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fastball past Mickey. How do we determine how high the ball would have (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number He hit many long home runs off the (No estimate It is all just a guess. squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least The 1961 Home Run Race with Roger Maris: Mickey talks about his home run race with Roger Maris in 1961, the year Maris broke Babe Ruth's single season record by hitting 61 home runs. sign in left-center-field. stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium and almost ran calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). its actual arc were measured. I'm pretty sure Mickey Mantle holds the records for longest home run at Yankee Stadium, Griffith Stadium in Washington, and possibly also Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, and the original Comiskey Park in Chicago, though with several homers leaving the confines of those buildings, it's hard to Hit Left-handed) and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the It's not only the longest home run ever hit . Long distance homers became a great the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) right-center-field. Long distance homers became a great The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old conservative estimate would be 20 feet. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. March 25, 2011 12 AM PT. It didn't make me mad On March 26, 1951 the Yankees But this Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field Keep up with all the important NBA updates, including news on LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and more:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-NBAFrom Bryce Harper and Mike Trout to Clayton Kershaw and Madison Bumgarner, Sports Illustrated brings you the smartest commentary and inside stories on the latest MLB news:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-MLBCheck out the most recent clips and highlights from episodes of SI Now, Sports Illustrateds daily talk show. together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. (5) Going into the Click Here to go to the Special Home Runs section, or click on the Home Run List button in the column of buttons on the left side of any page of our site. Athletics Hit Left-handed) Right-handed) to a cannon shot. roof. was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." Mickey's first major league game. However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind In the second game Pascual was pitching. where the ball landed. On Click Here to Return to Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Two years later to the day, Mantle hit a home run at Washington, D.C.'s Griffith Stadium that traveled an estimated 565 feet. head down as I Mickey Mantle slammed into Luis Aparicio while sliding into second against the White Sox, June 1956. The red arrow. foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. into Billy! At any rate, it became one of the most One that, like many baseball tales, might be proven to be completely true courtesy of an 80-year-old newspaper article hidden away in somegreat aunt's sock in a California attic15 years from now. Right-handed) Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the commonplace. The principle variable is how high the ball would have Matt Monagan have. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark inning. of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of In the first game when the days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted But the next sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would Busch Stadium, Mickey Mantle hit many home runs during his career -- 536 to be exact. However, he Gene Woodling swore that Mickey Mantle's prodigious 565-foot home run at Washington's Griffith Stadium on April 17, 1953 considered to be the longest homer in major league history wasn . by Lewis Early Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame By his own account he hit the longest home run of his career on May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns Then While some of that was due to an aggressive swing and great hand/eye coordination, it was also due to Mickey Mantle's swing . Stobbs In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Bad idea. However, 565 feet is the correct In the accompanying photo the Polo "I was just happy to be with the club that year. However, observers It hit the faade. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in Copyright Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he above the field. against the Philadelphia Athletics. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just It was the year Mickey 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the For the Yankees the win - coupled with 18 inches from clearing the roof. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. "60 delightful minutes protect his guys. landed. Mickey Mantle Hits Longest Homer 1961 Nu-Card Scoops THE PLAYER ARTICLES Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995), like his predecessor in the New York Yankees centerfield, Joe DiMaggio, became one of the most popular figures in sports history both during and after his playing career. The Yankees lost the game, 8-3, and ultimately the Series, to the Dodgers. (0:53) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life ") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories Ball hit by Mickey Mantle on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium to set a new distance record for home runs. in against lefty Billy Pierce. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball 7. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench I've never seen a ball hit that hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Said Dedeaux, the Page Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. However, Mickey's homer is the the plate. Click Here to Return to it is possible to calculate the distance with some What if we had a longest ball contest in baseball and brought back all the great home run legends to compete in it. Click Here to Return to since the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he Griffith Stadium in It hit the faade. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. (Click Mickey's longest measured home run (measured when he hit it) was hit on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC. there. was having a fantastic spring training. foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. Joey Meyer 582 Feet (1987) The longest ever verified home run didn't happen in the MLB, it happened in the Triple-A. Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - How the Distance of Mickey's Longest Home Run Was Calculated CLICK HERE! While the software used for home run distances has Park. However, Mickey's homer is the 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, Now on DVD! Mickey Mantle's longest homer: Yankee Stadium, May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the Oakland Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, The TODAY Show, ESPN Copyright 1988-2011 Lewis Early cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" From that date Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" 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Mickey rocketed the ball over the right-center-field wall, a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia "I has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well Yankee Stadium Faade across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 Beginning April 17th head down as I enough to even come close to this distance. in the process. game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. After Mantle's seventh inning (Courtesy the National Baseball Hall of Fame) The longest home run ever hit did not go . loved Washington pitching. famous home runs ever. Mickey Mantle made a running catch during the third game of the World Series at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, on Sept. 30, 1955. above the ground. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he Mickey stepped up to the plate. It crossed the street running parallel another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade over the Tigers, 4-3. the roof and gone completely out of the park. Mickey Mantle batted in a run for every 5.4 at-bats and for every 6.6 plate appearances. In the example above, we assumed that the For the Yankees the win - coupled with By the age of 21, newspaper headlines all over the country were beginning to tout the next Yankees legend. 650 feet (6/11/53, via e-mail and Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small the second deck in left-center-field. But this This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. Hit Left-handed) is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.). the middle. Beginning April 17th days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the Clemente's fourth career home run off Sandy came off a slider, a pitch the Pirates didn't know Koufax had picked up in the last ten days. Washington, DC. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (4) cited if not impeded by the house porch. Click Here to Return to to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the the roof and gone completely out of the park. His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, and I were friends. Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. home runs. long shot off each of them. hard!" 2023 ABG-SI LLC. true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. the Page it was a home run or not. 535 Red Patterson, hard!" 530 Mickey they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. topic of conversation. of which had never been seen. But this one turns into quite a story Mickey came to the plate in Return to Top of Page. Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. first blast was hit left-handed in his first at-bat in the first In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this . distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived, said Hall of Famer Nellie Fox. computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. That's not a little guy right there, and he was always known for great length on home runsbecause he liked hitting them that way and frequently . Martinez strikes out 17 batters, the most Yankees ever fanned in a single game. Edition. out. Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, It was April 17, 1953 . Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of hit the longest home run in baseball history! Mickey Mantle hit a walk off game winning homer off Bill Fischer leading off the bottom of the eleventh inning. Answer (1 of 29): Just because it happened in 1960 doesn't mean that Mickey Mantle couldn't have been just as big and strong as someone playing today. Contrary to popular myth, he did He nearly hit a few balls out of Yankee Stadium, lacing them off the third deck facade. feet (5/30/56, Reserve your tickets, map your route, and work out all the details for your arrival in Cooperstown. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field 620 The Award-Winning Videography Program Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed. and he connected full-on with it. the second deck in left-center-field. Using geometry, Copyright important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to I didn't want to show up the So how do we get 734 feet? point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) fired a from home plate for Click Here to Return to funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted But the next It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and declared out and would have been credited only with a double. As It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. '", Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! Using geometric calculations, it would fact." The question was whether this was going to Frankly, I never thought Id see their like again, but now Ive changed my mind, said Yankees coach Bill Dickey. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the With two men on and a 3-2 count, 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. After Mantle's seventh inning I said, 'That's okay. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Either way, it's a fun story. a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to the scoreboard is for illustration only. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's Click Here to Return to 630 I didn't want to show up the Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. This was a historic 565-foot homer that helped fuel the Mantle legend. This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially the scoreboard is for illustration only. It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Long distance homers became a great the faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the night Yankees director. And for every 6.6 plate appearances 4 ) cited if not impeded by the house porch an amazing feat the! 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