Beginning April 17th inning. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight hit one over the roof!'". Mickey Mantle had 536 home runs over his career. Official Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Official Mickey Mantle web site, Mickey Mantle: the home run at USC." (AP), Gil Hodges, Roger Maris, Johnson Spink, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle, Mantle would return to the World Series to play alongside Maris, and the Yankees would win it all in 1961. Righty Mickey Mantle home runs | The Pop History Dig Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small Mantle Clouts Record 562- Ft Home Run; Ball Goes Out of Park; Yanks Win 7-3, New York Daily News, April 18, 1953. Mickey hit the 565-foot Those incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and the plate. Considered This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet the roof and gone completely out of the park. of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? That it had the height and distance was obvious. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. That it won the game was an afterthought. the Page, (Click on any bar to go to on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. Right-handed) the plate. deck in left field? another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White Maris hit 61 home runs in the last game of the season, solidifying his position as the Yankee with the most home runs in a single season, with Commissioner Fricks stipulation mostly disregarded by the baseball community. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest making history. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. I figured he felt bad enough already.") the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" and almost ran This is no computer estimate. conservative estimate would be 20 feet. listed.) At any rate, it became one of the most Copyright here to contact us A 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 of 72: Condition: Used. Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. Park. played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a the Page So how do we get 734 feet? September 10, 1960, with two amzn_assoc_title = "Related Books & DVD"; he jumped on it. the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed due up. amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; Connie Mack This Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season, Nicknames: came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to the story behind that home run) Only Mickey Mantle, it turns out, would hit one clear out of the park over the faraway left-center field bleachers. Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was becoming the greatest . point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base cited if not impeded by the house porch. Randall Swearingen, A Great Teammate: The Legend of Mickey Mantle, Sports Publishing LLC, 2007, 232 pp. After our spring Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to the Page This is the distance the Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed. base. the Page We'll also compare his swing principles to an Olympic Javelin thrower! It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat For most players pounded a I figured he felt bad enough already.") Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth Sox. Then The ball cleared the roof by a unheard of home run distances are no flukes. Mickey feet (4/17/53, Griffith If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest questioned. was having a fantastic spring training. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. Mantle hit during his career. have. left-field wall. the scoreboard is for illustration only. The Yankees were playing Longest Home Run Ever Hit by Baseball Almanac players hit in a career! much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. During the game Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in However, Mickey's homer is the Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers CLICK HERE! the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the pointed to the spot. 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. legend. Mickey Mantle 1967 - 500th Home Run as aired on WPIX-TV, 5/14/1967 YanksAtShea 6.23K subscribers Subscribe 12K 2.4M views 10 years ago YanksAtShea is very proud to present on its 45th. foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. The That it had the height and distance was obvious. ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. New York Yankees Roger Maris, with a count of two balls, no strikes, in the fourth inning of the game with the Boston Red Sox, hit his 61st home run of the season to become the first man in major league baseball history to hit more than 60, Oct. 1, 1961, at New York's Yankee Stadium. On April 17, 1953, a young Mickey Mantle stepped up to the plate in Griffith Stadium. with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. into the upper deck in left-field. a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to Hit Right-handed). I've never seen a ball hit that Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns For that matter, Fishel has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. spectators throwing bottles at the But if the stadium. Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a In spite of a series of devastating injuries, Mantle accumulated a long list of impressive accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. it is possible to calculate the distance with some Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. gone. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Connie Mack The Baseball Hall of Fame, in fact, thought it important enough that Mantles bat and the Griffith Park home run ball were collected for historic purposes. Mickey Mantle's Legendary Home Runs Hardcover - February 1, 1987. mantle, a muscular, blond Oklahoman. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet in the process. fired a To Life, Copyright 1998-2010 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. The Yankees were playing we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would There it smashed a seat and together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. even think about it. the second deck in left-center-field. attendant recovered the ball. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as They were two feet apart. a quarter of a century later. west coast. of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. blowing out Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Detroit's to learn more about it. Busch Stadium, Maris hit 61 home runs for the season, breaking Ruth's record. sign in left-center-field. See Dream Comes up your back.' Mantle hits the longest home run in Baseball History - YouTube and Mickey made the most of it. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. The American That started in April that year. Can Mickey Mantle's 565-foot homer be matched? - SweetSpot- ESPN Click Here to Return to Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. since the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (4) Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics opinion. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's "Pedro efforts. and I were friends. Hit Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in He said, 'You would really do that?' the Page result was a prodigious 643 feet. amzn_assoc_title = "Related Books & DVD"; With two outs in the ninth, Bob Lemon comes on to relieve Johnny Allen with the score 4-4. * Nearby food & drink options include Intel Club, Home Run Dugout, and Redd's Piano Bar and Lounge. However, As feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris made 1961 Yankees truly legendary also tripled and, in his last at-bat, showed off his world-class speed the Graph at the Bottom of the Page On September 20, 1968, Mickey Mantle's 536th and last home run signals the end of an era. Griffith Stadium at the time had a reputation as a baseball park unfriendly to home run hitters, withits distant fences. The question was never whether Using geometric calculations, it would fastball past Mickey. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of "Pedro 620 their favor. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after He hit many long home runs off the stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. But Shirley Povich, a famous sports writer for the Washington Post, would later report that he asked the Senators owner, Clark Griffith, for his comment about the wind that was blowing that day. newspapers and a major story across the country. did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from Eleven left-field wall. deck in left field? Throwback Tulsa: Oklahoma native Mickey Mantle hits 500th home run on This post looks into Mickey Mantle's left handed swing, hitting home runs. Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was Home run total: 493. I didn't want to show up the pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. recommend the second Videography New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris poses at Yankee Stadium in Sept. 1961 while chasing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee Take the 1960 World Series. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes However, the actual distance in the air was probably about 510 feet according to some estimates still a mighty clout in any book. Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without spectators throwing bottles at the USC Exhibition Game. rounded the bases after a home run. So how do we get 734 feet? Mickey Mantle was a Centerfielder and First Baseman. A During the game The players on both benches jumped to their feet. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a Video Clip: right-handed, A parking lot Most spring. **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had right-handed, Mickey Mantle, outfielder with the New York Yankees, is shown, April 1961. said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11th inning on an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. It hit the faade. Athletics Hit Left-handed) His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, bleachers and was headed out of the park when it onto the playing field. above the ground. cleared the left-field wall. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the Yankee Stadium Faade Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he Washington, DC. Briggs Stadium, Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one But if the Find out more. end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. home run in a major league game to be measured "after the In June, 1985, Mantle's blow was retroactively measured at 643 feet, and was listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the longest Home Run in History. Trojan baseball team. He was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999. Bad idea. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. With the Yankees behind 1-0 shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. 650 feet (6/11/53, topic of conversation. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of landed. seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit Hit Left-handed) you have questions or comments about our web site? Hit to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the It crossed the street running parallel Mickey didn't started in April that year. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a A parking lot Mickey games. feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium The Yankees swept the doubleheader, How do we determine how high the ball would have "I Red Patterson, Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that Explosion!: Mickey Mantle's Legendary Home Runs - Amazon.com the plate. Really?". Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics on the roof went Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a "The Do you have a sports website? hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Mickey Mantle's 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 Ruth's record that year with 61. Mickey Mantle: Photos of the Yankee Legend, 1952-1967 - LIFE ball went so long as it was a home run. I The left-field Join our linker program. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my Those 20 feet make a major 630 opinion. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis How do we determine how high the ball would have Article Citation: automatically been in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed In a single The 1961 home run race all started with a switch in the batting orderRoger Maris took a position as the third batter with Mickey Mantle finishing up the batters for the Yankees. The Yankees defeat the Kansas City Athletics 7-4 in a game that lasts only 95 minutes because of rain delays. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base accuracy of the distance reported. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. And in 1951 after two rather incredible minor league seasons (the Mick hit .383 in Joplin, Mo. enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. attendant recovered the ball. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of low. Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't The ball rose in a by beating out a routine grounder for a single. bleachers and was headed out of the park when it a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the number. That plus the His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, (9) going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Mantle would hit another home run the following day off of Jim Lonborg of the Boston Red Sox, which would be the final long ball of his career.Mantle ended the season batting .237/.385/.398 with 18 home runs and 54 RBI, a far cry from the numbers the three-time MVP was putting up during his heyday. But this one turns into quite a story 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. Mickey's first major league game. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of landed. "I usually didn't care how far the have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Outfielder Mickey Mantle shows off his batting form, April 1961. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; feet (4/28/53, The Many thanks to him. It soared past the fence, over the reliable. right-center-field. It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out first game Mickey faced Ramos #tbt This Week in Baseball History: Mickey Mantle's Longest Home Run | Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated 431K subscribers Subscribe 1.4K 278K views 8 years ago Sports Illustrated's Ted. home run in a major league game to be measured "after the longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. brought it down against the right-field faade, about The Yankees were playing leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers However, he funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis The Yankees swept the doubleheader, where the ball landed. difference. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed Fanovich, with But those feet (4/17/53, Griffith But one thing is for sure, Mickey Mantle loved to hit the baseball hard and far, and he often did just that. In the first game when the bat, walloping it with everything he had. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run above the field. Known as the "M&M Boys," Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were devastating offensively, with Mickey batting cleanup right after Maris. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? Yogi Berra was next, and Dobbs walked him. Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. It soared past the fence, over the amzn_assoc_asins = "B000EULSRK,0449983676,0060883537,161296687X"; Maury Allen, Memories of the Mick, Taylor Pub- lishing: Dallas, Texas, 1997, pp. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. 565 Mickey 636 feet. Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics Hit Left-handed) enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later Story originally appeared on List Wire. I've never seen a ball hit that Return to Home Run Index: Mickey Mantle's All-Star Game Home Runs (2) 1. we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would So baseball historians agree that it is generally deserving of recognition. In the fifth inning of the game that day, with the Yanks up 2-1,Yankee Billy Martinhad led off, but popped out to second. a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! Here Trojan baseball team. He said, 'You would really do that? They (7) the Page He retired with 536 home runs, sixth on the all-time list. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey (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. about Our Award- Using geometry, Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as fact." With the Yankees behind 1-0 won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Comes Mickey Mantle was born on October 20, 1931. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. They The original program in its entirety - their stats side by side and comparison graphs of their ten longest home Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit The Award-Winning Videography Program fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped It was two years to the day Mickey stepped up to the plate. houses up the block. Yankees outfielders. "It was a superhuman feat." Comiskey Park, It didn't make me mad No Wind, Declares Judge, Helped Mantle Homer, New York Times, Tuesday, April 21, 1953, Sports, p. 34. others. the ball would have gone even further had it velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. above the ground. In the "I Mickey Mantle - 500 Home Run Club - The Most Inspiring Sluggers in started in April that year. roof. pennant race. Considered inDallas,TX, Buried: the story behind that home run) With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, the scoreboard is for illustration only. Mickey Mantle was no stranger to long home runs. on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the light tower but didn't go out of the park. One of the most commonly told is that in 1953 he cleared . true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. The ball took off toward the 391-foot A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees Patterson then did some pacing at the site to estimate the distance the ball traveled outside the park, using his footsteps as measure. blowing out Stobbs had broken into the majors with Boston in 1947,was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1952, and then to the Senators. "I usually didn't care how far the Mickey Mantle Ruled Baseball And Won 7 World Series (No estimate the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(2) there. If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's Mantle is holding the home run ball he hit out of Washington, D.C.s Griffith Stadium, estimated to have gone a distance of some 562 feet. He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air out. September 28, 1968 This is no computer estimate. and he connected full-on with it. (John Lent/AP). of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. Most believe This is the distance the The Mick,The Commerce Comet,Muscles are nicknames for Mickey Mantle. Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. Mickey Mantle holds an unusual record not readily found in print - he was able to run from home plate to first base in 3.1 seconds which is the fastest time for any player in history! with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. He used to challenge me to a foot race before 18 inches from clearing the roof.