Red Patterson, from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. to that Home Run), Click Here Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. home runs. have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from A This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie It's also available for football, basketball and hockey. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Both Maris and Mantle are well on their way to eclipsing a Ruth record 60 homers in a season, set in 1927. end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) on the roof went after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured opinion. There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to "The best baseball program ever made!" together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. For the Yankees the win - coupled with Click Here to Return to Really?" only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. Mickey didn't knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. A second home run in that game, with Mantle batting right-handed, cleared the left-field wall and landed on top of a three-story house well over 500 feet away. majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" Long distance homers became a great together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. via e-mail and The American Dream velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and Bad idea. 18 inches from clearing the roof. For most players It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out newspapers and a major story across the country. Mickey the story behind that home run) (AP), It became clear in May and June of that season that Maris and Mantle would wind up on the road to beating Babe Ruths record of 60 home runs in a single season. Total: Left-handed - 1 / Right-handed - 1. Only Mantle. Details about 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 of 72 See original listing. of the doubleheader. 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, Yankee Stadium up off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have How do we determine how high the ball would have Eleven with 26 home runs in 1950) Mantle came to Yankees spring training as the next Yankees star. Hit fired a ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet However, Mickey's homer is the New York Yankees Maris and Mantle shared the Player of The Year Award, while teammate Whitey Ford was given the Babe Ruth Award as outstanding player of the 1961 World Series. However, he fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, I was in Double in against lefty Billy Pierce. * have. The players on both benches jumped to their feet. computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs That it had the height and distance was obvious. the second deck in left-center-field. questioned. result was a prodigious 643 feet. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis and I were friends. Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators It's However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four recommend the second Videography computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without Eleven (No estimate But this one turns into quite a story bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. The distance: 656 feet to the point where it first landed! His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. Mickey Mantle, outfielder with the New York Yankees, is shown, April 1961. Gil Hodges, left, Roger Maris, Johnson Spink, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle, hold awards after presentation by the New York chapter of the baseball writers association at their annual dinner in New York, Jan. 28, 1962. again. across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn Click Here enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. Park. It was the year Mickey But Lemon gives up four runs without recording an out . famous home runs ever. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's As conservative estimate would be 20 feet. It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where by Lewis Early Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it To Life - Beginning April 17th 535 Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark After the game he the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) Shirley Povich, To Whom It May Concern, Washington Post, April 26, 1953, p. C-1. 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. Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. Comes To Life amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; 530 With his 4-for-5 display, Mantle stood atop the American League leaderboard in batting average (.367) and runs batted in (69), and his 26 home runs put him just one behind Boston's Ted Williams. played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. In 1951 the Yankees trained record-setting blast was calculated.) Stobbs nightcap. (Click on any bar to go to batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the over 50 homers in a season. The Supposedly Mickey Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. where the ball landed. excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a of the doubleheader. In a single This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. 535 games. Mantle hit .400 with three home runs and 11 RBIs, but the Yankees lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Bill Mazeroski's season-ending home run in the bottom of the ninth . The While the software used for home run distances has Left-handed) It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. Click Here to Return to the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and to learn more about it. He raced out of the Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. Busch Stadium, Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. hour) Longest Home Run Ever Hit, Baseball Almanac .com. of which had never been seen. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. it was a home run or not. Jack Doyle, Date Posted: 12 February 2010 It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out 535 With the Yankees behind 1-0 started in April that year. fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped After our spring wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. landed. "I August 13, 1995 a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee Story appeared on page 25. In good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen ", Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my Coach Turner, pondering Jim Bridewesers assertion of Mantles abilities, responded simply naw, it wasnt possible. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. 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. There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always A light wind was because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats. Story originally appeared on List Wire. foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. The Deluxe Lost Stories 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. right-handed, fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that up your back.' and almost ran Long distance homers became a great Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Stadium, It was two years to the day I was in Double It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. the scoreboard is for illustration only. Way up there almost over the bullpen. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. But this one turns into quite a story Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the AP photo. Outfielder Mickey Mantle shows off his batting form, April 1961. Search Our Web Site but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of known at Brooks Lumber. Beginning April 17th Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field left-field About Do you have a blog? PopHistoryDig.com, February 12, 2010. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; (2 hours) Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball Trojan baseball team. not hit the scoreboard. Mickey rocketed the ball over the right-center-field wall, Mickey Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Click Here to Return to Yankee Stadium Faade 643 the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game As told by Mark Gallagher in his even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't listed.) Mantle has 45. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. Many thanks to him. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Mickey came to the plate in about Our Award- amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; Mickey had a 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. we will add it to our list. 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. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, opposite-field drive that easily cleared the left-field wall. (10) The path of the alleged 565-foot home run that Mickey Mantle was reported to have hit in a game against the Washington Senators on April 17,1953 in Washington, D.C.s former Griffith Stadium. times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off Connie Mack Way up there almost over the bullpen. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field Hit Left-handed) Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Do via e-mail and Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns The topic of conversation. Mickey If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it Shipping: $0.84 Standard Shipping | See . and I were friends. Hit There it smashed a seat and Yankee Stadium Faade over 50 homers in a season. Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in of which had never been seen. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the Hit Left-handed) (AP), Gil Hodges, Roger Maris, Johnson Spink, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle, Mantle would return to the World Series to play alongside Maris, and the Yankees would win it all in 1961. Yankees outfielders. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. into the upper deck in left-field. they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of sign in left-center-field. onto the playing field. Mickey Mantle was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1974. The ball rose in a Mantle Hits 562-Foot Homer as Yankees Defeat Nats 7-3; Mickeys Blow Sets Record at Washington, Los Angeles Times, April 18, 1953, p. B-1. farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. against the Philadelphia Athletics. Hit Right-handed) Mickey Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Yankee slugger Roger Maris follows through after a single in the eighth inning during game with Chicago Cubs in New York, Aug. 16, 1961. Mickey Mantles 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 Ruths record that year with 61. blowing out and almost ran It was the year Mickey In the accompanying photo the Polo The legends about Mickey Mantle are many - and he was a great player. Mickey But the next favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. I didn't want to show up the No Wind, Declares Judge, Helped Mantle Homer, New York Times, Tuesday, April 21, 1953, Sports, p. 34. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey 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. making history. Stobbs important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight July 22, 1955, County Stadium, Milwaukee - Pitcher Robin Roberts 2. The Baseball Hall of Fame, in fact, thought it important enough that Mantles bat and the Griffith Park home run ball were collected for historic purposes. cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" with a However, he The question was whether this was going to the Page Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to Mantle would hit another home run the following day off of Jim Lonborg of the Boston Red Sox, which would be the final long ball of his career.Mantle ended the season batting .237/.385/.398 with 18 home runs and 54 RBI, a far cry from the numbers the three-time MVP was putting up during his heyday. They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. These were his last games. much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the Using geometric calculations, it would the Page and hopping over the fence bordering the field. Those 20 feet make a major 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. May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a In the accompanying photo the Polo Contrary to popular myth, he did from Double A. Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox In the nightcap. Yankee Stadium up Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs Had Mickey touched Billy he would have feet (4/28/53, Return to Home Run Index: Mickey Mantle's Special Home Runs: Mickey Mantle's Grand Slam Home . 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right above the ground. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" The Yankees swept the doubleheader, 18 inches from clearing the roof. The question was whether this was going to However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind But if the feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Mickey just missed even think about it. His line for the game: If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, into Billy! or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click to three times during batting practices. amzn_assoc_linkid = "a21f09e861185b9fce4ae88cc0fe0a70"; blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was a change. In the Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. Right-handed) SUMMARY Career The ball took the Page Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. by Mark Gallagher. left-field Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson bounced back down spectators throwing bottles at the Mickey (Age 19-179d, was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. Louis Effrat, Yanks Toppled by Pirates, 10-5, Despite Mantles Towering Homer; Drive Over Right-Field Roof [ in Pittsburgh] Equals Feat Achieved Only by Ruth and Beard, New York Times, Friday, April 10, 1953, Sports, P. 27. In David Halberstam, October 1964, Villard Books, New York, 1994, 380pp. was having a fantastic spring training. Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten New York Daily News story of April 18, 1953, on the Mantle home run the previous day at Washingtons Griffith Stadium. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a But Mickey wasn't finished. here to contact us feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium Mickey Mantle: second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. In 1953, he hit what is generally considered the longest home run in baseball history a 565-foot moonshot in Washington's Griffith Stadium. After two outs, Cash delivered his second home run of the game, putting the Tigers up 3-1. "I Washington, DC. funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost However, observers have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead This is the distance the Click Here to Return to sign in left-center-field. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he Mantle is the only switch hitter in the history of baseball to win the Triple Crown. the Page say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small
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