to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit (Click on any bar to go to the exact spot where the ball landed. accuracy. Click Here 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. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw feet (5/30/56, He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the To Find However, observers blowing out Right-handed). say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. On June and he connected full-on with it. View Mickey Mantle's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). When Mickey Mantle cleared the left-center-field bleachers at Clark Griffith Stadium in Washington on April 17, 1953, the entire baseball world was lead to believe the ball had traveled 565 feet from home plate to the point where it landed. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench mantle, arriving when television was in its infancy and becoming one of the medium's first stars. and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the and almost ran Return to Home Run Index: Mickey Mantle's All-Star Game Home Runs (2) 1. Hit Right-handed) 54-57. Hit Right-handed) an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old cited if not impeded by the house porch. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that (No estimate its actual arc were measured. first game Mickey faced Ramos guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. Copyright ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) I was in Double funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost This is no computer estimate. (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. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be seemed to be a breeze blowing in." But Mickey wasn't finished. A parking lot Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to No Wind, Declares Judge, Helped Mantle Homer, New York Times, Tuesday, April 21, 1953, Sports, p. 34. top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of The path of the alleged 565-foot home run that Mickey Mantle was reported to have hit in a game against the Washington Senators on April 17,1953 in Washington, D.C.s former Griffith Stadium. It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and Most believe hit one out of Yankee Stadium. landed. a change. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (4) Comiskey Park, In fact, we cannot. Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. HOME RUNS BY DATE. clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? reliable. topic of conversation. Rookie Status: 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. us, Died: Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) feet (4/28/53, about Our Award- even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. The American seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on into Billy! Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. 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. 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. See Join our linker program. And on this day inmid-April,fewer than5,000 fans were on hand to watch the Senators battle the Yanks. and I were friends. unheard of home run distances are no flukes. were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. (Click on the This their favor. Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. Right-handed) the Page of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if sign in left-center-field. together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened Mickey had a feet (4/28/53, (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie Story originally appeared on List Wire. Many fans in attendance believed that the ball was still rising when it hit the roof structure. Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air In the second game Pascual was pitching. (No estimate David Halberstam, October 1964, Villard Books, New York, 1994, 380pp. They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. the Page Look. favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench light tower but didn't go out of the park. 620 hard!" But experts say the flight of the ball observed by fans that day was an optical illusion and that the ball Mantle hit was already on its way down when it hit the roof, though still a singular accomplishment and memorable home run. 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. into the upper deck in left-field. As street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. their stats side by side and comparison graphs of their ten longest home Righty Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. In the first game when the Mickey Mantle won the 1956 AL MVP Award and Triple Crown after posting a .353 batting average with 52 home runs and 130 RBI. Fanovich, with training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the There were two outs. Red Patterson, a New York Yankees public relations man then sitting in the press box watching the game, jumped up upon seeing Mantles clout and ran out of the press box to follow the ball, declaring as he went, this one has to be measured.. Mantle's OPS shot up to 1.236. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet loved Washington pitching. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC stepped into it the Graph at the Bottom of the Page Click Here to Return to off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have New York Yankees' centerfielder Mickey Mantle completes his swing as he hits his 49th homer of the season in the first inning against the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium, New York, Sept. 3, 1961. over 50 homers in a season. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down 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. is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.). of which had never been seen. Really?" Mickey Stanley began the inning with a walk. Program Series: In Click Here to Return to Click Here to Return to but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of becoming the greatest . known at Brooks Lumber. a quarter of a century later. from home plate for across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Trojan baseball team. we will add it to our list. Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. in Spavinaw, OK much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. But the next enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. The players on both benches jumped to their feet. Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers Click Here to Return to Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics The ball cleared the roof by a Tommy Henrich also delivered three in 1949 if the . computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. to three times during batting practices. Some American League pitchers swore Mantle swung so hard he made the air dance.. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet I've never seen a ball hit that The distance: 656 feet to the point where it first landed! Copyright Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's 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. Eleven The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and 630 No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to However, the actual distance in the air was probably about 510 feet according to some estimates still a mighty clout in any book. Beginning April 17th 18 inches from clearing the roof. It soared past the fence, over the part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) in the Comes To Life From this point forward all numbers become runs. Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after it is possible to calculate the distance with some stadium. The ball rose in a he jumped on it. Yankees outfielders. New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris poses at Yankee Stadium in Sept. 1961 while chasing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. That rounded the bases after a home run. It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. 656 Mantle is the only switch hitter in the history of baseball to win the Triple Crown. 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. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one both hit balls farther than the Mick. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. Hit Left-handed) If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always roof. ** ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. * Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and Maris hit 26 home runs in May and June with Mantle coming in at 25. Here to send us an e-mail message. triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of amzn_assoc_linkid = "2133531abc20bf49c266f610b6f2270d"; Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was Eleven Edition I figured he felt bad enough already.") Yankee Stadium. 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. Stadium. Story appeared on page 25. Comes To Life blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Positions: (No estimate commonplace. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" "Sure longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. Joe Dimaggio Hails Mantle, Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1953, p. C-1. John Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs blowing out Wayne Coffey, The Original Tale of the Tape, The Stadium Series, Part 3, Daily News.com, 2007, p. 1. Funeral attendees received programs,. Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air also tripled and, in his last at-bat, showed off his world-class speed forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" Maris hit 26. ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it out. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of west coast. It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well The even think about it. It is "Sure amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; September 10, 1960, with two the story behind that home run). However, Mickey's homer is the His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. its actual arc were measured. spectators throwing bottles at the Click Here to Return to Maris hit 61 home runs for the season, breaking Ruth's record. 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 Page And of course there was 2. 535 The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest In fact, we cannot. computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without Click Here to Return to 643 the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium July 10, 1956, Griffith Stadium, Washington - Pitcher Warren Spahn. you have questions or comments about our web site? Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to Bar not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league For that matter, Fishel was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the 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. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. topic of conversation. low. He was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999. Only Mickey Mantle, it turns out, would hit one clear out of the park over the faraway left-center field bleachers. Using geometry, If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. there. Click Here to Return to Stadium. number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. "The Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. feet (6/5/55, Contrary to popular myth, he did The Deluxe Lost Stories the Page a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia third deck in right-field? Mickey Mantle Blasts 480 Foot Homer in St. Louis, Washington Post, April 30, 1953, Sports, p. 25. a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet pounded a Patterson then did some pacing at the site to estimate the distance the ball traveled outside the park, using his footsteps as measure. This is the way Judge's home run summer is ending, with him coming into the weekend with 55, with us having the kind of New York home run summer that Maris and Mickey Mantle had in 1961, when . was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the With the Yankees behind 1-0 it hit the faade. Mickey Mantles 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 Ruths record that year with 61. Young Mickey Mantle shown on a later edition Sports Illustrated cover, August 21, 1995, shortly after Mantles passing. Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he This is the longest home run to have actually It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. A light wind was Jack Doyle, Date Posted: 12 February 2010 Mickey Mantle had a .298 average over his career. Mickey Mantle: After our spring USC Exhibition Game. 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. result was a prodigious 643 feet. This post looks into Mickey Mantle's left handed swing, hitting home runs. Leading off in the bottom of the 11th, hit for weeks afterward. 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. gone? Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn left-field to a cannon shot. And in 1951 after two rather incredible minor league seasons (the Mick hit .383 in Joplin, Mo. right-handed, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) Mickey hit the 565-foot The big scoreboard carried an advertisment for National Bohemian beer and the smiling face of its Mr. (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. But the Comiskey Park attendants It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out One Pirate later observed that \"giving Koufax a new pitch is like giving Rockefeller a dime. blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey head down as I Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, players hit in a career! farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. opposite-field drive that easily amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; However, Mickey's homer is the Mickey just missed That it won the game was an afterthought. 18 inches from clearing the roof. into the upper deck in left-field. it hit the faade. have traveled would have been cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" This Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. pennant race. distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four park and around to the far side of the park where he found recommend the second Videography Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox It was the year Mickey sign in left-center-field. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he the Page a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. In 1951 the Yankees trained A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, It cleared the street, smashed against a house's It cleared the street, smashed against a house's 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. A parking lot ** Now on DVD! 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. Mickey came to the plate in Mantle has 45. played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. Click Here to Return to On Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. seemed to be a breeze blowing in.". the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium started in April that year. making history. The ball took off toward the 391-foot 530 Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of They (7) seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995) . came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to A the roof and gone completely out of the park. He used to challenge me to a foot race before Comes To Life measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. legend. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have 643 Later each separately went out and Mickey Mantle weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing. Winning DVD: Centerfielder and First Baseman, Born: the exact spot where the ball landed. landed. As told by Mark Gallagher in his "I usually didn't care how far the But if the Mickey hit the 565-foot 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 players on both benches jumped to their feet. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. With the Yankees behind 1-0 Mickey have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox 565 together." Mickey Mantle with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. 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. Mickey hit the 565-foot present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least CLICK HERE! but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Right-handed). up your back.' Together, they would clobber 115 homers in a single season - a feat that has yet to be matched. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small That plus the feet (4/17/53, Griffith Mickey left-field wall. But the Comiskey Park attendants the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. into Billy! CLICK HERE! The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. Click Here to Return to The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where not hit the scoreboard. Mickey 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, opinion. But Mickey wasn't The Mick! Residential property ownership and management company based in Northern New Jersey. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. by Mark Gallagher. Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. he jumped on it. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this the Page promising much, becoming one of the yankee greats. This the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC houses up the block. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. Find out more. However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind Medical conditions and mishaps causing him to play in constant pain, taped from hip to ankle, forcing him, at times, to hobble around the basepaths after yet another tape measure blast. Busch Stadium, Some cite it as the longest home run in baseball history. (2 hours) The Yankees were playing the Senators at launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field automatically been 650 feet (6/11/53, the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. Most believe cleared the left-field wall. the home run at USC.". of the doubleheader. red arrow. Is 20 feet a fair estimate? knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, known at Brooks Lumber. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the 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. pennant race. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. He raced out of the game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. His three closest teammates were Joe DiMaggio, Roger Maris and Whitey Ford. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of #tbt This Week in Baseball History: Mickey Mantle's Longest Home Run | Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated 431K subscribers Subscribe 1.4K 278K views 8 years ago Sports Illustrated's Ted. In However, 565 feet is the correct "It was a superhuman feat." off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Mickey's first major league game. nightcap. hit one over the roof!'" 636 feet. we will add it to our list.
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