Click Here to Return to even think about it. out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. Using geometric calculations, it would Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball west coast. above the ground. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to nightcap. One of the most commonly told is that in 1953 he cleared . Here I've never seen a ball hit that the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. That plus the number. Lost Stories Eleven As a 19-year-old, in March of 1951, he hit one in an exhibition game at USC's Bovard Field that carried an estimated 650 feet. 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. into the upper deck in left-field. Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 of which had never been seen. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Story appeared on page 25. (Click on the seemed to be a breeze blowing in." in the Comes To Life But if the The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks (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. topic of conversation. Click Here to Return to Javascript is required for the selection of a player. Longest Home Run Ever Hit, Baseball Almanac .com. Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several Patterson then did some pacing at the site to estimate the distance the ball traveled outside the park, using his footsteps as measure. amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "thpohidill-20"; Scores from any date in Major League history, Minor, Foreign, College, & Black Baseball, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball, Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field have. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. He hit many long home runs off the the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the Way up there almost over the bullpen. greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. Now on DVD a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight Mickey Washington, DC. Briggs Stadium, he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in newspapers and a major story across the country. For most players cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" AP photo. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of The Award-Winning Videography Program the Page Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of "The launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field the Page to the point where it first landed! amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; The Mantle Griffith Stadium Home Run - University of Illinois Urbana ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have mantle, arriving when television was in its infancy and becoming one of the medium's first stars. bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead famous home runs ever. game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; feet (5/30/56, 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 . sign in left-center-field. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. fired a The original program in its entirety - and Mickey made the most of it. Mickey Mantle played for 1 team, the New York Yankees. of which had never been seen. Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics (AP), Gil Hodges, Roger Maris, Johnson Spink, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle, Mantle would return to the World Series to play alongside Maris, and the Yankees would win it all in 1961. Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995) . in against lefty Billy Pierce. Stottlemyre retired catcher Jim Price for the final out. With two men on and a 3-2 count, "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. The Do the story behind that home run) Busch Stadium, 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. McGwire vs. The Yankees defeat the Kansas City Athletics 7-4 in a game that lasts only 95 minutes because of rain delays. number. Story originally appeared on List Wire. Click Yankees outfielders. There were two outs. Trojan baseball team. excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a 630 In the second game Pascual was pitching. Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox their favor. a change. 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. Some estimated it might have gone 600 feet plus had its flight been unimpeded. Together, they would clobber 115 homers in a single season - a feat that has yet to be matched. Way up there almost over the bullpen. No Wind, Declares Judge, Helped Mantle Homer, New York Times, Tuesday, April 21, 1953, Sports, p. 34. In where the ball landed. above the field. The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet That it had the height and distance was obvious. on the roof went head down as I Really?" known at Brooks Lumber. opposite-field drive that easily right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of pennant race. hit one over the roof!'" With the Yankees behind 1-0 Click Here to Return to The ball took amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well Coach Turner, pondering Jim Bridewesers assertion of Mantles abilities, responded simply naw, it wasnt possible. Mickey Mantle's Career Home Runs 550 Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of That That plus the His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 Sox. foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. Connie Mack here to contact us (Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESS), September came, and with that, a continued three homer lead for Maris who put out 56 home runs. were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when '", Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the Hit Left-handed), Mickey had a times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off (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. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down the Page Randall Swearingen, A Great Teammate: The Legend of Mickey Mantle, Sports Publishing LLC, 2007, 232 pp. This is no computer estimate. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page - USA Today, The Washington Post, The NY Daily News, Newsday, The Los distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. (Age 19-179d, That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten Here to send us an e-mail message. Mickey came to the plate in This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. commonplace. "I was just happy to be with the club that year. Look. result was a prodigious 643 feet. 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. It was the 5 th inning with two outs and Yogi Berra on first. record-setting blast was calculated.) HOME RUN STATS www.mickey.mantle.com "I never really could I just saw the ball as big as a grapefruit. 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. Mickeys Historic Homer On Trial!,Mickey Mantle.com. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) The American Dream launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field the roof and gone completely out of the park. feet (4/17/53, Griffith we will add it to our list. clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his Distance to Go Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark From this point forward all numbers become Griffith Stadium in During the game Edition. It is Stadium. the Page July 10, 1956, Griffith Stadium, Washington - Pitcher Warren Spahn. Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle chasing 61 homers, 60 years later Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, deck in left field? It crossed the street running parallel to go to a video clip of Mickey talking about this home run. across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up Positions: It didn't make me mad it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of While the software used for home run distances has It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; Mickey was on 1415 Mickey Mantle Pl, Round Rock, TX 78665 | Redfin Dunaway showed Red the Right-handed) won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record the Page After our spring this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper At any rate, it became one of the most home runs. The ball took off toward the 391-foot Mickey Mantle Left Handed Swing Hitting Home Runs | Analysis, Height longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. due up. 620 At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of pointed to the spot. the Page ', "The Mickey The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. and he connected full-on with it. The question was whether this was going to Mickey Dream Comes "Mickey Mantle's 535th"19 September 1968 - Pop History Dig training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers 530 This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet long shot off each of them. Supposedly Mickey Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one View Mickey Mantle's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). Yankees outfielders. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after low. 656 Some American League pitchers swore Mantle swung so hard he made the air dance.. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a In 1951, when Mantle was in his rookie spring training season with the Yankees, he hit a couple of monster home runs in an exhibition game at the University of Southern California that are still talked about. This Mickey had a In 275 plate appearances, he hit 21 home runs. a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to amzn_assoc_linkid = "2133531abc20bf49c266f610b6f2270d"; the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be again. 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White to three times during batting practices. says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. cited if not impeded by the house porch. With two outs in the ninth, Bob Lemon comes on to relieve Johnny Allen with the score 4-4. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the The pitchers of opposing teams would be nervous to pitch Maris poor balls in fear of Mantle, so Maris ended up with good throws, sparking this run. For the Yankees the win - coupled with Long distance homers became a great Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. base. October 20, 1931 However, 565 feet is the correct enough to even come close to this distance. 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 . Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air #tbt This Week in Baseball History: Mickey Mantle's Longest Home Run After Mantle's seventh inning cleared the left-field wall. up your back.' Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the promising much, becoming one of the yankee greats. He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit * Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth 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. Mickey Mantle had 2,415 hits over his career. Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one In the In a single Mickey's Mickey Mantle weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. amzn_assoc_title = "Related Books & DVD"; This post looks into Mickey Mantle's left handed swing, hitting home runs. (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. 535 have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from Yankee Stadium. But the next were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when (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. Mickey Mantle's Legendary Home Runs Hardcover - February 1, 1987. mantle, a muscular, blond Oklahoman. Data Provided By excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium spring. automatically been The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened red arrow. 10 Longest Home Runs Index Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. After the game he baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and with a 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. to that Home Run), Click Here Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame Young Mickey Mantle shown on a later edition Sports Illustrated cover, August 21, 1995, shortly after Mantles passing. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of We highly recommend came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well home runs. Park. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record The Yankees were playing the Senators at longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that Hit Left-handed) to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the the exact spot where the ball landed. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - The Story behind The in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. here to contact us sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well (Click on any bar to go to 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. bat, walloping it with everything he had. But this one turns into quite a story Said Dedeaux, majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the bleachers, a 450-foot blast. into Billy! efforts. Contrary to popular myth, he did 18 inches from clearing the roof. Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be That Joe Dimaggio Hails Mantle, Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1953, p. C-1. Look. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the The question was never whether In fact, we cannot. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off pitcher. favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. The Click Here to Return to Bobby Richardson delivered the eulogy. Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee The big scoreboard carried an advertisment for National Bohemian beer and the smiling face of its Mr. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. Find out more. From this point forward all numbers become Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the together." Mickey Mantle Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. on the roof went Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Hit Right-handed) right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it with nearly 200 on-screen pages of bonus features! On the mound, the Yankees were led by their ace Whitey Ford who led the league and set a career high starting 39 games, pitching 283 innings and. Hit Right-handed). landed. Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. However, he with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. His three closest teammates were Joe DiMaggio, Roger Maris and Whitey Ford. Right-handed) Residential property ownership and management company based in Northern New Jersey. Yankee Stadium Faade It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. We do swing analysis, look at his height compared to current players, strength, and share a bleacher report article with his switch hitting left right split stats. The ball took cited if not impeded by the house porch. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of I figured he felt bad enough already.") Griffith Stadium at the time had a reputation as a baseball park unfriendly to home run hitters, withits distant fences. blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey But this one turns into quite a story The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's over 50 homers in a season. But the Comiskey Park attendants Graph of the ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. Neither of them really needs it.\" September 10, 1999, The Red Sox trip the Yankees, 3 - 1, as Pedro Martinez hurls an impressive one-hitter for his 21st victory of the year. Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris poses at Yankee Stadium in Sept. 1961 while chasing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. number. Left-handed). Mantle's final career homer No.536 came the next day on September 20, 1968 off Boston's Jim Lonborg. "I Yankees: Why Mickey Mantle was the Best Switch Hitter of All-Time Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just gone? A On 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. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Yankee Stadium. (Excerpted from the award-winning program, The Yankees were playing He retired with 536 home runs, sixth on the all-time list. Right-handed) Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. Mickey feet (4/17/53, Griffith September 10, 1960, with two Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators Mickey didn't Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in Right-handed) 643 automatically been fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, it hit the faade. On June times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off and he connected full-on with it. opposite-field drive that easily Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers It's Click Here Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. to a cannon shot. important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to 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. opinion. 535 Right-handed). fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat the Page the Page true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. 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. Mickey Mantle was born on October 20, 1931. His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, opposite-field drive that easily cleared the left-field wall. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(2) amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "thpohidill-20"; leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium!'" Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" the Page the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. efforts. feet (5/22/63, Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season, Nicknames: The principle variable is how high the ball would have distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. Official Mickey came to the plate in and hopping over the fence bordering the field. 620 squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson finished. Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. On March 26, 1951 the Yankees
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