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Nov 10, 2021 · Check out the hardest hits of the 2021 season, pres by @googlecloud Don't forget to subscribe! / mlb ...more.
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Aug 23, 2024 · Comparing Aaron Judge and Miguel Cabrera to show why pitch velocity, pitch selection and more relievers is making life hard for MLB hitters.
Sep 11, 2024 · The Braves star hammered a pitch from L.A.'s Emmet Sheehan 454 feet to dead center field, recording the hardest-hit ball by a Braves player under Statcast tracking -- by 2.6 mph.
- Giancarlo Stanton, June 9 vs. Minnesota Twins, 118.3 Mph
- (Tie). Pete Alonso, August 19 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 118.4 Mph
- (Tie). Aaron Judge, September 26 vs. Boston Red Sox, 118.4 Mph
- Giancarlo Stanton, September 21 vs. Texas Rangers, 118.5 Mph
- (Tie). Franchy Cordero, May 23 vs. Philadelphia Phillies, 118.6 Mph
We’ll start the list at number 20, with a name you will see a lot in this ranking: Giancarlo Stanton of the New York Yankees. In fact, Stanton has 13 of the 20 hardest-hit balls on record for 2021. In the video below, Stanton takes an 0-1 pitch from Twins pitcher Randy Dobnak to left field for a double. And, yes, just over 118 mph in exit velocity ...
While Alonso may be the Home Run Derby champion, he gets on this list for a smoking single he hit off Corey Knebel of the Dodgers. Interestingly, Alonso’s hit you can see in the video below is one of only two produced by a National League player on this list.
If you’re going to hit a ball really hard, is it more satisfying to do it against your arch rival? That’s a question that could be asked of Aaron Judge, who makes the list of the 20 hardest hit balls of the season on three occasions. He joins his teammate Stanton as the only players to make the list more than once. Here’s the first entry from Judge...
The first home run on our list, Stanton takes an 0-1 slider from Texas pitcher Dane Dunning over the left field wall. It doesn’t take long for the ball to travel 415 feet.
Zack Wheeler was one of the most dominant pitchers in the National League this season, finishing second in the NL Cy Young Award balloting. However, Boston’s Franchy Cordero shows on this home run blast that even the finest pitchers can miss their mark from time to time.
A table displaying leaders in Statcast metrics such as Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % (LA SwSp%), Barrels, Exit Velocity (EV), Batted Ball Distance (DST), Projected Home Run Distance (HR-DST), Launch Angle (LA) and Batted Ball Event (BBE).
Nov 18, 2021 · These are the Major League Baseball players who hit the ball the hardest and led the highest exit velocity parade in 2021. As a note, all data for this article was taken from BaseballSavant.MLB.com. 20. Giancarlo Stanton, June 9 vs. Minnesota Twins, 118.3 mph.
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Jul 6, 2021 · Whereas HardHit% uses a fixed minimum exit velocity (EV) threshold of 95 mph to determine a hard hit, DHH% uses a — you guessed it — dynamic threshold that changes according to launch angle...
