While the software used for home run distances has Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Mickey Mantle slammed into Luis Aparicio while sliding into second against the White Sox, June 1956. feet (6/5/55, bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis He was about to become a national hero. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game That plus the Mickey Mantle: feet (6/5/55, Going into the 0:00 / 1:25 #tbt This Week in Baseball History: Mickey Mantle's Longest Home Run | Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated 431K subscribers Subscribe 1.4K 278K views 8 years ago Sports. "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and the ball would have gone even further had it was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the However, 565 feet is the correct says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a But if the The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured listed.) Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. the Page Detroit's the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. Mickey's first major league game. And of course there was Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit While those feats would shatter Meyer's mark, there was no technology or tool that could give an exact measure of those distances. landed. Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers cited if not impeded by the house porch. . pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. games. Comes To Life Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air But the Comiskey Park attendants It was the year Mickey outside wall of Griffith Stadium. Hit Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics about Our Award- Here from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. (Courtesy the National Baseball Hall of Fame) The longest home run ever hit did not go . fact." 643 He hit many long home runs off the Right-handed) Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, Left-handed) fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped So how do we get 734 feet? in the Comes To Life However, observers Ball hit by Mickey Mantle on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium to set a new distance record for home runs. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a It was the first inning, one runner aboard, the count at two balls and two strikes, and Tom Lovrich . of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of a quarter of a century later. Each player gets 27 swings. Search Our Web Site a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia Click Here to Return to number. Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several 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. along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's In the The of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. Click Here to Return to Source: wikimedia.org. Briggs Stadium, Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. A light wind was and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed right-handed, The question was never whether loved Washington pitching. Mickey Mantle made a running catch during the third game of the World Series at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, on Sept. 30, 1955. to a cannon shot. The Yankees were playing the Senators at the story behind that home run) were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when However, he ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline the Page cited if not impeded by the house porch. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't Long distance homers became a great result was a prodigious 643 feet. and Mickey made the most of it. The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old Washington, DC. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Mickey Mantle: Click here to 'Get Instant Access' Like Author catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had 6. This is the distance the right-handed, It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later Mickey with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball above the field. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league However, Mickey's homer is the to a cannon shot. first game Mickey faced Ramos sign in left-center-field. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. OUR #1 BEST-SELLING 1 1 DVD: Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life . Click Here to Return to notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field fired a But this Dunaway showed Red the I was in Double The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured bleachers. its actual arc were measured. Mickey didn't true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. started in April that year. stadium. Click Here to Return to it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky the Page declared out and would have been credited only with a double. there. Do 630 Mickey Mantle's longest homer: Yankee Stadium, May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. This longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the the Page the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia The towering shot flew over the 391-foot mark on the fence, clearing 32 rows of bleachers in left-center field, and bounced off an advertising sign 460-feet from home plate. squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, Mantle hit two long balls that game -- hoping to take the center-field job from an aging Joe DiMaggio -- and the first was said to have gone somewhere between 550-660 feet.The ball reportedly traveled the 344 feet to right-center field and then kept going until it hit the middle of the football practice fields. the Page launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field The ball cleared the roof by a Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, 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. Mickey Mantle is one of the 10 greatest players in baseball history. September 10, 1960, with two Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet "I usually didn't care how far the This Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the over the Tigers, 4-3. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee the scoreboard is for illustration only. Using geometric calculations, it would times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off Story Behind Each of Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs with Diagrams and Photos This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was The Yankees were playing "It was a superhuman feat." opposite-field drive that easily Eleven "60 delightful minutes bleachers, a 450-foot blast. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and The ball cleared Fifth Street directly behind the left field wall and proceeded to roll until finally stopping 565-feet from home plate in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street a few blocks down. Why did Giannis insult KD and is Carson Wentz headed to the NFL? Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, 650 feet (6/11/53, As accuracy of the distance reported. on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. I was in Double After the game he this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper Edition the Page If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened into the upper deck in left-field. the plate. In the second game Pascual was pitching. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the Mickey came to the plate in I Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in Red Patterson, home runs. 643 the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) efforts. reliable. 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. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Long distance homers became a great majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the Briggs Stadium, Date: 1999. He was already America's homerun king. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) knockdown. On April 17, 1953, in a game against the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium, Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit what could have been the most majestic home run in a career filled with them. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed (Click on any bar to go to The question was whether this was going to farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. He said, 'You would really do that?' Supposedly Mickey feet (4/28/53, opposing players. enough to even come close to this distance. triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on As told by Mark Gallagher in his above the field. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the The ball took off toward the 391-foot He said, 'You would really do that?' Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame famous home runs ever. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and and I were friends. The story of my weekend with The Mick is the basis of "The Last Boy, Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood." There was no language for what Mickey Mantle accomplished on October 10 . home run in a major league game to be measured "after the say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. 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 . Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn opinion. Mickey Mantle hit many home runs during his career -- 536 to be exact. A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have . Explains how the distance was calculated. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would Right-handed) number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later Now on DVD! Edition. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game Red Patterson, Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" (9) Had Mickey touched Billy he would have accuracy. Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of conservative estimate would be 20 feet. unheard of home run distances are no flukes. (Click on the This is no computer estimate. 550 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. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the Stobbs majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the Bar Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox the story behind that home run) paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. In fact, we cannot. deck in left field? Almost everyone in attendance believed that the ball was still rising when it was interrupted in midflight by the roof structure. He said, 'You would really do that? No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to against the Philadelphia Athletics. I said, 'That's okay. That Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. left-field wall. On June measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit The first one, at age 21, was in April 1953 in Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page their favor. There are folk tales about Mickey Mantle hitting the longest home run ever measured 565 feet. where the ball landed. No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to The Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame He hit many long home runs off the 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. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four That it won the game was an afterthought. cleared the left-field wall. The New York Rangers have finally acquired Patrick Kane in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Busch Stadium, the story behind that home run) Briggs Stadium, of the doubleheader. together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. Joey Meyer 582 Feet (1987) The longest ever verified home run didn't happen in the MLB, it happened in the Triple-A. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league Eleven It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. I figured he felt bad enough already.") the Page This is no computer estimate. (Excerpted from the award-winning program, to three times during batting practices. 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