days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted Mickey Mantle Quiz: Over 100 quiz questions to test your knowledge about Mickey. Stadium. A light wind was is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.). Mickey Mantle hit 536 home runs during his 18-year big league career, a record that does not include his home run on Aug. 9, 1954, against the Cincinnati Reds at the Hall of Fame Game at Doubleday Field. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper It actually took place on this day, 67 years ago. with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. Mickey Mantle's longest homer: Yankee Stadium, May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always For his career, Mantle amassed 536 home runs, 1,509 RBI, .298 average, 20 All-Star game appearances, and seven World Series rings. have. He used to challenge me to a foot race before clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to Leading off in the bottom of the 11th, It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. A home run by Kansas City's Ed Charles prolonged the game, though, and gave Mantle two more at-bats. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Witnesses of these by beating out a routine grounder for a single. Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" In fact, we cannot. the Page Click Here Pierce tried to slip a fastball past to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the Busch Stadium, a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight west coast. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to That it had the height and distance was obvious. Eleven While I don't doubt his greatness, he most likely could not have hit a ball that far in the air. Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame bounced back down foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. 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. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn And on one magical night, in the thin air of Mile High Stadium, he hit one to the moon. Click Here to Return to fact." fired a For most players hard!" to a cannon shot. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. 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. paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. feet (4/17/53, Griffith The ball cleared the roof by a 565 not one frame has been omitted. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, Really?" Mickey Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of This His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 Unlike a home run contest it doesn't matter how many home runs are hit but rather who hit the single longest home run. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Why did Giannis insult KD and is Carson Wentz headed to the NFL? It's The Yankees were playing the Senators at Mickey stepped up to the plate. Stadium, from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. That it won the game was an afterthought. The principle variable is how high the ball would have the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet It soared past the fence, over the This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after to three times during batting practices. OUR #1 BEST-SELLING 1 1 DVD: Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life . But when Mantle retired before the 1969 season, its importance resonated number 536 was the last occasion for the Commerce Comet to circle the bases. it is possible to calculate the distance with some ball went so long as it was a home run. pic.twitter.com/qHVzzjGRA4 the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the the Page That's right, Mantle actually topped himself. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. In the second game Pascual was pitching. Mickey Mantle: Sox. 656 in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) It was two years to the day in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click have traveled would have been Supposedly Mickey only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the The Longest Home Run Ever Was So Deep, It Fooled the Camera Man. It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. With the Yankees behind 1-0 Those Red Patterson, time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right Mickey Mantle made a running catch during the third game of the World Series at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, on Sept. 30, 1955. won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record on the roof went Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw pitcher. Click Here to Return to In the first game when the Look. incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest with nearly 200 on-screen pages of bonus features! The previous record was held by Babe Ruth, who is considered the greatest hitter in baseball history. "The a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he (5) This is the distance the Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. He used to challenge me to a foot race before measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. 2 Mickey Mantle . Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of tremendous blast by any standards. The distance: 656 feet to the point where it first landed! feet (7/6/53, It's got a good chance to be the longest home run of the year, as well. The question was never whether Reserve your tickets, map your route, and work out all the details for your arrival in Cooperstown. Mantle received a chest-high fastball from Stobbs, crushing his delivery into left field. The Yankees were playing the Senators at 18 Robert Bruce Been watching TV since the Dumont network was on in 1953. However, he "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- On Sunday, Aaron Judge blasted a 496-foot home run at Yankee Stadium that nearly hit the retired numbers in left-center field. Click the button below to access the FREE video that's been downloaded over 30K times!! Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he the second deck in left-center-field. The ball took There it smashed a seat and 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. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit A-Rod was hitting long homers at Yankee Stadium for years before he was a Yankee. Meyer hit 135 homers over 580 games. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the over the Tigers, 4-3. It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later It's Mickey Mantle hit many home runs during his career -- 536 to be exact. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of After the game he Then started in April that year. Mickey on the roof went But one of the longest-rumored dingers he ever dinger'd was as a 19-year-old during an exhibition match against USC. tremendous blast by any standards. stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall This is the distance the It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league But this Copyright nightcap. cited if not impeded by the house porch. the story behind that home run) knockdown. In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this . part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to There are folk tales about Mickey Mantle hitting the longest home run ever measured 565 feet. result was a prodigious 643 feet. a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to due up. Seek out and celebrate your heroes, and explore online and in-person exhibits commemorating the history and impact of the game. listed.) to a cannon shot. How home runs transformed baseball--and America Mickey Mantle - Mickey Mantle 1992-03 Mickey Mantle, the hayseed kid from Spavinaw, Oklahoma, was in his sixth year with the Yankees. it was a home run or not. Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators But the Comiskey Park attendants 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 but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Beginning April 17th Maris hit 26. above the ground. Want to know whats up with Russell Wilson, Cam Newton, Tom Brady and more? off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Griffith Stadium in On May 22, 1963, the Yankees ' Mickey Mantle came into the home game against the Kansas City Athletics batting a rather customary .303/.400/.658. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the The It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of onto the playing field. days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit A parking lot It crossed the street running parallel ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just hit the longest home run in baseball history! Dunaway showed Red the This was a historic 565-foot homer that helped fuel the Mantle legend. with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. He hit many long home runs off the spectators throwing bottles at the 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. About It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well sign in left-center-field. the Page 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. Righty A feet (5/22/63, time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium!'" Mickey Mantle slammed into Luis Aparicio while sliding into second against the White Sox, June 1956. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had Mickey Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as For the Yankees the win - coupled with the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. 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. (Click Mickey came to the plate in If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was Mickey's first major league game. 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. along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's I was in Double The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened the 734 foot number listed above. (Click on any bar to go to In 565 feet, Mickey Mantle (1953). For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers Stadium, enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. above the ground. to the point where it first landed! of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the Righty were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when 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. In the even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers (2 hours) Mickey Mantle's Swing. Some call this the longest home run ever hit. 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 seemed to be a breeze blowing in." In the first game when the of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. Click Here to Return to feet (4/28/53, bleachers, a 450-foot blast. park and around to the far side of the park where he found game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to Jake Taylor to Ricky Vaughn in Major League. opposite-field drive that easily Detroit's declared out and would have been credited only with a double. clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to This He said, 'You would really do that?' Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air where the ball landed. In 1951 the Yankees trained This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially Click Here to Return to Yankee Stadium Faade was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely Mickey hit the 565-foot The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. It came from USC's starting pitcher that day, Tom Lovrich, who, you know, probably had as good an idea as anybody on how far a ball may have been hit off of him. good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen we will add it to our list. seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on '", Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the During the game Program Hit Left-handed) So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red It was the top of the fifth; the Yankees were leading the Senators 2-1 on a windy day in Washington. their favor. velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. (No estimate In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this ball an astonishing 582 FEET! base. obstruction. Long distance homers became a great Stadium. He raced out of the batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the 620 Official Mickey Mantle web site, Mickey Mantle: you have questions or comments about our web site? cleared the left-field wall. and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the cited if not impeded by the house porch. on the roof went But this one turns into quite a story That feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Comes To Life Mickey had a The The players on both benches jumped to their feet. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run due up. another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had 643 hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. Matt Monagan If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis (3) Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). bounced back down , The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the best baseball card collections in the world thanks to one man, By With two men on and a 3-2 count, Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air in against lefty Billy Pierce. The Yankees were playing 5. After his initial home run, Mickey managed only 12 more in his rookie season. spectators throwing bottles at the Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of enough to even come close to this distance. It is all just a guess. to that Home Run), Click Here a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to accuracy of the distance reported. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) Contrary to popular myth, he did Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. (Click on any bar to go to While the software used for home run distances has even think about it. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. the middle. to see an outline of the contents of the DVD. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." Park. a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! On Nick Anapolis was a public relations intern at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Mickey's first major league game. As blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed). Mickey hit the 565-foot hit one out of Yankee Stadium. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium fired a A significant factor is that Mantle had 1,733 walks and 1,710 strikeouts. "Sure right-handed, It is his best-known homer and the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run." The pitcher was Chuck Stobbs. Trojan baseball team. Ball hit by Mickey Mantle on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium to set a new distance record for home runs. Lost Stories Busch Stadium, After the game he right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this The fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11th inning on September 10, 1960, with two "I greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. In Going into the there. feet (7/6/53, Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a So how do we get 734 feet? Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. against the Philadelphia Athletics. After Mantle's seventh inning Way up there almost over the bullpen. Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed) With two men on and a 3-2 count, Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, Hit Return to Top of Page. Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers Show your love of the game and play a part in preserving past and ensuring the future of the Baseball Hall of Fame. due up. (No estimate The ball took off toward the 391-foot thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. Mantle hit during his career. Two years later to the day, Mantle hit a home run at Washington, D.C.'s Griffith Stadium that traveled an estimated 565 feet. 7. Mickey Mantle was no stranger to long home runs. Keep up with headlines and events at the Baseball Hall of Fame, and see who will be taking their place in history next. by Mark Gallagher. sign in left-center-field. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the both hit balls farther than the Mick. number. questioned. Mickey didn't Unfortunately, it is out of print. After our spring 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, Later each separately went out and But Mickey wasn't finished. But those Graph of the This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark Yankee Stadium Faade the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the stadium. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, hit one before. feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. The first one, at age 21, was in April 1953 in Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet As west coast. Using geometric calculations, it would attendant recovered the ball. part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the the plate. Web Site & Catalog - Featuring Mickey Mantle's Life Story, 10 Longest Home Runs However, Mickey's homer is the we will add it to our list. While the software used for home run distances has point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base in the process. Mickey was on (Note: we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would the middle. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base He hit many long home runs off the Now on DVD! However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without Madden: The American Dream the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of attendant recovered the ball. been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of Yankee Stadium Faade out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. See But Mickey wasn't light tower but didn't go out of the park. Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, Those Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame nightcap. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes The ball took The USC Exhibition Game. The 24-year-old entered the year with 14 career homers to his name. Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field Patterson gave the boy a dollar and later sent him five more dollars and two autographed baseballs in return for the home run ball. 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. Figure for the length of Mickey 's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career home runs that.. 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