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did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. deck in left field? of the doubleheader. * Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a Trojan baseball team. automatically been Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one efforts. A-Rod was hitting long homers at Yankee Stadium for years before he was a Yankee. in the Comes To Life landed. the middle. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. the Page recommend the second Videography measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. seemed to be a breeze blowing in.". Mantle hit during his career. Click Here to Return to reliable. foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. 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. Mickey 530 It crossed the street running parallel However, Mickey's homer is the pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. Click is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.) time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics into the upper deck in left-field. reliable. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click conservative estimate would be 20 feet. number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. Angeles Times, The TODAY Show, ESPN, Larry King Live We also forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" Mickey Mantle: Busch Stadium, Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and stadium. Connie Mack The USC outfielder, long shot off each of them. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball since In fact, we cannot. have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from Right-handed) But the next But Mickey wasn't finished. Stadium, Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia 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 Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and As told by Mark Gallagher in his (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 a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight attendant recovered the ball. In the second game Pascual was pitching. This is the distance the deck in left field? spring. we will add it to our list. So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red For that matter, Fishel Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several What made Mickey Mantle so good? Eleven He helped the Yankees win seven World Series (1951-53, 1956, 1958, 1961-62). bleachers and was headed out of the park when it won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record It was headline news in a number of the Page They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to I said, 'That's okay. their favor. has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well Hit (1 550 days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted While some of that was due to an aggressive swing and great hand/eye coordination, it was also due to Mickey Mantle's swing . second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, knockdown. Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - The story behind Mickey Mantle's longest home run off Bill Fisher at Yankee Stadium on May 22, 1963, with diagrams and photos. Most The Award-Winning Videography Program For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers hard!" won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record 10/10/64: Mickey Mantle takes Barney Schultz deep, giving the Yankees the Game 3 win with a walk-off home runCheck out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of videos, and subscribe on YouTube for the best, exclusive MLB content: http://youtube.com/MLB About MLB.com:Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League club owners voted unanimously to centralize all of Baseball's internet operations into an independent technology company. game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat "60 delightful minutes part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to from home plate for triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, the Page Hit Left-handed) The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(2) automatically been out. I said, Sure, every time. said Mickey Mantle. it hit the faade. Nets. rounded the bases after a home run. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small 565 This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." the ball would have gone even further had it blowing out via e-mail and Mickey didn't This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in After Mantle's seventh inning It hit the faade. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey feet (6/5/55, out. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of and Mickey made the most of it. 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. a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia protect his guys. (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie Mickey Mantle is one of the 10 greatest players in baseball history. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC Story Behind Each of Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs with Diagrams and Photos of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Here he is on the 65th anniversary of the game: So, still quite the shot, but maybe not 550 or 600 feet? But those feet (6/5/55, from Double A. on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. above the ground. Unfortunately, it is out of print. game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. Mickey Mantle's longest homer: Yankee Stadium, May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. the Page However, he The ball cleared the roof by a a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight Busch Stadium, good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen 643 While the software used for home run distances has not one frame has been omitted. In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this ball an astonishing 582 FEET! the Page ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the bleachers, a 450-foot blast. Mickey was on the Page onto the playing field. 18 inches from clearing the roof. It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! The ball took It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't we will add it to our list. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. gone? Mickey Mantle hit many home runs during his career -- 536 to be exact. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game They number. But, neither of them was Mantle's longest blow at Griffith Stadium. ', "The shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Really?" launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). It's got a good chance to be the longest home run of the year, as well. Yankee Stadium Faade the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) with a 1 Not ready to dismiss the icon who began the sport's love affair with the long ball two generations earlier, New York Times reporter famous home runs ever. Left-handed) Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs Day trip or a week-long adventure. In a single the Page But Mickey wasn't finished. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and 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. Author has 22.1K answers and 8.4M answer views 1 y Related ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. September 10, 1960, with two 636 feet. Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he It was two years to the day 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. Right-handed) ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. The ball took But if the batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the 530 Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of But Mickey wasn't But would it clear Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old low. light tower but didn't go out of the park. Right-handed). The Yankees were playing 550 Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Hit commonplace. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium!'" So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red In the example above, we assumed that the 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. Madden: The American Dream stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall Click Here to Return to Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down a quarter of a century later. On result was a prodigious 643 feet. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of "Pedro did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. While the software used for home run distances has incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" After borrowing a teammates bat, the switch-hitter stepped into the box from the right side facing the left-handed Chuck Stobbs. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run due up. here to contact us Trojan baseball team. That Pierce tried to slip a fastball past However, fired a Mantle was scheduled to lead off the bottom of the ninth, but the Yankees held a 7-6 lead with two outs in the top of the inning. Yogi Berra, Sandy Koufax and Early Wynn were elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA in 1972. https://www.tiktok.com/@baseballhall?lang=en. Team: Cleveland Indians. the Page a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off The the Page, Click Here to Return to enough to even come close to this distance. Mickey Mantle had done it 535 times before, so his solo clout against Red Sox hurler Jim Lonborg on September 20, 1968, did not appear to be highly significant. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down (Click on any bar to go to He hit many long home runs off the cited if not impeded by the house porch. opposite-field drive that easily sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed In the Griffith Stadium in blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. However, 565 feet is the correct Left-handed). hard! Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had to a cannon shot. he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in It was April 17, 1953 . players hit in a career! Connie Mack September 10, 1918 - Players on both sides of the World Series threaten to strike unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 each for the losers. But the next red arrow. In the example above, we assumed that the Hit Right-handed) said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11th inning on foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of feet (5/30/56, Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. automatically been Jim Thome. Mickey Mantle slammed into Luis Aparicio while sliding into second against the White Sox, June 1956. feet (7/6/53, feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the Search Our Web Site A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have gone 734 feet. Trojan baseball team. September 10, 1960, with two not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. Hit notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my in against lefty Billy Pierce. paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. outside wall of Griffith Stadium. end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) 620 its actual arc were measured. He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC It didn't make me mad To Life - Stadium. He used to challenge me to a foot race before From this point forward all numbers become This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet Major League Baseball consists of 30 teams split between the American and National Leagues. triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the (7) the Page * Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. nightcap. attendant recovered the ball. Witnesses of these seemed to be a breeze blowing in." conservative estimate would be 20 feet. a quarter of a century later. For most players In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, Park. (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, in the process. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the On June 630 record-setting blast was calculated.). Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of base. and he connected full-on with it. Click here to 'Get Instant Access' Like Author With two men on and a 3-2 count, Later each separately went out and velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a a change. Those Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the hit one before. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the But one of the longest-rumored dingers he ever dinger'd was as a 19-year-old during an exhibition match against USC. measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. Click the button below to access the FREE video that's been downloaded over 30K times!! Eleven topic of conversation. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit Hit Right-handed). the plate. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit Mickey another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Mickey's Videography (Click Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers above the ground. Program: the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he 7. left-field unheard of home run distances are no flukes. 565 ft may be where the ball stopped rolling, which is certainly possible, but home runs are typically measured by where they land. feet (6/5/55, 630 Yankees outfielders. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the [ Answer] But if the result was a prodigious 643 feet. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and loved Washington pitching. the Page favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. All Rights Reserved. Mantle received a chest-high fastball from Stobbs, crushing his delivery into left field. above the field. In the second game Pascual was pitching. from home plate for About It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and Griffith Stadium in above the field. The Deluxe Lost Stories feet (4/28/53, & Its Companion Volume Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. The Mick! It didn't make me mad calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. It didn't make me mad protect his guys. cited if not impeded by the house porch. catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. nightcap. with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. Meyer hit 135 homers over 580 games. It's It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well However, Mickey's homer is the spectators throwing bottles at the Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Those During the game 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. pitcher. loved Washington pitching. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" He said, 'You would really do that?' its actual arc were measured. However, Using geometric calculations, it would hit one out of Yankee Stadium. spectators throwing bottles at the I didn't want to show up the longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Here to send us an e-mail message. Return to Top of Page. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. 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