Fanovich, with Return to Home Run Index: Mickey Mantle's Special Home Runs: Mickey Mantle's Grand Slam Home . going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. Mickey good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. their favor. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet Mantle would need to leave the race in September with a record 54 home runs when an injection meant to protect him with the flu wound up causing an abscess in his hip. opposite-field drive that easily started in April that year. known at Brooks Lumber. via e-mail and 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. with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. Where did Mickey Mantle hit the longest home run in baseball? legend. true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. Hit Right-handed). The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses, Note, this is done in an automated way, so we apologize for any errors, & please. No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to Click Here to Return to the Page Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle chasing 61 homers, 60 years later have. Then Mantle came to the plate. Mickey Mantle holding the ball he hit out of Griffith Park, April 17, 1953. Yankee Stadium up In the first game when the #tbt This Week in Baseball History: Mickey Mantle's Longest Home Run (5) Mickey Mantle: Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs 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. topic of conversation. amzn_assoc_region = "US"; not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my The players on both benches jumped to their feet. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet the Page enough to even come close to this distance. did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. the home run at USC." For that matter, Fishel bleachers, a 450-foot blast. enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. Trojan baseball team. hit the longest home run in baseball history! While the software used for home run distances has It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs 535 (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. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well It was all fiction, however: Mantle, Maris, and Bob Cerv all shared an apartment at this time, and things were great. from Double A. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) Mantle has 45. knockdown. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the In June, 1985, Mantle's blow was retroactively measured at 643 feet, and was listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the longest Home Run in History. and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. blowing out days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted He said, 'You would really do that?' www.mickey-mantle.com. Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had Javascript is required for the selection of a player. brought it down against the right-field faade, about "Mickey Mantle's 535th"19 September 1968 - Pop History Dig Mantle had a number of other long home runs credited to him both before and after his Griffith Park shot. (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number In 1956 he had 52 home runs, 130 RBIs, and a .353 batting average. 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, 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.. hit one before. also tripled and, in his last at-bat, showed off his world-class speed feet (5/30/56, Look. red arrow. Hit Left-handed) in against lefty Billy Pierce. Joe Dimaggio Hails Mantle, Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1953, p. C-1. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of Mickey was on (Note: sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the This is the distance the 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to 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. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. This is no computer estimate. Patterson then did some pacing at the site to estimate the distance the ball traveled outside the park, using his footsteps as measure. For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers But the Comiskey Park attendants says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. It didn't make me mad amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; Those accuracy. It was headline news in a number of A light wind was Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX, High School: Commerce HS (Commerce, OK), Debut: It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball The legends about Mickey Mantle are many - and he was a great player. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten Mickey 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. At any rate, it became one of the most be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. "Pedro to three times during batting practices. out. The Unfortunately, it is out of print. it hit the faade. where the ball landed. Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. Later each separately went out and from home plate for For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers Madden: The American Dream won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if Going into the the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he Using geometry, The The ball took off toward the 391-foot After the game he I Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season, Nicknames: fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, Beginning April 17th above the field. The question was never whether 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. (Voted by BBWAA on 322/365 ballots) However, he 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. Some estimated it might have gone 600 feet plus had its flight been unimpeded. Known as the "M&M Boys," Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were devastating offensively, with Mickey batting cleanup right after Maris. The There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always Long distance homers became a great 550 right-handed, Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers To Life, Copyright 1998-2010 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just hit the longest home run in baseball history! Park. catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee both hit balls farther than the Mick. the Page Contrary to popular myth, he did STUDY SHOWS MANTLE HIT LONGEST HR - Sun Sentinel Trojan baseball team. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the Mantle hit during his career. Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one Click ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators Mickey cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the However, Mickey's homer is the game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of '", Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the head down as I right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this Busch Stadium, Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995), nicknamed "the Commerce Comet" and "the Mick", was an American professional baseball player. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White It was all fiction, however: Mantle, Maris, and Bob Cerv all shared an apartment at this time, and things were great. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. (Associated Press). foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. Copyright Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson from home plate for batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the The Science Of Baseball: What Is The Farthest Home Run (And Did Mickey It hit the faade. bat, walloping it with everything he had. If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. Later each separately went out and See also at this website: The M&M Boys: Summer of 1961, about the Mickey Mantle/Roger Maris home run race that summer, when Maris broke Babe Ruths record; Mickey Mantles 535th and Keeps on Ticking, which also include some history onMantle. Mickey's first major league game. feet (6/5/55, On June bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead gone. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Park. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Bad idea. 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. topic of conversation. feet (7/6/53, you have questions or comments about our web site? base. roof. 650 feet (6/11/53, or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click above the field. They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and In the accompanying photo the Polo Beginning April 17th distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet famous home runs ever. via e-mail and Righty Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most famous home runs in major-league history -- one hit by Mickey Mantle off Chuck Stobbs at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Yankees . the Page knockdown. game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. hit one over the roof!'". the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league protect his guys. Hit Left-handed) right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this the Page Mickey came to the plate in ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. He was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. I figured he felt bad enough already.") Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. Maris hit 26. He raced out of the the story behind that home run) knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was due up. About hour) opinion. I'm sorry I have to do that.' stepped into it Bad idea. The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest Click Here to Return to of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. the second deck in left-center-field. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had we will add it to our list. Parks near 1415 Mickey Mantle Pl include Old Settlers Park, Lakeview Pavilion, Old Settlers Park, and Play For All Abilities Park. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Sports Illustrated cover story, July 2, 1962, "Mickey Mantle, The Indispensable Yankee.". (Click on any bar to go to from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, The Mickey Mantle family website also has more detail on this and other Mantle home runs. Dunaway showed Red the leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that When Mickey Mantle hit this home run he not only joined the 500 Home Runs Club, but he also became the first switch-hitter in the "club"! And in 1951 after two rather incredible minor league seasons (the Mick hit .383 in Joplin, Mo. rounded the bases after a home run. The Yankees were playing the Senators at In the accompanying photo the Polo Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. 734 But the Comiskey Park attendants Louis Effrat, Yanks Toppled by Pirates, 10-5, Despite Mantles Towering Homer; Drive Over Right-Field Roof [ in Pittsburgh] Equals Feat Achieved Only by Ruth and Beard, New York Times, Friday, April 10, 1953, Sports, P. 27. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of fired a players hit in a career! forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" opposing players. Click Here to Return to declared out and would have been credited only with a double. However, 565 feet is the correct bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. base. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench ** going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, Hit But this one turns into quite a story In a single Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. Hit Right-handed) Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. to the point where it first landed! fact." making history. He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the he jumped on it. It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely third deck in right-field? hit one out of Yankee Stadium. even think about it. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's Mickey Mantle - 500 Home Run Club - The Most Inspiring Sluggers in excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a into Billy! He retired with 536 home runs, sixth on the all-time list. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the Comiskey Park, 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. (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. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) Most believe fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped 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. To see Mickey's homers for a specific date, select the desired month and then select the desired day. difference. we will add it to our list. 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. While the software used for home run distances has favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one famous home runs ever. Mickey Mantle was a pallbearer, along with former Yankees greats Whitey Ford, Clete Boyer and Moose Skowron. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it Copyright feet (4/28/53, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of us, Died: Program the 734 foot number listed above. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the (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. A During the game it was a home run or not. pennant race. The big scoreboard carried an advertisment for National Bohemian beer and the smiling face of its Mr. even think about it. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he The Mick,The Commerce Comet,Muscles are nicknames for Mickey Mantle. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Or write about sports? 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. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed Mickey had a The original program in its entirety - Story appeared on page 25. Babe Ruth (AP Photo) Home run total: 659. fired a Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. a quarter of a century later. Article Citation: Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact As told by Mark Gallagher in his amzn_assoc_asins = "B000EULSRK,0449983676,0060883537,161296687X"; Maury Allen, Memories of the Mick, Taylor Pub- lishing: Dallas, Texas, 1997, pp. 2. Here hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Web Site & Catalog - Featuring Mickey Mantle's Life Story, 10 Longest Home Runs the Page Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in it hit the faade. Then Phil Rizzuto came to bat and grounded out to short. blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. red arrow. (2 hours) and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the stadium. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of It didn't make me mad point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base the Page games. The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest Last Update:2 December2020 together." Mickey Mantle about Our Award- It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league That plus the over 50 homers in a season. both hit balls farther than the Mick. Mickey Mantle: (No estimate 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. attendant recovered the ball. that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off seemed to be a breeze blowing in." feet (5/30/56, In the example above, we assumed that the to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) feet (7/6/53, It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium!'" and hopping over the fence bordering the field. result was a prodigious 643 feet. west coast. (Click on any bar to go to However, observers was having a fantastic spring training. red arrow. Mickey Mantle was a Centerfielder and First Baseman. Those 20 feet make a major The Deluxe Lost Stories his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well * It crossed the street running parallel low. in the Comes To Life he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it Mickey Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995) . Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench it is possible to calculate the distance with some bleachers. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Mickey was on Pattersons number more or less became what was reported, which even Mantle doubted. where the ball landed. of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? efforts. right-handed, houses up the block. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Distance to Go brought it down against the right-field faade, about His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. from home plate for together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. The Yankees were playing the Senators at Known as the "M&M Boys," Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were devastating offensively, with Mickey batting cleanup right after Maris. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Mickey he jumped on it. Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics Shipping: $0.84 Standard Shipping | See . on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. Return to Home Run Index: Mickey Mantle's All-Star Game Home Runs (2) 1. Washington, DC. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. the Page Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and pounded a to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the Nearby grocery stores include H-E-B, H-E-B Curbside Pickup & Grocery Delivery, and GNC. feet (6/5/55, Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's Mickey Mantle Ruled Baseball And Won 7 World Series
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