There is a physics formula to calculate distance if you know speed and trajectory. It is: distance equals the velocity squared in feet per second times the sine (opposite angle of the vlaunch degree in a right triangle) time 2 times the launch degree all over 32 feet per second squared.
You don't have to buy a scientific calculator to make this useful to you, you just have to memorize the good trajectories from the following chart:
The optimal flight angle for achieving maximum distance is 45 degrees.
Thanks to Wikipedia. I'm sure they won't mind.
The money trajectory for baseball is 30 degrees. It carries 87 percent of the distance as a 45 degree parabola with only 70 percent of the hang time. Hang time isn't such a big deal if you're hitting home runs, but it makes all of the difference in the world if you are hitting your balls to right field and Ichiro is playing.
Here are Seager's home runs:
Date
Distance
MPH off bat
launch Angle
4/27/2014
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395
106.2
29.3
6/24/2014
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403
105.8
31.6
4/27/2014
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367
103.9
25.7
7/1/2014
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401
103.5
30.9
5/29/2014
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386
103.4
24.9
6/2/2014
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381
101
32.5
4/26/2014
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376
100.9
26.1
4/23/2014
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370
100.3
35.9
6/16/2014
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388
100.3
27.2
6/25/2014
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385
100.3
25.7
5/30/2014
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385
99.9
34.5
7/12/2014
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391
99.6
33.1
7/10/2014
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384
99
32
4/23/2014
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367
98.7
26.5
5/11/2014
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340
94.3
30.5
Gorgeous line drives, every last one. Those are just the home runs. We've been scouting Seager and a lot of his doubles are done just the same way. Question: Has anyone ever seen Seager hit a can of corn fly ball? Does that happen? Is it too late to get this guy on the ballot for President?