Home Run Damage Report, 2013 Week 7

For an introduction to Home Run Damage along with a list of all 2013 home runs, read this page.

This report covers games from Friday, May 10th through Thursday, May 16th.

Most Damaging: Prince Fielder, 4.48 HRD, #13 in 2013, #268 Overall

Most Average Home Run (HRD closest to 0.00): Mike Moustakas, 0.00 HRD

Least Damaging: Adrian Beltre, -5.81 HRD

Highest Perception Score: Pablo Sandoval, 158 HRP, -0.60 HRD

Lowest Perception Score: Raul Ibanez, -51 HRP, -3.17 HRD

Fastest off the Bat: Albert Pujols, 116.1 mph, 4.23 HRD

Slowest off the Bat: Adrian Beltre, 91.2 mph, -5.81 HRD

Most Towering: Todd Helton, 142 feet, 0.61 HRD

Most Line Drive: Adam Jones, 43 feet, -3.16 HRD

Closest to straight center: Lucas Duda, 90.0 Degree Exit Angle, 0.93 HRD 

Walk-off: Evan Longoria, 5/11/13, 4.11 HRD and Andrew McCutchen, 5/14/13, -0.78 HRD

First Career Home Run: Derek Dietrich, 1.49 HRD; Avisail Garcia, 0.40 HRD; Donald Lutz, -1.40 HRD

Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker

Home Run Damage Report, 2013 Week 6

For an introduction to Home Run Damage along with a list of all 2013 home runs, read this page.

This report covers games from Friday, May 3rd through Thursday, May 9th.

Most Damaging: David Wright, 5.33 HRD – #3 in 2013, #78 overall

Most Average Home Run (HRD closest to 0.00): Guillermo Quiroz, 0.01 HRD

Least Damaging: Mark DeRosa, -4.72 HRD

Highest Perception Score: David Ross, 206 HRP, 2.67 HRD

Lowest Perception Score: Dustin Pedroia, -58 HRP, -3.75 HRD

Fastest off the Bat: David Wright, 115.5 mph, 5.33 HRD

Slowest off the Bat: Victor Martinez, 92.6 mph, -4.45 HRD

Most Towering: Asdrubal Cabrera, 141 feet, -2.88 HRD

Most Line Drive: Adam Lind, 50 feet, 1.02 HRD

Closest to straight center: Michael Cuddyer, 90.2 Degree Exit Angle, 1.46 HRD and Mark DeRosa, 90.2 Degree Exit Angle, 0.91 HRD

Walk-off: Buster Posey, 5/3/13, 0.69 HRD, Guillermo Quiroz, 5/4/13, 0.01 HRD, Shin-Soo Choo 5/7/13, 0.53 HRD

First Career Home Run: Aaron Hicks, 0.72 HRD; Marcell Ozuna, -1.90 HRD

Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker

Home Run Damage Report, 2013 Week 5

For an introduction to Home Run Damage along with a list of all 2013 home runs, read this page.

This report covers games from Friday, April 26th through Thursday, May 2nd.

Most Damaging: Mark Trumbo, 6.83 - #1 in 2013, #8 overall

Least Damaging: Adrian Gonzalez, -4.17

Highest Perception Score*: Mark Trumbo, 225 HRP, 6.83 HRD

Lowest Perception Score: Dioner Navarro, -58 HRP, -1.47 HRD

*This is a new invention this week where I attempt to rank home runs based on how far it “looks like” it went. I will explain it at a greater depth on Monday at Beyond the Box Score.

Fastest off the Bat: Mark Trumbo, 120.1 mph, 6.83 HRD

Slowest off the Bat: Brennan Boesch, 94.6 mph, -3.23 HRD

Most Towering: Josh Willingham, 143 feet, -0.91 HRD

Most Line Drive: Domonic Brown, 47 feet, 0.58 HRD

Closest to straight center: Howie Kendrick, 89.9 Degree Exit Angle, -0.20 HRD

Walk-off: Brandon Moss, 4/29/13, -2.69 HRD

First Career Home Run: Joe Mahoney, 1.71 HRD; Nolan Arenado, 1.08 HRD; Jedd Gyorko, -1.64 HRD; Hector Gimenez, -1.79 HRD

Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker

Home Run Damage Report, 2013 Week 4

For an introduction to Home Run Damage along with a list of all 2013 home runs, read this page.

This report covers games from Friday, April 19th through Thursday, April 25th.

*I changed Home Run Damage to calculate using the Standard Distance instead of the True Distance. You can read about the difference between the two in the Home Run Tracker glossary.

Most Damaging: John Buck, 4.14 - #9 in 2013, #449 overall

Least Damaging: Matt Holliday, -5.48

Fastest off the Bat: Bryce Harper, 117.1 mph, 4.00 HRD

Slowest off the Bat: Fernando Martinez, 92.3 mph, -4.73 HRD

Most Towering: Chris Carter, 144 feet, 0.40 HRD

Most Line Drive: Matt Carpenter, 51 feet, 1.31 HRD

Closest to straight center: Alex Gordon, 90.1 degree exit angle, 3.14 HRD

Walk-off: Mark Trumbo, 4/21/13, 1.55 HRD, Howie Kendrick, 4/23/13, 0.72 HRD, and Jordany Valdespin, 4/24/13, -2.90 HRD

First Career Home Run: Wade Miley, 1.43 HRD, Leonys Martin, 1.24 HRD, and Oswaldo Arcia, 0.02 HRD.

Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker

Home Run Damage Report, 2013 Week 3

For an introduction to Home Run Damage along with a list of all 2013 home runs, read this page.

This report covers games from Friday, April 12th through Thursday, April 18th.

Most Damaging: Anthony Rizzo, 5.72 – #1 in 2013, #47 overall

Least Damaging: Will Venable, -5.02

Fastest off the Bat: Kyle Blanks, 117.4 mph, 4.62 HRD

Slowest off the Bat: Will Venable, 92.1 mph, -5.02 HRD

Most Towering: David DeJesus, 141 feet, 0.18 HRD

Most Line Drive: Brandon Crawford, 49 feet, -1.01 HRD

Closest to straight center: Yan Gomes, 89.9 degree exit angle, 0.75 HRD

Walk-off: Josh Donaldson, 4/12/13, -3.82 HRD and Matt Wieters, 4/18/13, -1.95 HRD

First Career Home Run: Eric Stults, -0.20 HRD, Didi Gregorius, -0.32 HRD, and Nate Freiman, -0.87 HRD

Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker

Home Run Damage Report, 2013 Week 2

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This report covers games from Friday, April 5th through Thursday, April 11th.

Most Damaging: Mike Napoli, 5.22 – #2 in 2013, #101 overall

Least Damaging: Coco Crisp, -4.88

Fastest off the Bat: Mike Napoli, 115.7 mph, 5.22 HRD

Slowest off the Bat: Coco Crisp, 91.6 mph, -4.88 HRD

Most Towering: Alex Avila, 141 feet, -2.51 HRD

Most Line Drive: Will Middlebrooks, 48 feet, 0.97 HRD

Closest to straight center: Travis Hafner, 90.0 degree exit angle, 0.39 HRD

Walk-off: Justin Upton, 4/6/13, 0.66 HRD and Dayan Viciedo, 4/7/13, -0.10 HRD

First Career Home Run: Eduardo Escobar, 0.51 HRD and Jean Segura, 0.12 HRD

Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker

Home Run Damage Report, 2013 Week 1

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This report covers games from Sunday, March 31st through Thursday, April 4th.

Most Damaging: Justin Upton, 4.98 – #1 in 2013, #131 overall

Least Damaging: Brett Gardner, -4.31

Fastest off the Bat: Justin Upton, 117.3 mph, 4.98 HRD

Slowest off the Bat: Brett Gardner, 93.5 mph, -4.31 HRD

Most Towering: J.P. Arencibia, 145 feet, -0.99 HRD

Most Line Drive: Edwin Encarnacion, 46 feet, 0.12 HRD

Closest to straight center: Chase Utley, 89.9 degree exit angle, 0.36 HRD

Walk-off: Matt Joyce (doesn’t appear on ESPN Home Run Tracker website)

First Career Home Run: Clayton Kershaw, 0.28 HRD and Evan Gattis, -1.41 HRD

Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker

Home Run Damage Report May 21st, 2012

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Most Damaging: Giancarlo Stanton, 6.61 - #1 in 2012, #11 overall

Stanton’s HR last night was the 11th most damaging out of over 30,000 home runs hit since 2006. It was the fastest off the bat of the entire data set, just edging out Wladimir Balentien’s 122.3 mph on October 2nd, 2009. However, the distance was “only” 462 feet, so it gets 2.5 points of damage for distance and 4.1 points for speed.

Least Damaging: Jed Lowrie, -1.89

Fastest off the Bat: Giancarlo Stanton, 122.4 mph, 6.61 Damage – Fastest off the bat in 2012

Slowest off the Bat: Jed Lowrie, 97.5 mph, -1.89 Damage

Highest Apex: B.J. Upton, 117 feet, 0.49 Damage

Upton’s HR went up in the air and hit “something” and came down deep in center field. The umpires actually used deductive reasoning to call this a home run, since they knew it went past the B ring, which is in play. They knew it didn’t hit the D ring, so they deduced that it hit either the C ring or a catwalk, which is ruled a home run.

Lowest Apex: Ian Desmond, 60 feet, 2.04 Damage

Closest to straight center: B.J. Upton, 90.6 Degree Exit Angle, 0.49 Damage

Walk-off: None

First Career Home Run: Mike Leake, -1.35 Damage

Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker

Home Run Damage Report Weekend of May 18th, 2012

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This report covers all home runs from Friday, May 18th through Sunday, May 20th.

Most Damaging: Jarrod Saltalamacchia, 4.98 – #3 in 2012, #121 overall

Least Damaging: Jose Bautista, -4.52

Fastest off the Bat: Yan Gomes, 116.4 mph, 4.21 Damage

Slowest off the Bat: Jose Bautista, 93.2 mph, -4.52 Damage

Highest Apex: Asdrubal Cabrera, 137 feet, -2.82 Damage

Lowest Apex: Raul Ibanez, 51 feet, -1.29 Damage

Closest to straight center: Josh Reddick, 90.6 Degree Exit Angle, 1.24 Damage

Walk-off: None

First Career Home Run: Yan Gomes, 4.21 Damage, Scott Van Slyke, 0.40 Damage and Stephen Strasburg, -0.67 Damage

Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker

Home Run Damage Report May 17th, 2012

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Most Damaging: Andrew McCutchen, 2.31 - #109 in 2012, #3109 overall

Least Damaging: Jed Lowrie, -4.36

Fastest off the Bat: Joey Votto, 111.1 mph, 1.48 Damage

Slowest off the Bat: Jed Lowrie, 93.4 mph, -4.36 Damage

Highest Apex: Freddie Freeman, 123 feet, 0.63 Damage

Lowest Apex: Welington Castillo, 57 feet, 0.60 Damage

Closest to straight center: Yadier Molina, 89.9 Degrees, 0.94 Damage

#WeirdMeat Special (Most Damaging Opposite Field Home Run): Justin Morneau, -0.04 Damage

Walk-off: None

Data from ESPN HomeRun Tracker