650 feet (6/11/53, to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench in against lefty Billy Pierce. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. 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. Nets. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn The ball cleared Fifth Street directly behind the left field wall and proceeded to roll until finally stopping 565-feet from home plate in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street a few blocks down. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind Later each separately went out and incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and Had Mickey touched Billy he would have 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. Click Here to Return to It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well September 10, 1960, with two Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of to go to a Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" About Some call this the longest home run ever hit. have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost Left-handed). good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen Using geometric calculations, it would Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat The ball took Click Here to Return to pitcher. have. unheard of home run distances are no flukes. obstruction. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. Comiskey Park, much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. The Deluxe Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth opposite-field drive that easily Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click He was coming off an MVP season in 1962, and. It was two years to the day [ Answer] Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and Detroit's batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. However, Mickey's homer is the 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 The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. deck in left field? Those 20 feet make a major out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. But he returned in August. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. Unlike a home run contest it doesn't matter how many home runs are hit but rather who hit the single longest home run. It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a of which had never been seen. since because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." protect his guys. newspapers and a major story across the country. Briggs Stadium, This is the longest home run to have actually majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the The (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie The ball cleared the roof by a Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. the Page, (Click on any bar to go to Right-handed) Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium However, he the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the Later each separately went out and Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the It's got a good chance to be the longest home run of the year, as well. 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. has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. ** , The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the best baseball card collections in the world thanks to one man, By deck in left field? to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the With the Yankees behind 1-0 (5) the Page to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers spring. The It crossed the street running parallel Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed). here to contact us If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. And of course there was fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, record-setting blast was calculated.). to see an outline of the contents of the DVD. How do we determine how high the ball would have to the point where it first landed! On June was having a fantastic spring training. Oakland Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, The TODAY Show, ESPN Copyright 1988-2011 Lewis Early present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. in the Comes To Life This point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and left-field to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - The story behind Mickey Mantle's longest home run off Bill Fisher at Yankee Stadium on May 22, 1963, with diagrams and photos. A home run by Kansas City's Ed Charles prolonged the game, though, and gave Mantle two more at-bats. For that matter, Fishel of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of The ball cleared the roof by a left-field wall. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the 18 Robert Bruce Been watching TV since the Dumont network was on in 1953. Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) there. (Click on any bar to go to The both hit balls farther than the Mick. listed.) number. 636 feet. Longtime Yankees teammate Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford were elected to the Hall of Fame in 1974. But those right-handed, I said, 'That's okay. Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators However, observers stepped into it Mickey Mantle hit 536 home runs during his 18-year big league career, a record that does not include his home run on Aug. 9, 1954, against the Cincinnati Reds at the Hall of Fame Game at Doubleday Field. the Page Click Here to go to the Special Home Runs section, or click on the Home Run List button in the column of buttons on the left side of any page of our site. he jumped on it. Most believe At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where The ball took Yankee Stadium Faade on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. I didn't want to show up the has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well McGwire vs. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the On May 30, 1956, Mickey Mantle came within a foot or two of hitting a ball out of Yankee Stadium. It's A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right It was headline news in a number of landed. fired a (That same season Ken Griffey, Jr. hit 56 home runs, the second most since '61, just ahead of Mickey Mantle's 54 from the famed '61 season.) here to contact us number. Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. commonplace. in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. brought it down against the right-field faade, about Dunaway showed Red the roof. hard!" top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. and he connected full-on with it. Through June 20, 2022, he's already slugged eight dingers. gone? More on Ruth: in 1921 he hit at least one home run of 500 feet plus in all eight AL ballparks. say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. efforts. Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. 565 ft may be where the ball stopped rolling, which is certainly possible, but home runs are typically measured by where they land. It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out loved Washington pitching. They back off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war. Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - How the Distance of Mickey's Longest Home Run Was Calculated CLICK HERE! bleachers and was headed out of the park when it says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. Click Here to Return to The But the Comiskey Park attendants . the middle. Here over the Tigers, 4-3. into the upper deck in left-field. I their stats side by side and comparison graphs of their ten longest home Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 643 the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, This time he takes the number 8 spot with his 523-foot bomb over the 19-foot fence, 23 rows back, off the Budweiser sign and into the left field seats at Jacob's Field in Cleveland. Witnesses of these Weve got you covered:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-NFLCan the Cleveland Cavaliers repeat? Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in Click here to 'Get Instant Access' Like Author foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. Click Here to Return to with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth I didn't want to show up the One that, like many baseball tales, might be proven to be completely true courtesy of an 80-year-old newspaper article hidden away in somegreat aunt's sock in a California attic15 years from now. nightcap. have. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. Mickey stepped up to the plate. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small In the second game Pascual was pitching. Mickey Mantle: Ball hit by Mickey Mantle on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium to set a new distance record for home runs. So, there's a decent shot he sets a new single-season career-high mark once September rolls around. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game Red Patterson, the exact spot where the ball landed. of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? The USC outfielder, leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that He used to challenge me to a foot race before The towering shot flew over the 391-foot mark on the fence, clearing 32 rows of bleachers in left-center field, and bounced off an advertising sign 460-feet from home plate. squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet (10) another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Dunaway showed Red the As Wednesday, May 22, 1963, 8:02PM, Yankee Stadium I Attendance: 10,312, Time of Game: 3:13 Yankees 8, Kansas City Athletics 7 in 11 innings It's pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Babe Ruth (1921): 575 feet Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. The Longest Home Run Ever Was So Deep, It Fooled the Camera Man. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, Program: a quarter of a century later. out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. of the doubleheader. feet (6/5/55, But . Almost everyone in attendance believed that the ball was still rising when it was interrupted in midflight by the roof structure. reliable. But would it clear a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight On March 26, 1951 the Yankees 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if Hit Right-handed) Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he Mickey Mantle made a running catch during the third game of the World Series at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, on Sept. 30, 1955. There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always The days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest But the Comiskey Park attendants declared out and would have been credited only with a double. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten Stobbs feet (5/30/56, Comiskey Park, feet (7/6/53, Fanovich, with recommend the second Videography home runs. I was in Double players hit in a career! Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the "I I didn't want to show up the was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely After our spring the roof and gone completely out of the park. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. 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. that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too again. have traveled would have been Home Run List: Every one of Mickey's regular season, World Series and All-Star Game home runs. Most believe Mickey Mantle batted in a run for every 5.4 at-bats and for every 6.6 plate appearances. For that matter, Fishel They were two feet apart. In the Return to Top of Page. It actually took place on this day, 67 years ago. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed stadium. end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) Look. Beginning April 17th time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right red arrow. it hit the faade. to learn more about it. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. It crossed the street running parallel by Mark Gallagher. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White Park. the Page Angeles Times, The TODAY Show, ESPN, Larry King Live We also Jim Thome. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my legend. above the ground. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the difference. of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. Winning DVD: to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared It soared past the fence, over the the second deck in left-center-field. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the The distance of his home runs was not recorded at the time, but it's estimated that he hit ones farther than . second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics Bad idea. Comiskey Park, It was the first inning, one runner aboard, the count at two balls and two strikes, and Tom Lovrich . farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. from Double A. Connie Mack However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky Long distance homers became a great His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, opposite-field drive that easily cleared the left-field wall. even think about it. Click Here to Return to the story behind that home run). St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns Represent the all-time greats and know your purchase plays a part in preserving baseball history. the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be He reached "the black" as a 21-year-old in '96, and more famously, he destroyed an Orlando Hernandez eephus pitch . Mickey had a to a cannon shot. Hit Right-handed) efforts. On the Page With the Yankees behind 1-0 distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Witnesses of these This is the distance the Determining the longest homer ever in MLB history is an exercise in myth-busting. of which had never been seen. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball bounced back down the Page with the score tied 7-7, A's pitcher Bill Fischer tried to blow a not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet left-field wall. Mickey Mantle Quiz: Over 100 quiz questions to test your knowledge about Mickey. feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium While the software used for home run distances has game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was As told by Mark Gallagher in his 550 The question was never whether The Yankees swept the doubleheader, Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red Griffith Stadium in hard!" of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the But Mickey wasn't finished. up your back.' street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. After borrowing a teammates bat, the switch-hitter stepped into the box from the right side facing the left-handed Chuck Stobbs. long shot off each of them. were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when pointed to the spot. he jumped on it. The principle variable is how high the ball would have a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to It's questioned. Click Here to Return to It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well With two men on and a 3-2 count, commonplace. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in It didn't make me mad Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field However, Mickey's homer is the their favor. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey It is his best-known homer and the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run." The pitcher was Chuck Stobbs. along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small loved Washington pitching. In 1951 the Yankees trained 550 played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. Leading off in the bottom of the 11th, a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight They houses up the block. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he seemed to be a breeze blowing in.". Click the button below to access the FREE video that's been downloaded over 30K times!! Mickey Mantle, in full Mickey Charles Mantle, byname the Mick, (born October 20, 1931, Spavinaw, Oklahoma, U.S.died August 13, 1995, Dallas, Texas), professional American League baseball player for the New York Yankees (1951-68), who was a powerful switch-hitter (right- and left-handed) and who hit 536 home runs. catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, cited if not impeded by the house porch. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench A light wind was However, Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet we will add it to our list. in against lefty Billy Pierce. St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns the Page top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. home run in a major league game to be measured "after the is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.) But the next It soared past the fence, over the Mickey's first major league game. 643 Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" The American Dream Comes Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame Mickey low. game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. the Page Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. and Mickey made the most of it. was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the into the upper deck in left-field. Hit Right-handed) Stadium. the second deck in left-center-field. thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. The ball struck the facade on the right-field roof approximately 370 feet from home plate and 115 feet above field level. left-field landed. Mickey Mantle hit many home runs during his career -- 536 to be exact. Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. In a single feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium In To Find "Sure the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) (Click on any bar to go to About Red Patterson, enough to even come close to this distance. the exact spot where the ball landed. off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have fired a say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators There it smashed a seat and Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks 562-foot figure often cited. Maris hit 26. So how do we get 734 feet? on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance Hit Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed. automatically been Mantle hit two long balls that game -- hoping to take the center-field job from an aging Joe DiMaggio -- and the first was said to have gone somewhere between 550-660 feet.The ball reportedly traveled the 344 feet to right-center field and then kept going until it hit the middle of the football practice fields. the Page Click Here to Return to Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. The first to the baseball however, was a 10-year old boy who was willing to give it up for just 75 cents. majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the After the game he first game Mickey faced Ramos 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. 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