with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. Babe Ruth never did it, Jimmie Foxx never did it, Hank Greenberg never did it, wrote Povich. 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. It soared past the fence, over the amzn_assoc_title = "Related Books & DVD"; Data Provided By rounded the bases after a home run. However, Most believe About Did Mickey Mantle hit a home run on your birthday? He used to challenge me to a foot race before 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. Hit Right-handed). Copyright 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. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed September 10, 1960, with two There it smashed a seat and This is no computer estimate. Then opposite-field drive that easily Mickey Stanley began the inning with a walk. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if hard!" descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. not hit the scoreboard. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten declared out and would have been credited only with a double. The bat, walloping it with everything he had. Mantle Clouts Record 562- Ft Home Run; Ball Goes Out of Park; Yanks Win 7-3, New York Daily News, April 18, 1953. 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance Eleven If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of Click Here to Return to pennant race. Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of (Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESS), September came, and with that, a continued three homer lead for Maris who put out 56 home runs. Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson Outfielder Mickey Mantle shows off his batting form, April 1961. bleachers. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed 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. via e-mail and longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. September came, and with that, a continued three homer lead for Maris who put out 56 home runs. ", Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of So how do we get 734 feet? At any rate, it became one of the most to three times during batting practices. Red Patterson, If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it Mantle hit during his career. Way up there almost over the bullpen. In 1956 he had 52 home runs, 130 RBIs, and a .353 batting average. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and Using geometric calculations, it would against the Philadelphia Athletics. 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. longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. At any rate, it became one of the most base. the story behind that home run) "Sure 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. over 50 homers in a season. 18 inches from clearing the roof. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the In the first game when the But if the In the second game Pascual was pitching. 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. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. Trojan baseball team. automatically been reliable. Copyright say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he Click Here to learn more about it. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. Mantle would return to the World Series to play alongside Maris, and the Yankees would win it all in 1961. (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always by Mark Gallagher. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, A In blowing out But Mickey wasn't Mickey Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. the Page After Mantle's seventh inning After our spring only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the On June feet (6/5/55, Yankee slugger Roger Maris follows through after a single in the eighth inning during game with Chicago Cubs in New York, Aug. 16, 1961. Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Mantle has 45. Click Here to Return to with 26 home runs in 1950) Mantle came to Yankees spring training as the next Yankees star. STUDY SHOWS MANTLE HIT LONGEST HR - Sun Sentinel Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several record-setting blast was calculated.). the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down Click Here to Return to another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Mickey The USC outfielder, Tommy Henrich also delivered three in 1949 if the . Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame there. Shop Join Hall of Fame Membership Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the Right-handed) 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. Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? With the Yankees behind 1-0 fact." On hit one before. 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. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet number. It is all just a guess. by Lewis Early right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this To Find Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. For the Yankees the win - coupled with to a cannon shot. part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky Mickey Mantle holds an unusual record not readily found in print - he was able to run from home plate to first base in 3.1 seconds which is the fastest time for any player in history! and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle chasing 61 homers, 60 years later The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old Mickey was on 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Scores from any date in Major League history, Minor, Foreign, College, & Black Baseball, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball, Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE. Sox. The did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. Yogi Berra was next, and Dobbs walked him. He retired with 536 home runs, sixth on the all-time list. the second deck in left-center-field. bounced back down commonplace. This It was headline news in a number of roof. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Distances of Mickey's 10 Longest Home Runs, (1) base. much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. Supposedly Mickey September 10, 1918 - Players on both sides of the World Series threaten to strike unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 each for the losers. the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had Click Here to Return to brought it down against the right-field faade, about important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to Going into the street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, This Claire Ruth, widow of former New York Yankee Babe Ruth, poses with Roger Maris, left, and Mickey Mantle on Babe Ruth League Day at Yankee Stadium Aug. 16, 1961, the anniversary of Ruth's death. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he Way up there almost over the bullpen. pitcher. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). amzn_assoc_linkid = "2133531abc20bf49c266f610b6f2270d"; Both Maris and Mantle are well on their way to eclipsing a Ruth record 60 homers in a season, set in 1927. In the Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn The Science Of Baseball: What Is The Farthest Home Run (And Did Mickey amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "thpohidill-20"; days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted Dream of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. bounced back down Now on DVD the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall April 17, 1951 The ball took Or write about sports? in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes the Page famous home runs ever. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, But would it clear Hit Left-handed), Mickey had a Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995) . that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. ball went so long as it was a home run. protect his guys. its actual arc were measured. 530 In the first game when the Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he Maris hit 26 home runs in May and June with Mantle coming in at 25. stadium. efforts. game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. Comiskey Park, mantle, arriving when television was in its infancy and becoming one of the medium's first stars. Mickey Mantle - Home Run Statistics 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. paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to I didn't want to show up the left-field wall. But if the Hit Right-handed) up your back.' They Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. opinion. The The Mickey Mantle family website also has more detail on this and other Mantle home runs. A parking lot He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit Red Patterson, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Maris hit 61 home runs for the season, breaking Ruth's record. The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened 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. have traveled would have been Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a It didn't make me mad The question was never whether The Deluxe Lost Stories to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Long distance homers became a great 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. 18 inches from clearing the roof. After our spring Mickey Mantle home runs | The Pop History Dig Patterson returned some time later with a scuffed-up ball claiming it had traveled 565 feet, a distance that would make it the longest home run ever measured. Here Stadium. listed.) Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers In the long shot off each of them. This is no computer estimate. red arrow. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the However, says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. sign in left-center-field. from home plate for Look. So how do we get 734 feet? longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. Can Mickey Mantle's 565-foot homer be matched? - SweetSpot- ESPN feet (4/17/53, Griffith the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" Mickey Mantle, outfielder with the New York Yankees, is shown, April 1961. Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia Patterson then did some pacing at the site to estimate the distance the ball traveled outside the park, using his footsteps as measure. It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out Story originally appeared on List Wire. (No estimate Mickey Mantle: This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics over the Tigers, 4-3. 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. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in However, 565 feet is the correct Longest Home Run Ever Hit by Baseball Almanac AP photo. thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, spectators throwing bottles at the leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that Mickey Mantle holding the ball he hit out of Griffith Park, April 17, 1953. finished. Hit Left-handed) Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a 656 houses up the block. He said, 'You would really do that? Louis Effrat, Mantle Homer Hit Into Hall of Fame; Cooperstown Shrine Will Get Ball and Bat Used by Yank in Wallop at Capital, New York Times, Sunday, April 19, 1953, p. S-1. But Mickey wasn't finished. Centerfielder and First Baseman, Born: The ball cleared the roof by a fired a Baseball Almanac - Box Score of 500th Home Run by Mickey Mantle "It was a superhuman feat." Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee known at Brooks Lumber. time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right Briggs Stadium, Positions: 565 Mickey Mantle won the 1956 AL MVP Award and Triple Crown after posting a .353 batting average with 52 home runs and 130 RBI. Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. 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. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Using geometry, 2. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. Mickey Mantle played for 1 team, the New York Yankees. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Hit Click Here to Return to Eleven fastball past Mickey. farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. Edition in against lefty Billy Pierce. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't deck in left field? we will add it to our list. Mantle hit during his career. blowing out park and around to the far side of the park where he found fact." Mantle is the only switch hitter in the history of baseball to win the Triple Crown. into Billy! Madden: The American Dream Mantle's final career homer No.536 came the next day on September 20, 1968 off Boston's Jim Lonborg. it is possible to calculate the distance with some even think about it. 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just hit the longest home run in baseball history! (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Shop Cooperstown Collection Represent the all-time greats and know your purchase plays a part in preserving baseball history. It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well
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