These are the longest Coors Field moonshots

These are the longest Coors Field moonshots

September 10th, 2022

Here are the longest homers at Coors Field since the advent of Statcast in 2015:

1-T. 504 feet -- (Rockies) off RHP Keynan Middleton (D-backs) on Sept. 9, 2022

1-T. 504 feet -- (Marlins) off RHP Chad Bettis (Rockies) on Aug. 6, 2016

2. 499 feet -- Christian Yelich (Brewers) off RHP Chad Kuhl (Rockies) on Sept. 6, 2022

3. 496 feet -- Jesús Sánchez (Marlins) off RHP Ryan Feltner (Rockies) on May 30, 2022

4. 495 feet -- Ryan McMahon (Rockies) off LHP T.J. McFarland (Cardinals) on Aug. 9, 2022

5. 493 feet -- (Nationals) off LHP Yohan Flande (Rockies) on Aug. 20, 2015

6T. 487 feet -- (Cardinals) off RHP Tim Melville (Rockies) on Sept. 19, 2019

6T. 487 feet -- Trevor Story (Rockies) off LHP Andrew Suarez (Giants) on Sept. 5, 2018

8T. 486 feet -- C.J. Cron (Rockies) off LHP MacKenzie Gore (Padres) on June 17, 2022

8T. 486 feet -- (Rockies) off LHP Mike Montgomery (Cubs) on June 10, 2019

10. 484 feet -- (Rockies) off LHP Hunter Cervenka (Braves) on July 21, 2016

Of course, the list does not include a well-remembered, pre-Statcast long ball. Still, Hall of Famer Mike Piazza’s shot for the Dodgers off Darren Holmes on Sept. 26, 1997, traveled 496 feet, according to a postgame estimate by the Rockies.

When Stanton’s distance was announced, longtime Rockies observers disputed that it was anywhere near the distance of Piazza’s. Whatever the distance, it’s worth another gawk.

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Senior Reporter Thomas Harding has covered the Rockies since 2000, and for MLB.com since 2002.