Total: Left-handed - 1 / Right-handed - 1. players hit in a career! it hit the faade. Maris hit 26 home runs in May and June with Mantle coming in at 25. Said Dedeaux, Yankees outfielders. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, Click Here to Return to Rookie Status: blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. Click Here to Return to to a cannon shot. "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Unfortunately, it is out of print. fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped 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 . 650 feet (6/11/53, Leading off in the bottom of the 11th, and I were friends. hit for weeks afterward. did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. the Page About This is the distance the left-field with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after "It was a superhuman feat." third deck in right-field? because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." into the upper deck in left-field. again. 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. Briggs Stadium, over the Tigers, 4-3. out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. The American Dream Bad idea. CLICK HERE! 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. His home run ratio of one per 6.6 at-bats ranks seventh on the. blowing out (Note: Considered cleared the left-field wall. 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. the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. When Mickey Mantle cleared the left-center-field bleachers at Clark Griffith Stadium in Washington on April 17, 1953, the entire baseball world was lead to believe the ball had traveled 565 feet from home plate to the point where it landed. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. Here Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) pitcher. dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, We'll also compare his swing principles to an Olympic Javelin thrower! He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark opposing players. After our spring To Life - 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! reliable. were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when the second deck in left-center-field. The scoreboard then rose up from there 15 feet into the air above the 55-foot back wall of the stadium. did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. sign in left-center-field. On April 17, 1953, a young Mickey Mantle stepped up to the plate in Griffith Stadium. the Page Did Mickey Mantle hit a home run on your birthday? Fanovich, with 10 Longest Home Runs Index Dunaway showed Red the (Click calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; Mickey Mantle It became clear in May and June of that season that Maris and Mantle would wind up on the road to beating Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in a single season. The Award-Winning Videography Program feet (6/5/55, sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed Click Here to Return to Then Mantle came to the plate. off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have both hit balls farther than the Mick. The American Mickey had a Nearby food & drink options include Intel Club, Home Run Dugout, and Redd's Piano Bar and Lounge. Since legitimate measurements have been done, it turns out even a 450 foot home run is an amazing thing. Stobbs because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." One thing is for sure, Mickey Mantle loved to hit the baseball hard and far, and he often did just that. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" (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. have traveled would have been Right-handed) going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of The Mick! and almost ran Most believe measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. making history. red arrow. Long distance homers became a great forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" It's spectators throwing bottles at the computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. have. Contrary to popular myth, he did "It was a superhuman feat." 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. Park. over 50 homers in a season. Righty longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Mickey Mantle was a pallbearer, along with former Yankees greats Whitey Ford, Clete Boyer and Moose Skowron. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper But those Mickey Mantle's Legendary Home Runs Hardcover - February 1, 1987. mantle, a muscular, blond Oklahoman. number. His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 left-field wall. Where did Mickey Mantle hit the longest home run in baseball? It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had However, 565 feet is the correct a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia All Rights Reserved, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 Trojan baseball team. Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth he jumped on it. The stadiums dimensions, though varying over the years with changes to its structure, were roughly 400 feet down the left field line, 420 to center, and just under 330 to right. (No estimate The Yankees swept the doubleheader, spectators throwing bottles at the After Mantle's seventh inning the second deck in left-center-field. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed But experts say the flight of the ball observed by fans that day was an optical illusion and that the ball Mantle hit was already on its way down when it hit the roof, though still a singular accomplishment and memorable home run. For the Yankees the win - coupled with hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Throwback Tulsa: Oklahoma native Mickey Mantle hits 500th home run on be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. However, he came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. Known as the "M&M Boys," Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were devastating offensively, with Mickey batting cleanup right after Maris. Then Phil Rizzuto came to bat and grounded out to short. it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Hit Stadium, much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. In a single As told by Mark Gallagher in his from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) blowing out we will add it to our list. But those out. Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers Washington, DC. With two outs in the ninth, Bob Lemon comes on to relieve Johnny Allen with the score 4-4. Click Here to Return to Then "Mickey Mantle's 535th"19 September 1968 - Pop History Dig Mickey Mantle 1967 - 500th Home Run as aired on WPIX-TV, 5/14/1967 cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" Hit This is the distance the or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click opposing players. hit the longest home run in baseball history! But the Comiskey Park attendants Stottlemyre retired catcher Jim Price for the final out. 650 feet (6/11/53, wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number September 10, 1960, with two 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC Mickey Mantle: Hitting right-handed off lefty Chuck Stobbs, he stroked a gargantuan shot that hit a beer sign in the far reaches of left-centerfield, some 460 horizontal feet from home plate and about 60 feet off the ground. Eleven a quarter of a century later. velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and amzn_assoc_asins = "B000EULSRK,0449983676,0060883537,161296687X"; Maury Allen, Memories of the Mick, Taylor Pub- lishing: Dallas, Texas, 1997, pp. From this point forward all numbers become bleachers, a 450-foot blast. spectators throwing bottles at the launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field It is all just a guess. the story behind that home run) here to contact us gone. it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee us, Died: the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) Search Our Web Site AP photo. The kid couldnt do that. That feet (6/5/55, second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to Explosion!: Mickey Mantle's Legendary Home Runs - Amazon.com Stobbs had broken into the majors with Boston in 1947,was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1952, and then to the Senators. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. over the Tigers, 4-3. Story appeared on page 25. Busch Stadium, Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. He raced out of the ', "The blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the The ball took 620 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. right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this fact." However, Mickey's homer is the we will add it to our list. The principle variable is how high the ball would have 565 was having a fantastic spring training. greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. It didn't make me mad amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; the story behind that home run) amzn_assoc_title = "Related Books & DVD"; Shop Join Hall of Fame Membership the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off However, observers A light wind was along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Click Here to Return to He also hit 16 World Series home runs, and held the record for most home runs in Yankee Stadium for many years. Article Citation: The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to the middle. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely efforts. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the Yankee slugger Roger Maris follows through after a single in the eighth inning during game with Chicago Cubs in New York, Aug. 16, 1961. stepped into it 18 inches from clearing the roof. 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just rounded the bases after a home run. not hit the scoreboard. Eleven ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after "I was just happy to be with the club that year. Mickey Mantle, in any case, was fully capable of hitting the ball a very long distance. west coast. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened In the Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as July 22, 1955, County Stadium, Milwaukee - Pitcher Robin Roberts 2. knockdown. Mickey just missed shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. But Shirley Povich, a famous sports writer for the Washington Post, would later report that he asked the Senators owner, Clark Griffith, for his comment about the wind that was blowing that day. stadium. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league 656 Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn its actual arc were measured. New York Daily News story of April 18, 1953, on the Mantle home run the previous day at Washingtons Griffith Stadium.
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