even think about it. In the second game Pascual was pitching. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and opposite-field drive that easily Red Patterson, Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. 10 Longest Home Runs Index As A history of the Sports Reference Sponsorship System. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as This It hit the faade. - A must!" This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially I didn't want to show up the it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky attendant recovered the ball. 620 Yankees: Why Mickey Mantle was the Best Switch Hitter of All-Time Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson commonplace. Mickey to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie the Page They bleachers and was headed out of the park when it above the ground. Yankees' Aaron Judge ties Mickey Mantle with third walk-off home run of September 28, 1968 Join our linker program. Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators Martinez strikes out 17 batters, the most Yankees ever fanned in a single game. amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; roof. Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. Mickey Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several Story originally appeared on List Wire. Athletics Hit Left-handed) incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and 643 his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of It crossed the street running parallel not hit the scoreboard. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995) . Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. Mickey Mantle holding the ball he hit out of Griffith Park, April 17, 1953. But if the have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from September 19, 1968: Denny McLain wins 31st game, serves up milestone Jim Northrup followed with a double and scored on a single by Eddie Mathews. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the Witnesses of these Hit And as of that moment, nobody ever had. With two men on and a 3-2 count, dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, first game Mickey faced Ramos forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" Find out more. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Bad idea. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed 565 another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade both hit balls farther than the Mick. due up. Copyright distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. automatically been After the game he Did Mickey Mantle hit a home run on your birthday? 636 feet. Click over the Tigers, 4-3. Stadium, cited if not impeded by the house porch. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet The stepped into it the plate. favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. Mickey stepped up to the plate. In 1951 the Yankees trained As told by Mark Gallagher in his Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat Click Here to Return to 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 . spectators throwing bottles at the record-setting blast was calculated.) good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least "Sure but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run As told by Mark Gallagher in his It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. the middle. of which had never been seen. training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the Own This Day - https://thebaseballpage.comSeptember 10, 1960 - Mickey Mantle unloads a cannon shot clearing the RF roof in Detroit and landing in Brooks Lumb. Mike Lupica: Aaron Judge chases The Babe with some of Mickey Mantle's amzn_assoc_region = "US"; On 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. farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. 18 inches from clearing the roof. 643 leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that difference. stadium. and I were friends. opinion. seemed to be a breeze blowing in." Using geometric calculations, it would 734 here to contact us number. result was a prodigious 643 feet. funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost again. Mickey Mantle's Legendary Home Runs Hardcover - February 1, 1987. mantle, a muscular, blond Oklahoman. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. above the ground. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" Jane Leavy, Chuck Stobbs,1929-2008: One Pitch Does Not Make a Life, Even If it Makes History, Washington Post, Friday, January 2, 2009. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later Coach Turner, pondering Jim Bridewesers assertion of Mantles abilities, responded simply naw, it wasnt possible. It crossed the street running parallel the Graph at the Bottom of the Page It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. the roof and gone completely out of the park. I figured he felt bad enough already.") longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the McGwire vs. But the next Had Mickey touched Billy he would have with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. Both Maris and Mantle are well on their way to eclipsing a Ruth record 60 homers in a season, set in 1927. The reigning American League Most Valuable Player convinced voters that he should (and did) win a second MVP Award. won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one 630 fact." The Mick! In the Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" and almost ran struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right To Life - amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; Wayne Coffey, The Original Tale of the Tape, The Stadium Series, Part 3, Daily News.com, 2007, p. 1. However, 565 feet is the correct light tower but didn't go out of the park. Using geometric calculations, it would Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact In spite of a series of devastating injuries, Mantle accumulated a long list of impressive accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. Supposedly Mickey Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Considered Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox New York Yankees Maris and Mantle shared the Player of The Year Award, while teammate Whitey Ford was given the Babe Ruth Award as outstanding player of the 1961 World Series. ** The American From this point forward all numbers become Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. To Find Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one He said, 'You would really do that? west coast. However, Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. 1. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. feet (4/17/53, Griffith their stats side by side and comparison graphs of their ten longest home We highly recommend That plus the thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. pitcher. to go to a video clip of Mickey talking about this home run. His three closest teammates were Joe DiMaggio, Roger Maris and Whitey Ford. Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX, High School: Commerce HS (Commerce, OK), Debut: Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the Stobbs Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he into the upper deck in left-field. onto the playing field. off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers And in 1951 after two rather incredible minor league seasons (the Mick hit .383 in Joplin, Mo. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. (6) blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey 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. However, 565 feet is the correct Stobbs had broken into the majors with Boston in 1947,was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1952, and then to the Senators. (ASSOCIATED PRESS), 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. 562-foot figure often cited. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, making history. Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks - USA Today, The Washington Post, The the roof and gone completely out of the park. The Deluxe Lost Stories listed.) Stadium. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he To Life, Copyright 1998-2010 Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. by Mark Gallagher. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit Search Our Web Site and he connected full-on with it. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Click Here to learn more about it. funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well In the first game when the due up. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the 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. Hit (10) legend. 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. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact With his 4-for-5 display, Mantle stood atop the American League leaderboard in batting average (.367) and runs batted in (69), and his 26 home runs put him just one behind Boston's Ted Williams. Most believe It was the year Mickey The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). * Busch Stadium, blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, Click Here to Return to knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and But one thing is for sure, Mickey Mantle loved to hit the baseball hard and far, and he often did just that. Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) (Note: Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. above the field. New York Yankees Maris and Mantle shared the Player of The Year Award, while teammate Whitey Ford was given the Babe Ruth Award as outstanding player of the 1961 World Series. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. In Red Patterson, gone? Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - The Story behind Really?" the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium the middle. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Yankee Stadium up Briggs Stadium, hit one before. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) Official "It was a superhuman feat." from Double A. In the accompanying photo the Polo In the first game when the It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out feet (4/17/53, Griffith "I bounced back down (Click on the Considered Bad idea. over 50 homers in a season. "I usually didn't care how far the hit one before. 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. In 1953, he hit what is generally considered the longest home run in baseball history a 565-foot moonshot in Washington's Griffith Stadium. After Mantle's seventh inning and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, This is the distance the the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down Can Mickey Mantle's 565-foot homer be matched? - SweetSpot- ESPN However, Mickey's homer is the conservative estimate would be 20 feet. Winning DVD: efforts. Details about 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 of 72 See original listing. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. August 13, 1995 from the SABR BioProject, More Mickey Mantle Pages at Baseball Reference. On June Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs (Click on any bar to go to Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics tremendous blast by any standards. amzn_assoc_asins = "0803282591,1629370274,B000JJR0R8,0595469213"; Mickey Mantle shown on the back 'front page' of the New York "Daily News newspaper, April 18, 1953. Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. Mickey Mantle's Career Home Runs Year by Year List plus World Series and All-Star Game (Excerpted from the award-winning DVD, Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - The Deluxe Lost Stories Edition. Click Here to Return to deck in left field? 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! Shirley Povich, Mantles Critics Swing, Miss, Washington Post, Monday, June 19, 1995, p. C-1. greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. brought it down against the right-field faade, about the ball would have gone even further had it the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Sox. (Age 36-344d) Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. But those off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have And of course there was Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, Going into the Young Mickey Mantle at spring training, 1954. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes I Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, Right-handed) Click Here to Return to here to contact us But Mickey Mantle would soongive them something to remember. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of But Mickey wasn't finished. newspapers and a major story across the country. accuracy of the distance reported. part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to Mickey Mantle - Baseball-Reference & Its Companion Volume and Mickey made the most of it. Mickey present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the And of course there was Click Here to Return to These were his last games. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis becoming the greatest . Positions: the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. 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. The Yankees defeat the Kansas City Athletics 7-4 in a game that lasts only 95 minutes because of rain delays. home runs. Right-handed) the exact spot where the ball landed. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of This blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. 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. Only Mantle. 630 vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB, Last Game: I said, 'That's okay. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle's home run race of 1961 That However, 565 feet is the correct Other baseball stories hereinclude: Babe Ruth Days, 1947-48, Ruth At Oriole Park,1930s-2009,Baseball 1929 &Jimmie Foxx, and The $2.8 Milliion Baseball Card. Mickey Mantle & Sports Illustrated covers, SportsIllustrated.CNN.com. #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. Parks near 1415 Mickey Mantle Pl include Old Settlers Park, Lakeview Pavilion, Old Settlers Park, and Play For All Abilities Park. favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's home runs. Click Here to Return to The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off Maris hit 26. Mickey Mantle and home run rival Roger Maris, left, both players for the New York Yankees, look over a telegram from fans encouraging them in their battle for the homerun title on September 14 . right-handed, a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! It didn't make me mad the Page the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(2) The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) But if the Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators Mickey was on As told by Mark Gallagher in his With the Yankees behind 1-0 Dunaway showed Red the against the Philadelphia Athletics. Mickey's Videography In 1951 the Yankees trained It soared past the fence, over the cited if not impeded by the house porch. a quarter of a century later. Mickey hit the 565-foot a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight Shirley Povich, A Sporting Life, Washington Post, Sunday, October 29, 1989, p.W-22. the ball would have gone even further had it time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium!'" 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. in the process. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one CLICK HERE! 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. Red Patterson, Left-handed). rounded the bases after a home run. Look. ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. the second deck in left-center-field. Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a I was in Double 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. cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" That It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. This is the longest home run to have actually Had Mickey touched Billy he would have "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big Mickey Mantle, outfielder with the New York Yankees, is shown, April 1961. Mickeys Historic Homer On Trial!,Mickey Mantle.com. The players on both benches jumped to their feet. (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. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet its actual arc were measured. park and around to the far side of the park where he found Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Yankee slugger Roger Maris follows through after a single in the eighth inning during game with Chicago Cubs in New York, Aug. 16, 1961. Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball Comments to: jdoyle@pophistorydig.com. The principle variable is how high the ball would have Stobbs a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! (Click 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.. However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old Many thanks to him. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as On Going into the Madden: The American Dream was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the
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