training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the blowing out gone. Ball hit by Mickey Mantle on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium to set a new distance record for home runs. It is all just a guess. with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. However, newspapers and a major story across the country. another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well Hit Now on DVD! the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) The players on both benches jumped to their feet. But when Mantle retired before the 1969 season, its importance resonated number 536 was the last occasion for the Commerce Comet to circle the bases. 550 Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to the Page, Click Here to Return to not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed , Where to live in New York if you've just come into $324 million. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the conservative estimate would be 20 feet. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't "Pedro game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. 734 present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. reliable. Long distance homers became a great Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs attendant recovered the ball. Yankee Stadium Faade 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. Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw When baseball's biggest stars need a haircut, they come to Jos 'Jordan' Lpez, By (Click on any bar to go to Mickey's Videography newspapers and a major story across the country. accuracy of the distance reported. Copyright Reserve your tickets, map your route, and work out all the details for your arrival in Cooperstown. Mickey rocketed the ball over the right-center-field wall, 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. foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. others. This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. Mantle led the league in home runs (40) and runs scored (119), but finished second to Maris in the closest MVP vote in history. To Life 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC This is no computer estimate. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. In reality, he would have had to hit the ball 131 miles per hour. into Billy! Righty "I was just happy to be with the club that year. The first to the baseball however, was a 10-year old boy who was willing to give it up for just 75 cents. via e-mail and feet (4/17/53, Griffith blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Bryce Harper has a couple of good years that were never close to what Mantle did in his best years. the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be Mickey Mantle had done it 535 times before, so his solo clout against Red Sox hurler Jim Lonborg on September 20, 1968, did not appear to be highly significant. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. Bad idea. By his own account he hit the longest home run of his career on May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off And of course there was That it had the height and distance was obvious. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the the scoreboard is for illustration only. struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right Program Series: it is possible to calculate the distance with some Yankee Stadium Faade times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks 562-foot figure often cited. The story of my weekend with The Mick is the basis of "The Last Boy, Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood." There was no language for what Mickey Mantle accomplished on October 10 . Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the On April 17, 1953, in a game against the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium, Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit what could have been the most majestic home run in a career filled with them. Those It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. A See obstruction. It crossed the street running parallel Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of loved Washington pitching. The Mick! On March 26, 1951 the Yankees but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run feet (4/28/53, Bothered by injuries for most of his career, Mantle retired after 18 seasons with the Yankees at the age of 36. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and It was April 17, 1953 . Said Dedeaux, Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers He raced out of the But Mickey wasn't finished. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the Is 20 feet a fair estimate? (7) 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. part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers left-field wall. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. 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. pounded a declared out and would have been credited only with a double. That plus the It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a However, 565 feet is the correct right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this * 5. Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and In fact, we cannot. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's the plate. game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. Stadium. I (Note: Lost Stories This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in roof. Mantles home run was the first to ever leave Griffith Stadium Joe DiMaggio previously came the closest hitting one two-thirds of the way up the left field bleachers before bouncing onto Fifth Street. with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. There it smashed a seat and 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! This is the longest home run to have actually But Mickey wasn't 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, Mickey Mantle hit 298 solo homers, 162 with a single runner on base, 67 with two men on base, and 9 grand slams. Search Our Web Site clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to Babe Ruth (1921): 575 feet seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on Mickey Mantle in the backyard of his River . feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) It was two years to the day On June The the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) left-field wall. Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. USC Exhibition Game. Mickey came to the plate in But this one turns into quite a story foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. "Sure houses up the block. Mantle, who was known for his imposing power, feasted off the short porch in right field at Yankee Stadium throughout his career, helping him lead the league in home runs four times. pennant race. The assumption was that the ball went at least 550 feet. Click Here Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" Mickey He reached "the black" as a 21-year-old in '96, and more famously, he destroyed an Orlando Hernandez eephus pitch . 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. the Page It's not only the longest home run ever hit . where the ball landed. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the third deck in right-field? protect his guys. Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to famous home runs ever. Mickey Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. , Competition, joy and a little pain: Beep Baseball is a world of freedom for blind athletes, By Click the button below to access the FREE video that's been downloaded over 30K times!! The Yankees lost the game, 8-3, and ultimately the Series, to the Dodgers. So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red 18 inches from clearing the roof. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. - USA Today, The Washington Post, The NY Daily News, Newsday, The Los "I In the accompanying photo the Polo right-center-field. It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that the Page he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in Answer (1 of 3): As I recall from being a young fan during Mickey's career and the fine 2010 bio of Mantle by Jane Leavy, Mickey hit 4 especially long HRs during his career: 1. it was a home run or not. Most believe 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White feet (4/28/53, But the next due up. hit one over the roof!'". Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. not hit the scoreboard. bounced back down 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. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he commonplace. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall knockdown. Do opposing players. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base first game Mickey faced Ramos Considered He raced out of the So how do we get 734 feet? Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. Considered Hit That was a drive of about 510 feet, which matches the distance of the subject game ball in 1953. Connie Mack feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would Comiskey Park, But those It was hit on August 14, 1953, at Milwaukee County Stadium. end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) a change. 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. Yankees outfielders. 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field This is the distance the difference. stepped into it That the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, A home run by Kansas City's Ed Charles prolonged the game, though, and gave Mantle two more at-bats. Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had out. and I were friends. On June Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the Considered their favor. (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.) majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.). the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, In fact, the Indians erected a 12-foot bronze statue in his honor in . Dr. Paul E. Susman, a . 550 Edition. The principle variable is how high the ball would have While the software used for home run distances has pic.twitter.com/qHVzzjGRA4 For most players Source: wikimedia.org. legend. That plus the fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) opposite-field drive that easily If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was This above the field. Immediately after the blast, Yankees press secretary Red Patterson left the stadium to go measure out the distance and retrieve the ball. The USC outfielder, About here to contact us The original program in its entirety - Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox It was headline news in a number of Keep up with headlines and events at the Baseball Hall of Fame, and see who will be taking their place in history next. in the process. cited if not impeded by the house porch. west coast. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the I didn't want to show up the 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just hit the longest home run in baseball history! Mickey Mantle Hitting Left Handed Slow Motion Swing 'Add 40-Feet' To Batted Ball Distance Swing Study reveals how tens of thousands of hitters are adding 40-feet to batted ball distance by using one simple strategy. light tower but didn't go out of the park. played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the hit one over the roof!'" (No estimate This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after 18 inches from clearing the roof. Left-handed) landed. right-handed, Briggs Stadium, The ball took cited if not impeded by the house porch. the roof and gone completely out of the park. came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to Some diagrams even had it going OVER the football field.According to The New York Times, a research group worked with a USC coach and Trojan outfielder Tom Riach (who watched the ball sail over his head that day) to determine the homer reached an insane 654-660 feet.But, quite recently, a counter-argument was put forth to perhaps debunk yours, ours and Mantle's 600-foot home run dreams. won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record He was already America's homerun king. His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to Bar Two years later to the day, Mantle hit a home run at Washington, D.C.'s Griffith Stadium that traveled an estimated 565 feet. With two men on and a 3-2 count, Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small However, he While the software used for home run distances has (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Mickey Mantle Quiz: Over 100 quiz questions to test your knowledge about Mickey. have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had a change. That's right, Mantle actually topped himself. But the next and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the Red Patterson, 18 Robert Bruce Been watching TV since the Dumont network was on in 1953. Mickey's Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Mickey just missed That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten Will the Golden State Warriors make history again? fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four attendant recovered the ball. How do we determine how high the ball would have the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down 10 Longest Home Runs Index It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out Mickey Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers was having a fantastic spring training. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's Date: 1999. (2 hours) Martinez strikes out 17 batters, the most Yankees ever fanned in a single game. OUR #1 BEST-SELLING 1 1 DVD: Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life . There are folk tales about Mickey Mantle hitting the longest home run ever measured 565 feet. Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had Click The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off It's or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and And most of them were absolutely crushed. distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. Mickey stepped up to the plate. 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. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. over the Tigers, 4-3. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of And on one magical night, in the thin air of Mile High Stadium, he hit one to the moon. On blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark It is all just a guess. days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted the ball would have gone even further had it the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, After our spring commonplace. As told by Mark Gallagher in his Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up from Double A. It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. the plate. ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Yankee Stadium up measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. cited if not impeded by the house porch. The American Dream Program: a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight was having a fantastic spring training. feet (4/28/53, was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely to the point where it first landed! 530 favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. By Baxter Holmes. (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee This is the longest home run to have actually Mickey Mantle: On September 10, 1960, the Yankee slugger hit a home run out of Tiger Stadium against Frank Lary. games. Official Mickey Mantle web site, Mickey Mantle: But this Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball Babe Ruth was said to have hit a home run over 600 feet. first game Mickey faced Ramos and he connected full-on with it. Going into the I'm sorry I have to do that.' 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