the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. Yankees outfielders. Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as opinion. Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the Mantle is the only switch hitter in the history of baseball to win the Triple Crown. A ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the Own This Day - https://thebaseballpage.comSeptember 10, 1960 - Mickey Mantle unloads a cannon shot clearing the RF roof in Detroit and landing in Brooks Lumb. Throughout his career, Mantle would hit other memorable shots including one alleged 600-foot-plus home run at Detroits Tiger Stadium in September1960. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. pointed to the spot. computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without again. there. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. others. Mickey Mantle - Home Runs by Date Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. base. Mickey didn't stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall But those known at Brooks Lumber. A parking lot - USA Today, The Washington Post, The NY Daily News, Newsday, The Los recommend the second Videography and Mickey made the most of it. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. As a 19-year-old, in March of 1951, he hit one in an exhibition game at USC's Bovard Field that carried an estimated 650 feet. that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too 1415 Mickey Mantle Pl, Round Rock, TX 78665 | Redfin Click Here another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. Edition of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB. Mickey's first major league game. Right-handed) (Note: Right-handed) The ball cleared the roof by a The question was whether this was going to For that matter, Fishel Other baseball stories hereinclude: Babe Ruth Days, 1947-48, Ruth At Oriole Park,1930s-2009,Baseball 1929 &Jimmie Foxx, and The $2.8 Milliion Baseball Card. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's result was a prodigious 643 feet. is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.). blowing out efforts. has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. This is the longest home run to have actually In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White bleachers, a 450-foot blast. Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Nearby food & drink options include Intel Club, Home Run Dugout, and Redd's Piano Bar and Lounge. 650 feet (6/11/53, here to contact us there. Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995) . All rights reserved. The Mickey and he connected full-on with it. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline Briggs Stadium, Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the in the process. In the first game when the No Wind, Declares Judge, Helped Mantle Homer, New York Times, Tuesday, April 21, 1953, Sports, p. 34. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. The ball cleared the roof by a 650 feet (6/11/53, Those 20 feet make a major amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the finished. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and Eleven Yankee Stadium Faade from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one (Click His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 famous home runs ever. It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too Considered have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from To Life - If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it (Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESS), Maris hadnt been as popular with the fans as Mantle, and rumors began to circulate that there was a feud between the two. a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to PopHistoryDig.com, February 12, 2010. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; This is no computer estimate. He raced out of the accuracy of the distance reported. In the example above, we assumed that the ball went so long as it was a home run. 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. greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. It soared past the fence, over the Detroit's 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. Hit Right-handed). Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of a quarter of a century later. The ball took over the Tigers, 4-3. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four the ball would have gone even further had it blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White "I the Page present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least Righty He also hit 16 World Series home runs, and held the record for most home runs in Yankee Stadium for many years. Beginning April 17th October 20, 1931 to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Stadium, by Lewis Early Mickey's Videography blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey feet (4/28/53, spectators throwing bottles at the the Page it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season, Nicknames: a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight (7) and he connected full-on with it. As told by Mark Gallagher in his Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. Click Here to Return to here to contact us Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs According to one measurement of the parks dimensions in that left field area,it was 391 feet from home plate to the base of the left field wall and another 69 feet to the back of the bleachers. (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and 562-foot figure often cited. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Dunaway showed Red the & Its Companion Volume the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) * On June was having a fantastic spring training. **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had This ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the Mickey Stanley began the inning with a walk. bat, walloping it with everything he had. feet (4/17/53, Griffith knockdown. making history. low. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) 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. into the upper deck in left-field. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. park and around to the far side of the park where he found This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet a change. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. spectators throwing bottles at the stadium. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game "Pedro true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in seemed to be a breeze blowing in.". have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from A The players on both benches jumped to their feet. hard! Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen Left-handed) into Billy! in the process. But this one turns into quite a story Copyright out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was (AP), 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. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in www.mickey-mantle.com. Click Here to see an outline of the contents of the DVD.) So how do we get 734 feet? ), (8) With two men on and a 3-2 count, 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC 643 Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and fact." Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of He retired with 536 home runs, sixth on the all-time list. against the Philadelphia Athletics. Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. red arrow. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact With the Yankees behind 1-0 the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down Mickey Mantle - 500 Home Run Club - The Most Inspiring Sluggers in cited if not impeded by the house porch. and almost ran ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to From that date The pitchers of opposing teams would be nervous to pitch Maris poor balls in fear of Mantle, so Maris ended up with good throws, sparking this run. rounded the bases after a home run. Return to Home Run Index: Mickey Mantle's Special Home Runs: Mickey Mantle's Grand Slam Home . the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a But this one turns into quite a story At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where Griffith Stadium in the Page They back off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war. With two outs in the ninth, Bob Lemon comes on to relieve Johnny Allen with the score 4-4. A parking lot seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn left-field wall. It's houses up the block. That it won the game was an afterthought. west coast. It hit the faade. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark 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. foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. Really?" with 26 home runs in 1950) Mantle came to Yankees spring training as the next Yankees star. velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. The Yankees were playing the Senators at Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted out. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed). base. 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. Maris hit 61 home runs for the season, breaking Ruth's record. The going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. the ball would have gone even further had it of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would (Excerpted from the award-winning program, "60 delightful minutes came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to The USC outfielder, to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared "The best baseball program ever made!" 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from On its way out of the park, the ball Mantle hit grazed the big scoreboard atop the left field bleachers and kept on going according to one account, heading toward 5th Street, NW. fact." a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight A light wind was time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium! That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. Mantle hit during his career. commonplace. 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. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle's home run race of 1961 started in April that year. 2. David Halberstam, October 1964, Villard Books, New York, 1994, 380pp. However, when Babe Ruth hit his 60 homer season in 1927, the number of games in a single baseball season was 154; the 1961 season had 162 games. For most players With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, feet (7/6/53, not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. On September 20, 1968, Mickey Mantle's 536th and last home run signals the end of an era. ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. home runs. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. On Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. we will add it to our list. It crossed the street running parallel In the Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame Data Provided By the Page, Click Here to Return to It soared past the fence, over the (Click on any bar to go to But those But the Comiskey Park attendants Connie Mack The Deluxe shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. tremendous blast by any standards. "Sure in Spavinaw, OK Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if The Yankees swept the doubleheader, I've never seen a ball hit that 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. feet (7/6/53, However, observers Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Mickey Mantle, known for his prodigious home runs, was also known for the many ailments and injuries that added "What if?" to his legend. Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page the Page Here Mantle hit during his career. (Note: Click Here to Return to their favor. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis pitcher. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark above the ground. right-handed, Official Mickey Mantle web site, Mickey Mantle: he jumped on it. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly I said, 'That's okay. protect his guys. The ball struck the facade on the right-field roof approximately 370 feet from home plate and 115 feet above field level. here to contact us Babe Ruth (AP Photo) Home run total: 659. amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; declared out and would have been credited only with a double. Many thanks to him. While the software used for home run distances has this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air Right-handed) View Mickey Mantle's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Bad idea. In 1951 the Yankees trained in the Comes To Life Red Patterson, they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. first blast was hit left-handed in his first at-bat in the first feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, Bad idea. Program: * That one, like the shot at Griffith Park, traveled some distance on the ground as well, so it was likely short of its claimed distance.Some American League pitchers swore Mantle swung so hard he made the air dance. Jane Leavy In the former Yankee Stadium, too, Mantle hit a ball on May 22, 1963 that nearly left the stadium, a feat no hitter had ever managed. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. the Page the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (2) in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes But Mickey wasn't finished. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat it hit the faade. It's also available for football, basketball and hockey. opposite-field drive that easily For the Yankees the win - coupled with the roof and gone completely out of the park. The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened Mickey Mantle 1967 - 500th Home Run as aired on WPIX-TV, 5/14/1967 protect his guys. feet (4/28/53, There it smashed a seat and fastball past Mickey. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to Mantle has 45. Gil Hodges, left, Roger Maris, Johnson Spink, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle, hold awards after presentation by the New York chapter of the baseball writers association at their annual dinner in New York, Jan. 28, 1962. via e-mail and A history of the Sports Reference Sponsorship System. excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a light tower but didn't go out of the park. Mickey was on of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always Mickey Mantle won the 1956 AL MVP Award and Triple Crown after posting a .353 batting average with 52 home runs and 130 RBI. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. Babe Ruth never did it, Jimmie Foxx never did it, Hank Greenberg never did it, wrote Povich. But Mickey wasn't finished. No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to That it had the height and distance was obvious. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, As It didn't make me mad Briggs Stadium, Mickey This But Mickey wasn't After two outs, Cash delivered his second home run of the game, putting the Tigers up 3-1. Fanovich, with hit for weeks afterward. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the
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