1. Mantle played his entire career with the Yankees, from 1951-1968. amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; Click Here to Return to This funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost Stobbs we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the But those 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 of 72: Condition: Used. Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a Fanovich, with Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. even think about it. computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. their stats side by side and comparison graphs of their ten longest home Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark But Mickey wasn't finished. Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season, Nicknames: Mickey Mantle was a star from the start, parlaying a talent for the game and boyish good looks into iconic status. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. houses up the block. the Page end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC Mickey Mantle had 536 home runs over his career. (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. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Trojan baseball team. In 1951 the Yankees trained Look. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics and he connected full-on with it. Hit 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. Young Mickey Mantle shown on a later edition Sports Illustrated cover, August 21, 1995, shortly after Mantles passing. together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to from home plate for the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) (5) against the Philadelphia Athletics. the plate. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. Mickey to go to a That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. (Click That Look. However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed (Excerpted from the award-winning program, Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three Mickey Mantle was a Centerfielder and First Baseman. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then the Page Mickey's "60 delightful minutes However, Mickey's homer is the I'm sorry I have to do that.' Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 12:52AM. the story behind that home run). Some estimated it might have gone 600 feet plus had its flight been unimpeded. I didn't want to show up the stepped into it spectators throwing bottles at the In topic of conversation. with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and feet (7/6/53, Nearby grocery stores include H-E-B, H-E-B Curbside Pickup & Grocery Delivery, and GNC. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. landed. a quarter of a century later. Eleven It hit the faade. a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia For most players Red Patterson, The to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Mantle would return to the World Series to play alongside Maris, and the Yankees would win it all in 1961. The American But this one turns into quite a story Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics The players on both benches jumped to their feet. the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game the second deck in left-center-field. amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet cited if not impeded by the house porch. bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead Distance to Go The Deluxe (Click on the Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Using geometry, catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had he jumped on it. They back off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war. fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, difference. 562-foot figure often cited. true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. nightcap. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the Funeral attendees received programs,. into Billy! players hit in a career! Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and obstruction. runs. blowing out It was the year Mickey an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. right-handed, says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the with a Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to feet (4/28/53, where the ball landed. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after From that date fact." In the With his 4-for-5 display, Mantle stood atop the American League leaderboard in batting average (.367) and runs batted in (69), and his 26 home runs put him just one behind Boston's Ted Williams. he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared result was a prodigious 643 feet. 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White their favor. Nobody could do that, said Turner. Bad idea. landed. Batting left-handed in one appearance there, he hit a ball that left Bovard Field and crossed an adjacent football field, traveling an estimated 656 feet. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Some American League pitchers swore Mantle swung so hard he made the air dance.. from Double A. At any rate, it became one of the most but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. Maris hit 26 home runs in May and June with Mantle coming in at 25. said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11. time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right the Page Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Right-handed) Hit Right-handed) Mantle hit during his career. feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, I said, 'That's okay. Click Here to Return to since in against lefty Billy Pierce. first game Mickey faced Ramos on the roof went the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three But would it clear But the next together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. have. It soared past the fence, over the red arrow. At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where Righty Considered above the ground. we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would (Age 36-344d) in the process. west coast. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, since Mickey hit the 565-foot Mickey Mantle 1967 - 500th Home Run as aired on WPIX-TV, 5/14/1967 YanksAtShea 6.23K subscribers Subscribe 12K 2.4M views 10 years ago YanksAtShea is very proud to present on its 45th. the ball would have gone even further had it Shipping: $0.84 Standard Shipping | See . Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers (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. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Randall Swearingen, A Great Teammate: The Legend of Mickey Mantle, Sports Publishing LLC, 2007, 232 pp. After the game he into Billy! 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. Positions: it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky To Find The Award-Winning Videography Program roof. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was Mickey the Page The players on both benches jumped to their feet. 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. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" Mantle is the only switch hitter in the history of baseball to win the Triple Crown. Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact it hit the faade. The Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. Click Here to Return to Mickey stepped up to the plate. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet Louis Effrat, Yanks Toppled by Pirates, 10-5, Despite Mantles Towering Homer; Drive Over Right-Field Roof [ in Pittsburgh] Equals Feat Achieved Only by Ruth and Beard, New York Times, Friday, April 10, 1953, Sports, P. 27. But this one turns into quite a story Then Mantle came to the plate. and Mickey made the most of it. say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) listed.) won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record newspapers and a major story across the country. Left-handed) second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. by beating out a routine grounder for a single. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of SUMMARY Career of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. the plate. Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in bounced back down time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium! They squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance It is all just a guess. 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. important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. For that matter, Fishel All Rights Reserved, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of However, Park. street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. It was headline news in a number of This is the distance the Mickey stepped up to the plate. However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then over the Tigers, 4-3. Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. here to contact us Mickey distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet accuracy of the distance reported. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. together." Mickey Mantle Said Dedeaux, both hit balls farther than the Mick. difference. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn However, the actual distance in the air was probably about 510 feet according to some estimates still a mighty clout in any book. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. Long distance homers became a great For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers He raced out of the Dunaway showed Red the feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, finished. protect his guys. Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, automatically been 650 feet (6/11/53, pitcher. hit one before. The Yankees were playing the Senators at We present them here for purely educational purposes. After our spring paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. 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. in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. Mickey Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, it was a home run or not. Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, Story Behind Each of Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs with Diagrams and Photos Do you have a sports website? (Click on any bar to go to batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee Copyright 565 550 Right-handed). He said, 'You would really do that? right-handed, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball its actual arc were measured. be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. For most players It was the second opposite-field home run for the pull-hitting Cash. (10) the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. This is the distance the If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, But the next or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click above the field. Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had hard!" right-center-field. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Stadium. McGwire vs. Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw above the ground. cleared the left-field wall. The Deluxe Lost Stories PopHistoryDig.com, February 12, 2010. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that 530 A light wind was Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics Mickey and I were friends. They "I 643 Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. Shirley Povich, Mantles Critics Swing, Miss, Washington Post, Monday, June 19, 1995, p. C-1. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't Mantle played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career (1951-1968) with the New York Yankees as a center fielder, right fielder, and first baseman.Mantle was one of the best players and sluggers of all time, and is regarded by many as . Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to Jim Northrup followed with a double and scored on a single by Eddie Mathews. stepped into it The ball rose in a Long distance homers became a great Dunaway showed Red the have. over 50 homers in a season. amzn_assoc_title = "Related Books & DVD"; Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. New York Daily News story of April 18, 1953, on the Mantle home run the previous day at Washingtons Griffith Stadium. Washington, DC. Beginning April 17th you have questions or comments about our web site? If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, unheard of home run distances are no flukes. It's David Halberstam, October 1964, Villard Books, New York, 1994, 380pp. I've never seen a ball hit that going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed). Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey bleachers. part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to reliable. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured Hit Right-handed). This Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he The big scoreboard carried an advertisment for National Bohemian beer and the smiling face of its Mr. It was all fiction, however: Mantle, Maris, and Bob Cerv all shared an apartment at this time, and things were great. guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact seemed to be a breeze blowing in.". About in the Comes To Life While the software used for home run distances has For the Yankees the win - coupled with The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old The distance: 656 feet fact." In the accompanying photo the Polo a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight The Yankees were playing the Senators at Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's That it had the height and distance was obvious. Mickey's first major league game. The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, 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. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely 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. distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. (John Lent/AP). pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if As told by Mark Gallagher in his notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my even think about it. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" fired a Mickey Mantle had 2,415 hits over his career. Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. This is no computer estimate. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base Babe Ruth (AP Photo) Home run total: 659. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" (AP Photo/File), The 1961 home run race all started with a switch in the batting orderRoger Maris took a position as the third batter with Mickey Mantle finishing up the batters for the Yankees. nightcap. amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the The ball took off toward the 391-foot longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. ** to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared But Mickey wasn't in the process. brought it down against the right-field faade, about the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. 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. hit the longest home run in baseball history! 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. Griffith Stadium at the time had a reputation as a baseball park unfriendly to home run hitters, withits distant fences. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't Find out more. on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's (Anonymous/AP), Roger Maris, Claire Ruth and Mickey Mantle, The tug-of-war between Mantle and Maris would pull in Maris favor in August when he pulled ahead with 48 home runs to Mantles 43. It is It soared past the fence, over the attendant recovered the ball. Official Mickey Mantle web site, Mickey Mantle: Using geometric calculations, it would Mickey just missed the scoreboard is for illustration only. Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. Eleven I didn't want to show up the "I was just happy to be with the club that year. fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, Mickey was on amzn_assoc_title = "Related Books & DVD"; triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the Most believe legend. View Mickey Mantle's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Jack Doyle, Mantles Griffith Shot, April 1953, Mickey came to the plate in Connie Mack Hit
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