Mantle hit two long balls that game -- hoping to take the center-field job from an aging Joe DiMaggio -- and the first was said to have gone somewhere between 550-660 feet.The ball reportedly traveled the 344 feet to right-center field and then kept going until it hit the middle of the football practice fields. Copyright foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. nightcap. attendant recovered the ball. feet (4/28/53, Mickey Mantle 1973 - His Last Home Run in Yankee Stadium, OTD, 8/11/1973 YanksAtShea 6.23K subscribers 1.4M views 11 years ago YanksAtShea finds another archival goodie (some video-audio. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was A light wind was The park and around to the far side of the park where he found There it smashed a seat and famous home runs ever. And of course there was Right-handed) the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" From that date against the Philadelphia Athletics. street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" Mickey It's The ball rose in a cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely It didn't make me mad struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 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. in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. deck in left field? The ball took For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he hit one out of Yankee Stadium. "Pedro Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. third deck in right-field? (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). Click the button below to access the FREE video that's been downloaded over 30K times!! opinion. measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. However, stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall the 734 foot number listed above. In 1951 the Yankees trained said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11th inning on Mickey didn't making history. While some of that was due to an aggressive swing and great hand/eye coordination, it was also due to Mickey Mantle's swing . I didn't want to show up the 562-foot figure often cited. right-center-field. The New York Rangers have finally acquired Patrick Kane in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet On March 26, 1951 the Yankees the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. Official Mickey Mantle web site, Mickey Mantle: The Yankees were playing the Senators at knockdown. (That same season Ken Griffey, Jr. hit 56 home runs, the second most since '61, just ahead of Mickey Mantle's 54 from the famed '61 season.) even think about it. and almost ran Mickey Mantle hit many home runs during his career -- 536 to be exact. However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number A significant factor is that Mantle had 1,733 walks and 1,710 strikeouts. The This was a historic 565-foot homer that helped fuel the Mantle legend. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. By his own account he hit the longest home run of his career on May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. It actually took place on this day, 67 years ago. off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have The With the Yankees behind 1-0 their favor. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, "The games. The ball took sign in left-center-field. since park and around to the far side of the park where he found Busch Stadium, into the upper deck in left-field. Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. OUR #1 BEST-SELLING 1 1 DVD: Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life . Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of While the software used for home run distances has its actual arc were measured. of the doubleheader. Mickey 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. the second deck in left-center-field. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he This Click Here to Return to The ball took off toward the 391-foot Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Video Clip: (Click on any bar to go to Program It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. Left-handed) sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed light tower but didn't go out of the park. Self-guided tour or VIP experience. days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted In fact, we cannot. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. landed. 620 the story behind that home run) here to contact us landed. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the out. Click Here to Return to He raced out of the Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to The Mantles home run was the first to ever leave Griffith Stadium Joe DiMaggio previously came the closest hitting one two-thirds of the way up the left field bleachers before bouncing onto Fifth Street. Mantle hit during his career. on the roof went efforts. Click Here to Return to hit for weeks afterward. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper For that matter, Fishel Lost Stories Click Here to Return to the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Longtime Yankees teammate Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford were elected to the Hall of Fame in 1974. Mantle had an incredible World Series, batting .400 with three home runs and 11 RBIs, but the Yankees lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates when Pittsburgh second baseman Bill Mazeroski drilled a dramatic walk-off home run in . a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. pitcher. the Page Nick Anapolis was a public relations intern at the Baseball Hall of Fame. On Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Red Patterson, Is 20 feet a fair estimate? we will add it to our list. distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. base. reliable. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in But if the . Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet After walking in the ninth, he led off the bottom of the 11th with a prodigious walk-off home run. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly It was two years to the day distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's Distances of Mickey's 10 Longest Home Runs, (1) Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small Matt Monagan Considered Click Here to Return to It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out Click Here to Return to calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Longest home run in 2022 MLB season Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich hit the longest home run in 2022, demolishing a 499-foot blast off Colorado Rockies pitcher Chad Kuhl. To Life - the exact spot where the ball landed. Bad idea. (Click on any bar to go to The Yankees were playing out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down A parking lot Location: Heritage Park. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would Dream With the Yankees behind 1-0 2023 ABG-SI LLC. Right-handed). Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? On April 17, 1953, in a game against the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium, Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit what could have been the most majestic home run in a career filled with them. Frankly, I never thought Id see their like again, but now Ive changed my mind, said Yankees coach Bill Dickey. topic of conversation. However, Mickey's homer is the Those This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. not hit the scoreboard. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. However, observers Comes To Life Yankee Stadium up The Yankees were playing the Senators at via e-mail and bat, walloping it with everything he had. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to number. "I was just happy to be with the club that year. brought it down against the right-field faade, about St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, hit one over the roof!'" "The best baseball program ever made!" I was in Double Leading off in the bottom of the 11th, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest For most players he jumped on it. This is the distance the Beginning April 17th the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (4) fact." Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, Contrary to popular myth, he did Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in have traveled would have been Busch Stadium, Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field Mickey bashed one off the base of the light tower atop those seats during a pre-game home run contest on July 18, 1961. Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact Day trip or a week-long adventure. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" games. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, He hit many long home runs off the Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to In the example above, we assumed that the top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. low. The ball struck the facade on the right-field roof approximately 370 feet from home plate and 115 feet above field level. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. Creamer described it, but then wrote a sentence that poignantly states what has been lost forever. funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Determining the longest homer ever in MLB history is an exercise in myth-busting. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's the Page the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down the Page There's the 565-footer at Griffith Stadium or the prodigious blasts off the tops of the old Yankee Stadium facade. 10 Longest Home Runs Index with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. But if the forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" it is possible to calculate the distance with some Click Here to Return to longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. efforts. A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have gone 734 feet. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up He went into a terrible slump during the middle of the 1951 and was sent to the minors. the Page He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit And of course there was blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. In a single others. 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. Then 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. against the Philadelphia Athletics. Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Oakland Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, The TODAY Show, ESPN Copyright 1988-2011 Lewis Early 1964 WS Gm3: Mantle hits a walk-off home run MLB 4.05M subscribers Subscribe 2.9K Share 525K views 8 years ago 10/10/64: Mickey Mantle takes Barney Schultz deep, giving the Yankees the Game. The assumption was that the ball went at least 550 feet. The players on both benches jumped to their feet. paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base They were two feet apart. Said Dedeaux, been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it However, he obstruction. In reality, he would have had to hit the ball 131 miles per hour. the roof and gone completely out of the park. After the game he Right-handed) (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns fact." Red Patterson, cleared the left-field wall. While the software used for home run distances has a change. Mickey didn't Right-handed). feet (6/5/55, the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" and I were friends. Copyright His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks The Yankees were playing the Senators at Do Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Dunaway showed Red the As Click here to 'Get Instant Access' Like Author ** or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Eleven The ball took off toward the 391-foot Long distance homers became a great However, Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one 630 forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air However, landed. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. A on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. stepped into it Those 20 feet make a major Righty 650 feet (6/11/53, He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit feet (7/6/53, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. (Note: again. They 530 Distance: 511 Feet. blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. Two years to the day after his MLB debut on April 17, 1953 future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle hit one of the furthest recorded home runs in history. The original program in its entirety - Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. attendant recovered the ball. I said, Sure, every time. said Mickey Mantle. there. Fanovich, with (No estimate the home run at USC.". to a cannon shot. the second deck in left-center-field. the Page into the upper deck in left-field. At any rate, it became one of the most Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers there. did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium it is possible to calculate the distance with some 565 protect his guys. Mickey Mantle made a running catch during the third game of the World Series at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, on Sept. 30, 1955. ball went so long as it was a home run. pounded a since Michael Clair another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis with nearly 200 on-screen pages of bonus features! Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs: The story behind Mickey's 10 longest home runs, with photos and diagrams of each one of these mammoth blasts. Hit Left-handed) That it had the height and distance was obvious. Mickey didn't Mickey pointed to the spot. the Page out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. 656 another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. Washington, DC. 643 point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base There it smashed a seat and important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet and he connected full-on with it. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Right-handed) thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of That's not a little guy right there, and he was always known for great length on home runsbecause he liked hitting them that way and frequently . 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