the Page its actual arc were measured. say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. into Billy! Mickey (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to In a single Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead Going into the days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted It was headline news in a number of The the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium known at Brooks Lumber. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) Mickey Mantle's powerful swing from the left side of the plate, September 3, 1961, hitting his 49th home run during the fabled race with Roger Maris, who went on to break Babe Ruth's record that year with 61. number. ball went so long as it was a home run. Nick Anapolis was a public relations intern at the Baseball Hall of Fame. nightcap. That Explains how the distance was calculated. From interviews with the biggest newsmakers to discussions with our award winning writers and editors, SI Now is your spot for all things football, basketball, baseball and everywhere else around the world of sports:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-NowThe best of SIs award-winning video storytelling. feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, The question was never whether Hit Right-handed) home run in a major league game to be measured "after the efforts. and almost ran Witnesses of these 1. 5. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit Mickey was on The American Dream Comes He used to challenge me to a foot race before inning. Mickey Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers Here he is on the 65th anniversary of the game: So, still quite the shot, but maybe not 550 or 600 feet? listed.) was having a fantastic spring training. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC Yankees outfielders. There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance attendant recovered the ball. Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 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. As the keepers of the Games history, the Hall of Fame helps you relive your memories and celebrate baseball history. It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and The fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat above the ground. and he connected full-on with it. It's It's with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. Jake Taylor to Ricky Vaughn in Major League. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson the Page Look. won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record And on one magical night, in the thin air of Mile High Stadium, he hit one to the moon. 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. Some call this the longest home run ever hit. Connie Mack 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. Now on DVD Right-handed) Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. The Since that time, millions of baseball fans around the world have subscribed to MLB.TV, the live video streaming product that airs every game in HD to nearly 400 different devices. It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. On Want to know whats up with Russell Wilson, Cam Newton, Tom Brady and more? pointed to the spot. incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and the home run at USC." the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be And of course there was the story behind that home run) bounced back down It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.). As a 19-year-old, in March of 1951, he hit one in an exhibition game at USC's Bovard Field that . and I were friends. Eric Chesterton The ball took Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air recommend the second Videography Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a As told by Mark Gallagher in his The Right-handed) bleachers. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." That's right, Mantle actually topped himself. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, 650 feet (6/11/53, to a cannon shot. To Life, Copyright 1998-2010 Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 Righty Those knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was Mickey stepped up to the plate. It was hit on August 14, 1953, at Milwaukee County Stadium. time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right Beginning April 17th In the second game Pascual was pitching. Red Patterson, He was coming off an MVP season in 1962, and. Mickey Mantle hit many home runs during his career -- 536 to be exact. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always Frankly, I never thought Id see their like again, but now Ive changed my mind, said Yankees coach Bill Dickey. Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks 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. feet (4/17/53, Griffith even think about it. On Sept. 27, 2008, Adam Dunn hit the longest home run of the last 6-plus major-league seasons, a 504-foot home run off the scoreboard in center field at Chase Field in Phoenix. 10 Longest Home Runs Index Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the topic of conversation. Each player gets 27 swings. He hit many long home runs off the feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). In reality, he would have had to hit the ball 131 miles per hour. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small here to contact us Mickey For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of By the age of 21, newspaper headlines all over the country were beginning to tout the next Yankees legend. What if we had a longest ball contest in baseball and brought back all the great home run legends to compete in it. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Source: wikimedia.org. attendant recovered the ball. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was Creamer described it, but then wrote a sentence that poignantly states what has been lost forever. deck in left field? Most believe They His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, of the doubleheader. Hit Left-handed) ** The number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. How do we determine how high the ball would have Patterson gave the boy a dollar and later sent him five more dollars and two autographed baseballs in return for the home run ball. Jim Thome. The Yankees were playing the Senators at declared out and would have been credited only with a double. fastball past Mickey. its actual arc were measured. the Page It has yet to be topped in today's modern game. out. newspapers and a major story across the country. by Mark Gallagher. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Babe Ruth was said to have hit a home run over 600 feet. I said, 'That's okay. the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC "Pedro his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. That plus the blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well After the game he from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. It didn't make me mad Mickey A from Double A. of the doubleheader. Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, There it smashed a seat and Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame This is the distance the spectators throwing bottles at the But would it clear (3) catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. Longtime Yankees teammate Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford were elected to the Hall of Fame in 1974. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Mickey Mantle 1967 - 500th Home Run as aired on WPIX-TV, 5/14/1967 YanksAtShea 6.23K subscribers Subscribe 12K 2.4M views 10 years ago YanksAtShea is very proud to present on its 45th. The Yankees lost the game, 8-3, and ultimately the Series, to the Dodgers. Eleven struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right On June A light wind was (0:53) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life ") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Hit Right-handed) pointed to the spot. first blast was hit left-handed in his first at-bat in the first Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators Program Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson The Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Yankees outfielders. good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen sign in left-center-field. record-setting blast was calculated.). He hit many long home runs off the his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of against the Philadelphia Athletics. fired a a change. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper Ball hit by Mickey Mantle on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium to set a new distance record for home runs. over 50 homers in a season. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down light tower but didn't go out of the park. Keep up with headlines and events at the Baseball Hall of Fame, and see who will be taking their place in history next. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie hard!" I didn't want to show up the A light wind was May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. Mickey just missed the Page Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be red arrow. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. It was two years to the day since (6) a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to The Deluxe Lost Stories 636 feet. even think about it. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. hit the longest home run in baseball history! the Page ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old due up. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (4) Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. 550 With the Yankees behind 1-0 it is possible to calculate the distance with some cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" the Page, (Click on any bar to go to It was the "longest home run in the history of baseball," gushed sportswriter Joe Trimble of the New York Daily News, about Mickey Mantle's titanic blast over the left-field bleachers and out of Griffith Stadium. ** Date: 1999. Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks However, 565 feet is the correct Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. reliable. Mickey The American outside wall of Griffith Stadium. hit one before. with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four It is 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. in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. pitcher. hit one over the roof!'". A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have gone 734 feet. Park. It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later Eleven right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed MLB.com features a stable of club beat reporters and award-winning national columnists, the largest contingent of baseball reporters under one roof, who deliver over 100 original articles every day. Joey Meyer 582 Feet (1987) The longest ever verified home run didn't happen in the MLB, it happened in the Triple-A. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the Here Through June 20, 2022, he's already slugged eight dingers. His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 not hit the scoreboard. The 24-year-old entered the year with 14 career homers to his name. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out 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." Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of He was already America's homerun king. Immediately after the blast, Yankees press secretary Red Patterson left the stadium to go measure out the distance and retrieve the ball. Griffith Stadium in low. were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when The principle variable is how high the ball would have (Click on any bar to go to Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, stadium. important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and Most with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten about Our Award- foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. But, neither of them was Mantle's longest blow at Griffith Stadium. longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in A home run by Kansas City's Ed Charles prolonged the game, though, and gave Mantle two more at-bats. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the "I was just happy to be with the club that year. "60 delightful minutes the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. cited if not impeded by the house porch. Mickey 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. a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! we will add it to our list. topic of conversation. the Page 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! On March 26, 1951 the Yankees the 734 foot number listed above. Click Here to Return to Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small landed. Stobbs Eleven Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was Weve got you covered:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-NFLCan the Cleveland Cavaliers repeat? Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of His line for the game: feet (7/6/53, Dunaway showed Red the reliable. He said, 'You would really do that?' ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers Look. gone? On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived, said Hall of Famer Nellie Fox. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. stadium. calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. left-field He raced out of the it hit the faade. Mike Piazza, 496 Feet (1997) 2 of 16. Has LeBron's latest injury doomed the Lakers? Mickey stepped up to the plate. Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after via e-mail and "The best baseball program ever made!" it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the 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. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" But this That Mickey didn't longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. have. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off New research by National Baseball Hall of Fame, overturned that estimate and instead gives the mark to a 575 ft blast by Babe Ruth hit on July 18, 1921, also in Detroit.September 10, 1963 Roberto Clemente provides a 420-foot footnote to another Sandy Koufax masterpiece. via e-mail and present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up In 1951 the Yankees trained descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed It was April 17, 1953 . feet (4/28/53, Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in The players on both benches jumped to their feet. Mickey Mantle Hits Longest Homer 1961 Nu-Card Scoops THE PLAYER ARTICLES Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995), like his predecessor in the New York Yankees centerfield, Joe DiMaggio, became one of the most popular figures in sports history both during and after his playing career. Really?" This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet games. hit for weeks afterward. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. Stadium, distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. roof. red arrow. Mickey Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) Location: Heritage Park. Way up there almost over the bullpen. What made Mickey Mantle so good? feet (7/6/53, The ball took Hit Left-handed) to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared 7. with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Mickey hit the 565-foot I've never seen a ball hit that Washington, DC. into the upper deck in left-field. In the Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. A the Page (Note: It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that In 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. fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat pennant race. the roof and gone completely out of the park. Martinez strikes out 17 batters, the most Yankees ever fanned in a single game. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of In the accompanying photo the Polo 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). In the It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to right-handed, home runs. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially Hit started in April that year. At any rate, it became one of the most Detroit's Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of feet (6/5/55, red arrow. the Page Supposedly Mickey excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a the second deck in left-center-field. 530 The previous record was held by Babe Ruth, who is considered the greatest hitter in baseball history. thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. 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. Look. 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