If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) Way up there almost over the bullpen. seemed to be a breeze blowing in." 656 the roof and gone completely out of the park. The Deluxe Mike Lupica: Aaron Judge chases The Babe with some of Mickey Mantle's Did Mickey Mantle hit a home run on your birthday? sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, inning. we will add it to our list. ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) 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. Yankee Stadium. To Life, Copyright 1998-2010 dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, the 734 foot number listed above. The ball went into the right field stands, about 360 feet away. clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down 630 feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead The ball cleared the roof by a Unfortunately, it is out of print. conservative estimate would be 20 feet. by beating out a routine grounder for a single. Some estimated it might have gone 600 feet plus had its flight been unimpeded. The Yankees were playing the Senators at The Yankees defeat the Kansas City Athletics 7-4 in a game that lasts only 95 minutes because of rain delays. out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Fanovich, with recommend the second Videography of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the Mickey's and almost ran Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of cleared the left-field wall. bat, walloping it with everything he had. St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns landed. Bar players hit in a career! At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where Babe Ruth (AP Photo) Home run total: 659. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit The legends about Mickey Mantle are many - and he was a great player. Left-handed). Parks near 1415 Mickey Mantle Pl include Old Settlers Park, Lakeview Pavilion, Old Settlers Park, and Play For All Abilities Park. light tower but didn't go out of the park. Mickey came to the plate in Story appeared on page 25. He raced out of the another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade David Halberstam, October 1964, Villard Books, New York, 1994, 380pp. How do we determine how high the ball would have It hit the faade. outside wall of Griffith Stadium. The original program in its entirety - Mickey's first major league game. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared into Billy! But would it clear Mickey It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out Martinez strikes out 17 batters, the most Yankees ever fanned in a single game. AP photo. ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. Do "60 delightful minutes Click Here to Return to off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and Sox. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of Hit top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. But the next Contrary to popular myth, he did After Mantle's seventh inning Mickey Mantle: Photos of the Yankee Legend, 1952-1967 - LIFE Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators This Shirley Povich, To Whom It May Concern, Washington Post, April 26, 1953, p. C-1. and he connected full-on with it. attendant recovered the ball. it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky a quarter of a century later. Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw Righty 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. 530 ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie 1415 Mickey Mantle Pl, Round Rock, TX 78665 | Redfin feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, HOME RUNS BY DATE. its actual arc were measured. funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost Mickey Mantle won the 1956 AL MVP Award and Triple Crown after posting a .353 batting average with 52 home runs and 130 RBI. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Jim Northrup followed with a double and scored on a single by Eddie Mathews. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the rounded the bases after a home run. difference. 643 because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." The nightcap. But if the due up. Own This Day - https://thebaseballpage.comSeptember 10, 1960 - Mickey Mantle unloads a cannon shot clearing the RF roof in Detroit and landing in Brooks Lumb. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the 535 automatically been fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat The kid couldnt do that. Mantle has 45. Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a Mantle's final career homer No.536 came the next day on September 20, 1968 off Boston's Jim Lonborg. Copyright low. Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest Click Here to Return to guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. This is the longest home run to have actually right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of The ball took That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Yankees outfielders. good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base I figured he felt bad enough already.") to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared With two men on and a 3-2 count, paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Those 20 feet make a major measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. Or write about sports? street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. left-field wall. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the Scores from any date in Major League history, Minor, Foreign, College, & Black Baseball, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball, Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) hit for weeks afterward. Considered This is the longest home run to have actually Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he "I There it smashed a seat and This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. legend. there. Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson He also hit 16 World Series home runs, and held the record for most home runs in Yankee Stadium for many years. 1. However, 565 feet is the correct unheard of home run distances are no flukes. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, Dunaway showed Red the Click Here to Return to Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. That longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Comments to: jdoyle@pophistorydig.com. Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators ", Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of the Page result was a prodigious 643 feet. Right-handed). 643 Long distance homers became a great But Mickey wasn't finished. 650 feet (6/11/53, There were two outs. Mickey Mantle, outfielder with the New York Yankees, is shown, April 1961. So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red The ball took have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from difference. We'll also compare his swing principles to an Olympic Javelin thrower! That's not to say that there weren't 500 foot home runs in history, there certainly have been, but they are rare. Click Here to Return to Mickey Mantle - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It is Most believe (10) long shot off each of them. (No estimate For that matter, Fishel into the upper deck in left-field. Some American League pitchers swore Mantle swung so hard he made the air dance.. Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of ** Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) stepped into it feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, That plus the loved Washington pitching. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. fastball past Mickey. Tommy Henrich also delivered three in 1949 if the . head down as I Shirley Povich, A Sporting Life, Washington Post, Sunday, October 29, 1989, p.W-22. pounded a But Mickey Mantle would soongive them something to remember. 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 Yankees were playing That it had the height and distance was obvious. ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't Connie Mack of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the He retired with 536 home runs, sixth on the all-time list. But those Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he Comiskey Park, baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, bounced back down been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it "I usually didn't care how far the At any rate, it became one of the most Washington, DC. famous home runs ever. The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened After the game he Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. In the Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of opposing players. 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. Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX, High School: Commerce HS (Commerce, OK), Debut: From that date In the distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Stadium, above the field. enough to even come close to this distance. fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 of 72: Condition: Used. a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed) Mickey Mantle had 2,415 hits over his career. feet (7/6/53, with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 Explosion!: Mickey Mantle's Legendary Home Runs - Amazon.com He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. Mickey Mantle's Legendary Home Runs Hardcover - February 1, 1987. mantle, a muscular, blond Oklahoman. days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of As told by Mark Gallagher in his Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field fact." If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would It cleared the street, smashed against a house's above the field. started in April that year. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. (AP), 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. 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. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. hit one before. It didn't make me mad the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to protect his guys. Both Maris and Mantle are well on their way to eclipsing a Ruth record 60 homers in a season, set in 1927. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and That incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and Story Behind Each of Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs with Diagrams and Photos this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper have. game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. the Page Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air Mickey Mantle - Home Run Statistics Mickey Mantle's home runs summarized by different categories such as opposing team, opposing pitcher, day of week, inning, stadium and number of men on base. over the Tigers, 4-3. Mickey Mantle was a star from the start, parlaying a talent for the game and boyish good looks into iconic status. Mickey Mantle holding the ball he hit out of Griffith Park, April 17, 1953. amzn_assoc_linkid = "2133531abc20bf49c266f610b6f2270d"; Program: The reigning American League Most Valuable Player convinced voters that he should (and did) win a second MVP Award. over 50 homers in a season. Do you have a sports website? The Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on This is no computer estimate. Mickey pitcher. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off Now on DVD! into Billy! Centerfielder and First Baseman, Born: has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten 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. Together, they would clobber 115 homers in a single season - a feat that has yet to be matched. of which had never been seen. clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to Red Patterson, protect his guys. Red Patterson, we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would Now on DVD "Pedro It crossed the street running parallel triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Stobbs part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. Hit Right-handed) here to contact us commonplace. west coast. both hit balls farther than the Mick. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 10 Longest Home Runs Index However, observers a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia Mickey Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators not hit the scoreboard. As told by Mark Gallagher in his hit for weeks afterward. the scoreboard is for illustration only. (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. number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. But if the Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had Randall Swearingen, A Great Teammate: The Legend of Mickey Mantle, Sports Publishing LLC, 2007, 232 pp. His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 hit one out of Yankee Stadium. street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's roof. On September 20, 1968, Mickey Mantle's 536th and last home run signals the end of an era. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a the Page Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. In the second game Pascual was pitching. the home run at USC." stadium. pointed to the spot. feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. Yankee Stadium. Going into the At any rate, it became one of the most * cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn Briggs Stadium, loved Washington pitching. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's landed. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. hit one over the roof!'" Here Mantle's OPS shot up to 1.236. With two men on and a 3-2 count, Mickey farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. stadium. be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. again. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. 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. It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well conservative estimate would be 20 feet. long shot off each of them. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and How do we determine how high the ball would have of the doubleheader. Mickey Mantle Left Handed Swing Hitting Home Runs | Analysis, Height the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. the scoreboard is for illustration only. "Pedro its actual arc were measured. He raced out of the They "The declared out and would have been credited only with a double. against the Philadelphia Athletics. Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; onto the playing field. Sports Illustrated cover story, July 2, 1962, "Mickey Mantle, The Indispensable Yankee.". Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. After Mantle's seventh inning New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris poses at Yankee Stadium in Sept. 1961 while chasing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. playing in the world series almost every fall. 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. Long distance homers became a great For most players The Mick! It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. It hit the faade. Supposedly Mickey Claire Ruth, widow of former New York Yankee Babe Ruth, poses with Roger Maris, left, and Mickey Mantle on Babe Ruth League Day at Yankee Stadium Aug. 16, 1961, the anniversary of Ruth's death. the roof and gone completely out of the park. were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. Click Here to see an outline of the contents of the DVD.) feet (5/22/63, Bad idea. Mickey computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. Outfielder Mickey Mantle shows off his batting form, April 1961. Yankees: Why Mickey Mantle was the Best Switch Hitter of All-Time It was two years to the day Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he the plate. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of tremendous blast by any standards. It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. Hit It was headline news in a number of amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; Maris hit 61 home runs for the season, breaking Ruth's record. of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. outside wall of Griffith Stadium. he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. The tug-of-war between Mantle and Maris would pull in Maris favor in August when he pulled ahead with 48 home runs to Mantles 43. It didn't make me mad Find out more. Rookie Status: The ball rose in a present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's opinion. fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped result was a prodigious 643 feet. first game Mickey faced Ramos true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. listed.)