MLB | Mike Piazza Greatest Home Runs

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8 жыл бұрын

A tribute to the greatest home run hitting catcher to ever play in the MLB and one of the greatest New York Mets of all time. I made this video in honor of him being elected to the MLB Hall of Fame this year. These are just some of his greatest home runs. I DO NOT own anything, this video was made for entertainment purposes only. All rights are reserved for the MLB and all of its affiliates. Like, comment, and subscribe for more! Enjoy!
Intro song: Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Career Stats:
.308 AVG
427 HR
1335 RBI
2127 hits

Пікірлер: 203

@rm1133 4 жыл бұрын

Watching this and you think “wow what a power hitter Piazza was” and he sure was but maybe more impressive than that was his lifetime .308 average. Lifetime! A catcher who was a .300+ hitter year after year. The guy was just born to hit. And I never saw anyone go opposite field w/ such power before or since.

@michaeld.4521 7 жыл бұрын

Piazza was worth every dime the Mets ever paid him.

@shawnbopko858 6 жыл бұрын

tru that want pizza on the needle when he went to the mets

@stevehan8748 5 жыл бұрын

I stopped following baseball after the Dodgers traded him. Glad he had the success with the mets. Very bitter sweet.

@CaptainBick 5 жыл бұрын

Calm down

@CashMoolah00 5 жыл бұрын

Should of been at first, he would of lasted longer.

@IENetworkTV 3 жыл бұрын

AS A MET FAN I SIT HERE IN TEARS THE 9/11 HOME RUN WAS WORTH EVERY DIME WE EVER PAID HIM

@ReklawLah 7 жыл бұрын

Mike Piazza's swing was so unique. I've never seen anything like it before or since. The 9/11 home run may be the best home run in the history of baseball, in my opinion.

@TampaJohn 7 жыл бұрын

ReklawLah I tend to agree. My eyes got a little misty when he hit that. Other than when they won it in '86 that's the most emotional I've ever gotten in a baseball game.

@andresalvarado4969 7 жыл бұрын

ReklawLah I'm a Dodgers fan through and through, but when Mike joined the Mets I followed his career there as well and rooted for the Mets every single time, except when they played the Dodgers, in those games I just wanted him to have a good game LOL. He's truly my favorite athlete of all time, grew up watching that man play ball.

@PiazzaGurl 6 жыл бұрын

ReklawLah Yes! Very light on his legs. Allowed his cross extension. Just the upper body power. Sweet with the swing. Never aggressive, complete follow through. Just amazing eye contact with the ball.

@jmvlock1929 6 жыл бұрын

My two favorite swings of all time are his and Bonds' . Piazza's was just poetry.

@tfarm7015 5 жыл бұрын

When Joe Carter hit a 3 run home run in the bottom of the 9th inning to win the 1993 World Series for the Blue Jays that was the best home run ever

@davidwalter2002 4 жыл бұрын

He helped New York (and perhaps the nation) heal after 9/11. His modesty doesn't allow him to acknowledge it. But he will always be loved for that home run against Atlanta. Bless you, Mike Piazza.

@nykia31 7 жыл бұрын

The man was so dang strong... combined with crazy bat speed. Love his swing...he's still as can be, no wasted motion at all, and just uncoils.

@TheCoreContingency 7 жыл бұрын

you're spot on. no leg kick like most power hitters had like Bonds and Canseco. All upper strength.

@renzo7904 6 жыл бұрын

Plus he used a big bat also, that helps with distance.

@rmartin7558 5 жыл бұрын

And the 'roids didn't hurt.

@blake7871 5 жыл бұрын

@@rmartin7558 He was noticeably thin as a rookie and was blasting homers. That swing was a thing of beauty.

@samushunter0048 3 жыл бұрын

Love how Gary Cowen gave Piazza love even as a Padre with a Mets HR call.

@Njfishingmaniac 3 жыл бұрын

Yup both homers that game haha I loved it too. I would have done the same !

@Shinobi33 4 жыл бұрын

What a powerful swing. His home runs had a great sound to them. None cheated.

@terrencegroves7191 3 жыл бұрын

Agree the crack of that bat is amazing

@johnniejay 6 жыл бұрын

It's a travesty that this guy didn't go into the HoF on the first ballot. Piazza was just incredible.

@michaelchristensen9004 3 жыл бұрын

I agree but that wrong has been corrected he's in the HOF now.

@LancerJak Жыл бұрын

Willie Mays wasn’t voted into the HoF 100 percent. Willie freaking Mays. Yeah the HoF voters can eat it.

@davidwalter2002 6 ай бұрын

HIs first year of eligibility was a hold-out year, where nobody was voted in. The next year was when Maddox and Glavine were first-balloters, and they're legit first balloters. Mike climbed the ladder every year, and eventually got his due.

@johnniejay 6 ай бұрын

@@davidwalter2002 That explains it then, thank you 👍

@davidwalter2002 6 ай бұрын

@@johnniejay We were all rooting for him to get in, and we were all thrilled when it was announced. That summer, we took a trip to Cooperstown (not on Induction Day, but at the end of August), and I got myself a Piazza HoF jersey! The elegant pinstripes.

@bppierce166 8 жыл бұрын

8 minutes of Piazza home runs. AWESOME

@stuartb9323 3 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable power! I was visiting family in Southern California during the late 90's. My cousin took me to a Dodger game. I'm from NJ, and a long time Met fan. So we go to the game, and have awesome seats behind the dugout down the third baseline. Mike comes up to bat and fouls a few balls away just before he cracks one into the crowd coming right for us! It goes right over my cousins head and hits an older gentleman in the right arm. I think it was broken because I heard a loud crack. He was in a lot of pain, and security came down to check him. I was on the end seat in the row and when he got hit, the ball rolled right to me. He had some family with him, so before they took him away, I handed the ball to one of his kids. I thought, man...this batter has tons of power. Little did I know he'd be playing for the Mets the next year. I was thrilled ! FANTASTIC VIDEO !!

@seanbond6454 Жыл бұрын

To ALL fields. His opposite field shots are the best I’ve ever seen.

@dukedematteo1995 4 жыл бұрын

Every Italian dude from the tri state loves Piazza....def one of my favorites.

@veritasetaequitas4310 5 жыл бұрын

Roger Clemens: "If you can't beat him, throw his broken bat at him."

@dukedematteo1995 4 жыл бұрын

They should have fought....would have been good. Both guys seem pretty damn tough.

@hlcepeda 3 жыл бұрын

Or head-bean him, like he did to Piazza.

@carlwhitted538 7 жыл бұрын

"Goodbye! Absolutely crushed!" Love that line.

@um52 5 жыл бұрын

Greatest offensive catcher that ever stepped to the plate. His career stats just in general are insane. Pure dominating player in his prime

@MrSuwavex 8 жыл бұрын

My Favorite Player As a kid and as a Dodger fan!

@nm1646 5 жыл бұрын

My Favorite Player As a kid and as a Mets fan!

@TampaJohn 7 жыл бұрын

I LOVED hearing the legendary Bob Murphy call some of his homers. He was a true icon. Bob, Ralph and Lindsey. May they RIP.

@frankmaiorana66 Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. I loved listening to Murph, Kiner, and Lindsay.

@johngonzalez4298 5 жыл бұрын

I was glad to watch him play live when he was with Dodgers and Mets. He is one of my favorite MLB players of all time. I'm glad that he's in the Hall of Fame.

@carlwhitted538 7 жыл бұрын

There's such a satisfying crack every time he hit a home run.

@TheRealJohnJ10 5 жыл бұрын

I just finished up his book called "Longshot" Worth the read for a Piazza fan. This guy was absolutely lethal at the plate.

@rafterscott 5 жыл бұрын

I was at the game when the Mets came back to win at 4:14 (first row above the Waterhouse sign). Never heard Shea Stadium explode like that.

@rustykuntz94 5 жыл бұрын

The electricity that was in Shea Stadium for big games was amazing. You can feel the energy in these clips from his Shea home runs.

@terrencegroves7191 3 жыл бұрын

I miss Shea and mike what an awesome combination

@jmvlock1929 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. This is like a sizzle reel. His swing, the sound off his bat - I need this on a regular basis. He hit the ball *so damn hard*.

@jasonkaplan4618 7 жыл бұрын

Loved 1) The Grand Slam of Clemens and 2) The 3 run shot that completed the comeback against Atlanta after being down 8-1 in the 8th inning in 2000 against Atlanta that gave them an 11-8 lead. It wasn't until he started to break down as a player from being a catcher for too many games that he showed signs of slowing. His HRs and hitting were a sight. That 9/11 HR was great to see in person. Knew it was out from the moment he hit it.

@Njfishingmaniac 3 жыл бұрын

Just loved that swing wtf. Time went by to fast.

@terrelldavis3864 4 жыл бұрын

Mike was my favorite Dodger and over all player period. He would always come through when he needed a big hit at a big moment. I remember both he and Ken Griffey Jr. Took a really cool pic together for Sports Illustrated. Back in 1994 they were both the best two players in baseball in there prime .

@dylan.heaton73 4 жыл бұрын

1:59 my personal favorite

@bbigjohnson069 5 жыл бұрын

I've never seen anyone hit the ball as hard as he did. Not just HR's, everything, singles, doubles. They talk about the ball Stanton hit at Coors. And it was a shot, halfway up the seats in dead CF. At 2:20 Piazza hits a ball on the same line and it cleared all of those seats and landed towards the back of the concourse. They said it was 495 ft. But it's well over 500 ft. like 530 ft. He's the only guy that I would stop whatever I was doing and watch his at bat.

@TheCoreContingency 7 жыл бұрын

Legend.

@flagtheoffense 5 жыл бұрын

I still cannot believe the home run in Game 6 1999. Hitting it there - in that park - is nuts let alone off of John goddamn Smoltz.

@flagtheoffense 4 жыл бұрын

The home run versus Smoltz is so fucking crazy. I don't think a lot of people realize how hard it was to hit it to that party of the park as a righty off of THAT guy

@flagtheoffense 3 жыл бұрын

The Smoltz and Wagner home runs were just nuts

@corrbenbernsten4902 Жыл бұрын

What a career 👏 and I got to watch him

@LatashaHarvin Ай бұрын

My favorite Mets player, when he was with the Dodgers I wasn't a baseball fan. My father was a big Mets fan. Rest In Peace Daddy.

@duanewilliams6336 4 жыл бұрын

That hr + bat flip around :50 🔥 🔥

@xxxYYZxxx Жыл бұрын

Mike Piazza has the best right handed HR swing I've ever seen, possibly just the best. Many righty power hitters have a compact swing like Trout, or Schmidt back in the day, but not Piazza. Piazza's full roundhouse swing with the bat rebounding forward into a natural bat flip motion is a thing of baseball beauty. Also, nobody when oppo field like Big Mike, with authority.

@jillyhawk 3 жыл бұрын

In a world of greed, hatred & intolerance, tis lovely just to enjoy & appreciate The Boys of Summer, in all their Glory!! Thank you Mike Piazza xo the Monster Crusher!!

@LoganMPierce 4 жыл бұрын

The most opposite field power there has ever been.

@brianschnurr3254 7 жыл бұрын

My favorite.

@tidedownoutdoors5411 5 жыл бұрын

MP was definiely of the mindset "swing hard in case you hit it"! Dude never got cheated, a freaking murderous swing.

@TheMan750 7 жыл бұрын

5:42.......that HR everyone remembers

@bryanladuke2453 8 жыл бұрын

Cool vid! Keep up the good work! You just earned a new sub!

@EntertainYourselfEY 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Keep watching!

@matthewkluge5441 5 жыл бұрын

I was fortunate enough to play against Mike in the minors when he was with Bakersfield in 1991 . The ball jumped off his bat like no other player at that level that I had ever seen .

@matthewkluge5441 5 жыл бұрын

@Piazza 427 at 6'-3" and 215 lbs he was . Being a big guy has no relation to bat speed , and that's what he had .

@Arizzo97 7 жыл бұрын

5:42 is all you need to see

@jmvlock1929 6 жыл бұрын

'Lopez wants it away...'

@jeffmiller1310 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up loving Gary Carter as a Met. But M.P you are the best at that position and a true N.Y Met.

@joshuacruz4244 3 жыл бұрын

I remember I was at that diamond back game at the 2:42 mark back in August of 1998. I remember when he crushed that grand slam everyone in the stadium 👀 saw that ball rocket 🚀 up in the sky 😳 it was amazing 👏 I'll never forget that day. Piazza was such a dangerous and lethal threat at the plate man. You could never let up on him as a pitcher because before you know it you're looking at that ball sail out of the park.

@terrencegroves7191 Жыл бұрын

The crack of the bat when mike makes contact you know it’s gone

@patrickhurley7029 5 жыл бұрын

Mike Piazza was my hero when I was a kid

@beetlesazer 3 жыл бұрын

10 dislikes? Bonds, Sosa, Maguire, Jeter, Garciaparra, Ramirez, Vizquel, Fryman, Williams, and the Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.

@plbeckman 5 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal player.

@jillyhawk 3 жыл бұрын

Dude could crush it!! Legend Piazza, goodbye!!

@300gjw Жыл бұрын

All these years later and it still sickens me that the Dodgers traded him

@iammclovin1672 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think we’ll ever get to see someone with such natural strong swing as piazza. There was just something bout him when he stepped to the plate. You can feel the fear coming from the pitcher

@jojo-ip1pw 8 жыл бұрын

nice vid

@markon.1142 3 жыл бұрын

Very satisfying 8 minutes

@martykatz5823 3 жыл бұрын

2:08 completely out of Dodger Stadium - legend

@emontanez90 6 жыл бұрын

He was a great dodger but his home runs as a met for some reason just were something special

@Rajk412 4 жыл бұрын

man i can watch mike piazza bat all day so easy on the eyes

@axlestarr4393 5 жыл бұрын

There was just something sooo...effective about his stance/swing; I only ever felt that strongly about Ken Griffey Jr's, but Piazza had that still, no-waggle stance and that laser-guided two-handed swing Been to a lot of Mets games and he had Shea jumping during his time. The crack of that ball leaving HIS bat was something else; always wished he could've been a career Met the way Jeter was a Yankee

@ENTERTAINMENT35 7 ай бұрын

All those amazimg HR calls in the video all to end it with the boring call of Red Sox announcers lol

@TheRealJohnJ10 3 жыл бұрын

I never watched a guy more deadly as far as power to all fields.

@nicklengyel6710 2 жыл бұрын

Any HR against the yanks is fannnnnnnntastic.

@supanova4126 Жыл бұрын

I was a huge Piazza fan…after he left LA. I’m a Giants fan so F LA lol. I digress. His swing wasn’t “pretty” but holy smokes when he got his arms extended it was over. It was so strong. Such a brutish swing! Just power.

@quigley121 Жыл бұрын

The perfect KZfaq video doesn't exi... Oh

@TheNightrain99 8 жыл бұрын

That bomb at Miami at approximately 0:50 is one of the longest I have seen. That went 500 feet.

@EntertainYourselfEY 8 жыл бұрын

Tommy Lasorda agrees

@bbigjohnson069 5 жыл бұрын

The one at Coors was farther it's at 2:00. It goes to dead CF, clears all the seats in that lower section, about 25 rows and lands way back on the concourse. You can see the kids running after it.

@duanewilliams6336 4 жыл бұрын

The bat flip after was incredible as well

@theretrosavage Жыл бұрын

The best hitting catcher ever

@Coach_Butch 4 жыл бұрын

Too bad he couldn't throw people out. I loved him with the Mets. I loved that team.... Hell, I just love the Mets

@ladiesman1ate7 5 жыл бұрын

No cheap homers here, those were all bombs or liners. He was all hands too, not much of a stride if any. Tremendous power.

@msw600 7 жыл бұрын

Great video. One that isn't here is against atlanta I believe at shea that went over the scoreboard.

@samuelmoulds1016 6 жыл бұрын

msw600 how come there are no HIGHLIGHTS AS A MARLIN!!!!!

@nintendonerdsvideos4727 3 жыл бұрын

The homerun at 5:43 was the 9/11 homerun. The ball was absoultely destroyed, but the mets announcers didn't want to scare listeners by saying target words like "bomb", so they said a 480 ft homerun had a chance

@haroldsteinblatt2567 2 жыл бұрын

No. He, (Howie Rose, who grew up in Queens as a monster Mete fan) reacted to it the way a fan would - desperate for it to go, not sure - and it turned out to be a monster shot. I’ve been a Mets fan for 55 years and no home run comes even close to being as important - the ceremony, Piazza clearly crying on the field, the Mets trailing, the Braves starter a New Yorker, the reliever who gave up the home run a New Yorker, a pennant race against the hated Braves, bottom of the 8th, tons of firemen in the crowd, after Mike hit the HR, lots of the firefighters did the idiot Braves chop to mock them, hysteria, in the crowd, Mets dugout. I screamed like a madman, woke my baby daughter up, my wife came running in yelling at me and I shouted, “Get the F. out of here, you’re ruining the greatest moment ever as a fan!!” And it was. My wife worked at the WTC. A firehouse was two blocks from my Manhattan apt. We visited them, saw seven families crying, tough firemen crying. I visited Ground Zero the day before and it was a massive hole, like something out of Hiroshima. It stank of smoke and, you figured, bodies. I walked away steaming at Saudi Arabia. All of that came out with my scream. It was an American moment. Maybe for a New Yorker in particular, but no baseball moment compared to it.

@buckfiden2594 3 жыл бұрын

Mike is definitely the best hitting catcher ever, no one close when you combine the average and power. As an Oriole fan I'm.hoping that Adley Rutschman will give him a run for his money, we'll just have to wait 15-20 years to find out.

@letsgomets07 4 жыл бұрын

I like the bruceeeeee to start the video

@garymiller7087 4 жыл бұрын

That sound off his bat. Watching him as a mets fan it seemed like he homered every at bat

@terrencegroves7191 3 жыл бұрын

I agree the crack of that bat love it

@RubnerFamily 5 жыл бұрын

Piazza should have changed is name to Steinbrenner cuz he OWNED the Yankees.

@briancalifornia 5 жыл бұрын

My favorite Dodger of all time

@m.zagorski2557 2 жыл бұрын

Piazza had opposite field power that could rival a left-handed pull slugger!

@billymatthews7346 5 жыл бұрын

Saw Mike hit a dead center homerun off John Smoltz in Atlanta on a Sunday afternoon back during the 1992 season, while enjoying [carry in] ribs...Should have stayed a LA Dodger....

@andypagakis 4 жыл бұрын

Piazza definitely should of been on an AL team, he'd of gotten way more at bats with a mix of DH and catching

@AG-vt6eq 4 жыл бұрын

Piazza would easily have over 500 HRs if he played any other position than catcher. He missed so many games due to injury/wear and tear and rest.

@Dangansona Жыл бұрын

Seeing Piazza at bat as a pitcher must be like seeing Earnhardt in your rear view mirror

@fryelee11 2 ай бұрын

I don't know why the home run he hit off Randy Johnson is not on here. He knocked it completely out of Diamond Bach stadium.

@dennismedina1629 5 жыл бұрын

Piazza had some much power going opposite field.

@JoeOffline 7 жыл бұрын

The post 9/11 homerun didnt just have a chance. That thing was gone off the bat.

@etan7433 4 жыл бұрын

Who agrees that he is a push hitter?

@TheOutbackGuru 4 жыл бұрын

I always looked at Piazza's two handed follow through as a resemblance of Fred McGriff's one handed follow through

@kinkisharyocoasters 7 жыл бұрын

you don't show the apple in any of them?

@muxux4 4 жыл бұрын

The Home Run Mike Hit at Shea after 9/11/2001 against the Braves will be embedded in every NY Mets fan forever. Aside from every homer off the biggest As...le ever: Roger Steroids Clemens.

@patrickkanas3874 4 жыл бұрын

Not bad for someone who was drafted as a favor

@3912James 4 жыл бұрын

I wish Mike was still in his prime with Pete Alonso in the Mets lineup.

@144Donn 6 жыл бұрын

Back when the ball was not simply flying out the park..other than Bonds, Sossa and McGurie.

@ravenrog 5 жыл бұрын

How you left off the 3 run homer to cap a 10 run 8th inning against the Braves on 6/30/00 is beyond me. He hit a laser over the 338 sign down the left field line. With the exception of the post 9/11 HR, it was his most electrifying homer as a Met.

@chriscjy4233 4 жыл бұрын

It wasn't left off.

@chriscjy4233 4 жыл бұрын

4:13, Gary Thorne's call.