs to Dunn at 113.1 mph. Delgado is a close 2nd at 112.9 mph.
Johan Santana has surrendered the most home runs of any pitcher, with 8.
The Phillies' 9 home runs are the most of any visiting team.
Home runs per game by Month: April - 1.58, May - 1.36, June - 1.85, July - 1.45, August - 2.67
The shortest home run belongs to none other than Chase Utley, at 351 feet.

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After the first few games at City

I read some people saying the ball was dying in the outfield because of the cold weather and that the ball would “carry over” as the season approached summer.

by Michkin on Aug 4, 2009 2:52 PM EDT reply actions