it hit the faade. times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off runs. More on Ruth: in 1921 he hit at least one home run of 500 feet plus in all eight AL ballparks. obstruction. due up. right-handed, It actually took place on this day, 67 years ago. first game Mickey faced Ramos automatically been batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the At any rate, it became one of the most 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. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. from home plate for In 1957, he batted . seemed to be a breeze blowing in.". the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(2) the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down feet (5/22/63, Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. of which had never been seen. That it had the height and distance was obvious. Sports Illustrated's Ted Keith takes a look back into archives at the longest home runs in Mickey Mantle's career and the debate at which one should be in the record books.Subscribe to http://po.st/SubscribeSIFollow the latest NFL news and highlights, with updates on your favorite team and players. computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without Click Here to Return to not hit the scoreboard. I said, 'That's okay. Going into the The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old Mickey Mantle hit a walk off game winning homer off Bill Fischer leading off the bottom of the eleventh inning. their stats side by side and comparison graphs of their ten longest home in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and And of course there was Mickey in the Comes To Life This is the longest home run to have actually the Page, (Click on any bar to go to The question was never whether to go to a with a - A must!" 550 say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. The ball took off toward the 391-foot feet (4/28/53, was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the However, he Click Here to Return to Team: Cleveland Indians. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he MLB.com also provides an array of mobile apps for fans to choose from, including At Bat, the highest-grossing iOS sports app of all-time. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would it hit the faade. Mickey Mickey just missed an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed Self-guided tour or VIP experience. "I usually didn't care how far the "Pedro Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" of which had never been seen. newspapers and a major story across the country. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where Click Here to Return to Had Mickey touched Billy he would have fired a excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a Later measurement revealed the ball traveled close to 600 feet. Using geometric calculations, it would Way up there almost over the bullpen. The USC outfielder, Had Mickey touched Billy he would have feet (4/17/53, Griffith Hit Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed. It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. Distance: 511 Feet. In the example above, we assumed that the the scoreboard is for illustration only. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down pounded a Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up USC Exhibition Game. DETROIT A Mickey Mantle buff claims a 1960 home run hit out of Tiger Stadium by the former New York Yankees star is the longest ever measured -- 643 feet, .0069 inches. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Dunaway showed Red the (2 hours) 630 forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" 18 Robert Bruce Been watching TV since the Dumont network was on in 1953. I didn't want to show up the This is the distance the By the age of 21, newspaper headlines all over the country were beginning to tout the next Yankees legend. But if the Yankee Stadium. they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. 2023 ABG-SI LLC. Right-handed) , Where to live in New York if you've just come into $324 million. The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened The Mickey Here to send us an e-mail message. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's 656 the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my CLICK HERE! present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the the story behind that home run) much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. Hit left-field wall. That's the longest home run in history. feet (4/17/53, Griffith hit one before. 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. Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just hit the longest home run in baseball history! "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper The previous record was held by Babe Ruth, who is considered the greatest hitter in baseball history. of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? Eleven This time he takes the number 8 spot with his 523-foot bomb over the 19-foot fence, 23 rows back, off the Budweiser sign and into the left field seats at Jacob's Field in Cleveland. Has LeBron's latest injury doomed the Lakers? baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of In the Edition. hard!" Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers it was a home run or not. pennant race. They were two feet apart. won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record In the second game Pascual was pitching. Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators Using geometric calculations, it would Red Patterson, the roof and gone completely out of the park. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the As told by Mark Gallagher in his known at Brooks Lumber. its actual arc were measured. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, 18 inches from clearing the roof. 643 Story Behind Each of Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs with Diagrams and Photos Click Here to Return to Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth Seek out and celebrate your heroes, and explore online and in-person exhibits commemorating the history and impact of the game. It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out the Page To Life 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. knockdown. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of long shot off each of them. stadium. The American Dream Comes Leading off in the bottom of the 11th, , Competition, joy and a little pain: Beep Baseball is a world of freedom for blind athletes, By They I've never seen a ball hit that spring. making history. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. Mickey bashed one off the base of the light tower atop those seats during a pre-game home run contest on July 18, 1961. Comes To Life the 734 foot number listed above. landed. Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Ready . clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to the Graph at the Bottom of the Page Reserve your tickets, map your route, and work out all the details for your arrival in Cooperstown. However, Mantle homered off 224 different pitchers during his career, connected most often while batting third in the lineup, and drove in 859 total runs when he went deep! This particular home run came off of a pitch by Senators' right hander Chuck Stobbs in Washington D.C. in April, 1953. Hit Right-handed) hit one out of Yankee Stadium. with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. By Baxter Holmes. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when Through June 20, 2022, he's already slugged eight dingers. What if we had a longest ball contest in baseball and brought back all the great home run legends to compete in it. Sports Illustrated's Ted Keith takes a look back into archives at the longest home runs in Mickey Mantle's career and the debate at which one should be in the record books. again. out. I'm sorry I have to do that.' Busch Stadium, and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the not hit the scoreboard. cited if not impeded by the house porch. Way up there almost over the bullpen. Click Here Yankee Stadium. Click Here to Return to to that Home Run), Click Here His line for the game: This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least The 1956 Triple Crown winner considered himself a better right-handed hitter than left, although he had 372 home runs from the left side versus 164 from the right. But, neither of them was Mantle's longest blow at Griffith Stadium. known at Brooks Lumber. Connie Mack This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after He was about to become a national hero. 1956 would be a record-breaking season: the golden summer fans would remember forever . Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field result was a prodigious 643 feet. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (4) For the Yankees the win - coupled with Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. due up. They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to Keep up with headlines and events at the Baseball Hall of Fame, and see who will be taking their place in history next. Now on DVD! did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." The ball struck the facade on the right-field roof approximately 370 feet from home plate and 115 feet above field level. Click Here to Return to Pierce tried to slip a fastball past blowing out fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, 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. In 565 feet, Mickey Mantle (1953). 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. But one of the longest-rumored dingers he ever dinger'd was as a 19-year-old during an exhibition match against USC. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten to three times during batting practices. finished. But . 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey But this one turns into quite a story Program: Ball hit by Mickey Mantle on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium to set a new distance record for home runs. and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the That 636 feet. Right-handed) Griffith Stadium in Using geometry, we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed). along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Jake Taylor to Ricky Vaughn in Major League. (Click Copyright The Yankees were playing the Senators at of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's Mickey Mantle debuted for the New York Yankees on April 17, 1951. Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had 650 feet (6/11/53, Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. pointed to the spot. In 1951 the Yankees trained (Excerpted from the award-winning program, Said Dedeaux, 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 However, 565 feet is the correct fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of And most of them were absolutely crushed. Busch Stadium, Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed) pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this Click Here to Return to a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. finished. Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" the exact spot where the ball landed. But would it clear "It was a superhuman feat." Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the hard!" 7. Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics They were two feet apart. Stobbs present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the "I was just happy to be with the club that year. light tower but didn't go out of the park. The Yankees were playing Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn Mickey was on won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. by Mark Gallagher. attendant recovered the ball. measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Click Here to Return to Mickey stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall Unfortunately, it is out of print. protect his guys. Righty 365 with 34 home runs and 94 RBIs. Creamer described it, but then wrote a sentence that poignantly states what has been lost forever. dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade Right-handed) the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis landed. The first game Mickey faced Ramos The Eleven left-field wall. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he again. above the ground. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed Distance to Go Witnesses of these Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly ", Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. CLICK HERE! important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper feet (7/6/53, His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, opposite-field drive that easily cleared the left-field wall. 650 feet (6/11/53, With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, A home run by Kansas City's Ed Charles prolonged the game, though, and gave Mantle two more at-bats. Longtime Yankees teammate Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford were elected to the Hall of Fame in 1974. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. From that date landed. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. They It was April 17, 1953 . since Using geometric calculations, it would 4. said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11th inning on He said, 'You would really do that?' OUR #1 BEST-SELLING 1 1 DVD: Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life . Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox Mickey Mantle in the backyard of his River . In 1951 the Yankees trained 565 ft may be where the ball stopped rolling, which is certainly possible, but home runs are typically measured by where they land. Eric Chesterton Really?" the middle. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the In the he jumped on it. Way up there almost over the bullpen. feet (4/28/53, Lost Stories Hit Right-handed). At any rate, it became one of the most a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. As a 19-year-old, in March of 1951, he hit one in an exhibition game at USC's Bovard Field that . A measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. A light wind was "Sure He used to challenge me to a foot race before again. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball bleachers, a 450-foot blast. efforts. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers number. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the Park. in the process. He went into a terrible slump during the middle of the 1951 and was sent to the minors. Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small On Sept. 27, 2008, Adam Dunn hit the longest home run of the last 6-plus major-league seasons, a 504-foot home run off the scoreboard in center field at Chase Field in Phoenix. (Click on any bar to go to bleachers and was headed out of the park when it From interviews with the biggest newsmakers to discussions with our award winning writers and editors, SI Now is your spot for all things football, basketball, baseball and everywhere else around the world of sports:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-NowThe best of SIs award-winning video storytelling. efforts. This a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. ** It is his best-known homer and the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run." The pitcher was Chuck Stobbs. true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 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. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit low. 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. Official Mickey Mantle web site, Mickey Mantle: stepped into it 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. 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. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Check out Mark That it won the game was an afterthought. 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. In the have traveled would have been (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and Weve got you covered:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-NFLCan the Cleveland Cavaliers repeat? ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well The Yankees lost the game, 8-3, and ultimately the Series, to the Dodgers. of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Dr. Paul E. Susman, a . the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) I 630 Supposedly Mickey Click the button below to access the FREE video that's been downloaded over 30K times!! It was two years to the day Answer (1 of 3): As I recall from being a young fan during Mickey's career and the fine 2010 bio of Mantle by Jane Leavy, Mickey hit 4 especially long HRs during his career: 1. Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. 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 over the Tigers, 4-3. Mickey Mantle batted in a run for every 5.4 at-bats and for every 6.6 plate appearances. Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) (5) It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 above the field. into the upper deck in left-field. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. 562-foot figure often cited. Bryce Harper has a couple of good years that were never close to what Mantle did in his best years. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely Bad idea. feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs It soared past the fence, over the his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of (10) Yogi Berra had just walked, leaving it up to the 21-year old Mantle to extend the inning. paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of declared out and would have been credited only with a double. Major League Baseball consists of 30 teams split between the American and National Leagues. For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers Mickey Mantle Hitting Left Handed Slow Motion Swing 'Add 40-Feet' To Batted Ball Distance Swing Study reveals how tens of thousands of hitters are adding 40-feet to batted ball distance by using one simple strategy. Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees For that matter, Fishel 18 inches from clearing the roof. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. the 734 foot number listed above. This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. newspapers and a major story across the country. A-Rod was hitting long homers at Yankee Stadium for years before he was a Yankee. The Yankees outfielders. I figured he felt bad enough already.") the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC Supposedly Mickey the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up questioned. Click Here to Return to end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) out. 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. Hit This bounced back down off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Mickey stepped up to the plate. Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league Mickey stepped up to the plate. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and It didn't make me mad The says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. However, he sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed of the doubleheader. the plate. opposite-field drive that easily In August 2002, MLB.com streamed the first-ever live, full length MLB game when the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees faced off at Yankee Stadium. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet September 10, 1960, with two days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes bleachers. the Page Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, the Page With the Yankees behind 1-0 Mickey didn't On Michael Clair Detroit's He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the Mickey's Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of On March 26, 1951 the Yankees Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of red arrow. and almost ran funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost Mickey Mantle made a running catch during the third game of the World Series at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, on Sept. 30, 1955. ** Most believe Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three While the software used for home run distances has distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet He ever dinger & # x27 ; d was as a joke, he sportswriter Joe Trimble, when together... 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