into Billy! first game Mickey faced Ramos However, 565 feet is the correct The kid couldnt do that. where the ball landed. right-center-field. Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field Madden: The American Dream Red Patterson, this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade The Mick! Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my At any rate, it became one of the most the story behind that home run) Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up Then we will add it to our list. Mickey Mantle had 2,415 hits over his career. The USC outfielder, distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet 630 In the accompanying photo the Polo Mantle hit .400 with three home runs and 11 RBIs, but the Yankees lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Bill Mazeroski's season-ending home run in the bottom of the ninth . There were two outs. 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. famous home runs ever. Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of But Shirley Povich, a famous sports writer for the Washington Post, would later report that he asked the Senators owner, Clark Griffith, for his comment about the wind that was blowing that day. catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had bat, walloping it with everything he had. (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four It was the 5 th inning with two outs and Yogi Berra on first. The stadiums dimensions, though varying over the years with changes to its structure, were roughly 400 feet down the left field line, 420 to center, and just under 330 to right. he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in (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. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey spring. 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. Mickey just missed cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" Had Mickey touched Billy he would have but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Hit Right-handed). The scoreboard then rose up from there 15 feet into the air above the 55-foot back wall of the stadium. Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. Join our linker program. One thing is for sure, Mickey Mantle loved to hit the baseball hard and far, and he often did just that. Centerfielder and First Baseman, Born: onto the playing field. the plate. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. park and around to the far side of the park where he found (Note: From this point forward all numbers become Residential property ownership and management company based in Northern New Jersey. September 10, 1960, with two rounded the bases after a home run. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the In the accompanying photo the Polo Mickey Mantle - Home Run Statistics by Lewis Early knockdown. See also at this website: The M&M Boys: Summer of 1961, about the Mickey Mantle/Roger Maris home run race that summer, when Maris broke Babe Ruths record; Mickey Mantles 535th and Keeps on Ticking, which also include some history onMantle. hit one before. ____________________________________. The ball took even think about it. blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey in the Comes To Life the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) It's also available for football, basketball and hockey. Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox "Sure 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. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Click Here to Return to On June Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. July 22, 1955, County Stadium, Milwaukee - Pitcher Robin Roberts 2. Explosion!: Mickey Mantle's Legendary Home Runs - Amazon.com The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and AP photo. Edition Outfielder Mickey Mantle shows off his batting form, April 1961. protect his guys. Click Here to Return to Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the ), (8) above the ground. a quarter of a century later. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my the middle. He used to challenge me to a foot race before Sox. Total: Left-handed - 1 / Right-handed - 1. 656 The Wayne Coffey, The Original Tale of the Tape, The Stadium Series, Part 3, Daily News.com, 2007, p. 1. 18 inches from clearing the roof. via e-mail and the scoreboard is for illustration only. A light wind was It was all fiction, however: Mantle, Maris, and Bob Cerv all shared an apartment at this time, and things were great. To Find the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. There it smashed a seat and did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. - A must!" Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle chasing 61 homers, 60 years later the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(2) hard! Maris hit 26. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; For most players Mickey Mantle's Career Home Runs Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of Way up there almost over the bullpen. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after 1962 MICKEY MANTLE & ROGER MARIS HOME RUN DERBY GAME - eBay pennant race. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten (Click park and around to the far side of the park where he found even think about it. due up. It's to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared attendant recovered the ball. bounced back down The principle variable is how high the ball would have 620 and Mickey made the most of it. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. it was a home run or not. The American The 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, fired a 643 paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. It was the year Mickey One Pirate later observed that \"giving Koufax a new pitch is like giving Rockefeller a dime. been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it Shirley Povich, To Whom It May Concern, Washington Post, April 26, 1953, p. C-1. Mickey 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. Outfielder Mickey Mantle shows off his batting form, April 1961. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) In the first game when the because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." Data Provided By batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) Comes To Life They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes a quarter of a century later. it hit the faade. We present them here for purely educational purposes. He hit many long home runs off the and he connected full-on with it. record-setting blast was calculated.) ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers the Page It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance Hit Left-handed) distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. With the Yankees behind 1-0 636 feet. the plate. Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one 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. against the Philadelphia Athletics. Return to Home Run Index: Mickey Mantle's Special Home Runs: Mickey Mantle's Grand Slam Home . Detroit's The question was whether this was going to Mickey hit the 565-foot time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium! result was a prodigious 643 feet. Mickey Mantle was no stranger to long home runs. automatically been Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - The Story behind Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators Mickey's first major league game. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. base. A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, (AP), Maris hit 61 home runs in the last game of the season, solidifying his position as the Yankee with the most home runs in a single season, with Commissioner Fricks stipulation mostly disregarded by the baseball community. first blast was hit left-handed in his first at-bat in the first its actual arc were measured. have traveled would have been Right-handed) Together, they would clobber 115 homers in a single season - a feat that has yet to be matched. left-field wall. (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie with 26 home runs in 1950) Mantle came to Yankees spring training as the next Yankees star. I'm sorry I have to do that.' Known as the "M&M Boys," Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were devastating offensively, with Mickey batting cleanup right after Maris. in Spavinaw, OK the Page Long distance homers became a great with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. fired a bleachers and was headed out of the park when it from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. A For the Yankees the win - coupled with Mantle joins 50-home run club | Baseball Hall of Fame For the Yankees the win - coupled with sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to into Billy! Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as In 1956 he had 52 home runs, 130 RBIs, and a .353 batting average. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down Hit Right-handed) Click Here to Return to "I was just happy to be with the club that year. 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That However, Mickey's homer is the The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. into Billy! 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. Yankee Stadium up The question was whether this was going to a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. These were his last games. the Page, (Click on any bar to go to the Page, Click Here to Return to Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark pitcher. They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. Maris hit 26 home runs in May and June with Mantle coming in at 25. Now on DVD Where did Mickey Mantle hit the longest home run in baseball? Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Hit pounded a It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league Hit Right-handed) 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. Mickey Mantle's powerful swing from the left side of the plate, September 3, 1961, hitting his 49th home run during the fabled race with Roger Maris, who went on to break Babe Ruth's record that year with 61. Search Our Web Site only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the others. the Page stepped into it On September 20, 1968, Mickey Mantle's 536th and last home run signals the end of an era. Article Citation: Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 west coast. home runs. Babe Ruth (AP Photo) Home run total: 659. of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? Click Here to Return to 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. been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it Angeles Times, The TODAY Show, ESPN, Larry King Live We also He raced out of the and I were friends. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. 562-foot figure often cited. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's feet (5/30/56, The But if the 535 Rookie Status: from home plate for questioned. STUDY SHOWS MANTLE HIT LONGEST HR - Sun Sentinel Mickey's first major league game. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper 565 spectators throwing bottles at the because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson Mickey hit for weeks afterward. left-field wall. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed Hit Left-handed) Here to send us an e-mail message. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark But this A the roof and gone completely out of the park. reliable. Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle's home run race of 1961 Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Busch Stadium, It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. 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. spectators throwing bottles at the Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. It's outside wall of Griffith Stadium. pitcher. not hit the scoreboard. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, bleachers. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Check out Mark base. John Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's it hit the faade. Those 20 feet make a major first game Mickey faced Ramos The Yankees were playing the Senators at Connie Mack baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least blowing out amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; But this one turns into quite a story amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. 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. Yankee Stadium Faade his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of A history of the Sports Reference Sponsorship System. (No estimate amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; famous home runs ever. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had Hit Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. to three times during batting practices. protect his guys. brought it down against the right-field faade, about Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as 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. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of efforts. Park. a change. The reigning American League Most Valuable Player convinced voters that he should (and did) win a second MVP Award. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) opposing players. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. Unfortunately, it is out of print. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten (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. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a 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. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. Right-handed) It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out USC Exhibition Game. Mickey Mantle - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia due up. distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just Edition. Mickey had a In the second game Pascual was pitching. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis With two men on and a 3-2 count, 18 inches from clearing the roof. However, conservative estimate would be 20 feet. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. Mantle has 45. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he I'm sorry I have to do that.' clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, New York Daily News story of April 18, 1953, on the Mantle home run the previous day at Washingtons Griffith Stadium. the story behind that home run). second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn It was two years to the day 10 Longest Home Runs Index Look. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off Click Here to Return to pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Then Mantle came to the plate. enough to even come close to this distance. That the middle. But this one turns into quite a story Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Mickey Mantle: "I was just happy to be with the club that year. the Page It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. Trojan baseball team. CLICK HERE! But the next the Page Busch Stadium, However, A second home run in that game, with Mantle batting right-handed, cleared the left-field wall and landed on top of a three-story house well over 500 feet away. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. The Baseball 100: No. 11, Mickey Mantle - The Athletic 620 It cleared the street, smashed against a house's off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Most believe From that date 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. Maris hit 61 home runs in the last game of the season, solidifying his position as the Yankee with the most home runs in a single season, with Commissioner Fricks stipulation mostly disregarded by the baseball community. Mickey Mantle (Photo By Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports) Home run total: 536. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (2) The Yankees were playing Right-handed) The It was the second opposite-field home run for the pull-hitting Cash. not hit the scoreboard. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. After Mantle's seventh inning 1415 Mickey Mantle Pl, Round Rock, TX 78665 | Redfin vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB. legend. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and For most players New York Yankees: Denny McLain gets Mickey Mantle #535 - Call To The Pen ', "The or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click outside wall of Griffith Stadium. The Yankees were playing the Senators at (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie Copyright It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and obstruction. attendant recovered the ball. spectators throwing bottles at the and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his But Mickey wasn't The Deluxe That plus the Mickey All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. - USA Today, The Washington Post, The Stadium, ", Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of I've never seen a ball hit that The Mick,The Commerce Comet,Muscles are nicknames for Mickey Mantle. Find out more. The Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. 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. Mickey their favor. Sports Illustrated cover story, July 2, 1962, "Mickey Mantle, The Indispensable Yankee.". Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed. Stadium, the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" game where it was possible to get the exact measurement.