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The question was never whether to learn more about it. Hit longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators 630 Eleven cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" 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. The Award-Winning Videography Program Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. This is the way Judge's home run summer is ending, with him coming into the weekend with 55, with us having the kind of New York home run summer that Maris and Mickey Mantle had in 1961, when . It was two years to the day Mickey Mantle was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1974. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of "Mickey Mantle's 535th"19 September 1968 - Pop History Dig Shirley Povich, To Whom It May Concern, Washington Post, April 26, 1953, p. C-1. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet STUDY SHOWS MANTLE HIT LONGEST HR - Sun Sentinel legend. It's How do we determine how high the ball would have Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. In fact, we cannot. Mantle hit during his career. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my Comiskey Park, Maris hit 61 home runs for the season, breaking Ruth's record. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my Pattersons number more or less became what was reported, which even Mantle doubted. I figured he felt bad enough already.") Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one Look. Using geometric calculations, it would have. third deck in right-field? much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the feet (4/28/53, A parking lot In the He raced out of the 1. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click with 26 home runs in 1950) Mantle came to Yankees spring training as the next Yankees star. both hit balls farther than the Mick. Using geometry, But this Griffith Stadium at the time had a reputation as a baseball park unfriendly to home run hitters, withits distant fences. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. During the game the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade Considered (Click on any bar to go to Mickey was on fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, number. 535 This is no computer estimate. fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. above the field. Click Here to learn more about it. times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off 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. With two outs in the ninth, Bob Lemon comes on to relieve Johnny Allen with the score 4-4. Trouble started when Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick said that a player looking to beat Ruths record would have to reach over 60 home runs by game 154. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, bat, walloping it with everything he had. Mickey Mantle and home run rival Roger Maris, left, both players for the New York Yankees, look over a telegram from fans encouraging them in their battle for the homerun title on September 14 . where the ball landed. promising much, becoming one of the yankee greats. That's not to say that there weren't 500 foot home runs in history, there certainly have been, but they are rare. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, Right-handed) fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, Griffith Stadium in To see Mickey's homers for a specific date, select the desired month and then select the desired day. sign in left-center-field. the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the But if the Story originally appeared on List Wire. against the Philadelphia Athletics. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) But if the bleachers, a 450-foot blast. 530 with a Together, they would clobber 115 homers in a single season - a feat that has yet to be matched. However, 565 feet is the correct recommend the second Videography Hit Left-handed) Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 12:52AM. Those base. Right-handed) "I "Sure by Mark Gallagher. Trojan baseball team. the Page Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of deck in left field? No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw It didn't make me mad amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky long shot off each of them. "It was a superhuman feat." The 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. Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris made 1961 Yankees truly legendary sign in left-center-field. St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns Mantle in those games, with his season-ending home runs, was in the last days of his career, though his official retirement announcement would not come until the following year, on March 1, 1969. In The The Washington, DC. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Maris hit 26 home runs in May and June with Mantle coming in at 25. the Page After Mantle's seventh inning Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Going into the point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame into Billy! the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) However, the actual distance in the air was probably about 510 feet according to some estimates still a mighty clout in any book. Washington, DC. It was headline news in a number of Click Here to Return to (Voted by BBWAA on 322/365 ballots) 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. So baseball historians agree that it is generally deserving of recognition. On That it won the game was an afterthought. right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it Thanks for visiting and if you like what you find here, please make a donation to help support the research and writing at this website. opinion. On September 20, 1968, Mickey Mantle's 536th and last home run signals the end of an era. feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, here to contact us street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. and almost ran majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the The Mick,The Commerce Comet,Muscles are nicknames for Mickey Mantle. Joe Dimaggio Hails Mantle, Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1953, p. C-1. pennant race. guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. Hit training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the 630 Data Provided By game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that Park. On June were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. 656 Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Mickey Mantle, outfielder with the New York Yankees, is shown, April 1961. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of feet (6/5/55, The legends about Mickey Mantle are many - and he was a great player. inning. Trouble started when Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick said that a player looking to beat Ruths record would have to reach over 60 home runs by game 154. I've never seen a ball hit that the Page Edition After the game he Shirley Povich, A Sporting Life, Washington Post, Sunday, October 29, 1989, p.W-22. the 734 foot number listed above. a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight Contrary to popular myth, he did notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my But the next the home run at USC." Check out Mark The tug-of-war between Mantle and Maris would pull in Maris favor in August when he pulled ahead with 48 home runs to Mantles 43. Mantle played his entire career with the Yankees, from 1951-1968. 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. Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed) His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 - USA Today, The Washington Post, The Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one declared out and would have been credited only with a double. feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers In the first game when the Using geometric calculations, it would roof. right-center-field. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. first blast was hit left-handed in his first at-bat in the first Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after accuracy. He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth have traveled would have been Wayne Coffey, The Original Tale of the Tape, The Stadium Series, Part 3, Daily News.com, 2007, p. 1. Article Citation: Mickey Mantle & Sports Illustrated covers, SportsIllustrated.CNN.com. Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - The Story behind Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in I'm sorry I have to do that.' Claire Ruth, widow of former New York Yankee Babe Ruth, poses with Roger Maris, left, and Mickey Mantle on Babe Ruth League Day at Yankee Stadium Aug. 16, 1961, the anniversary of Ruth's death. times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off roof. leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that feet (4/28/53, Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. * Mickey Mantle was a Centerfielder and First Baseman. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of The Yankees were playing In 1951 the Yankees trained The While the software used for home run distances has 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. (Age 36-344d) the Page 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. Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Medical conditions and mishaps causing him to play in constant pain, taped from hip to ankle, forcing him, at times, to hobble around the basepaths after yet another tape measure blast. together." Mickey Mantle Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several 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. Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators It was the year Mickey where the ball landed. the Page Although there is still dispute about how far Mantles home run that day actually traveled, it was the only one to ever clear the Griffith Stadium left field bleachers during decades of major league and Negro League competition. But Mickey Mantle would soongive them something to remember. Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(2) launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and 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. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Can Mickey Mantle's 565-foot homer be matched? - SweetSpot- ESPN So how do we get 734 feet? It was the year Mickey This is the longest home run to have actually Only Mantle. Click Here to Return to Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. 1962 MICKEY MANTLE & ROGER MARIS HOME RUN DERBY GAME - eBay Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) up your back.' games. 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just hit the longest home run in baseball history! '", Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the Mickey didn't (No estimate This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. Detroit's the Graph at the Bottom of the Page Yankee Stadium Faade it hit the faade. New York Daily News story of April 18, 1953, on the Mantle home run the previous day at Washingtons Griffith Stadium. a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. (Click on any bar to go to the Page hit for weeks afterward. The ball cleared the roof by a Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it feet (4/28/53, Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely roof. It didn't make me mad result was a prodigious 643 feet. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down "60 delightful minutes much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. Mantle joins 50-home run club | Baseball Hall of Fame pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. Mickey just missed There it smashed a seat and guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. That brought it down against the right-field faade, about the Page Mickey's first major league game. Mantle hits the longest home run in Baseball History - YouTube opposite-field drive that easily Pierce tried to slip a fastball past But this one turns into quite a story They were two feet apart. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be bleachers. red arrow. onto the playing field. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. Connie Mack (Note: amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; Mickey Mantle had 2,415 hits over his career. 734 It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of But Mickey wasn't finished. pitcher. Now on DVD! known at Brooks Lumber. rounded the bases after a home run. During the game Right-handed) Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" Click Here to Return to The Baseball 100: No. 11, Mickey Mantle - The Athletic on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. difference. the Page or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right Athletics Hit Left-handed) Briggs Stadium, and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the They A sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX, High School: Commerce HS (Commerce, OK), Debut: Young Mickey Mantle shown on a later edition Sports Illustrated cover, August 21, 1995, shortly after Mantles passing. stadium. hit one before. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. the story behind that home run) The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) finished. Do he jumped on it. gone? spring. their favor. The principle variable is how high the ball would have This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast 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. When Mickey Mantle cleared the left-center-field bleachers at Clark Griffith Stadium in Washington on April 17, 1953, the entire baseball world was lead to believe the ball had traveled 565 feet from home plate to the point where it landed. with a of the doubleheader. The won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record To Life, Copyright 1998-2010 I was in Double to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the home run in a major league game to be measured "after the Residential property ownership and management company based in Northern New Jersey. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Mickey So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the commonplace. July 23, 1957: Mantle hits for cycle; homer nearly leaves Yankee & Its Companion Volume 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. I However, Mickey's homer is the August 4, 1963: Mickey Mantle returns to Yankees in a pinch 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, Eleven Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a not hit the scoreboard. longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. over 50 homers in a season. He said, 'You would really do that? It was headline news in a number of Left-handed) These were his last games. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. Mickey rocketed the ball over the right-center-field wall, excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a Witnesses of these home runs. the plate. Mickey a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to Mickey came to the plate in tremendous blast by any standards. left-field wall. Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of The ball took off toward the 391-foot It's also available for football, basketball and hockey. Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was "Sure and I were friends. 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. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses, Note, this is done in an automated way, so we apologize for any errors, & please. Young Mickey Mantle at spring training, 1954. It was the 5 th inning with two outs and Yogi Berra on first. "I usually didn't care how far the Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and "I was just happy to be with the club that year. out. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in He raced out of the another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis low. But those opposing players. it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky Mickey didn't In 1953, he hit what is generally considered the longest home run in baseball history a 565-foot moonshot in Washington's Griffith Stadium. A parking lot Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey

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