2008 Cubs home runs as measured by Hit Tracker

I think I may have done this at some point last season and it's mostly just for fun, but it is informative as well. You can take a look at the Cubs page on Hit Tracker here. Hit Tracker gives you the leaders in home runs in several different categories at the moment. I'm going to list the leaders for the Cubs and MLB in True Distance, Standard Distance, Speed off Bat, Golden Sledgehammers and Lucky Home Runs. First, the definitions. True Dist. (True Distance, a.k.a. Actual Distance) - If the home run flew uninterrupted all the way back to field level, the actual distance the ball traveled from home plate, in feet. If the ball's flight was interrupted before returning all the way down to field level (as is usually the case), the estimated distance the ball would have traveled if its flight had continued uninterrupted all the way down to field level. Std Distance (Standard Distance) - The estimated distance in feet the home run would have traveled if it flew uninterrupted all the way down to field level, and if the home run had been hit with no wind, in 70 degree air at sea level. Standard distance factors out the influence of wind, temperature and altitude, and is thus the best way of comparing home runs hit under a variety of different conditions. Speed Off Bat - The calculated speed of the baseball as it left the bat, in miles per hour (mph). Lucky Homer - A home run that would not have cleared the fence if it has been struck on a 70-degree, calm day. The Golden Sledgehammer is just the average standard distance of each home run hit by a player this season. TRUE DISTANCE (MLB) LAST, FIRST Team True Distance Dunn, Adam CIN 485 Hawpe, Brad COL 482 Upton, Justin ARI 480 Holliday, Matt COL 473 Ramirez, Hanley FLA 473 Spilborghs, Ryan COL 472 Berkman, Lance HOU 470 Rodriguez, Alex NYY 468 Hamilton, Josh TEX 467 Iannetta, Chris COL 467 TRUE DISTANCE (CUBS) LAST, FIRST Team True Distance Soriano, Alfonso CHC 447 Lee, Derrek CHC 444 Soriano, Alfonso CHC 443 Edmonds, Jim CHC 437 Ramirez, Aramis CHC 434 DeRosa, Mark CHC 429 Ramirez, Aramis CHC 426 Soriano, Alfonso CHC 425 Fukudome, Kosuke CHC 424 Soriano, Alfonso CHC 422 STANDARD DISTANCE (MLB) Hitter Team Standard Distance Buck, John KC 478 Dunn, Adam CIN 471 Dunn, Adam CIN 469 Berkman, Lance HOU 468 Easley, Damion NYM 468 Howard, Ryan PHI 467 Hamilton, Josh TEX 466 Upton, Justin ARI 466 Rodriguez, Alex NYY 464 Gross, Gabe TB 462 STANDARD DISTANCE (CUBS) Hitter Team Standard Distance Soriano, Alfonso CHC 456 Johnson, Reed CHC 452 Lee, Derrek CHC 449 Soriano, Alfonso CHC 447 DeRosa, Mark CHC 438 Lee, Derrek CHC 438 Fukudome, Kosuke CHC 423 Ramirez, Aramis CHC 423 Soto, Geovany CHC 419 Fukudome, Kosuke CHC 417 SPEED OFF BAT (MLB) LAST, FIRST Team SOB Jacobs, Mike FLA 122.8 Buck, John KC 121.6 Dunn, Adam CIN 121.5 Hermida, Jeremy FLA 121.5 Ramirez, Manny BOS 121.4 Upton, Justin ARI 121 Dunn, Adam CIN 120.8 Gross, Gabe TB 120.8 Easley, Damion NYM 120.3 Soriano, Alfonso CHC 120.2 SPEED OFF BAT (CUBS) LAST, FIRST Team SOB Soriano, Alfonso CHC 120.2 Johnson, Reed CHC 116.9 Lee, Derrek CHC 116.1 Soriano, Alfonso CHC 116.1 Ramirez, Aramis CHC 115.6 DeRosa, Mark CHC 115.5 Lee, Derrek CHC 114.7 Lee, Derrek CHC 112.5 Ramirez, Aramis CHC 111.9 Ramirez, Aramis CHC 111.9 LUCKY HOME RUNS (MLB) LAST, FIRST HR DeRosa, Mark 12 Ramirez, Aramis 8 Soriano, Alfonso 7 Edmonds, Jim 5 Lee, Derrek 5 Soto, Geovany 3 Fontenot, Mike 3 Zambrano, Carlos 2 Fukudome, Kosuke 2 Theriot, Ryan 1 Blanco, Henry 1 Ward, Daryle 1 LUCKY HOME RUNS (CUBS) LAST, FIRST HR DeRosa, Mark 12 Ramirez, Aramis 8 Soriano, Alfonso 7 Edmonds, Jim 5 Lee, Derrek 5 Soto, Geovany 3 Fontenot, Mike 3 Zambrano, Carlos 2 Fukudome, Kosuke 2 Theriot, Ryan 1 Blanco, Henry 1 Ward, Daryle 1 GOLDEN SLEDGEHAMMERS (MLB) LAST, FIRST Team hr Avg. Std Dist. Dunn, Adam CIN 34 410.9 Rodriguez, Alex NYY 28 408.5 Werth, Jayson PHI 17 406.8 Delgado, Carlos NYM 27 406.7 Votto, Joey CIN 15 406.4 Hamilton, Josh TEX 28 405.7 Hunter, Torii LAA 19 405.1 Jones, Chipper ATL 19 402.6 Ortiz, David BOS 17 401.9 Ramirez, Hanley FLA 28 401.4 Guerrero, Vladimir LAA 23 401.3 Longoria, Evan TB 21 401.1 Ankiel, Rick STL 24 400.5 Ludwick, Ryan STL 31 400.2 Holliday, Matt COL 23 399.6 Ramirez, Manny BOS 25 399.1 Ordonez, Magglio DET 15 397.4 Ibanez, Raul SEA 20 396.7 Scott, Luke BAL 21 396.6 Hinske, Eric TB 19 396.3 Reynolds, Mark ARI 25 396.1 Berkman, Lance HOU 26 395.7 Kouzmanoff, Kevin SD 19 395.6 Pujols, Albert STL 28 395.4 Thome, Jim CWS 27 395.3 Fielder, Prince MIL 28 395.2 Pena, Carlos TB 26 395.1 Bradley, Milton TEX 21 395 Beltran, Carlos NYM 19 394.6 Bay, Jason PIT 26 394.5 GOLDEN SLEDGEHAMMERS (CUBS) LAST, FIRST Team HR Avg. Std Dist. Lee, Derrek CHC 18 389.1 Soto, Geovany CHC 19 389.1 Ramirez, Aramis CHC 23 385.9 Soriano, Alfonso CHC 22 382 DeRosa, Mark CHC 18 375.6