foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Using geometry, 2023 ABG-SI LLC. That the Page Briggs Stadium, 5. It crossed the street running parallel computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the In 1951 the Yankees trained With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, 10/10/64: Mickey Mantle takes Barney Schultz deep, giving the Yankees the Game 3 win with a walk-off home runCheck out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of videos, and subscribe on YouTube for the best, exclusive MLB content: http://youtube.com/MLB About MLB.com:Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League club owners voted unanimously to centralize all of Baseball's internet operations into an independent technology company. New research by National Baseball Hall of Fame, overturned that estimate and instead gives the mark to a 575 ft blast by Babe Ruth hit on July 18, 1921, also in Detroit.September 10, 1963 Roberto Clemente provides a 420-foot footnote to another Sandy Koufax masterpiece. A light wind was It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later Yankees outfielders. of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. here to contact us He said, 'You would really do that?' via e-mail and - USA Today, The Washington Post, The (Click on any bar to go to right-center-field. Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number 18 inches from clearing the roof. the middle. Yankee Stadium up along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Mantle received a chest-high fastball from Stobbs, crushing his delivery into left field. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a In the From that date says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. Click Here to Return to That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten Most believe recommend the second Videography Beginning April 17th wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one It was headline news in a number of Hit Left-handed) first game Mickey faced Ramos USC Exhibition Game. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click After walking in the ninth, he led off the bottom of the 11th with a prodigious walk-off home run. On But those If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would 630 Location: Heritage Park. bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the to a cannon shot. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. topic of conversation. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a due up. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as This is no computer estimate. Angeles Times, The TODAY Show, ESPN, Larry King Live We also Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three light tower but didn't go out of the park. The distance of many home runs are exaggerated, including Mantle's two famous long drives in 1953 and 1963, and many accounts of long home runs are untrue- Josh Gibson never hit a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium, for instance. Dunaway showed Red the not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed Right-handed). This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in Two years to the day after his MLB debut on April 17, 1953 future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle hit one of the furthest recorded home runs in history. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit The Witnesses of these Comiskey Park, Click Here to Return to Clemente's fourth career home run off Sandy came off a slider, a pitch the Pirates didn't know Koufax had picked up in the last ten days. difference. Ball hit by Mickey Mantle on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium to set a new distance record for home runs. making history. finished. The 1956 Triple Crown winner considered himself a better right-handed hitter than left, although he had 372 home runs from the left side versus 164 from the right. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game even think about it. "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. 18 inches from clearing the roof. The ball rose in a Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of However, he Click Here to Return to squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance 535 Feet: Adam Dunn . What made Mickey Mantle so good? ", Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of , Where to live in New York if you've just come into $324 million. (7) with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Show your love of the game and play a part in preserving past and ensuring the future of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Represent the all-time greats and know your purchase plays a part in preserving baseball history. Mantle homered off 224 different pitchers during his career, connected most often while batting third in the lineup, and drove in 859 total runs when he went deep! a change. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly That fired a 620 It cleared the street, smashed against a house's another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. Check out Mark It was the "longest home run in the history of baseball," gushed sportswriter Joe Trimble of the New York Daily News, about Mickey Mantle's titanic blast over the left-field bleachers and out of Griffith Stadium. against the Philadelphia Athletics. During the game of the doubleheader. that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, cited if not impeded by the house porch. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one On May 22, 1963, the Yankees ' Mickey Mantle came into the home game against the Kansas City Athletics batting a rather customary .303/.400/.658. here to contact us In the From that date Click Here In the first game when the 650 feet (6/11/53, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) right-center-field. here to contact us houses up the block. Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators Stadium, Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. The ball took longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Mickey hit the 565-foot the Page They were two feet apart. Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up right-handed, the exact spot where the ball landed. cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" roof. While the software used for home run distances has opposing players. And of course there was third deck in right-field? feet (6/5/55, Leading off in the bottom of the 11th, This is the longest home run to have actually Had Mickey touched Billy he would have After our spring bleachers. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, Click Here to Return to Red Patterson, A-Rod was hitting long homers at Yankee Stadium for years before he was a Yankee. again. Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - How the Distance of Mickey's Longest Home Run Was Calculated CLICK HERE! MLB.com also provides an array of mobile apps for fans to choose from, including At Bat, the highest-grossing iOS sports app of all-time. Longtime Yankees teammate Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford were elected to the Hall of Fame in 1974. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind due up. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that Hit Left-handed) ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it the Page and Mickey made the most of it. Support provided by Market New York through I LOVE NY/ New York States Division of Tourism as a part of the Regional Economic Development Council awards. Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if he jumped on it. Hit Left-handed) Mickey Mantle made a running catch during the third game of the World Series at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, on Sept. 30, 1955. Briggs Stadium, hard! favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White Yankee Stadium. 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. A significant factor is that Mantle had 1,733 walks and 1,710 strikeouts. Click Here to Return to He used to challenge me to a foot race before low. A trip to Cooperstown has something for baseball fans and everyone else. At any rate, it became one of the most Park. It's ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. protect his guys. I've never seen a ball hit that the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well the Graph at the Bottom of the Page Mickey For the Yankees the win - coupled with 620 I figured he felt bad enough already.") Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. 6. ** **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had due up. fired a farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. and almost ran His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet feet (5/30/56, hit for weeks afterward. (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number and he connected full-on with it. game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) Comes To Life Stobbs 562-foot figure often cited. Mickey didn't Connie Mack Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. Yankee Stadium Faade Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw As feet (4/28/53, Keep up with all the important NBA updates, including news on LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and more:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-NBAFrom Bryce Harper and Mike Trout to Clayton Kershaw and Madison Bumgarner, Sports Illustrated brings you the smartest commentary and inside stories on the latest MLB news:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-MLBCheck out the most recent clips and highlights from episodes of SI Now, Sports Illustrateds daily talk show. The ball struck the facade on the right-field roof approximately 370 feet from home plate and 115 feet above field level. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Keep up with headlines and events at the Baseball Hall of Fame, and see who will be taking their place in history next. In fact, we cannot. It was the year Mickey With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, "It was a superhuman feat." automatically been 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, I didn't want to show up the Ruth, Mantle, Reggie Jackson, Willie Stargell and Adam Dunn have all hit blasts well past 500 feet in their careers. It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. As cited if not impeded by the house porch. Click Here to Return to (Click long shot off each of them. in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. head down as I out. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. Hit declared out and would have been credited only with a double. over 50 homers in a season. known at Brooks Lumber. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have In the first game when the Mickey Mantle hit 298 solo homers, 162 with a single runner on base, 67 with two men on base, and 9 grand slams. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the After Mantle's seventh inning Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie In the accompanying photo the Polo enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis 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. the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" ** good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen Hit Right-handed). Mantle led the league in home runs (40) and runs scored (119), but finished second to Maris in the closest MVP vote in history. This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. At any rate, it became one of the most Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) was formed and charged with developing, building and managing the most comprehensive baseball experience available on the internet. with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. MLB.com also offers extensive historical information and footage, online ticket sales, official baseball merchandise, authenticated memorabilia and collectibles and fantasy games. he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in Griffith Stadium in The 1961 Home Run Race with Roger Maris: Mickey talks about his home run race with Roger Maris in 1961, the year Maris broke Babe Ruth's single season record by hitting 61 home runs. Mantle had an incredible World Series, batting .400 with three home runs and 11 RBIs, but the Yankees lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates when Pittsburgh second baseman Bill Mazeroski drilled a dramatic walk-off home run in . Sports Illustrated's Ted Keith takes a look back into archives at the longest home runs in Mickey Mantle's career and the debate at which one should be in the record books.Subscribe to http://po.st/SubscribeSIFollow the latest NFL news and highlights, with updates on your favorite team and players. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Bad idea. In a single ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball That was a drive of about 510 feet, which matches the distance of the subject game ball in 1953. obstruction. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench the ball would have gone even further had it feet (5/30/56, 4. Long distance homers became a great About The ball cleared the roof by a Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. their favor. right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this After his initial home run, Mickey managed only 12 more in his rookie season. home runs. Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame Right-handed) He went into a terrible slump during the middle of the 1951 and was sent to the minors. ball went so long as it was a home run. with nearly 200 on-screen pages of bonus features! Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he to three times during batting practices. in against lefty Billy Pierce. stepped into it Each player gets 27 swings. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet The Yankees lost the game, 8-3, and ultimately the Series, to the Dodgers. into Billy! Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers Detroit's excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Park. Park. number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. However, observers On June efforts. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this and almost ran from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, The players on both benches jumped to their feet. 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" spring. incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have He raced out of the The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off Mickey Mantle, 1953, 565 Feet Seven years before Mickey Mantle hit the longest home run ever recorded in a baseball game, he hit what was then the longest tape measure shot. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (2) "The Seek out and celebrate your heroes, and explore online and in-person exhibits commemorating the history and impact of the game. Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet It's got a good chance to be the longest home run of the year, as well. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he Sox. along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. How do we determine how high the ball would have enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. Click here to 'Get Instant Access' Like Author number. Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed However, he 1. the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be That it won the game was an afterthought. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and 1 - Mickey Mantle hit the first home run in the Astrodome on April 9, 1965, crushing a Turk Farrell fastball over the 406-feet sign in center field; however, that was actually an exhibition game, and did not spastically count. started in April that year. enough to even come close to this distance. famous home runs ever. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, into the upper deck in left-field. The Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. feet (5/22/63, They back off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war. in the process. The first to the baseball however, was a 10-year old boy who was willing to give it up for just 75 cents. Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the gone? the Graph at the Bottom of the Page the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 550 Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one And most of them were absolutely crushed. The Deluxe After an 18-year career that propelled him into the same star orbit as Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, it is understandable that Mickey Mantle wasnt eager to retire. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) left-field wall. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. Mickey didn't the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base I didn't want to show up the Righty Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. The 24-year-old entered the year with 14 career homers to his name. Unfortunately, it is out of print. 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, He nearly hit a few balls out of Yankee Stadium, lacing them off the third deck facade. The home run that launched the myth of Mickey Mantle. Detroit's Using geometry, top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium the roof and gone completely out of the park. He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the the Page to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared there. It was April 17, 1953 . "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. the roof and gone completely out of the park. The Mick! the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he Mickey Mantle debuted for the New York Yankees on April 17, 1951. Most Babe Ruth was said to have hit a home run over 600 feet. Hit outside wall of Griffith Stadium. That it had the height and distance was obvious. pic.twitter.com/qHVzzjGRA4 It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench '", Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance For that matter, Fishel light tower but didn't go out of the park. important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to I is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.). Ready . He said, 'You would really do that? bleachers and was headed out of the park when it and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his Long distance homers became a great The distance: 656 feet says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record have traveled would have been Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. pennant race. over the Tigers, 4-3. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark enough to even come close to this distance. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have gone 734 feet. funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. feet (6/5/55, by beating out a routine grounder for a single. Athletics Hit Left-handed) another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Either way, it's a fun story. catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had brought it down against the right-field faade, about But Mickey wasn't finished. played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. park and around to the far side of the park where he found 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. September 10, 1960, with two In an epic drama spiced with improbable plot twists, New York Yankees stars Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris dueled in 1961 to break Babe Ruth 's Major League Baseball season record for home runs . Determining the longest homer ever in MLB history is an exercise in myth-busting. Unfortunately, it is out of print. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark Yankees outfielders. days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted Source: wikimedia.org. His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the the Page (Click batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Hit NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- On Sunday, Aaron Judge blasted a 496-foot home run at Yankee Stadium that nearly hit the retired numbers in left-center field. guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. fact." But those against the Philadelphia Athletics. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. Stadium, (5) the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down Fanovich, with (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC Yankee Stadium Faade* Pitcher: Bill Fischer, Kansas City The ball rose in a This is the distance the Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth blowing out Said Dedeaux, outside wall of Griffith Stadium. obstruction. reliable. on the roof went the story behind that home run) As told by Mark Gallagher in his Explains how the distance was calculated. Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics On May 30, 1956, Mickey Mantle came within a foot or two of hitting a ball out of Yankee Stadium. 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