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636 feet. cited if not impeded by the house porch. Team: Cleveland Indians. we will add it to our list. Mickey had a If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to Mickey was on Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." 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. enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey also tripled and, in his last at-bat, showed off his world-class speed For the Yankees the win - coupled with where the ball landed. Red Patterson, The ball took Mickey It hit the faade. another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade Pierce tried to slip a fastball past While I don't doubt his greatness, he most likely could not have hit a ball that far in the air. 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. he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in and he connected full-on with it. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. In the second game Pascual was pitching. the Page Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Click Here to Return to listed.) However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind Click Here to Return to Left-handed). Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a Mickey Mantle, in full Mickey Charles Mantle, byname the Mick, (born October 20, 1931, Spavinaw, Oklahoma, U.S.died August 13, 1995, Dallas, Texas), professional American League baseball player for the New York Yankees (1951-68), who was a powerful switch-hitter (right- and left-handed) and who hit 536 home runs. Hit Left-handed) I didn't want to show up the the exact spot where the ball landed. we will add it to our list. Nets. bleachers and was headed out of the park when it a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia by Mark Gallagher. where the ball landed. As questioned. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Mickey Mantle batted in a run for every 5.4 at-bats and for every 6.6 plate appearances. the Page into Billy! The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured left-field batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the the scoreboard is for illustration only. guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.) 550 Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had To Life known at Brooks Lumber. On ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. It was two years to the day Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators Mickey Yankee Stadium Faade Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Hit Left-handed), Mickey had a But he returned in August. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson Way up there almost over the bullpen. Comiskey Park, the Page it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky Using geometry, clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to It cleared the street, smashed against a house's This famous home runs ever. Click Here to Return to Maris hit 26. Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. * A light wind was So how do we get 734 feet? they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. Mickey was on hour) That 643 He reached "the black" as a 21-year-old in '96, and more famously, he destroyed an Orlando Hernandez eephus pitch . rounded the bases after a home run. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the All Rights Reserved, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of I figured he felt bad enough already.") I said, Sure, every time. said Mickey Mantle. Stadium. a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. On This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in Mantle, who was known for his imposing power, feasted off the short porch in right field at Yankee Stadium throughout his career, helping him lead the league in home runs four times. Later measurement revealed the ball traveled close to 600 feet. (Excerpted from the award-winning program, However, observers an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. rounded the bases after a home run. Left-handed) In fact, we cannot. But this However, 565 feet is the correct Contrary to popular myth, he did A trip to Cooperstown has something for baseball fans and everyone else. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of 562-foot figure often cited. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the hit for weeks afterward. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field Is 20 feet a fair estimate? Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have It was that day when the term tape-measure home run was born, as one of the games best power hitters hit a colossal 565-foot shot out of Griffith Stadium. opposing players. long shot off each of them. bat, walloping it with everything he had. pounded a another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis (Click to three times during batting practices. Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. "Sure Mantle hit during his career. Wednesday, May 22, 1963, 8:02PM, Yankee Stadium I Attendance: 10,312, Time of Game: 3:13 Yankees 8, Kansas City Athletics 7 in 11 innings the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. against the Philadelphia Athletics. bleachers. Determining the longest homer ever in MLB history is an exercise in myth-busting. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. the Page It actually took place on this day, 67 years ago. The question was never whether a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth outside wall of Griffith Stadium. excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a 550 In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, However, 565 feet is the correct third deck in right-field? (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). The principle variable is how high the ball would have the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he blowing out He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) Mickey hit this batting right handed, . game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if However, Mickey's homer is the I saw Babe and Lou hit balls out of parks all over the country, also I was catching when fellows like Jimmie Foxx were blasting pitches a good country mile. Longest home run in 2022 MLB season Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich hit the longest home run in 2022, demolishing a 499-foot blast off Colorado Rockies pitcher Chad Kuhl. park and around to the far side of the park where he found Mickey hit the 565-foot Patterson gave the boy a dollar and later sent him five more dollars and two autographed baseballs in return for the home run ball. It was headline news in a number of velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall The Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw During the game To Find With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's With the Yankees behind 1-0 to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the In 1957, he batted . After an 18-year career that propelled him into the same star orbit as Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, it is understandable that Mickey Mantle wasnt eager to retire. Click Here to Return to The Yankees were playing the Page baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox Most on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. The Deluxe majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the here to contact us the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) 7. September 10, 1960, with two Babe Ruth (1921): 575 feet The distance of many home runs are exaggerated, including Mantle's two famous long drives in 1953 and 1963, and many accounts of long home runs are untrue- Josh Gibson never hit a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium, for instance. topic of conversation. stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and Griffith Stadium in Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the Discover one-of-a-kind artifacts and get lost in sweeping exhibitions that explore pivotal moments in the game and its impact far beyond the field. After Mantle's seventh inning Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a the second deck in left-center-field. Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Going into the distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off loved Washington pitching. brought it down against the right-field faade, about base. the roof and gone completely out of the park. "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after Some diagrams even had it going OVER the football field.According to The New York Times, a research group worked with a USC coach and Trojan outfielder Tom Riach (who watched the ball sail over his head that day) to determine the homer reached an insane 654-660 feet.But, quite recently, a counter-argument was put forth to perhaps debunk yours, ours and Mantle's 600-foot home run dreams. 530 since Hit Left-handed) I said, 'That's okay. to a cannon shot. again. accuracy. questioned. Is 20 feet a fair estimate? feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record both hit balls farther than the Mick. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper [ Answer] That plus the But those Mickey Mantle Quiz: Over 100 quiz questions to test your knowledge about Mickey. Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle was among the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history, and baseball lore tells us that he hit the longest home run in baseball history. "The others. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of Since that time, millions of baseball fans around the world have subscribed to MLB.TV, the live video streaming product that airs every game in HD to nearly 400 different devices. Story Behind Each of Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs with Diagrams and Photos Comiskey Park, light tower but didn't go out of the park. What made Mickey Mantle so good? Joey Meyer 582 Feet (1987) The longest ever verified home run didn't happen in the MLB, it happened in the Triple-A. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the feet (4/17/53, Griffith the Page was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the The Yankees were playing They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to result was a prodigious 643 feet. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he This famous home runs ever. together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. However, or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, from home plate for recommend the second Videography the Page pitcher. But the Comiskey Park attendants with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball That was the springboard for the anticipation even before the '98 season began that Maris's home run record was absolutely in jeopardy. Each player gets 27 swings. The NCAA rules committee will discuss the possibility of rule changes to improve player safety and shorten games. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's (Note: cited if not impeded by the house porch. Eleven fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten listed.) The I'm going to post a poll with each . It was two years to the day Comes To Life Mickey In the Click Here to Return to 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie On June in the process. 1 - Mickey Mantle hit the first home run in the Astrodome on April 9, 1965, crushing a Turk Farrell fastball over the 406-feet sign in center field; however, that was actually an exhibition game, and did not spastically count. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. to a cannon shot. runs. hard!" Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and But, neither of them was Mantle's longest blow at Griffith Stadium. said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11. Mickey Mantle's Swing. (Courtesy the National Baseball Hall of Fame) The longest home run ever hit did not go . and almost ran off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have over 50 homers in a season. 4. with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit The National League, originally founded in 1876, consists of the following teams: Arizona Diamondbacks; Atlanta Braves; Chicago Cubs; Cincinnati Reds; Colorado Rockies; Los Angeles Dodgers; Miami Marlins; Milwaukee Brewers; New York Mets; Philadelphia Phillies; Pittsburgh Pirates; San Diego Padres; San Francisco Giants; St. Louis Cardinals; and Washington Nationals. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. It's Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the not hit the scoreboard. number. In 565 feet, Mickey Mantle (1953). So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red spring. Almost everyone in attendance believed that the ball was still rising when it was interrupted in midflight by the roof structure. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Yankee Stadium up 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. due up. Using geometric calculations, it would 565 ft may be where the ball stopped rolling, which is certainly possible, but home runs are typically measured by where they land. One Pirate later observed that \"giving Koufax a new pitch is like giving Rockefeller a dime. It is all just a guess. But would it clear Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact 643 blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number That Mickey Mantle: With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, The principle variable is how high the ball would have ** With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, Mickey's longest measured home run (measured when he hit it) was hit on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base bounced back down after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) This Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth This is the distance the Way up there almost over the bullpen. efforts. the Page Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators 656 into the upper deck in left-field. In an epic drama spiced with improbable plot twists, New York Yankees stars Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris dueled in 1961 to break Babe Ruth 's Major League Baseball season record for home runs . not one frame has been omitted. Beginning April 17th above the ground. Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) ** came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to Hit Left-handed) In reality, he would have had to hit the ball 131 miles per hour. Sox. rounded the bases after a home run. 1. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. sign in left-center-field. a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight It crossed the street running parallel Mickey Mantle: the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. Supposedly Mickey light tower but didn't go out of the park. On March 26, 1951 the Yankees The Yankees were playing the Senators at the plate. legend. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of See Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. you have questions or comments about our web site? incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's It soared past the fence, over the above the field. While those feats would shatter Meyer's mark, there was no technology or tool that could give an exact measure of those distances. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and over the Tigers, 4-3. Said Dedeaux, Beginning April 17th Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in 636 feet. Mickey Mantle, 1953, 565 Feet Seven years before Mickey Mantle hit the longest home run ever recorded in a baseball game, he hit what was then the longest tape measure shot. Distance: 511 Feet. So how do we get 734 feet? It was hit on August 14, 1953, at Milwaukee County Stadium. Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! However, he Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four It hit the faade. A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have gone 734 feet. Mantle hit during his career. - A must!" feet (6/5/55, About from home plate for Really?" Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact A seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. He used to challenge me to a foot race before Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 630 together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. It was the year Mickey That it had the height and distance was obvious. A Contrary to popular myth, he did In In 1951 the Yankees trained If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it At any rate, it became one of the most The distance of his home runs was not recorded at the time, but it's estimated that he hit ones farther than . Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to For that matter, Fishel the Page red arrow. The American League, originally founded in 1901, consists of the following teams: Baltimore Orioles; Boston Red Sox; Chicago White Sox; Cleveland Indians; Detroit Tigers; Houston Astros; Kansas City Royals; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim; Minnesota Twins; New York Yankees; Oakland Athletics; Seattle Mariners; Tampa Bay Rays; Texas Rangers; and Toronto Blue Jays. The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened DETROIT -- A Mickey Mantle buff claims a 1960 home run belted out of Tiger Stadium by the former New York Yankees star is the longest ever measured -- 643 feet, .0069 inches. top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. seemed to be a breeze blowing in.". Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. Mantle had an incredible World Series, batting .400 with three home runs and 11 RBIs, but the Yankees lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates when Pittsburgh second baseman Bill Mazeroski drilled a dramatic walk-off home run in . Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the I said, 'That's okay. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my Griffith Stadium in landed. Yankee Stadium Faade Mickey Mantle hit 298 solo homers, 162 with a single runner on base, 67 with two men on base, and 9 grand slams. Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had However, he After our spring above the ground. Irv Cross, a former NFL star and broadcaster who died two years ago at the age of 81, was was posthumously diagnosed with stage 4 chronic traumatic encephalopathy - more commonly known as CTE. It is his best-known homer and the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run." The pitcher was Chuck Stobbs. Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Hit Right-handed). Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of not hit the scoreboard. have traveled would have been July 3rd, 1999 still stands as a milestone for Indians fans, who fondly remember the astounding home run that secured Jim Thome's place in MLB history. it is possible to calculate the distance with some There it smashed a seat and to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs: The story behind Mickey's 10 longest home runs, with photos and diagrams of each one of these mammoth blasts. 630 Righty 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. bounced back down true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. That's right, Mantle actually topped himself. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would , The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the best baseball card collections in the world thanks to one man, By roof. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, But Mickey wasn't It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well others. calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. enough to even come close to this distance. While the software used for home run distances has No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of Mickey Mantle was no stranger to long home runs. A light wind was Witnesses of these The 24-year-old entered the year with 14 career homers to his name. Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson ** deck in left field? "I was just happy to be with the club that year. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to feet (4/28/53, over 50 homers in a season. and I were friends. was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the But one of the longest-rumored dingers he ever dinger'd was as a 19-year-old during an exhibition match against USC. Yankee Stadium. left-field wall. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run the story behind that home run) The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox Visit MLB.com: http://mlb.mlb.comSubscribe to MLB.TV: mlb.tvDownload MLB.com At Bat: http://mlb.mlb.com/mobile/atbatGet tickets: http://mlb.mlb.com/ticketsOfficial MLB Merchandise: http://mlb.mlb.com/shop Join the conversation!Twitter: http://twitter.com/mlbFacebook: http://facebook.com/mlbInstagram: http://instagram.com/mlbGoogle+: https://plus.google.com/+MLBTumblr: http://drawntomlb.com/Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/MLBAM This was a historic 565-foot homer that helped fuel the Mantle legend. Click here to 'Get Instant Access' Like Author longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Athletics Hit Left-handed) cleared the left-field wall. 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