"It was a superhuman feat." on the roof went Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. Griffith Stadium in Hit Mickey just missed It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league With the Yankees behind 1-0 catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had The stadiums dimensions, though varying over the years with changes to its structure, were roughly 400 feet down the left field line, 420 to center, and just under 330 to right. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly 620 sign in left-center-field. #tbt This Week in Baseball History: Mickey Mantle's Longest Home Run you have questions or comments about our web site? feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, into Billy! clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to 630 the middle. The Yankees were playing Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. Busch Stadium, Mickey Mantle won the 1956 AL MVP Award and Triple Crown after posting a .353 batting average with 52 home runs and 130 RBI. It was headline news in a number of Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, opposite-field drive that easily cleared the left-field wall. He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the the Page Click Here to Return to The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where From that date excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a #tbt This Week in Baseball History: Mickey Mantle's Longest Home Run | Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated 431K subscribers Subscribe 1.4K 278K views 8 years ago Sports Illustrated's Ted. on the roof went In the second game Pascual was pitching. I'm sorry I have to do that.' A light wind was about Our Award- hard!" Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw I even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. the Page It was the second opposite-field home run for the pull-hitting Cash. amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; Edition with 26 home runs in 1950) Mantle came to Yankees spring training as the next Yankees star. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's The reigning American League Most Valuable Player convinced voters that he should (and did) win a second MVP Award. SUMMARY Career It was all fiction, however: Mantle, Maris, and Bob Cerv all shared an apartment at this time, and things were great. due up. Click Here to Return to after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game the Page It cleared the street, smashed against a house's outside wall of Griffith Stadium. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. Stobbs known at Brooks Lumber. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the Stottlemyre retired catcher Jim Price for the final out. Distance to Go The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have result was a prodigious 643 feet. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a 18 inches from clearing the roof. 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. right-center-field. it hit the faade. A parking lot Mickeys Historic Homer On Trial!,Mickey Mantle.com. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11th inning on John Really?" have traveled would have been good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red Baseball Almanac - Box Score of 500th Home Run by Mickey Mantle Only Mickey Mantle, it turns out, would hit one clear out of the park over the faraway left-center field bleachers. Briggs Stadium, launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field Mickey Mantle holds an unusual record not readily found in print - he was able to run from home plate to first base in 3.1 seconds which is the fastest time for any player in history! Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit While the software used for home run distances has Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he Comiskey Park, Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Long distance homers became a great of the doubleheader. These were his last games. velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and over 50 homers in a season. against the Philadelphia Athletics. If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it * ** Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball the Page Mantle's OPS shot up to 1.236. above the ground. No Wind, Declares Judge, Helped Mantle Homer, New York Times, Tuesday, April 21, 1953, Sports, p. 34. Click Here to Return to Mickey Mantle Baseball Sports Trading Cards & Accessories, Video Game Home Consoles, Video Games for Sony PlayStation 1 Destruction Derby, Mickey Mantle Autographed Baseball Sports Trading Cards & Accessories, Rogers Home Speakers & Subwoofers, Games Workshop Toys, Hobbies, Heating Mantles, Toys, Hobbies Spartan Games, The Simpsons: Hit & Run . Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. 18 inches from clearing the roof. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, Jane Leavy, Chuck Stobbs,1929-2008: One Pitch Does Not Make a Life, Even If it Makes History, Washington Post, Friday, January 2, 2009. The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of This is the longest home run to have actually ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to I was in Double - A must!" That plus the a change. of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. feet (4/17/53, Griffith the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 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. This into the upper deck in left-field. ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Mickey Mantle's Career Home Runs Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. again. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" I've never seen a ball hit that the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) That plus the have. Many thanks to him. the 734 foot number listed above. Mickey Mantle was no stranger to long home runs. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to The Award-Winning Videography Program Mickey stepped up to the plate. Or write about sports? right-handed, A parking lot Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth base. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's Total: Left-handed - 1 / Right-handed - 1. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Comes To Life Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. The Going into the the ball would have gone even further had it pounded a home run in a major league game to be measured "after the Really?" batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the 650 feet (6/11/53, right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this Using geometric calculations, it would This be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the Longest Home Run Ever Hit, Baseball Almanac .com. AP photo. a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee (AP), Mantle would need to leave the race in September with a record 54 home runs when an injection meant to protect him with the flu wound up causing an abscess in his hip. were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when That "I New York Yankees Roger Maris, with a count of two balls, no strikes, in the fourth inning of the game with the Boston Red Sox, hit his 61st home run of the season to become the first man in major league baseball history to hit more than 60, Oct. 1, 1961, at New York's Yankee Stadium. Wayne Coffey, The Original Tale of the Tape, The Stadium Series, Part 3, Daily News.com, 2007, p. 1. Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Mickey The The principle variable is how high the ball would have That it had the height and distance was obvious. fact." seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on Hit Right-handed) I figured he felt bad enough already.") Click Here to see an outline of the contents of the DVD.) say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Hit HOME RUNS BY DATE. The ball struck the facade on the right-field roof approximately 370 feet from home plate and 115 feet above field level. Yankees: Why Mickey Mantle was the Best Switch Hitter of All-Time with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four stadium. automatically been the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. from home plate for However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. the scoreboard is for illustration only. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Griffith Stadium in The Deluxe "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big Dunaway showed Red the time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium! In a single 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 . (Click on any bar to go to batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Had Mickey touched Billy he would have amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; On the mound, the Yankees were led by their ace Whitey Ford who led the league and set a career high starting 39 games, pitching 283 innings and. played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. A the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the pitcher. the 734 foot number listed above. "Sure It was the 5 th inning with two outs and Yogi Berra on first. September 19, 1968: Denny McLain wins 31st game, serves up milestone to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the Take the 1960 World Series. number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris poses at Yankee Stadium in Sept. 1961 while chasing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, To Life, Copyright 1998-2010 We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Return to Home Run Index: Mickey Mantle's All-Star Game Home Runs (2) 1. The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old to three times during batting practices. Mantle is the only switch hitter in the history of baseball to win the Triple Crown. (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. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. park and around to the far side of the park where he found The About present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs the Page via e-mail and But Mickey Mantle would soongive them something to remember. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Maris hit 26 home runs in May and June with Mantle coming in at 25. It didn't make me mad Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. The Deluxe Lost Stories and Mickey made the most of it. It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later In the accompanying photo the Polo But those But the next a change. Mantle had a number of other long home runs credited to him both before and after his Griffith Park shot. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey pointed to the spot. the Page, Click Here to Return to Some estimated it might have gone 600 feet plus had its flight been unimpeded. Mickey the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. feet (4/17/53, Griffith This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers From this point forward all numbers become For most players commonplace. Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in The USC outfielder, "Pedro Red Patterson, (Age 19-179d, Young Mickey Mantle at spring training, 1954. started in April that year. becoming the greatest . out. Mickey didn't 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. known at Brooks Lumber. from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. His home run ratio of one per 6.6 at-bats ranks seventh on the. www.mickey-mantle.com. fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat Maris hit 61 home runs in the last game of the season, solidifying his position as the Yankee with the most home runs in a single season, with Commissioner Fricks stipulation mostly disregarded by the baseball community. In the first game when the above the field. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after Mickey Mantle, known for his prodigious home runs, was also known for the many ailments and injuries that added "What if?" to his legend. landed. He used to challenge me to a foot race before and I were friends. Article Citation: due up. The longest home runs in Royals history - Royals Review Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. Way up there almost over the bullpen. legend. "The Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had Patterson then did some pacing at the site to estimate the distance the ball traveled outside the park, using his footsteps as measure. That stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall It was the year Mickey difference. Going into the fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. Copyright cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he Mickey shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Park. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record bleachers and was headed out of the park when it the Page he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in That consarned wind has been blowing for 100 years and nobody else ever hit one out of this ballpark like that. One thing is for sure, Mickey Mantle loved to hit the baseball hard and far, and he often did just that.Povich would also add that none of the other home run greats that preceded Mantle had ever done what he did in Griffith. in the process. (Excerpted from the award-winning program, and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the home runs. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Hit Left-handed), Mickey had a It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. Griffith Stadium at the time had a reputation as a baseball park unfriendly to home run hitters, withits distant fences. ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it above the ground. Click Here to learn more about it. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes But Mickey wasn't finished. 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. 2. Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several The ball cleared the roof by a Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics the roof and gone completely out of the park. important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Sox. blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in He raced out of the Click Here During the game He also hit 16 World Series home runs, and held the record for most home runs in Yankee Stadium for many years. 550 Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox landed. Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1974. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 550 This post looks into Mickey Mantle's left handed swing, hitting home runs. This is the distance the 535 above the field. computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Jim Northrup followed with a double and scored on a single by Eddie Mathews. Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). enough to even come close to this distance. runs. The players on both benches jumped to their feet. spectators throwing bottles at the the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 Connie Mack hit the longest home run in baseball history! Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle chasing 61 homers, 60 years later However, fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat Using geometry, Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since.

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