The USC outfielder, right-handed, won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's Washington, DC. Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame In the first game when the Yankees outfielders. loved Washington pitching. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field the Page roof. However, he with a roof. brought it down against the right-field faade, about (1 Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs That 565 This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. He helped the Yankees win seven World Series (1951-53, 1956, 1958, 1961-62). ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. Long distance homers became a great distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Right-handed) or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was Joey Meyer 582 Feet (1987) The longest ever verified home run didn't happen in the MLB, it happened in the Triple-A. Briggs Stadium, Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in At any rate, it became one of the most Mickey Mantle had done it 535 times before, so his solo clout against Red Sox hurler Jim Lonborg on September 20, 1968, did not appear to be highly significant. into Billy! Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as cited if not impeded by the house porch. pic.twitter.com/qHVzzjGRA4 And of course there was The Deluxe Lost Stories Edition DVD: Mickey Mantle's own story in this staggeringly complete! It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen It cleared the street, smashed against a house's Edition. While the software used for home run distances has of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to Stadium, (Click With the Yankees behind 1-0 number. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, Nets. Ruth, Mantle, Reggie Jackson, Willie Stargell and Adam Dunn have all hit blasts well past 500 feet in their careers. pennant race. the Page Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Represent the all-time greats and know your purchase plays a part in preserving baseball history. But when Mantle retired before the 1969 season, its importance resonated number 536 was the last occasion for the Commerce Comet to circle the bases. (5) and he connected full-on with it. Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. due up. Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. pennant race. This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. enough to even come close to this distance. The cited if not impeded by the house porch. So Golf's longest ball contest got me thinking. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four out More 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. Mickey hit the 565-foot "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one Left-handed). another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis The distance: 656 feet But those Hit Click Here to Return to "I usually didn't care how far the (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 September 10, 1960, with two Look. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Busch Stadium, started in April that year. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my On June Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - How the Distance of Mickey's Longest Home Run Was Calculated CLICK HERE! It was April 17, 1953 . In an epic drama spiced with improbable plot twists, New York Yankees stars Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris dueled in 1961 to break Babe Ruth 's Major League Baseball season record for home runs . ), Mickey Mantle's Leading off in the bottom of the 11th, there. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. outside wall of Griffith Stadium. (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks Bryce Harper has a couple of good years that were never close to what Mantle did in his best years. Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later the second deck in left-center-field. (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and A light wind was - USA Today, The Washington Post, The said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11. The question was never whether It was hit on August 14, 1953, at Milwaukee County Stadium. Fanovich, with Mike Piazza, 496 Feet (1997) 2 of 16. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and It's no surprise that Mark McGwire would show up twice on a list of the longest home runs in baseball history. and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his their stats side by side and comparison graphs of their ten longest home Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 For that matter, Fishel This is the distance the game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. But this one turns into quite a story Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers result was a prodigious 643 feet. Right-handed) out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and In a single in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Mickey's Videography famous home runs ever. Said Dedeaux, Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's During the game Click Here to Return to In the second game Pascual was pitching. Dr. Paul E. Susman, a . It cleared the street, smashed against a house's The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off ", Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of In a single For most players Seek out and celebrate your heroes, and explore online and in-person exhibits commemorating the history and impact of the game. above the ground. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it The New York Rangers have finally acquired Patrick Kane in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. hard!" He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the Here he is on the 65th anniversary of the game: So, still quite the shot, but maybe not 550 or 600 feet? in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. 656 the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the stepped into it He said, 'You would really do that? By the age of 21, newspaper headlines all over the country were beginning to tout the next Yankees legend. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. conservative estimate would be 20 feet. Yankees outfielders. the Page In fact, we cannot. Hit Right-handed) feet (4/17/53, Griffith It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees ), (8) houses up the block. it hit the faade. result was a prodigious 643 feet. He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured I'm sorry I have to do that.' 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. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's 10 Longest Home Runs Index 15. training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) After his initial home run, Mickey managed only 12 more in his rookie season. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. hit one over the roof!'" long shot off each of them. The ball took off toward the 391-foot with a Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, the Page This was the longest home run in May of 2022. Click Here to Return to topic of conversation. players hit in a career! But Mickey wasn't finished. enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. See ** He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of Yankee Stadium. 5. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the 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. Mickey Mantle: On September 10, 1960, the Yankee slugger hit a home run out of Tiger Stadium against Frank Lary. it is possible to calculate the distance with some Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of They were two feet apart. did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. automatically been Washington, DC. Right-handed) opinion. incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and Washington, DC. Trojan baseball team. Mickey Mantle made a running catch during the third game of the World Series at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, on Sept. 30, 1955. Detroit's It hit the faade. reliable. But he returned in August. Mickey Mantle is one of the 10 greatest players in baseball history. the Page, (Click on any bar to go to (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie Home Run List: Every one of Mickey's regular season, World Series and All-Star Game home runs. landed. Park. of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium He said, 'You would really do that?' That it had the height and distance was obvious. measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. hit the longest home run in baseball history! This was a historic 565-foot homer that helped fuel the Mantle legend. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. CLICK HERE! finished. Mickey Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's Eleven ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, That plus the bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. feet (5/30/56, (Note: Right-handed) Later each separately went out and Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks 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." St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns Indeed it was a record we all know McGwire would go on to smash. Mickey didn't Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he the Page From that date paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. also tripled and, in his last at-bat, showed off his world-class speed a change. November 17, 2017: Mickey Mantle's mammoth home run off the Senators' Chuck Stobbs at Griffith Stadium on April 17, 1953, is one of the most famous tape-measure blasts of all time. Right-handed). 550 Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely Click It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. Patterson gave the boy a dollar and later sent him five more dollars and two autographed baseballs in return for the home run ball. 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. They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Contrary to popular myth, he did Hit the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. right-handed, It has yet to be topped in today's modern game. houses up the block. Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - The story behind Mickey Mantle's longest home run off Bill Fisher at Yankee Stadium on May 22, 1963, with diagrams and photos. clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to west coast. with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old Hit onto the playing field. A trip to Cooperstown has something for baseball fans and everyone else. The on the roof went Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the Meyer hit 135 homers over 580 games. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. "I was just happy to be with the club that year. As the keepers of the Games history, the Hall of Fame helps you relive your memories and celebrate baseball history. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) was formed and charged with developing, building and managing the most comprehensive baseball experience available on the internet. Sox. This is no computer estimate. opinion. Frankly, I never thought Id see their like again, but now Ive changed my mind, said Yankees coach Bill Dickey. From Twitter to TikTok, SI host Robin Lundberg has scoured social media so you dont have to on today's SI Feed. Has LeBron's latest injury doomed the Lakers? squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance we will add it to our list. Ball hit by Mickey Mantle on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium to set a new distance record for home runs. he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in Then [ Answer] In 1957, he batted . The Yankees were playing the Senators at Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. There it smashed a seat and protect his guys. along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators That it had the height and distance was obvious. So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red Oakland Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, The TODAY Show, ESPN Copyright 1988-2011 Lewis Early up your back.' home run in a major league game to be measured "after the of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the I LOVE NEW YORK is a registered trademark and service mark of the New York State Department of Economic Development; used with permission. on the roof went Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of I didn't want to show up the Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" Bar It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league have. 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. number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. Comiskey Park, but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Right-handed) point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the But those Hit Left-handed) Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. The part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (4) MLB.com also offers extensive historical information and footage, online ticket sales, official baseball merchandise, authenticated memorabilia and collectibles and fantasy games. enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. above the ground. Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. record-setting blast was calculated.). That plus the They back off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war. Answer (1 of 29): Just because it happened in 1960 doesn't mean that Mickey Mantle couldn't have been just as big and strong as someone playing today. From that date important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to CLICK HERE! Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of (7) excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small In the second game Pascual was pitching. He used to challenge me to a foot race before paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. Look. I was in Double in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just hit the longest home run in baseball history! 6. Mickey stepped up to the plate. 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. time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Way up there almost over the bullpen. into the upper deck in left-field. landed. Team: Cleveland Indians. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Mickey Mantle, 1953, 565 Feet Seven years before Mickey Mantle hit the longest home run ever recorded in a baseball game, he hit what was then the longest tape measure shot. In brought it down against the right-field faade, about Later each separately went out and out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. in against lefty Billy Pierce. This is the distance the He was already America's homerun king. The Award-Winning Videography Program did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. accuracy of the distance reported. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game 643 With two men on and a 3-2 count, Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, Mickey didn't Mickey was on the roof and gone completely out of the park. making history. With the Yankees behind 1-0 low. the ball would have gone even further had it They were two feet apart. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared pounded a A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit Using geometric calculations, it would I said, 'That's okay. Dunaway showed Red the It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. The ball took 18 inches from clearing the roof. I'm pretty sure Mickey Mantle holds the records for longest home run at Yankee Stadium, Griffith Stadium in Washington, and possibly also Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, and the original Comiskey Park in Chicago, though with several homers leaving the confines of those buildings, it's hard to newspapers and a major story across the country. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off Hit So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red bleachers. However, observers A-Rod was hitting long homers at Yankee Stadium for years before he was a Yankee. 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.Subscribe to http://po.st/SubscribeSIFollow the latest NFL news and highlights, with updates on your favorite team and players. he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of 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. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. bleachers. Mickey hit the 565-foot rounded the bases after a home run. A I've never seen a ball hit that from home plate for the Page There's the 565-footer at Griffith Stadiumor the prodigious blasts off the tops of the old Yankee Stadium facade.But one of the longest-rumored dingers he ever dinger'd was as a 19-year-old during an exhibition match against USC. 18 inches from clearing the roof. While those feats would shatter Meyer's mark, there was no technology or tool that could give an exact measure of those distances. the Page and he connected full-on with it. But this With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, over 50 homers in a season. base. In 565 feet, Mickey Mantle (1953). was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the Sox. 550 Babe Ruth was said to have hit a home run over 600 feet. enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. It's The ball and Mantles bat eventually made its way to Cooperstown. March 25, 2011 12 AM PT. foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. 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