Madison Bumgarner

Watch: Madison Bumgarner crushed the hardest-hit home run by a pitcher

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

Sports Illustrated, SI Wire/Sports Illustrated

San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner hit a solo home run on a line drive to left center field in the fifth inning off Arizona Diamondbacks starter Zach Greinke.

Bumgarner now has 17 career home runs, which is the most for an active pitcher. His career-high for a season is five home runs in 2015.

Clayton Kershaw's 2013 Opening Day home run is the only other dinger by a pitcher on Opening Day in the last 25 seasons, according to researcher Katie Sharp.

The home run was a 112.5-mile-per-hour shot, which is the hardest-hit home run by a pitcher in the Statcast era.

Watch Bumgarner's home run below:

The home run gave the Giants a 2–0 lead.

- Chris Chavez

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Madison Bumgarner

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