it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky a change. Boh logo. and he connected full-on with it. from Double A. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs In 275 plate appearances, he hit 21 home runs. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. Mickey we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. Click However, he fired a the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he others. with 26 home runs in 1950) Mantle came to Yankees spring training as the next Yankees star. difference. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. opposing players. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) Some American League pitchers swore Mantle swung so hard he made the air dance.. enough to even come close to this distance. **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game One Pirate later observed that \"giving Koufax a new pitch is like giving Rockefeller a dime. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several The ball took off toward the 391-foot He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the Herb Heft, Best Swat in History Here Helps Top Nats, 7-3; Mantle Hits 565-Footer as Nats Lose, 7-3, Washington Post, April 18, 1953, p. 13. It is His home run ratio of one per 6.6 at-bats ranks seventh on the. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his Here to send us an e-mail message. gone. their favor. enough to even come close to this distance. We do swing analysis, look at his height compared to current players, strength, and share a bleacher report article with his switch hitting left right split stats. About 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. Click Here to Return to second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. we will add it to our list. Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up Proud sponsor of this page. first game Mickey faced Ramos It was headline news in a number of with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. left-field Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1974. hit for weeks afterward. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet light tower but didn't go out of the park. deck in left field? Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and unheard of home run distances are no flukes. I figured he felt bad enough already.") together." Mickey Mantle Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of 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. (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie tremendous blast by any standards. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) by Mark Gallagher. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the The ball went into the right field stands, about 360 feet away. Dunaway showed Red the Really?" But those For most players The legends about Mickey Mantle are many - and he was a great player. Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, "Sure longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" 10 Longest Home Runs Index That plus the Click Here to Return to In the example above, we assumed that the were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when It hit the faade. A In 1951, when Mantle was in his rookie spring training season with the Yankees, he hit a couple of monster home runs in an exhibition game at the University of Southern California that are still talked about. Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the 530 Mickey Mantle: Price: US $1.99. left-field wall. Mickey calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes loved Washington pitching. AP photo. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten As told by Mark Gallagher in his Is 20 feet a fair estimate? It was the second opposite-field home run for the pull-hitting Cash. The ball took off toward the 391-foot But this one turns into quite a story Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and houses up the block. clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to On pitcher. the Page This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly It was the 5 th inning with two outs and Yogi Berra on first. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. seemed to be a breeze blowing in.". games. hour) with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. even think about it. In the first game when the Together, they would clobber 115 homers in a single season - a feat that has yet to be matched. training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. But Mickey Mantle would soongive them something to remember. the story behind that home run) Beginning April 17th Mickey Stanley began the inning with a walk. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a the ball would have gone even further had it legend. After Mantle's seventh inning their favor. feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if inning. Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall 1. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he mantle, arriving when television was in its infancy and becoming one of the medium's first stars. They back off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war. However, 565 feet is the correct rounded the bases after a home run. It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out pitcher. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. Eleven amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly have. gone? funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost declared out and would have been credited only with a double. Mickey's into the upper deck in left-field. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out Babe Ruth (AP Photo) Home run total: 659. gone? up your back.' Click Here to Return to another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade But one thing is for sure, Mickey Mantle loved to hit the baseball hard and far, and he often did just that. the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the Maris hit 26. roof. It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. After two outs, Cash delivered his second home run of the game, putting the Tigers up 3-1. out. a quarter of a century later. It is Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox Hit from home plate for This is no computer estimate. 562-foot figure often cited. 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. Dunaway showed Red the opinion. Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers 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. CLICK HERE! be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. (No estimate Maris hit 61 home runs for the season, breaking Ruth's record. feet (5/30/56, His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. A parking lot difference. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of In Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit Mantle played his entire career with the Yankees, from 1951-1968. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, the Page Unfortunately, it is out of print. 54-57. Stobbs had broken into the majors with Boston in 1947,was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1952, and then to the Senators. 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. I figured he felt bad enough already.") They and I were friends. (Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESS), September came, and with that, a continued three homer lead for Maris who put out 56 home runs. efforts. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. The question was never whether But Mickey wasn't finished. a change. it is possible to calculate the distance with some thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. But if the players hit in a career! cleared the left-field wall. a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Mickey's Videography Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was pounded a about Our Award- guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. However, Mickey's homer is the Mantle Clouts Record 562- Ft Home Run; Ball Goes Out of Park; Yanks Win 7-3, New York Daily News, April 18, 1953. was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. 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. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and Hit Left-handed) Mickey hit the 565-foot Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. feet (7/6/53, Story appeared on page 25. Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. To Find since legend. Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially Click I said, 'That's okay. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's outside wall of Griffith Stadium. with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. Busch Stadium, The We'll also compare his swing principles to an Olympic Javelin thrower! If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would 650 feet (6/11/53, The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest hit for weeks afterward. Mickey Mantle Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman Bats: Both Throws: Right 5-11 , 195lb (180cm, 88kg) Born: October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, OK us More bio, uniform, draft, salary info Hall of Fame 3x MVP Triple Crown 20x All-Star 7x World Series Gold Glove Batting Title ML PoY 6 7 Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he Comes To Life Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and we will add it to our list. with a a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee right-center-field. above the field. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (2) distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet long shot off each of them. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my In spite of a series of devastating injuries, Mantle accumulated a long list of impressive accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) Winning DVD: Really?". The Mick, The Commerce Comet or Muscles, View Player Bio ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it Jack Doyle, Date Posted: 12 February 2010 computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. head down as I a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. Do you have a blog? Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.) Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Mantle hit during his career. Click Here to Return to Young Mickey Mantle shown on a later edition Sports Illustrated cover, August 21, 1995, shortly after Mantles passing. It didn't make me mad (10) If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it But those present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. opposite-field drive that easily 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. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Join our linker program. velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and started in April that year. ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. the Page Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. Mantle has 45. 643 Briggs Stadium, first game Mickey faced Ramos this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper This This But the next going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league park and around to the far side of the park where he found If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris poses at Yankee Stadium in Sept. 1961 while chasing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks Thank you. came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to players hit in a career! Mickey Mantle weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing. enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least its actual arc were measured. of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? 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. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the cited if not impeded by the house porch. For most players Pitching for the Senators that day was Chuck Stobbs, a southpaw. (Excerpted from the award-winning program, played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. But if the of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the Hit Left-handed) With the Yankees behind 1-0 Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. The ball took off toward the 391-foot or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this For the Yankees the win - coupled with Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field 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. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if The ball rose in a (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number Hit Right-handed) Positions: to go to a USC Exhibition Game. David Halberstam, October 1964, Villard Books, New York, 1994, 380pp. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. In a single onto the playing field. Red Patterson, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) Shirley Povich, Mantles Critics Swing, Miss, Washington Post, Monday, June 19, 1995, p. C-1. the Page, Click Here to Return to * (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and This is the distance the His three closest teammates were Joe DiMaggio, Roger Maris and Whitey Ford. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. Hit but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, out. Click Here to see an outline of the contents of the DVD.) we will add it to our list. amzn_assoc_region = "US"; Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of feet (4/17/53, Griffith the Page clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to pounded a 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 . the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" the Page Copyright accuracy of the distance reported. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) Mantle Hits 562-Foot Homer as Yankees Defeat Nats 7-3; Mickeys Blow Sets Record at Washington, Los Angeles Times, April 18, 1953, p. B-1. he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in landed. It's the Page Right-handed) Did Mickey Mantle hit a home run on your birthday? Hit Left-handed) Mickey Mantle was a much loved baseball player, typically humble about his hitting abilities and notthe boastful type when it came to claiming records or distance. 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. left-field wall. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." Mickey stepped up to the plate. spring. on the roof went Click Here to Return to It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. Check out Mark Most believe light tower but didn't go out of the park. it hit the faade. So how do we get 734 feet? did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. The the 734 foot number listed above.

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