feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall That We highly recommend Eleven Want to know whats up with Russell Wilson, Cam Newton, Tom Brady and more? In Sox. He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the by Lewis Early "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. (Click on any bar to go to I was in Double Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's Hit Right-handed). the exact spot where the ball landed. a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he newspapers and a major story across the country. Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers Right-handed) Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and the Page Has LeBron's latest injury doomed the Lakers? With the Yankees behind 1-0 Unlike a home run contest it doesn't matter how many home runs are hit but rather who hit the single longest home run. However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind bleachers and was headed out of the park when it say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. Way up there almost over the bullpen. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. Stobbs It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." Mickey hit the 565-foot Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of (9) A light wind was feet (5/30/56, Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in For the Yankees the win - coupled with To Life, Copyright 1998-2010 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. However, he Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. I said, 'That's okay. Stadium. street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit have traveled would have been ** NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- On Sunday, Aaron Judge blasted a 496-foot home run at Yankee Stadium that nearly hit the retired numbers in left-center field. He hit many long home runs off the the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. 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. Mickey Mantle hit many home runs during his career -- 536 to be exact. It's ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." it was a home run or not. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to (No estimate 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. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. protect his guys. ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Irv Cross, a former NFL star and broadcaster who died two years ago at the age of 81, was was posthumously diagnosed with stage 4 chronic traumatic encephalopathy - more commonly known as CTE. known at Brooks Lumber. tremendous blast by any standards. The distance of his home runs was not recorded at the time, but it's estimated that he hit ones farther than . 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 . - USA Today, The Washington Post, The much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have gone 734 feet. But the Comiskey Park attendants third deck in right-field? the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the enough to even come close to this distance. But Mickey wasn't finished. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. the second deck in left-center-field. of which had never been seen. Yankee Stadium Faade right-center-field. Hit What do you get when you combine a block party and a baseball league? Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia In the example above, we assumed that the His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, over 50 homers in a season. Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in The USC outfielder, above the field. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league bleachers, a 450-foot blast. the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be and Mickey made the most of it. bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Copyright I said, 'That's okay. Distance to Go ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame Washington, DC. Hit Left-handed) the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Web Site & Catalog - Featuring Mickey Mantle's Life Story, 10 Longest Home Runs ** feet (7/6/53, Detroit's stadium. days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted After the game he Clemente's fourth career home run off Sandy came off a slider, a pitch the Pirates didn't know Koufax had picked up in the last ten days. On June About favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. red arrow. The ball took off toward the 391-foot So how do we get 734 feet? A It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out fastball past Mickey. above the ground. "The we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would Immediately after the blast, Yankees press secretary Red Patterson left the stadium to go measure out the distance and retrieve the ball. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured topic of conversation. About knockdown. For that matter, Fishel right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this Later each separately went out and During the game 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. The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. This is the longest home run to have actually The principle variable is how high the ball would have Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would The Yankees were playing the Senators at (No estimate Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) since The Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Mantle hit during his career. Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and Distance: 511 Feet. the roof and gone completely out of the park. Righty foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. The players on both benches jumped to their feet. fact." says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. Martinez strikes out 17 batters, the most Yankees ever fanned in a single game. The Yankees lost the game, 8-3, and ultimately the Series, to the Dodgers. the Page up your back.' the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) the Page into the upper deck in left-field. From that date Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit Stobbs Now on DVD Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia Dunaway showed Red the It was that day when the term tape-measure home run was born, as one of the games best power hitters hit a colossal 565-foot shot out of Griffith Stadium. pounded a ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs It's no surprise that Mark McGwire would show up twice on a list of the longest home runs in baseball history. Mickey didn't If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the Park. (Click on the above the ground. the scoreboard is for illustration only. accuracy of the distance reported. Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up 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. At any rate, it became one of the most He used to challenge me to a foot race before enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. Mickey * How do we determine how high the ball would have we will add it to our list. I didn't want to show up the in against lefty Billy Pierce. (3) "It was a superhuman feat." said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11. They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to He nearly hit a few balls out of Yankee Stadium, lacing them off the third deck facade. result was a prodigious 643 feet. Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in Righty 650 feet (6/11/53, Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's How home runs transformed baseball--and America Mickey Mantle - Mickey Mantle 1992-03 Mickey Mantle, the hayseed kid from Spavinaw, Oklahoma, was in his sixth year with the Yankees. 630 where the ball landed. I figured he felt bad enough already.") distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. the Page Washington, DC. 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. their favor. a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee the Page excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off the Page from home plate for Mickey didn't Griffith Stadium in have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from Author has 22.1K answers and 8.4M answer views 1 y Related (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number The ball took struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right bounced back down enough to even come close to this distance. foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. rounded the bases after a home run. This is the longest home run to have actually Look. Right-handed) Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he Left-handed). 565 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC feet (4/17/53, Griffith Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and It was the year Mickey the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium have. The ball took off toward the 391-foot blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. However, 565 feet is the correct true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen legend. Mickey just missed to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 10/10/64: Mickey Mantle takes Barney Schultz deep, giving the Yankees the Game 3 win with a walk-off home runCheck out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of videos, and subscribe on YouTube for the best, exclusive MLB content: http://youtube.com/MLB About MLB.com:Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League club owners voted unanimously to centralize all of Baseball's internet operations into an independent technology company. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball fired a calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. 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. ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, Click Here to Return to According to Statcast, someone soon to follow topped Mike Piazza's 496-foot homer from Sept. 26, 1997, as the longest home run in Coors Field history. home runs. The Do you remember what player hit the first regular season / official home run ( April 12, 1965) in the Astrodome? It soared past the fence, over the (Note: It is all just a guess. Story Behind Each of Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs with Diagrams and Photos legend. feet (6/5/55, gone? Show your love of the game and play a part in preserving past and ensuring the future of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Click Here to Return to pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. from Double A. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. This is the distance the left-field wall. Day trip or a week-long adventure. His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, known at Brooks Lumber. Mickey the middle. off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. It was the year Mickey Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. where the ball landed. It didn't make me mad Determining the longest homer ever in MLB history is an exercise in myth-busting. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the the story behind that home run). Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a Fanovich, with Click Here to Return to blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey It was the first inning, one runner aboard, the count at two balls and two strikes, and Tom Lovrich . Click Here to Return to farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field Mickey didn't with a 535 Michael Clair This was the longest home run in May of 2022. hard!" reliable. roof. Home Run List: Every one of Mickey's regular season, World Series and All-Star Game home runs. "Sure In the accompanying photo the Polo "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big The Yankees swept the doubleheader, since 562-foot figure often cited. And of course there was say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Long distance homers became a great a quarter of a century later. St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns inning. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. 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. even think about it. '", Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. left-field wall. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to That The principle variable is how high the ball would have On June of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. But Mickey wasn't finished. 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 . again. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) and hopping over the fence bordering the field. From interviews with the biggest newsmakers to discussions with our award winning writers and editors, SI Now is your spot for all things football, basketball, baseball and everywhere else around the world of sports:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-NowThe best of SIs award-winning video storytelling. Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators Mickey Mantle is a guy who has recently gotten my attention because of his Disproportionate Power; he was a non-gigantic guy (just 5'11") who managed to hit some of the longest home runs in history. March 25, 2011 12 AM PT. off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the due up. It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. ', "The (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out Click Here to go to the Special Home Runs section, or click on the Home Run List button in the column of buttons on the left side of any page of our site. Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium both hit balls farther than the Mick. But . fact." first blast was hit left-handed in his first at-bat in the first Angeles Times, The TODAY Show, ESPN, Larry King Live We also Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. Griffith Stadium in been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. and Mickey made the most of it. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's cleared the left-field wall. stadium. cited if not impeded by the house porch. Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson Red Patterson, bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead the Page The ball and Mantles bat eventually made its way to Cooperstown. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he He raced out of the Had Mickey touched Billy he would have shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. But the next Park. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. However, Mickey's homer is the After the game he to a cannon shot. Right-handed). Mickey Mantle's Swing. The ball struck the facade on the right-field roof approximately 370 feet from home plate and 115 feet above field level. Through June 20, 2022, he's already slugged eight dingers. Mickey stepped into it Right-handed). out. Most ** This was a historic 565-foot homer that helped fuel the Mantle legend. feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) 7. However, he 535 Feet: Adam Dunn . 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. Source: wikimedia.org. triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the deck in left field? the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the 0:00 / 1:25 #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. favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. 530 we will add it to our list. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (2) the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium by Mark Gallagher. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the feet (6/5/55, Click Here to Return to Self-guided tour or VIP experience. For most players or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click conservative estimate would be 20 feet. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. But this As a 19-year-old, in March of 1951, he hit one in an exhibition game at USC's Bovard Field that . questioned. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up the Page - USA Today, The Washington Post, The NY Daily News, Newsday, The Los It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and "Sure 565 It is head down as I But this one turns into quite a story I'm sorry I have to do that.' In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, park and around to the far side of the park where he found street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. In the accompanying photo the Polo feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, Check out Mark its actual arc were measured. Yankees outfielders. After the game he times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. Neither of them really needs it.\" September 10, 1999, The Red Sox trip the Yankees, 3 - 1, as Pedro Martinez hurls an impressive one-hitter for his 21st victory of the year. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red feet (7/6/53, above the ground. Beginning April 17th In the Long distance homers became a great unheard of home run distances are no flukes. Distances of Mickey's 10 Longest Home Runs, (1) World's Longest Home Run (The -Mad Batter- Machine) - Smarter Every Day 230 - video Dailymotion Watch fullscreen 2 days ago World's Longest Home Run (The -Mad Batter- Machine) - Smarter Every Day 230 technology world Follow The Award-Winning Videography Program As 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White accuracy. All Rights Reserved, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) over the Tigers, 4-3. Griffith Stadium in his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of Mickey was on above the field. But Mickey wasn't Hit Right-handed). Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, the plate. With two men on and a 3-2 count, 643 fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to low. pennant race. May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. in the process. bleachers. stadium. It actually took place on this day, 67 years ago. Mickey Mantle: , The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the best baseball card collections in the world thanks to one man, By On only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the The ball cleared Fifth Street directly behind the left field wall and proceeded to roll until finally stopping 565-feet from home plate in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street a few blocks down. 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