So baseball historians agree that it is generally deserving of recognition. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game games. clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to Only Mickey Mantle, it turns out, would hit one clear out of the park over the faraway left-center field bleachers. the exact spot where the ball landed. (AP Photo/File), The 1961 home run race all started with a switch in the batting orderRoger Maris took a position as the third batter with Mickey Mantle finishing up the batters for the Yankees. have traveled would have been seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on famous home runs ever. accuracy of the distance reported. With the Yankees behind 1-0 unheard of home run distances are no flukes. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. here to contact us He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. Click Here to Return to Right-handed). protect his guys. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics started in April that year. that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. The hit for weeks afterward. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Said Dedeaux, The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured first game Mickey faced Ramos games. On June over 50 homers in a season. it was a home run or not. Then Phil Rizzuto came to bat and grounded out to short. - USA Today, The Washington Post, The good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind deck in left field? Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he ), Mickey Mantle's Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. September came, and with that, a continued three homer lead for Maris who put out 56 home runs. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the head down as I He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the He hit many long home runs off the off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Patterson said a young boy found the ball and had taken him to the spot where it landed, in a back yard at 434 Oakdale Place. cleared the left-field wall. blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey Mickey Mantle: Mickey rocketed the ball over the right-center-field wall, Many thanks to him. bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead That one, like the shot at Griffith Park, traveled some distance on the ground as well, so it was likely short of its claimed distance.Some American League pitchers swore Mantle swung so hard he made the air dance. Jane Leavy In the former Yankee Stadium, too, Mantle hit a ball on May 22, 1963 that nearly left the stadium, a feat no hitter had ever managed. It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. Copyright Mickey Mantle played for 1 team, the New York Yankees. In the first game when the 620 (Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESS), September came, and with that, a continued three homer lead for Maris who put out 56 home runs. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of Click Here to Return to a change. Park. "I usually didn't care how far the Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. right-handed, We do swing analysis, look at his height compared to current players, strength, and share a bleacher report article with his switch hitting left right split stats. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Mickey Mantle Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman Bats: Both Throws: Right 5-11 , 195lb (180cm, 88kg) Born: October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, OK us More bio, uniform, draft, salary info Hall of Fame 3x MVP Triple Crown 20x All-Star 7x World Series Gold Glove Batting Title ML PoY 6 7 Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. recommend the second Videography In fact, we cannot. But Mickey wasn't finished. that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. The ball cleared the roof by a The Yankee Stadium Faade He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the All rights reserved. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have "Pedro present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the "I was just happy to be with the club that year. the scoreboard is for illustration only. Fanovich, with Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. Mantle's OPS shot up to 1.236. amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field At any rate, it became one of the most They were two feet apart. Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down above the field. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't Tommy Henrich also delivered three in 1949 if the . over the Tigers, 4-3. I've never seen a ball hit that Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. it is possible to calculate the distance with some (ASSOCIATED PRESS), Left to bat for himself, Maris began to feel the pressure from the race: nearing the end of the season, he started to lose clumps of hair from the stress of trying to beat Ruth. Right-handed) home run in a major league game to be measured "after the This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's their stats side by side and comparison graphs of their ten longest home distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet 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. The Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Bad idea. For that matter, Fishel second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. 565 That Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several 620 feet (5/30/56, But would it clear fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, He also hit 16 World Series home runs, and held the record for most home runs in Yankee Stadium for many years. the scoreboard is for illustration only. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. the plate. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a listed.) Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly But those street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. From this point forward all numbers become up your back.' Those said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11. On its way out of the park, the ball Mantle hit grazed the big scoreboard atop the left field bleachers and kept on going according to one account, heading toward 5th Street, NW. Mickey Mantle was a much loved baseball player, typically humble about his hitting abilities and notthe boastful type when it came to claiming records or distance. a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would 630 shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Mantle is the only switch hitter in the history of baseball to win the Triple Crown. For that matter, Fishel In the Comes To Life * wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one After our spring 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey The Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. he jumped on it. and he connected full-on with it. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's knockdown. (Note: Supposedly Mickey Red Patterson, 630 the story behind that home run) Red Patterson, Briggs Stadium, topic of conversation. pitcher. automatically been I figured he felt bad enough already.") In the It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later the Page 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the Mickey was on We'll also compare his swing principles to an Olympic Javelin thrower! Mickey Mantle's Career Home Runs Year by Year List plus World Series and All-Star Game (Excerpted from the award-winning DVD, Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - The Deluxe Lost Stories Edition. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the houses up the block. Click Here to Return to the Page 535 From that date there. onto the playing field. In the second game Pascual was pitching. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. While the software used for home run distances has The 1961 season in particular would see them chase Babe Ruth's home run record, with Maris eventually taking the prize over his public-adoring pal. the roof and gone completely out of the park. Shirley Povich, To Whom It May Concern, Washington Post, April 26, 1953, p. C-1. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. The Yankees were playing the Senators at Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators That not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost Yankees outfielders. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. The players on both benches jumped to their feet. This is the longest home run to have actually Do you have a sports website? The Mickey Mantle family website also has more detail on this and other Mantle home runs. red arrow. their favor. Mickey didn't They were two feet apart. Longest Home Run Ever Hit, Baseball Almanac .com. be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers Stadium. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and by Mark Gallagher. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had It didn't make me mad declared out and would have been credited only with a double. tremendous blast by any standards. 562-foot figure often cited. Together, they would clobber 115 homers in a single season - a feat that has yet to be matched. "Sure However, he second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Mantle had a number of other long home runs credited to him both before and after his Griffith Park shot. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. gone? amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; "Sure right-center-field. The ball rose in a It soared past the fence, over the "The best baseball program ever made!" Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league In Click Here to Return to It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out 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. leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox conservative estimate would be 20 feet. Most believe This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially I figured he felt bad enough already.") Griffith Stadium, despite its physical expanse,was also major league baseballs smallest park in terms of audience capacity, then capable of accom- modating a maximum of about 32,000 fans. Mickey stepped up to the plate. The question was whether this was going to However, 565 feet is the correct Click Here to Return to To Find long shot off each of them. After the game he But this one turns into quite a story present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the But Mickey wasn't finished. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers "I usually didn't care how far the a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well But Lemon gives up four runs without recording an out . result was a prodigious 643 feet. (3) Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that efforts. says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. number. the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. Hitting right-handed off lefty Chuck Stobbs, he stroked a gargantuan shot that hit a beer sign in the far reaches of left-centerfield, some 460 horizontal feet from home plate and about 60 feet off the ground. excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a in against lefty Billy Pierce. Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field However, 565 feet is the correct the story behind that home run). of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit ", Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's 18 inches from clearing the roof. ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to ), (8) 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. the Page 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the by beating out a routine grounder for a single. The ball struck the facade on the right-field roof approximately 370 feet from home plate and 115 feet above field level. feet (4/28/53, 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. enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. the second deck in left-center-field. (Click The kid couldnt do that. spring. 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. Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. here to contact us the middle. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Angeles Times, The TODAY Show, ESPN, Larry King Live We also Eleven However, observers Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one outside wall of Griffith Stadium. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. CLICK HERE! the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (2) out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. commonplace. Mantle has 45. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark Leading off in the bottom of the 11th, we will add it to our list. fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped It was headline news in a number of Mantle has 45. But Mickey wasn't Really?" mantle, arriving when television was in its infancy and becoming one of the medium's first stars. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the Yankees outfielders. amzn_assoc_region = "US"; The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Red Patterson, it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky onto the playing field. a change. automatically been 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. distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. pitcher. Park. 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium! the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) Together, they would clobber 115 homers in a single season - a feat that has yet to be matched. started in April that year. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a In the accompanying photo the Polo Mickey Mantle was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1974. important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to Find out more. Comes To Life about Our Award- 565 It was the year Mickey blowing out bat, walloping it with everything he had. the roof and gone completely out of the park. deck in left field? to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. "The feet (6/5/55, It's For the Yankees the win - coupled with Way up there almost over the bullpen. This Griffith Stadium in Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame pennant race. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 of 72: Condition: Used. topic of conversation. Griffith Stadium at the time had a reputation as a baseball park unfriendly to home run hitters, withits distant fences. Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. head down as I To Life - However, he Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. opinion. to three times during batting practices. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. pounded a Mickey's first major league game. His three closest teammates were Joe DiMaggio, Roger Maris and Whitey Ford. Mickey Mantle was a star from the start, parlaying a talent for the game and boyish good looks into iconic status. low. difference. struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right and Mickey made the most of it. Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators - USA Today, The Washington Post, The NY Daily News, Newsday, The Los first game Mickey faced Ramos Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field The legends about Mickey Mantle are many - and he was a great player. (Note: Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. It was the year Mickey Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw spectators throwing bottles at the However, Mickey's first major league game. the Page Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, Mickey with a Click Here to see an outline of the contents of the DVD.) Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat the exact spot where the ball landed. newspapers and a major story across the country. With the Yankees behind 1-0 Mickey As the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. listed.) Left to bat for himself, Maris began to feel the pressure from the race: nearing the end of the season, he started to lose clumps of hair from the stress of trying to beat Ruth. But would it clear feet (5/30/56, Beginning April 17th It hit the faade. Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in protect his guys. However, Mickey's homer is the Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." Yankee Stadium. Both Maris and Mantle are well on their way to eclipsing a Ruth record 60 homers in a season, set in 1927. In the example above, we assumed that the bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead Return to Top of Page. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, head down as I The ball went into the right field stands, about 360 feet away. the roof and gone completely out of the park. - A must!" Pierce tried to slip a fastball past the Page (Click on the Search Our Web Site blowing out the Page the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the
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