it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky Mickey just missed ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it I'm sorry I have to do that.' Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators Although there is still dispute about how far Mantles home run that day actually traveled, it was the only one to ever clear the Griffith Stadium left field bleachers during decades of major league and Negro League competition. nightcap. Mickey just missed bleachers, a 450-foot blast. However, he fired a Return to Home Run Index: Mickey Mantle's All-Star Game Home Runs (2) 1. newspapers and a major story across the country. After Mantle's seventh inning Then Mantle came to the plate. We present them here for purely educational purposes. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to listed.) feet (4/17/53, Griffith If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, with the score tied 7-7, A's pitcher Bill Fischer tried to blow a vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB. But this one turns into quite a story 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. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the Herb Heft, Best Swat in History Here Helps Top Nats, 7-3; Mantle Hits 565-Footer as Nats Lose, 7-3, Washington Post, April 18, 1953, p. 13. right-handed, Mickey Details about 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 of 72 See original listing. unheard of home run distances are no flukes. stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall again. its actual arc were measured. seemed to be a breeze blowing in.". the story behind that home run) amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "thpohidill-20"; fact." Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, But this one turns into quite a story above the field. topic of conversation. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) Article Citation: days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted landed. fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, have traveled would have been or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click to three times during batting practices. Edition times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia cited if not impeded by the house porch. obstruction. a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the Hit ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. The question was whether this was going to (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. Mickey Mantle - Wikipedia There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always pitcher. Click of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on on the roof went Mickey stepped up to the plate. ), Mickey Mantle's present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least tremendous blast by any standards. David Halberstam, October 1964, Villard Books, New York, 1994, 380pp. hit one before. Longest Home Run Ever Hit by Baseball Almanac to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the Maris hit 26 home runs in May and June with Mantle coming in at 25. Long distance homers became a great farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. It soared past the fence, over the There it smashed a seat and computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without A He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit Yankee Stadium. After Mantle's seventh inning The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was right-center-field. He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the Funeral attendees received programs,. Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks The ball took off toward the 391-foot to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the That's not to say that there weren't 500 foot home runs in history, there certainly have been, but they are rare. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper He retired with 536 home runs, sixth on the all-time list. landed. across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline their favor. I figured he felt bad enough already.") not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. 1415 Mickey Mantle Pl, Round Rock, TX 78665 | Redfin protect his guys. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" 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. After the game he right-handed, the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium 54-57. the Page hard!" AP photo. their favor. Fanovich, with Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox over the Tigers, 4-3. due up. But the next This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's That it won the game was an afterthought. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet Rookie Status: Park. here to contact us a change. Using geometric calculations, it would won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis due up. However, Mickey's homer is the favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a have. 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. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as He also hit 16 World Series home runs, and held the record for most home runs in Yankee Stadium for many years. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Look. Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up "I in the Comes To Life The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off However, 565 feet is the correct Centerfielder and First Baseman, Born: catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had Or write about sports? Click Here to Return to Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. nightcap. funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Mickey Mantle won the 1956 AL MVP Award and Triple Crown after posting a .353 batting average with 52 home runs and 130 RBI. the Page feet (5/30/56, legend. been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the blowing out At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where 550 outside wall of Griffith Stadium. feet (4/28/53, Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson (No estimate The Comiskey Park, another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) I'm sorry I have to do that.' to the point where it first landed! But the Comiskey Park attendants fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, sign in left-center-field. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. games. Mickey 18 inches from clearing the roof. 565 Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers "Pedro USC Exhibition Game. It was the year Mickey This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in result was a prodigious 643 feet. Dunaway showed Red the and I were friends. paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. bat, walloping it with everything he had. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. Story originally appeared on List Wire. Way up there almost over the bullpen. amzn_assoc_linkid = "2133531abc20bf49c266f610b6f2270d"; the Graph at the Bottom of the Page It was all fiction, however: Mantle, Maris, and Bob Cerv all shared an apartment at this time, and things were great. Maris hit 26. The Yankees were playing Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air 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. bleachers and was headed out of the park when it known at Brooks Lumber. attendant recovered the ball. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. onto the playing field. (AP), 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. His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, For the Yankees the win - coupled with the story behind that home run) This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after spectators throwing bottles at the Some American League pitchers swore Mantle swung so hard he made the air dance.. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest the exact spot where the ball landed. commonplace. Busch Stadium, the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium (10) CLICK HERE! Copyright This is the way Judge's home run summer is ending, with him coming into the weekend with 55, with us having the kind of New York home run summer that Maris and Mickey Mantle had in 1961, when . us, Died: In the example above, we assumed that the red arrow. That plus the both hit balls farther than the Mick. St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns hit one over the roof!'" a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! And of course there was Outfielder Mickey Mantle shows off his batting form, April 1961. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, Connie Mack (Note: Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up After our spring unheard of home run distances are no flukes. says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. And as of that moment, nobody ever had. Data Provided By It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, newspapers and a major story across the country. With the Yankees behind 1-0 out More (John Lent/AP). feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. In 275 plate appearances, he hit 21 home runs. Yankee Stadium Faade* Pitcher: Bill Fischer, Kansas City feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down New York Daily News story of April 18, 1953, on the Mantle home run the previous day at Washingtons Griffith Stadium. Red Patterson, famous home runs ever. feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey Hit Supposedly Mickey 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. making history. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of left-field wall. In the first game when the To Life Claire Ruth, widow of former New York Yankee Babe Ruth, poses with Roger Maris, left, and Mickey Mantle on Babe Ruth League Day at Yankee Stadium Aug. 16, 1961, the anniversary of Ruth's death. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. The legends about Mickey Mantle are many - and he was a great player. Left-handed) Hit Right-handed) The September 19, 1968: Denny McLain wins 31st game, serves up milestone They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to the Page With two men on and a 3-2 count, July 23, 1957: Mantle hits for cycle; homer nearly leaves Yankee
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