Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits the longest homerun at Olympic stadium

On May 20, 1978 — Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits a 535-foot home run into the 300 club deck level in right field off Montreal Expos pitcher Wayne Twitchell to highlight a 6 – 0 victory at Stade Olympic. The expos replaced the red seat with a yellow seat to commemorate the blast. It is now on display in the Canadian baseball hall of fame.

Stargell’s 407th career home run, tying him with Duke Snider on the career all-time list.

 
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