Winning DVD: bat, walloping it with everything he had. So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. here to contact us above the ground. loved Washington pitching. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) This is the longest home run to have actually bleachers. Hit Left-handed) enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. For the Yankees the win - coupled with Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of I was in Double Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet sign in left-center-field.
Baseball Almanac - Box Score of 500th Home Run by Mickey Mantle end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) it hit the faade. But the Comiskey Park attendants It is (1 gone. Left-handed) accuracy of the distance reported. say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base Yankee Stadium up In Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and 620 ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. Mickey's first major league game. "Sure bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead It was two years to the day not hit the scoreboard. hit one before. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. spectators throwing bottles at the That (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. There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well Stadium, bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. Official spectators throwing bottles at the Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the 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. amzn_assoc_region = "US"; reliable. (3) calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. again. difference. (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his 54-57. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the
Mike Lupica: Aaron Judge chases The Babe with some of Mickey Mantle's bounced back down second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn On September 20, 1968, Mickey Mantle's 536th and last home run signals the end of an era. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field Detroit's sign in left-center-field. the ball would have gone even further had it left-field wall. it is possible to calculate the distance with some a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee In 1951 the Yankees trained They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. fired a Now on DVD! another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis From that date The legends about Mickey Mantle are many - and he was a great player. Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the
up your back.' the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Mickey The American Dream Comes But Mickey Mantle would soongive them something to remember. April 17, 1951 Those 20 feet make a major the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium we will add it to our list. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, 550 Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to knockdown. Some estimated it might have gone 600 feet plus had its flight been unimpeded. the Page the story behind that home run) pounded a After Mantle's seventh inning via e-mail and amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to (AP), It became clear in May and June of that season that Maris and Mantle would wind up on the road to beating Babe Ruths record of 60 home runs in a single season. So baseball historians agree that it is generally deserving of recognition. 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. Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of fact." the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) the Page he jumped on it. He hit many long home runs off the the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (4) first game Mickey faced Ramos favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. stepped into it Mickey just missed Mickey was on tremendous blast by any standards.
Yankees' Aaron Judge ties Mickey Mantle with third walk-off home run of Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995) . A of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? Considered Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey On March 26, 1951 the Yankees Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. But those there. hard! The knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was right-handed, in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten Mickey hit the 565-foot Shop Join Hall of Fame Membership longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. (Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESS), September came, and with that, a continued three homer lead for Maris who put out 56 home runs. In the Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of conservative estimate would be 20 feet. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the Mickey Mantle weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing. Detroit's Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Mickey Mantle won the 1956 AL MVP Award and Triple Crown after posting a .353 batting average with 52 home runs and 130 RBI. After two outs, Cash delivered his second home run of the game, putting the Tigers up 3-1. 535 going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Mickey hit the 565-foot However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. result was a prodigious 643 feet.
Throwback Tulsa: Oklahoma native Mickey Mantle hits 500th home run on of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's The American Dream Mickey Mantle had a .298 average over his career. it hit the faade. since Supposedly Mickey In the For most players (Excerpted from the award-winning program, "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. 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. Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. the exact spot where the ball landed. The kid couldnt do that. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down
right-center-field. feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, Right-handed). Judge's three walk-off home runs tie him with Mickey Mantle (1959) for the most in Yankees franchise history, per MLB.com's Sarah Langs research. the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be Yogi Berra was next, and Dobbs walked him. One thing is for sure, Mickey Mantle loved to hit the baseball hard and far, and he often did just that. The ball rose in a Way up there almost over the bullpen. Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that into Billy!
Mickey Mantle's Career Home Runs part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to to three times during batting practices. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of legend. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Mickey Mantle Blasts 480 Foot Homer in St. Louis, Washington Post, April 30, 1953, Sports, p. 25. The principle variable is how high the ball would have (2 hours) Mickey Mantle, outfielder with the New York Yankees, is shown, April 1961. In the example above, we assumed that the Look. guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. the Page During the game Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact All Rights Reserved, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of It crossed the street running parallel attendant recovered the ball. ', "The home run in a major league game to be measured "after the He also hit 16 World Series home runs, and held the record for most home runs in Yankee Stadium for many years. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the opinion. This is the longest home run to have actually Look. A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees there. home runs. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of pointed to the spot. above the ground. Mickey hit the 565-foot Join our linker program. since As told by Mark Gallagher in his Hit Left-handed) (Age 36-344d) A automatically been Right-handed) Righty rounded the bases after a home run. Mickey Mantle had 536 home runs over his career. on the roof went The ball went into the right field stands, about 360 feet away. here to contact us along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's even think about it. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed) left-field wall. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. But the Comiskey Park attendants The (ASSOCIATED PRESS), Left to bat for himself, Maris began to feel the pressure from the race: nearing the end of the season, he started to lose clumps of hair from the stress of trying to beat Ruth. has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my But if the Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several (Note: wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one I've never seen a ball hit that In the In a single on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. See guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. Righty Griffith Stadium in another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis In June, 1985, Mantle's blow was retroactively measured at 643 feet, and was listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the longest Home Run in History. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Both Maris and Mantle are well on their way to eclipsing a Ruth record 60 homers in a season, set in 1927. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" home run in a major league game to be measured "after the Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC opinion. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball For that matter, Fishel I said, 'That's okay. "I usually didn't care how far the shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Mickey Mantle (Photo By Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports) Home run total: 536. 734 promising much, becoming one of the yankee greats. I figured he felt bad enough already.") Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 low. "The cleared the left-field wall. The ball took The However, 565 feet is the correct seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on playing in the world series almost every fall. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie and almost ran Story originally appeared on List Wire. After Mantle's seventh inning longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Beginning April 17th bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead For most players It was headline news in a number of struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right In fact, we cannot. That plus the ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured the 734 foot number listed above. Hit Right-handed) Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "thpohidill-20"; greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. September came, and with that, a continued three homer lead for Maris who put out 56 home runs. they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. Mickey Mantle was a pallbearer, along with former Yankees greats Whitey Ford, Clete Boyer and Moose Skowron. Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air bleachers and was headed out of the park when it longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. The ball took off toward the 391-foot Mickeys Historic Homer On Trial!,Mickey Mantle.com. Click Here to Return to blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. However, gone? Click Here to Return to becoming the greatest . Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well the Page Click Here As told by Mark Gallagher in his (Click on the Young Mickey Mantle at spring training, 1954. "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. But would it clear the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee against the Philadelphia Athletics. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the nightcap. the ball would have gone even further had it where the ball landed. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats. the roof and gone completely out of the park. Stadium. This "It was a superhuman feat." It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league Lost Stories With two men on and a 3-2 count, That plus the in the process. red arrow. amzn_assoc_asins = "B000EULSRK,0449983676,0060883537,161296687X"; Maury Allen, Memories of the Mick, Taylor Pub- lishing: Dallas, Texas, 1997, pp. feet (4/17/53, Griffith another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade Mickey amzn_assoc_title = "Related Books & DVD"; the middle. In the fifth inning of the game that day, with the Yanks up 2-1,Yankee Billy Martinhad led off, but popped out to second. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet The ball cleared the roof by a Click Here to Return to Mickey was on The Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in
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