BOSTON – Ted Williams can still claim the longest home run in Fenway Park history.
Toronto first baseman Rowdy Tellez hit a Nathan Eovaldi cutter that landed deep in the right field bleachers in Boston's 7-6 victory on Thursday night. The homer was initially measured by Statcast at 505 feet, which would have eclipsed Williams' historic 1946 blast by 3 feet. The landing spot for that home run is marked with a special red seat.
But the ball seemed to land a few rows short of Williams' famed blast. A message left with Major League Baseball seeking clarification was not immediately returned. The 505-foot distance originally posted for the Tellez homer was later taken off Statcast's website; as of Friday the distance was listed as "NaN" — not a number.
"It's the only home run I've ever hit in Fenway, so I'd probably say it's the deepest here," Tellez said after his seventh career homer. "Probably say all around the furthest home run I hit in the big leagues."
Tellez said he's taking nothing from his short-lived spot in the park's history books, though.
"Absolutely nothing," he said. "It's a home run. All it had to go is 381 feet over the fence. It's a cool little stat, but it's a tough loss so we're more focused on that."
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