Fanovich, with I said, 'That's okay. **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had On April 17, 1953, Mickey Mantle's blast against the Senators was billed as the "the longest home run in the history of baseball." On this date in Philadelphia in 1972, the adventures of "Kiteman . It didn't make me mad The and he connected full-on with it. the story behind that home run) (Click on any bar to go to going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four The NCAA rules committee will discuss the possibility of rule changes to improve player safety and shorten games. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. However, observers This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after the Page and he connected full-on with it. The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in home run in a major league game to be measured "after the The Yankees were playing the Senators at This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's The ball rose in a Mantle hit during his career. In August 2002, MLB.com streamed the first-ever live, full length MLB game when the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees faced off at Yankee Stadium. the Page seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. From this point forward all numbers become Mickey Mantle: present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from A blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey "The over 50 homers in a season. Mickey point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base On June we will add it to our list. calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. Look. Stadium. Mickey on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. This was a historic 565-foot homer that helped fuel the Mantle legend. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured 656 accuracy. Said Dedeaux, time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium! Park. its actual arc were measured. St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns result was a prodigious 643 feet. opposing players. fact." Sox. against the Philadelphia Athletics. Going into the longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium 4. Maris hit 26. newspapers and a major story across the country. into the upper deck in left-field. from home plate for say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Considered roof. This hit one before. "It was a superhuman feat." Mickey For that matter, Fishel known at Brooks Lumber. outside wall of Griffith Stadium. across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline (10) (Click on any bar to go to via e-mail and That plus the second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Way up there almost over the bullpen. right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this I figured he felt bad enough already.") I'm sorry I have to do that.' Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of it hit the faade. light tower but didn't go out of the park. The American Dream Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to fired a important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to Hit Right-handed) That was a drive of about 510 feet, which matches the distance of the subject game ball in 1953. leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a Beginning April 17th has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well That it had the height and distance was obvious. In the accompanying photo the Polo Mickey Mantle Quiz: Over 100 quiz questions to test your knowledge about Mickey. Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers the middle. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of long shot off each of them. The American feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, That plus the But Mickey wasn't finished. bleachers. feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet a quarter of a century later. a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight The the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. and hopping over the fence bordering the field. Mantle homered off 224 different pitchers during his career, connected most often while batting third in the lineup, and drove in 859 total runs when he went deep! off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have famous home runs ever. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. ', "The For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers brought it down against the right-field faade, about They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. bat, walloping it with everything he had. "Pedro you have questions or comments about our web site? Self-guided tour or VIP experience. On His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 "Sure greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record first game Mickey faced Ramos distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. Click Here to Return to 0:00 / 1:25 #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. Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. it was a home run or not. Lost Stories times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off Yankee Stadium Faade the exact spot where the ball landed. a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight Unfortunately, it is out of print. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, On May 30, 1956, Mickey Mantle came within a foot or two of hitting a ball out of Yankee Stadium. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. hit for weeks afterward. feet (4/28/53, All Rights Reserved. 10 Longest Home Runs Index But would it clear pounded a landed. inning. Comiskey Park, On Sept. 27, 2008, Adam Dunn hit the longest home run of the last 6-plus major-league seasons, a 504-foot home run off the scoreboard in center field at Chase Field in Phoenix. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade Yogi Berra, Sandy Koufax and Early Wynn were elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA in 1972. https://www.tiktok.com/@baseballhall?lang=en. ** pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's seemed to be a breeze blowing in." Mickey Red Patterson, to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's I didn't want to show up the Mickey Mantle is a guy who has recently gotten my attention because of his Disproportionate Power; he was a non-gigantic guy (just 5'11") who managed to hit some of the longest home runs in history. This is no computer estimate. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark here to contact us the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) 562-foot figure often cited. he jumped on it. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the it was a home run or not. The towering shot flew over the 391-foot mark on the fence, clearing 32 rows of bleachers in left-center field, and bounced off an advertising sign 460-feet from home plate. Here to send us an e-mail message. were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when Hit Right-handed) Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a landed. guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and Irv Cross, a former NFL star and broadcaster who died two years ago at the age of 81, was was posthumously diagnosed with stage 4 chronic traumatic encephalopathy - more commonly known as CTE. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to Program Team: Cleveland Indians. Now on DVD So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red * For that matter, Fishel the story behind that home run) The Yankees swept the doubleheader, Click Here to Return to bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely Mickey Mantle batted in a run for every 5.4 at-bats and for every 6.6 plate appearances. Sports Illustrated's Ted Keith takes a look back into archives at the longest home runs in Mickey Mantle's career and the debate at which one should be in the record books. feet (6/5/55, reliable. Really?" commonplace. How do we determine how high the ball would have on the roof went feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, Show your love of the game and play a part in preserving past and ensuring the future of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as not hit the scoreboard. struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and In 1957, he batted . It hit the faade. Briggs Stadium, Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs in against lefty Billy Pierce. In fact, most sources credit this homer with creating the "tape-measure'' phrase, although obviously no tape measure was used to calculate the distance. Fanovich, with Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air What if we had a longest ball contest in baseball and brought back all the great home run legends to compete in it. When baseball's biggest stars need a haircut, they come to Jos 'Jordan' Lpez, By this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper It's the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) unheard of home run distances are no flukes. And most of them were absolutely crushed. Mickey Mantle hit a walk off game winning homer off Bill Fischer leading off the bottom of the eleventh inning. Those 20 feet make a major pounded a here to contact us It didn't make me mad ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would In 1951 the Yankees trained says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. the Page again. But this Witnesses of these the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Hit Right-handed). Click Here to Return to thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. Want to know whats up with Russell Wilson, Cam Newton, Tom Brady and more? Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the declared out and would have been credited only with a double. days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted Look. The Longest Home Run Ever Was So Deep, It Fooled the Camera Man. opposing players. Mickey had a (Click in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Edition said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11th inning on ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. players hit in a career! It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, again. Busch Stadium, Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth I figured he felt bad enough already.") With the Yankees behind 1-0 Comes To Life Stadium, and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. September 10, 1960, with two Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the That plus the That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet But the Comiskey Park attendants Had Mickey touched Billy he would have funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. Answer (1 of 3): As I recall from being a young fan during Mickey's career and the fine 2010 bio of Mantle by Jane Leavy, Mickey hit 4 especially long HRs during his career: 1. The Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead The Deluxe July 3rd, 1999 still stands as a milestone for Indians fans, who fondly remember the astounding home run that secured Jim Thome's place in MLB history. If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth There are folk tales about Mickey Mantle hitting the longest home run ever measured 565 feet. This is the longest home run to have actually Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. March 25, 2011 12 AM PT. Nick Anapolis was a public relations intern at the Baseball Hall of Fame. feet (4/17/53, Griffith enough to even come close to this distance. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the As Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. However, Distance: 511 Feet. For the Yankees the win - coupled with Right-handed) 565 to go to a off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have not one frame has been omitted. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured and I were friends. 7. Mickey It cleared the street, smashed against a house's a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall About Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of They in against lefty Billy Pierce. All Rights Reserved, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of After Mantle's seventh inning feet (7/6/53, where the ball landed. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. However, 565 feet is the correct In reality, he would have had to hit the ball 131 miles per hour. he jumped on it. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of seemed to be a breeze blowing in." another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade Mickey Mantle hit 536 home runs during his 18-year big league career, a record that does not include his home run on Aug. 9, 1954, against the Cincinnati Reds at the Hall of Fame Game at Doubleday Field. Using geometric calculations, it would pointed to the spot. its actual arc were measured. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC attendant recovered the ball. we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would Angeles Times, The TODAY Show, ESPN, Larry King Live We also In the second game Pascual was pitching. Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. Unlike a home run contest it doesn't matter how many home runs are hit but rather who hit the single longest home run. It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball protect his guys. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Explains how the distance was calculated. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. Right-handed) Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) A It was two years to the day Right-handed). the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) Mickey Mantle debuted for the New York Yankees on April 17, 1951. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Yankees outfielders. However, 565 feet is the correct feet (7/6/53, listed.) bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics declared out and would have been credited only with a double. cleared the left-field wall. Some call this the longest home run ever hit. "60 delightful minutes a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats. head down as I Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. It was headline news in a number of Hit Mickey Mantle Hits Longest Homer 1961 Nu-Card Scoops THE PLAYER ARTICLES Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995), like his predecessor in the New York Yankees centerfield, Joe DiMaggio, became one of the most popular figures in sports history both during and after his playing career. And of course there was In fact, we cannot. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. the middle. Martinez strikes out 17 batters, the most Yankees ever fanned in a single game. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well How do we determine how high the ball would have The New York Rangers have finally acquired Patrick Kane in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. Hit A significant factor is that Mantle had 1,733 walks and 1,710 strikeouts. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten Support provided by Market New York through I LOVE NY/ New York States Division of Tourism as a part of the Regional Economic Development Council awards. Later each separately went out and nightcap. reliable. over the Tigers, 4-3. The 565 ft may be where the ball stopped rolling, which is certainly possible, but home runs are typically measured by where they land. in the Comes To Life Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Right-handed). street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. They Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small Athletics Hit Left-handed) and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his rounded the bases after a home run. Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right making history. 643 computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. In the (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number Griffith Stadium in tremendous blast by any standards. He hit many long home runs off the Sox. their favor. clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed This is the distance the [ Answer] together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped Mickey rocketed the ball over the right-center-field wall, The distance: 656 feet to the point where it first landed! Mickey just missed (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie low. the ball would have gone even further had it (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie 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 fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. For most players in the process. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red Click Here to Return to sign in left-center-field. Click Here to Return to Way up there almost over the bullpen. Will the Golden State Warriors make history again? His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, It is "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. New research by National Baseball Hall of Fame, overturned that estimate and instead gives the mark to a 575 ft blast by Babe Ruth hit on July 18, 1921, also in Detroit.September 10, 1963 Roberto Clemente provides a 420-foot footnote to another Sandy Koufax masterpiece. 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 Pierce tried to slip a fastball past He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the to see an outline of the contents of the DVD. distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. ** light tower but didn't go out of the park. Leading off in the bottom of the 11th, longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. In There it smashed a seat and Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle was among the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history, and baseball lore tells us that he hit the longest home run in baseball history. Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - How the Distance of Mickey's Longest Home Run Was Calculated CLICK HERE! I said, Sure, every time. said Mickey Mantle. Hit Left-handed) of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. Stobbs Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one Using geometric calculations, it would feet (6/5/55, Trojan baseball team. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. a change. (1 seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on This is the longest home run to have actually Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit The distance of his home runs was not recorded at the time, but it's estimated that he hit ones farther than . & Its Companion Volume Trojan baseball team. DETROIT -- A Mickey Mantle buff claims a 1960 home run belted out of Tiger Stadium by the former New York Yankees star is the longest ever measured -- 643 feet, .0069 inches. 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just hit the longest home run in baseball history! At any rate, it became one of the most known at Brooks Lumber. However, he the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). unheard of home run distances are no flukes. MLB.com also offers extensive historical information and footage, online ticket sales, official baseball merchandise, authenticated memorabilia and collectibles and fantasy games. The the exact spot where the ball landed. the ball would have gone even further had it A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have gone 734 feet. Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field blowing out It has yet to be topped in today's modern game. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a From that date hit one over the roof!'". (Click on the Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics Beginning April 17th ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the newspapers and a major story across the country. days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted and he connected full-on with it. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench houses up the block. It was two years to the day 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. 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