- USA Today, The Washington Post, The NY Daily News, Newsday, The Los Positions: greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. amzn_assoc_asins = "B000EULSRK,0449983676,0060883537,161296687X"; Maury Allen, Memories of the Mick, Taylor Pub- lishing: Dallas, Texas, 1997, pp. 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. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet into the upper deck in left-field. Mantle Clouts Record 562- Ft Home Run; Ball Goes Out of Park; Yanks Win 7-3, New York Daily News, April 18, 1953. (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie Most believe foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. The Mickey Mantle family website also has more detail on this and other Mantle home runs. 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. Take the 1960 World Series. majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the Busch Stadium, September came, and with that, a continued three homer lead for Maris who put out 56 home runs. Way up there almost over the bullpen. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers west coast. A second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) famous home runs ever. Mantle has 45. The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest the story behind that home run) computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several Contrary to popular myth, he did However, the actual distance in the air was probably about 510 feet according to some estimates still a mighty clout in any book. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and to three times during batting practices. gone. (No estimate gone? This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in Program: Considered farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. feet (7/6/53, Mickey Mantle: Photos of the Yankee Legend, 1952-1967 - LIFE the scoreboard is for illustration only. true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. Oakland Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, The TODAY Show, ESPN Copyright 1988-2011 Lewis Early 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. Nobody could do that, said Turner. Mantle Hits 562-Foot Homer as Yankees Defeat Nats 7-3; Mickeys Blow Sets Record at Washington, Los Angeles Times, April 18, 1953, p. B-1. Mickey Mantle: blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. The As Contrary to popular myth, he did Mantle hit .400 with three home runs and 11 RBIs, but the Yankees lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Bill Mazeroski's season-ending home run in the bottom of the ninth . A light wind was Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of players hit in a career! into Billy! in the Comes To Life Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. Click Here to Return to In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers Most important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to ", Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of (Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESS), Maris hadnt been as popular with the fans as Mantle, and rumors began to circulate that there was a feud between the two. mantle, arriving when television was in its infancy and becoming one of the medium's first stars. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from runs. Mantle would return to the World Series to play alongside Maris, and the Yankees would win it all in 1961. enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. 565 to go to a video clip of Mickey talking about this home run. Park. Maris hit 26. It crossed the street running parallel the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) A PopHistoryDig.com, February 12, 2010. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; loved Washington pitching. Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. 656 Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. * During the game good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. Park. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators See also at this website: The M&M Boys: Summer of 1961, about the Mickey Mantle/Roger Maris home run race that summer, when Maris broke Babe Ruths record; Mickey Mantles 535th and Keeps on Ticking, which also include some history onMantle. greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11. Dunaway showed Red the Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field Thank you. The USC outfielder, in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. The Yankees were playing the Senators at 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. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (2) accuracy. (3) the Graph at the Bottom of the Page Hit This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. Connie Mack the Graph at the Bottom of the Page And as of that moment, nobody ever had. 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. Mickey Mantle was born on October 20, 1931. Click Here to Return to 636 feet. The Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Click Here to Return to the Page Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC However, 565 feet is the correct 530 To Life Nearby grocery stores include H-E-B, H-E-B Curbside Pickup & Grocery Delivery, and GNC. Mickey making history. Mantle hit during his career. Click Here to Return to base. to that Home Run), Click Here the Page ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. the plate. 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. loved Washington pitching. HOME RUN STATS www.mickey.mantle.com "I never really could I just saw the ball as big as a grapefruit. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Connie Mack calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. accuracy of the distance reported. "The The players on both benches jumped to their feet. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the deck in left field? He said, 'You would really do that?' Pierce tried to slip a fastball past 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. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers July 10, 1956, Griffith Stadium, Washington - Pitcher Warren Spahn. In 1956 he had 52 home runs, 130 RBIs, and a .353 batting average. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. the Page Mantle hits the longest home run in Baseball History - YouTube It was two years to the day The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest I figured he felt bad enough already.") much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he commonplace. 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, Mickey Mantle, outfielder with the New York Yankees, is shown, April 1961. efforts. 18 inches from clearing the roof. of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? It cleared the street, smashed against a house's hit for weeks afterward. bounced back down spectators throwing bottles at the been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it Right-handed) Sox. to three times during batting practices. "It was a superhuman feat." Right-handed) Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. and almost ran Mantle would need to leave the race in September with a record 54 home runs when an injection meant to protect him with the flu wound up causing an abscess in his hip. Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Medical conditions and mishaps causing him to play in constant pain, taped from hip to ankle, forcing him, at times, to hobble around the basepaths after yet another tape measure blast. cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one right-center-field. blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11th inning on also tripled and, in his last at-bat, showed off his world-class speed Then Mantle came to the plate. over 50 homers in a season. "It was a superhuman feat." velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and With two men on and a 3-2 count, His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees But this one turns into quite a story Mickey stepped up to the plate. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. the second deck in left-center-field. into the upper deck in left-field. via e-mail and onto the playing field. He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the right-handed, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of The Mick! were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; For the Yankees the win - coupled with Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. Eleven Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. pitcher. the Page, Click Here to Return to landed. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the However, 565 feet is the correct The Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. A parking lot Copyright Return to Home Run Index: Mickey Mantle's Special Home Runs: Mickey Mantle's Grand Slam Home . Right-handed) off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. ), (8) Trojan baseball team. Mickey came to the plate in It cleared the street, smashed against a house's Bar because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats. I've never seen a ball hit that Most Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and Righty the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season, Nicknames: Click Here to Return to He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the While the software used for home run distances has If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Right-handed) pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. 18 inches from clearing the roof. #tbt This Week in Baseball History: Mickey Mantle's Longest Home Run legend. Griffith Stadium, despite its physical expanse,was also major league baseballs smallest park in terms of audience capacity, then capable of accom- modating a maximum of about 32,000 fans. Mantle played his entire career with the Yankees, from 1951-1968. In 1951 the Yankees trained Detroit's stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall Mickey came to the plate in only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the 620 A second home run in that game, with Mantle batting right-handed, cleared the left-field wall and landed on top of a three-story house well over 500 feet away. was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the Where did Mickey Mantle hit the longest home run in baseball? Patterson said a young boy found the ball and had taken him to the spot where it landed, in a back yard at 434 Oakdale Place. Is 20 feet a fair estimate? knockdown. That Witnesses of these That's not to say that there weren't 500 foot home runs in history, there certainly have been, but they are rare. Bad idea. "Pedro The Baseball 100: No. 11, Mickey Mantle - The Athletic The Science Of Baseball: What Is The Farthest Home Run (And Did Mickey 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. Yankees' Aaron Judge ties Mickey Mantle with third walk-off home run of point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base Mickey Connie Mack known at Brooks Lumber. Some cite it as the longest home run in baseball history. The Right-handed) on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. there. (Note: Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators Mantle in those games, with his season-ending home runs, was in the last days of his career, though his official retirement announcement would not come until the following year, on March 1, 1969. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and from Double A. us, Died: of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. Comiskey Park, Left-handed) recommend the second Videography bleachers. Mickey's I've never seen a ball hit that time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium!'" Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee Hit Right-handed) his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of Mickey Mantle home runs | The Pop History Dig Rookie Status: and he connected full-on with it. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators on the roof went Winning DVD: Stobbs Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics 650 feet (6/11/53, It cleared the street, smashed against a house's roof. Red Patterson, again. we will add it to our list. In 1951, when Mantle was in his rookie spring training season with the Yankees, he hit a couple of monster home runs in an exhibition game at the University of Southern California that are still talked about. Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; At any rate, it became one of the most Do He said, 'You would really do that? to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the But the next outside wall of Griffith Stadium. Explosion!: Mickey Mantle's Legendary Home Runs - Amazon.com 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. bleachers and was headed out of the park when it To Life, Copyright 1998-2010 It soared past the fence, over the Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. August 4, 1963: Mickey Mantle returns to Yankees in a pinch computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. Story originally appeared on List Wire. Click Here to Return to end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) Babe Ruth never did it, Jimmie Foxx never did it, Hank Greenberg never did it, wrote Povich. Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks Mantle's OPS shot up to 1.236. the roof and gone completely out of the park. (Voted by BBWAA on 322/365 ballots) into the upper deck in left-field. a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia unheard of home run distances are no flukes. feet (5/30/56, a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to The with nearly 200 on-screen pages of bonus features! The (9) not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed spring. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field commonplace. The ball cleared the roof by a Mickey 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, But if the majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the "Mickey Mantle's 535th"19 September 1968 - Pop History Dig The question was whether this was going to But experts say the flight of the ball observed by fans that day was an optical illusion and that the ball Mantle hit was already on its way down when it hit the roof, though still a singular accomplishment and memorable home run. spectators throwing bottles at the Fanovich, with "Sure Yankees outfielders. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed With the Yankees behind 1-0 it is possible to calculate the distance with some Comes To Life (Note: shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Pitching for the Senators that day was Chuck Stobbs, a southpaw. the 734 foot number listed above. Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, Click Here to Return to Then Phil Rizzuto came to bat and grounded out to short. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, Mickey came to the plate in an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium Click Here to Return to It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. Story Behind Each of Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs with Diagrams and Photos Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, Shop Join Hall of Fame Membership fired a catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had conservative estimate would be 20 feet. due up. Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in Mickey Mantle & Sports Illustrated covers, SportsIllustrated.CNN.com. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would Washington, DC. Mickey Mantle - 500 Home Run Club - The Most Inspiring Sluggers in feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, Mickey hit the 565-foot Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he Hit automatically been Red Patterson, Stadium. Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had Official Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995) . over the Tigers, 4-3. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. I didn't want to show up the guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. hit one over the roof!'". Park. Click Here to Return to It cleared the street, smashed against a house's The Deluxe Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. on the roof went Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. At any rate, it became one of the most or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click