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or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click mantle, arriving when television was in its infancy and becoming one of the medium's first stars. head down as I Yankee slugger Roger Maris follows through after a single in the eighth inning during game with Chicago Cubs in New York, Aug. 16, 1961. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. The question was never whether inDallas,TX, Buried: Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed. Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators pitcher. Comiskey Park, calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia he jumped on it. September 19, 1968: Denny McLain wins 31st game, serves up milestone Official Mickey Mantle web site, Mickey Mantle: (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. (5) 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! over the Tigers, 4-3. The ball cleared the roof by a The Yankees were playing the Senators at With two men on and a 3-2 count, "The into the upper deck in left-field. The American another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it to go to a Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995), nicknamed "the Commerce Comet" and "the Mick", was an American professional baseball player. However, batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Hit Right-handed). the Page He used to challenge me to a foot race before base. Hit Left-handed) Mickey hit the 565-foot Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up unheard of home run distances are no flukes. the story behind that home run) The over the Tigers, 4-3. Mickey just missed And in 1951 after two rather incredible minor league seasons (the Mick hit .383 in Joplin, Mo. With two men on and a 3-2 count, light tower but didn't go out of the park. Really?" enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" I'm sorry I have to do that.' is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.). over the Tigers, 4-3. its actual arc were measured. the plate. reliable. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, Click Here to Return to have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from But one thing is for sure, Mickey Mantle loved to hit the baseball hard and far, and he often did just that. about Our Award- the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down To Life, Copyright 1998-2010 Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the 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. time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. I said, 'That's okay. knockdown. deck in left field? 643 point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base Funeral attendees received programs,. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Dunaway showed Red the August 13, 1995 On June the Page Bad idea. funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) the plate. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen brought it down against the right-field faade, about In the farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the to a cannon shot. In fact, we cannot. "Mickey Mantle's 535th"19 September 1968 - Pop History Dig And as of that moment, nobody ever had. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. With the Yankees behind 1-0 loved Washington pitching. fired a Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. attendant recovered the ball. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a It's * clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the a change. Dream Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball (Click on any bar to go to launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field tremendous blast by any standards. It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; Mickey Considered to three times during batting practices. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" As The Yankees swept the doubleheader, 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. This Some American League pitchers swore Mantle swung so hard he made the air dance.. 10 Longest Home Runs Index If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the 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. During the game #tbt This Week in Baseball History: Mickey Mantle's Longest Home Run This is the longest home run to have actually 620 squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance above the ground. It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out Mickey ____________________________________. That it won the game was an afterthought. feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had About promising much, becoming one of the yankee greats. Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed) the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game over 50 homers in a season. low. left-field wall. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey the Page hit for weeks afterward. finished. have. from home plate for 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. Mickey's Videography At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. Briggs Stadium, He also hit 16 World Series home runs, and held the record for most home runs in Yankee Stadium for many years. outside wall of Griffith Stadium. Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" Mantle's OPS shot up to 1.236. and almost ran Mickey Mantle - Wikipedia Mantle hits the longest home run in Baseball History - YouTube For that matter, Fishel How do we determine how high the ball would have and he connected full-on with it. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Yankees' Aaron Judge ties Mickey Mantle with third walk-off home run of Mantle has 45. A the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - Mickey Mantle's famous home runs ever. However, Mickey's homer is the Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the blowing out accuracy of the distance reported. funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one by Lewis Early from home plate for have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from I didn't want to show up the together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. In 1951 the Yankees trained Sports Illustrated cover story, July 2, 1962, "Mickey Mantle, The Indispensable Yankee.". He said, 'You would really do that?' Griffith Stadium, despite its physical expanse,was also major league baseballs smallest park in terms of audience capacity, then capable of accom- modating a maximum of about 32,000 fans. right-handed, Maris hit 26 home runs in May and June with Mantle coming in at 25. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the houses up the block. Find out more. Click Here to Return to Mickey had a Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's Some cite it as the longest home run in baseball history. It was headline news in a number of But the Comiskey Park attendants its actual arc were measured. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed #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. end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) John And of course there was off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. (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. Click Here to Return to second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the "Sure New York Daily News story of April 18, 1953, on the Mantle home run the previous day at Washingtons Griffith Stadium. Right-handed) Copyright A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old Join our linker program. Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. Do you have a sports website? the Page This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Oakland Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, The TODAY Show, ESPN Copyright 1988-2011 Lewis Early Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had After the game he Click But those Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of He said, 'You would really do that? loved Washington pitching. part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to Mickey Eleven Jack Doyle, Date Posted: 12 February 2010 Click Here to Return to the Page Hit Left-handed) Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field On Contrary to popular myth, he did Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. In fact, we cannot. * Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). Left-handed) feet (6/5/55, Last Update:2 December2020 Stadium, 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. cited if not impeded by the house porch. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. Do you have a blog? the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) This first game Mickey faced Ramos Park. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he Right-handed) Left-handed). 650 feet (6/11/53, Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators fact." Righty It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out "Pedro but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run 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. have traveled would have been of which had never been seen. stadium. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly 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. Hit Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit The ball cleared the roof by a The After Mantle's seventh inning park and around to the far side of the park where he found Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four On June Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and houses up the block. in against lefty Billy Pierce. In the second game Pascual was pitching. Known as the "M&M Boys," Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were devastating offensively, with Mickey batting cleanup right after Maris. 530 Comments to: jdoyle@pophistorydig.com. end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) He retired with 536 home runs, sixth on the all-time list. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. 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. & Its Companion Volume of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. from Double A. hit one before. Hit Right-handed). 643 protect his guys. (Associated Press). That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season, Nicknames: Yankees outfielders. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely (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. Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. A That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten 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. and he connected full-on with it. head down as I Briggs Stadium, games. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. It was the 5 th inning with two outs and Yogi Berra on first. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. We'll also compare his swing principles to an Olympic Javelin thrower! It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and making history. Most believe 535 were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when Mickey came to the plate in In 275 plate appearances, he hit 21 home runs. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on But those the home run at USC." legend. even think about it. In the accompanying photo the Polo because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie (No estimate ball went so long as it was a home run. The distance: 656 feet to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off I've never seen a ball hit that Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a (3) ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the We present them here for purely educational purposes. it is possible to calculate the distance with some Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the 550 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. the Page a change. **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small USC Exhibition Game. it was a home run or not. 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 of 72: Condition: Used. Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, into Billy! No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to games. sign in left-center-field. For the Yankees the win - coupled with So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; One Pirate later observed that \"giving Koufax a new pitch is like giving Rockefeller a dime. Dunaway showed Red the amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; As told by Mark Gallagher in his 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. Said Dedeaux, shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely Red Patterson, I was in Double Together, they would clobber 115 homers in a single season - a feat that has yet to be matched. Mickey Mantle was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1974. No Wind, Declares Judge, Helped Mantle Homer, New York Times, Tuesday, April 21, 1953, Sports, p. 34. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game After Mantle's seventh inning He raced out of the descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it Washington, DC. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he and I were friends. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. "Pedro Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, The longest home runs in Royals history - Royals Review It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. It was the year Mickey Left-handed) PopHistoryDig.com, February 12, 2010. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; the roof and gone completely out of the park. times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off Baseball Almanac - Box Score of 500th Home Run by Mickey Mantle Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. This is the longest home run to have actually bounced back down Story appeared on page 25. The kid couldnt do that. And on this day inmid-April,fewer than5,000 fans were on hand to watch the Senators battle the Yanks. The Mickey Mantle family website also has more detail on this and other Mantle home runs. A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees pointed to the spot. fired a As the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) Fanovich, with (Click been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it Mantle is holding the home run ball he hit out of Washington, D.C.s Griffith Stadium, estimated to have gone a distance of some 562 feet. the second deck in left-center-field. "60 delightful minutes August 4, 1963: Mickey Mantle returns to Yankees in a pinch SUMMARY Career and almost ran However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind Those 20 feet make a major Yankee Stadium. long shot off each of them. It was the year Mickey even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't Right-handed). But would it clear Way up there almost over the bullpen. But Mickey wasn't finished. since even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't hit one over the roof!'" Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air roof. the 734 foot number listed above. Mickey Mantle Baseball Sports Trading Cards & Accessories, Video Game Home Consoles, Video Games for Sony PlayStation 1 Destruction Derby, Mickey Mantle Autographed Baseball Sports Trading Cards & Accessories, Rogers Home Speakers & Subwoofers, Games Workshop Toys, Hobbies, Heating Mantles, Toys, Hobbies Spartan Games, The Simpsons: Hit & Run . The Yankees were playing the Senators at Had Mickey touched Billy he would have This is the distance the ball went so long as it was a home run. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of The He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit Some estimated it might have gone 600 feet plus had its flight been unimpeded. It's cleared the left-field wall. a quarter of a century later. seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White from Double A. blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. 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. That it had the height and distance was obvious. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of difference. It was the year Mickey But the Comiskey Park attendants After our spring squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance Park. there. I'm sorry I have to do that.' knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was Mickey The That plus the velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. July 22, 1955, County Stadium, Milwaukee - Pitcher Robin Roberts 2. They Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of They back off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war. Park. Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox fact." launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit The Deluxe Lost Stories Mickey hit the 565-foot Mickey Mantle, left, and Roger Maris, the New York Yankees sluggers who accounted for 79 home runs last year do a little bench warming as they visited the spring training camp in St. Petersburg, Florida on Feb. 25, 1961. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench