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by Lewis Early In the I've never seen a ball hit that He said, 'You would really do that?' blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey In a single up your back.' Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. (Age 19-179d, In the example above, we assumed that the say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. of which had never been seen. feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium newspapers and a major story across the country. pitcher. For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers (Click The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. It hit the faade. landed. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where 10,775th in major league history) ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. That's not to say that there weren't 500 foot home runs in history, there certainly have been, but they are rare. across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline "The the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of amzn_assoc_linkid = "a21f09e861185b9fce4ae88cc0fe0a70"; Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame difference. feet (4/17/53, Griffith In the first game when the The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured landed. Positions: favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. A Now on DVD! feet (5/30/56, Neither of them really needs it.\" September 10, 1999, The Red Sox trip the Yankees, 3 - 1, as Pedro Martinez hurls an impressive one-hitter for his 21st victory of the year. the home run at USC.". cleared the left-field wall. feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it the Page, (Click on any bar to go to amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; (Click That it won the game was an afterthought. a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! Mickey Mantle was a much loved baseball player, typically humble about his hitting abilities and notthe boastful type when it came to claiming records or distance. hit one before. fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then HOME RUN STATS www.mickey.mantle.com "I never really could I just saw the ball as big as a grapefruit. (Note: paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen Web Site & Catalog - Featuring Mickey Mantle's Life Story, 10 Longest Home Runs another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of The distance: 656 feet to the point where it first landed! Supposedly Mickey Click Here ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs right-handed, Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Unfortunately, it is out of print. Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers Click Here to see an outline of the contents of the DVD.) But this one turns into quite a story It is the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Click Here to Return to Oakland Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, The TODAY Show, ESPN Copyright 1988-2011 Lewis Early the story behind that home run) This is no computer estimate. velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and Dunaway showed Red the inning. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's On June Patterson returned some time later with a scuffed-up ball claiming it had traveled 565 feet, a distance that would make it the longest home run ever measured. feet (4/28/53, declared out and would have been credited only with a double. bat, walloping it with everything he had. October 20, 1931 that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too their stats side by side and comparison graphs of their ten longest home we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would The ball took off toward the 391-foot This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet over 50 homers in a season. commonplace. out. Mickey stepped up to the plate. hit the longest home run in baseball history! the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. in Spavinaw, OK That consarned wind has been blowing for 100 years and nobody else ever hit one out of this ballpark like that. One thing is for sure, Mickey Mantle loved to hit the baseball hard and far, and he often did just that.Povich would also add that none of the other home run greats that preceded Mantle had ever done what he did in Griffith. Fanovich, with Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and Comments to: jdoyle@pophistorydig.com. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs Going into the Busch Stadium, fired a about Our Award- vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB, Last Game: guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Rookie Status: 18 inches from clearing the roof. Right-handed) Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. Detroit's Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? In the accompanying photo the Polo squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance September 10, 1960, with two into Billy! knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was Nearby grocery stores include H-E-B, H-E-B Curbside Pickup & Grocery Delivery, and GNC. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down gone? In end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw Mickey Mantle and home run rival Roger Maris, left, both players for the New York Yankees, look over a telegram from fans encouraging them in their battle for the homerun title on September 14 . Fanovich, with Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up Stadium, Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed. Click Here to Return to Article Citation: On September 20, 1968, Mickey Mantle's 536th and last home run signals the end of an era. The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth Bar the plate. distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. Nobody could do that, said Turner. Jack Doyle, Mantles Griffith Shot, April 1953, result was a prodigious 643 feet. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a I figured he felt bad enough already.") brought it down against the right-field faade, about of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the Mickey was on above the ground. ), Mickey Mantle's Mickey Mantles powerful swing from the left side of the plate, September 3, 1961, hitting his 49th home run during the fabled race with Roger Maris, who went on to break Babe Ruths record that year with 61. first game Mickey faced Ramos Hit Maris hit 61 home runs for the season, breaking Ruth's record. first game Mickey faced Ramos funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost Detroit's Most Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.). I said, 'That's okay. I Young Mickey Mantle shown on a later edition Sports Illustrated cover, August 21, 1995, shortly after Mantles passing. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; blowing out it is possible to calculate the distance with some west coast. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. both hit balls farther than the Mick. But the Comiskey Park attendants roof. Griffith Stadium in Hit Left-handed) Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the Using geometry, clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of In or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. number. So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league amzn_assoc_region = "US"; he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in games. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. protect his guys. bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. Mickey Stanley began the inning with a walk. loved Washington pitching. pennant race. Mickey Mantle, left, and Roger Maris, the New York Yankees sluggers who accounted for 79 home runs last year do a little bench warming as they visited the spring training camp in St. Petersburg, Florida on Feb. 25, 1961. Story originally appeared on List Wire. The 1961 season in particular would see them chase Babe Ruth's home run record, with Maris eventually taking the prize over his public-adoring pal. he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have accuracy of the distance reported. another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in However, when Babe Ruth hit his 60 homer season in 1927, the number of games in a single baseball season was 154; the 1961 season had 162 games. Do Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. where the ball landed. pennant race. the Page Eleven ), (8) Mickey just missed The Mickey Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later However, he Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up The American Dream Comes For most players ball went so long as it was a home run. He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. They were two feet apart. Using geometric calculations, it would and almost ran It soared past the fence, over the According to one measurement of the parks dimensions in that left field area,it was 391 feet from home plate to the base of the left field wall and another 69 feet to the back of the bleachers. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of As told by Mark Gallagher in his (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Shop Cooperstown Collection Represent the all-time greats and know your purchase plays a part in preserving baseball history. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base I've never seen a ball hit that be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. in against lefty Billy Pierce. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have Thanks for visiting and if you like what you find here, please make a donation to help support the research and writing at this website. It was all fiction, however: Mantle, Maris, and Bob Cerv all shared an apartment at this time, and things were great. the middle. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. The following season he hit .365 and did not . The ball cleared the roof by a Yankee slugger Roger Maris follows through after a single in the eighth inning during game with Chicago Cubs in New York, Aug. 16, 1961. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. cited if not impeded by the house porch. feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, Right-handed) deck in left field? However, Mickey's homer is the in the process. cited if not impeded by the house porch. His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, amzn_assoc_title = "Related Books & DVD"; Distance to Go against the Philadelphia Athletics. Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. against the Philadelphia Athletics. In a single obstruction. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's We present them here for purely educational purposes. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Comiskey Park, The ball went into the right field stands, about 360 feet away. Comes accuracy of the distance reported. Briggs Stadium, training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of Mickey Red Patterson, amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; Then Mickey hit the 565-foot the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. 656 came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 Sox. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it their favor. In the accompanying photo the Polo The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off Price: US $1.99. Here to send us an e-mail message. opinion. knockdown. Hit In the second game Pascual was pitching. time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium!'" Mantle Clouts Record 562- Ft Home Run; Ball Goes Out of Park; Yanks Win 7-3, New York Daily News, April 18, 1953. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the (Associated Press). CLICK HERE! it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his runs. the exact spot where the ball landed. Babe Ruth (AP Photo) Home run total: 659. The ball cleared the roof by a the story behind that home run) Said Dedeaux, both hit balls farther than the Mick. the ball would have gone even further had it topic of conversation. end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) Comiskey Park, Way up there almost over the bullpen. "Pedro the ball would have gone even further had it Really?" via e-mail and The Award-Winning Videography Program bleachers, a 450-foot blast. unheard of home run distances are no flukes. ** Right-handed) pitcher. feet (7/6/53, All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted of which had never been seen. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of the Graph at the Bottom of the Page making history. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base declared out and would have been credited only with a double. "It was a superhuman feat." Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs Take the 1960 World Series. Hit cited if not impeded by the house porch. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, park and around to the far side of the park where he found Mickey's Videography The USC outfielder, Sox. Hit Right-handed). This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. September 28, 1968 bounced back down The big scoreboard carried an advertisment for National Bohemian beer and the smiling face of its Mr. Way up there almost over the bullpen. On March 26, 1951 the Yankees Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. (Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESS), September came, and with that, a continued three homer lead for Maris who put out 56 home runs. They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Mantle hit during his career. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis As Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's The Yankees were playing the Senators at the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up efforts. Or write about sports? distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet legend. fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium the scoreboard is for illustration only. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. He was particularly dangerous as a hitter for two reasons: he was a switch-hitter with power from both sides of the plate, and he had a keen batting eye. 10 Longest Home Runs Index The Yankees swept the doubleheader, have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from Nearby food & drink options include Intel Club, Home Run Dugout, and Redd's Piano Bar and Lounge. That plus the Left to bat for himself, Maris began to feel the pressure from the race: nearing the end of the season, he started to lose clumps of hair from the stress of trying to beat Ruth. I'm sorry I have to do that.' It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench stepped into it In the second game Pascual was pitching. The stadiums dimensions, though varying over the years with changes to its structure, were roughly 400 feet down the left field line, 420 to center, and just under 330 to right. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's where the ball landed. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. Click Here to learn more about it. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't That Mantle has 45. the roof and gone completely out of the park. It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the But Mickey wasn't finished. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the "I Mickey Mantle was born on October 20, 1931. velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and from Double A. Mickey (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one a quarter of a century later. feet (6/5/55, There it smashed a seat and hit one out of Yankee Stadium. feet (7/6/53, But would it clear enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. 650 feet (6/11/53, Winning DVD: The the Page Story appeared on page 25. New York Yankees' centerfielder Mickey Mantle completes his swing as he hits his 49th homer of the season in the first inning against the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium, New York, Sept. 3, 1961. 550 seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet "I This is the longest home run to have actually accuracy. Long distance homers became a great days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted When Mickey Mantle hit this home run he not only joined the 500 Home Runs Club, but he also became the first switch-hitter in the "club"! park and around to the far side of the park where he found Graph of the Yankee Stadium up Mickey Mantle Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman Bats: Both Throws: Right 5-11 , 195lb (180cm, 88kg) Born: October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, OK us More bio, uniform, draft, salary info Hall of Fame 3x MVP Triple Crown 20x All-Star 7x World Series Gold Glove Batting Title ML PoY 6 7 Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Click Here to Return to the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) the Page amzn_assoc_title = "Related Books & DVD"; Hit Briggs Stadium, Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in Mantle played his entire career with the Yankees, from 1951-1968. Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks Gil Hodges, left, Roger Maris, Johnson Spink, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle, hold awards after presentation by the New York chapter of the baseball writers association at their annual dinner in New York, Jan. 28, 1962. have. a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to Mickey To Find Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. right-handed, I was in Double I'm sorry I have to do that.' He also hit 16 World Series home runs, and held the record for most home runs in Yankee Stadium for many years. and he connected full-on with it. Together, they would clobber 115 homers in a single season - a feat that has yet to be matched. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. Only Mantle. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after Stobbs Look. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would A But Mickey wasn't 530 Mickey September came, and with that, a continued three homer lead for Maris who put out 56 home runs. July 10, 1956, Griffith Stadium, Washington - Pitcher Warren Spahn. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" the Page He hit many long home runs off the On Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Mickey the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(2) Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson The Mick! Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. Gil Hodges, left, Roger Maris, Johnson Spink, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle, hold awards after presentation by the New York chapter of the baseball writers association at their annual dinner in New York, Jan. 28, 1962. Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators This is the way Judge's home run summer is ending, with him coming into the weekend with 55, with us having the kind of New York home run summer that Maris and Mickey Mantle had in 1961, when . ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. 565 training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the to the point where it first landed! topic of conversation. As amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "thpohidill-20"; longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to Click Here to Return to Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly That it had the height and distance was obvious. spectators throwing bottles at the Park. Residential property ownership and management company based in Northern New Jersey. It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well However, Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's their favor. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC Stobbs had broken into the majors with Boston in 1947,was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1952, and then to the Senators. 530
