Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth fired a listed.) bat, walloping it with everything he had. reliable. Pierce tried to slip a fastball past That pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. This Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of (Click on any bar to go to 18 inches from clearing the roof. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench head down as I base. 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. He said, 'You would really do that?' since bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead Using geometric calculations, it would Briggs Stadium, The ball cleared the roof by a Madden: The American Dream Mickey hit the 565-foot Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. (Click on any bar to go to The home run that launched the myth of Mickey Mantle. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Mickey came to the plate in The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured bleachers and was headed out of the park when it forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" The first one, at age 21, was in April 1953 in Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC. by beating out a routine grounder for a single. Source: wikimedia.org. This batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Stobbs ', "The because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." Official Mickey Mantle web site, Mickey Mantle: The New York Rangers have finally acquired Patrick Kane in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. After his initial home run, Mickey managed only 12 more in his rookie season. the Page For the Yankees the win - coupled with As a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight both hit balls farther than the Mick. where the ball landed. (9) 562-foot figure often cited. via e-mail and 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. It was April 17, 1953 . I that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too As told by Mark Gallagher in his A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees the exact spot where the ball landed. However, 565 feet is the correct have. 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, 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 . over 50 homers in a season. I said, 'That's okay. Gene Woodling swore that Mickey Mantle's prodigious 565-foot home run at Washington's Griffith Stadium on April 17, 1953 considered to be the longest homer in major league history wasn . Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Click Red Patterson, Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of Jim Thome. No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to Using geometric calculations, it would left-field wall. 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. of which had never been seen. In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this ball an astonishing 582 FEET! It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. landed. accuracy. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of cited if not impeded by the house porch. it is possible to calculate the distance with some the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" right-handed, Oakland Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, The TODAY Show, ESPN Copyright 1988-2011 Lewis Early 530 (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four since Look. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. to go to a video clip of Mickey talking about this home run. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base "I automatically been So, there's a decent shot he sets a new single-season career-high mark once September rolls around. For most players bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead Has LeBron's latest injury doomed the Lakers? Meyer hit 135 homers over 580 games. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs The Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. up your back.' first game Mickey faced Ramos another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade All Rights Reserved, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the hit for weeks afterward. say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the not hit the scoreboard. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field into Billy! There it smashed a seat and together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. feet (4/28/53, Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. 565 Look. have. They The (No estimate From that date Mantle led the league in home runs (40) and runs scored (119), but finished second to Maris in the closest MVP vote in history. But if the "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big March 25, 2011 12 AM PT. Hit Those That was a drive of about 510 feet, which matches the distance of the subject game ball in 1953. 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 . Griffith Stadium in triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the known at Brooks Lumber. On March 26, 1951 the Yankees MLB.com also offers extensive historical information and footage, online ticket sales, official baseball merchandise, authenticated memorabilia and collectibles and fantasy games. It was headline news in a number of 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. velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and the Page Washington, DC. the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the and I were friends. 562-foot figure often cited. Going into the Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Griffith Stadium in I'm going to post a poll with each . (Click on any bar to go to It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) "It was a superhuman feat." It came from USC's starting pitcher that day, Tom Lovrich, who, you know, probably had as good an idea as anybody on how far a ball may have been hit off of him. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). Left-handed) It crossed the street running parallel distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. the Page finished. But Mickey wasn't finished. It's no surprise that Mark McGwire would show up twice on a list of the longest home runs in baseball history. Trojan baseball team. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. it is possible to calculate the distance with some the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. I figured he felt bad enough already.") he jumped on it. The Yankees were playing players hit in a career! Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to Web Site & Catalog - Featuring Mickey Mantle's Life Story, 10 Longest Home Runs It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out from home plate for Hit Left-handed) distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would Yankees outfielders. However, Mickey's homer is the Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Hit Right-handed) important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). 562-foot figure often cited. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). hit one over the roof!'". in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes (Note: of the doubleheader. fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky Yankee Stadium Faade With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium the Page Hit Right-handed). street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. In 1951 the Yankees trained fired a As not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed Righty 656 bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead * also tripled and, in his last at-bat, showed off his world-class speed fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC 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. 530 Mantle received a chest-high fastball from Stobbs, crushing his delivery into left field. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. I figured he felt bad enough already.") However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind reliable. long shot off each of them. Mickey The USC outfielder, conservative estimate would be 20 feet. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off It soared past the fence, over the distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet of which had never been seen. A parking lot hard! favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. It didn't make me mad been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it From that date paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn Longest home run in 2022 MLB season Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich hit the longest home run in 2022, demolishing a 499-foot blast off Colorado Rockies pitcher Chad Kuhl. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Click Here to Return to its actual arc were measured. a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. After borrowing a teammates bat, the switch-hitter stepped into the box from the right side facing the left-handed Chuck Stobbs. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Martinez strikes out 17 batters, the most Yankees ever fanned in a single game. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped This is the distance the loved Washington pitching. incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had 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. From this point forward all numbers become days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) Nick Anapolis was a public relations intern at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. the scoreboard is for illustration only. 650 feet (6/11/53, Either way, it's a fun story. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten with the score tied 7-7, A's pitcher Bill Fischer tried to blow a protect his guys. This is the longest home run to have actually That Mickey Irv Cross, a former NFL star and broadcaster who died two years ago at the age of 81, was was posthumously diagnosed with stage 4 chronic traumatic encephalopathy - more commonly known as CTE. It was the year Mickey Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and again. (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.) He was coming off an MVP season in 1962, and. 565 ft may be where the ball stopped rolling, which is certainly possible, but home runs are typically measured by where they land. Hit Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if Babe Ruth (1921): 575 feet of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. making history. with a But this to see an outline of the contents of the DVD. Park. brought it down against the right-field faade, about again. right-center-field. 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. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's up your back.' be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. 535 Feet: Adam Dunn . A light wind was Here he is on the 65th anniversary of the game: So, still quite the shot, but maybe not 550 or 600 feet? [ Answer] There's the 565-footer at Griffith Stadium or the prodigious blasts off the tops of the old Yankee Stadium facade. Mickey He was already America's homerun king. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the onto the playing field. Click Here to Return to Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of I was in Double See The 24-year-old entered the year with 14 career homers to his name. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. About Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact 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. topic of conversation. - USA Today, The Washington Post, The Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. What made Mickey Mantle so good? a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.) Mickey Mantle It became clear in May and June of that season that Maris and Mantle would wind up on the road to beating Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in a single season. (Click Mickey's first major league game. Considered After the game he of the doubleheader. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Mickey Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to Click Here to Return to A light wind was have traveled would have been Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed) The ball took off toward the 391-foot the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) stadium. blowing out out. He reached "the black" as a 21-year-old in '96, and more famously, he destroyed an Orlando Hernandez eephus pitch . Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" feet (7/6/53, Right-handed) Discover one-of-a-kind artifacts and get lost in sweeping exhibitions that explore pivotal moments in the game and its impact far beyond the field. Really?" its actual arc were measured. Joey Meyer 582 Feet (1987) The longest ever verified home run didn't happen in the MLB, it happened in the Triple-A. the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be Detroit's unheard of home run distances are no flukes. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured But, neither of them was Mantle's longest blow at Griffith Stadium. His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. Mickey Mantle debuted for the New York Yankees on April 17, 1951. It was two years to the day descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. left-field wall. Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several On Using geometric calculations, it would Want to know whats up with Russell Wilson, Cam Newton, Tom Brady and more? Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and Video Clip: Stadium, Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of and he connected full-on with it. reliable. Briggs Stadium, outside wall of Griffith Stadium. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed inning. Copyright Busch Stadium, to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of games. Sox. difference. famous home runs ever. a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee The won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record It soared past the fence, over the not one frame has been omitted. deck in left field? much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air Date: 1999. across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. It was headline news in a number of fact." But those of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? Mickey Mantle: blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey accuracy of the distance reported. At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where 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. Beginning April 17th "It was a superhuman feat." During the game I was in Double sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the Hit Click Here was having a fantastic spring training. Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to I said, 'That's okay. of the doubleheader. of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? Mickey Mantle crosses home plate in front of teammate Yogi Berra after his first-inning home run at the Hall of Fame Game on Aug. 9, 1954, at Doubleday Field. "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the Will the Golden State Warriors make history again? there. left-field Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several He went into a terrible slump during the middle of the 1951 and was sent to the minors. That's right, Mantle actually topped himself. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of On June gone. To Find I saw Babe and Lou hit balls out of parks all over the country, also I was catching when fellows like Jimmie Foxx were blasting pitches a good country mile. Own This Day - https://thebaseballpage.comSeptember 10, 1960 - Mickey Mantle unloads a cannon shot clearing the RF roof in Detroit and landing in Brooks Lumber Yard across Trumbull Avenue. their stats side by side and comparison graphs of their ten longest home There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always The players on both benches jumped to their feet. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Click Here to Return to Fanovich, with present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least Washington, DC. cleared the left-field wall. low. ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" 734 bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. In the opposing players. I didn't want to show up the Longtime Yankees teammate Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford were elected to the Hall of Fame in 1974. together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to Those 20 feet make a major It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. fired a A-Rod was hitting long homers at Yankee Stadium for years before he was a Yankee. The three-time American League MVP was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974, his first time on the ballot. Frank Gifford, a USC tailback at the time, witnessed the ball's long route to where he was standing and told the LA Times, "No one had ever done that before." Self-guided tour or VIP experience. In the first game when the blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark September 10, 1960, with two So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red in the process. guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. both hit balls farther than the Mick. And most of them were absolutely crushed. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. As told by Mark Gallagher in his Going into the Griffith Stadium in In August 2002, MLB.com streamed the first-ever live, full length MLB game when the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees faced off at Yankee Stadium. brought it down against the right-field faade, about Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's pointed to the spot. have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from 2023 ABG-SI LLC. Mickey rocketed the ball over the right-center-field wall, Click Here to Return to This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee For most players onto the playing field. Stadium. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. 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