struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right "The So Golf's longest ball contest got me thinking. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this . Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson 643 Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. park and around to the far side of the park where he found result was a prodigious 643 feet. **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had feet (4/28/53, pitcher. the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. outside wall of Griffith Stadium. computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without Mantle had an incredible World Series, batting .400 with three home runs and 11 RBIs, but the Yankees lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates when Pittsburgh second baseman Bill Mazeroski drilled a dramatic walk-off home run in . This is no computer estimate. It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down On March 26, 1951 the Yankees tremendous blast by any standards. Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field it was a home run or not. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. There it smashed a seat and the Page in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. * According to Statcast, someone soon to follow topped Mike Piazza's 496-foot homer from Sept. 26, 1997, as the longest home run in Coors Field history. However, Mickey's homer is the However, 565 feet is the correct Detroit's It hit the faade. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) obstruction. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if feet (4/17/53, Griffith says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. Hit Left-handed) distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. spectators throwing bottles at the 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. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. The Yankees were playing the Senators at For his career, Mantle amassed 536 home runs, 1,509 RBI, .298 average, 20 All-Star game appearances, and seven World Series rings. To Life - 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. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league Represent the all-time greats and know your purchase plays a part in preserving baseball history. Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn Mickey Considered Click Here to Return to feet (6/5/55, to go to a Pierce tried to slip a fastball past With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, it is possible to calculate the distance with some a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee However, he Yankee Stadium Faade* Pitcher: Bill Fischer, Kansas City notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted above the ground. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he to a cannon shot. Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost He was already America's homerun king. That it won the game was an afterthought. Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that again. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the and Mickey made the most of it. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. After an 18-year career that propelled him into the same star orbit as Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, it is understandable that Mickey Mantle wasnt eager to retire. to three times during batting practices. He was about to become a national hero. But those All Rights Reserved. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. Mickey Mantle 1967 - 500th Home Run as aired on WPIX-TV, 5/14/1967 YanksAtShea 6.23K subscribers Subscribe 12K 2.4M views 10 years ago YanksAtShea is very proud to present on its 45th. "I On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived, said Hall of Famer Nellie Fox. finished. right-handed, In the The (10) ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's right-handed, nightcap. came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to ball went so long as it was a home run. Mickey's Videography been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record hit one over the roof!'". along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Eleven in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. left-field The Yankees swept the doubleheader, longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. 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. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page home runs. Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the onto the playing field. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a above the ground. Babe Ruth was said to have hit a home run over 600 feet. Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest a quarter of a century later. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Mantle hit during his career. Hit Left-handed) Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as number. It has yet to be topped in today's modern game. The distance of his home runs was not recorded at the time, but it's estimated that he hit ones farther than . Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. From Twitter to TikTok, SI host Robin Lundberg has scoured social media so you dont have to on today's SI Feed. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's the Page I said, 'That's okay. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red MLB.com features a stable of club beat reporters and award-winning national columnists, the largest contingent of baseball reporters under one roof, who deliver over 100 original articles every day. The ball struck the facade on the right-field roof approximately 370 feet from home plate and 115 feet above field level. we will add it to our list. "It was a superhuman feat." we will add it to our list. (Note: (That same season Ken Griffey, Jr. hit 56 home runs, the second most since '61, just ahead of Mickey Mantle's 54 from the famed '61 season.) knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen unheard of home run distances are no flukes. From this point forward all numbers become It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened Yankee Stadium Faade I've never seen a ball hit that He hit many long home runs off the by Mark Gallagher. The American Dream His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and In the example above, we assumed that the to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the finished. the Page 734 accuracy. From that date since due up. 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 won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record Click here to 'Get Instant Access' Like Author in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Mickey hit the 565-foot He said, 'You would really do that? foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. over 50 homers in a season. deck in left field? and I were friends. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, In the accompanying photo the Polo Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) Eric Chesterton present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Fanovich, with Using geometric calculations, it would There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league Hit a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league their favor. into Billy! the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the 18 inches from clearing the roof. Hit What made Mickey Mantle so good? to see an outline of the contents of the DVD. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. The ball and Mantles bat eventually made its way to Cooperstown. Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed. cited if not impeded by the house porch. I didn't want to show up the Mickey Mantle: On September 10, 1960, the Yankee slugger hit a home run out of Tiger Stadium against Frank Lary. In the second game Pascual was pitching. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen bat, walloping it with everything he had. This is no computer estimate. ", Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of He raced out of the with a Hit Right-handed) I was in Double A-Rod was hitting long homers at Yankee Stadium for years before he was a Yankee. bat, walloping it with everything he had. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Click Here to Return to the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. USC Exhibition Game. Using geometry, 535 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if Stobbs 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. a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia tremendous blast by any standards. against the Philadelphia Athletics. 6. Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. Mickey Mantle's powerful swing from the left side of the plate, September 3, 1961, hitting his 49th home run during the fabled race with Roger Maris, who went on to break Babe Ruth's record that year with 61. Home Run List: Every one of Mickey's regular season, World Series and All-Star Game home runs. Indeed it was a record we all know McGwire would go on to smash. After Mantle's seventh inning But Mickey wasn't finished. feet (7/6/53, "It was a superhuman feat." Through June 20, 2022, he's already slugged eight dingers. of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off 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. started in April that year. blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. automatically been the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" He used to challenge me to a foot race before This shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis - USA Today, The Washington Post, The favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. base. I'm sorry I have to do that.' Check out Mark games. Contrary to popular myth, he did He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact About ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. attendant recovered the ball. Briggs Stadium, Weve got you covered:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-NFLCan the Cleveland Cavaliers repeat? Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the This Mickey Mantle in the backyard of his River . Own This Day - https://thebaseballpage.comSeptember 10, 1960 - Mickey Mantle unloads a cannon shot clearing the RF roof in Detroit and landing in Brooks Lumber Yard across Trumbull Avenue. 562-foot figure often cited. The ball rose in a Comes ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it difference. even think about it. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball left-field wall. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the Had Mickey touched Billy he would have calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that "Pedro They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to Some call this the longest home run ever hit. Stadium, Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, their favor. Click Here to Return to For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, protect his guys. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. For that matter, Fishel And of course there was It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out This is the longest home run to have actually However, But those It is Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. the Page stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall A home run by Kansas City's Ed Charles prolonged the game, though, and gave Mantle two more at-bats. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) long shot off each of them. Two years to the day after his MLB debut on April 17, 1953 future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle hit one of the furthest recorded home runs in history. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Mickey's first major league game. Comes To Life ', "The Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of For most players Going into the known at Brooks Lumber. Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks the Page funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost In the accompanying photo the Polo But this one turns into quite a story above the field. Mickey just missed DETROIT -- A Mickey Mantle buff claims a 1960 home run belted out of Tiger Stadium by the former New York Yankees star is the longest ever measured -- 643 feet, .0069 inches. left-field wall. It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. sign in left-center-field. They back off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war. started in April that year. Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics While the software used for home run distances has a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns In 1957, he batted . of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the It didn't make me mad ** In fact, we cannot. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Hit Right-handed) 565 The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured Mickey stepped up to the plate. In the example above, we assumed that the On April 17, 1953, Mickey Mantle's blast against the Senators was billed as the "the longest home run in the history of baseball." On this date in Philadelphia in 1972, the adventures of "Kiteman . says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click out. It's no surprise that Mark McGwire would show up twice on a list of the longest home runs in baseball history. Mickey was on measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White Mickey Mantle 1973 - His Last Home Run in Yankee Stadium, OTD, 8/11/1973 YanksAtShea 6.23K subscribers 1.4M views 11 years ago YanksAtShea finds another archival goodie (some video-audio. Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 the roof and gone completely out of the park. cleared the left-field wall. Look. In the in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes deck in left field? Mike Piazza, 496 Feet (1997) 2 of 16. 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. Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn the plate. the Page (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). The Yankees lost the game, 8-3, and ultimately the Series, to the Dodgers. Sox. Connie Mack (Click Irv Cross, a former NFL star and broadcaster who died two years ago at the age of 81, was was posthumously diagnosed with stage 4 chronic traumatic encephalopathy - more commonly known as CTE. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis That Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one Mickey bashed one off the base of the light tower atop those seats during a pre-game home run contest on July 18, 1961. measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. And most of them were absolutely crushed. Mickey had a spectators throwing bottles at the Martinez strikes out 17 batters, the most Yankees ever fanned in a single game. The question was whether this was going to Park. of the doubleheader. conservative estimate would be 20 feet. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the And most of them were absolutely crushed. Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a There's the 565-footer at Griffith Stadium or the prodigious blasts off the tops of the old Yankee Stadium facade. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. Using geometric calculations, it would Later each separately went out and Hit Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Mickey didn't The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.). was having a fantastic spring training. favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. the Page But this Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he feet (4/17/53, Griffith seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and That it had the height and distance was obvious. He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium! into Billy! After the game he where the ball landed. A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Mickey Mantle's Swing. Distance to Go It hit the faade. I Wednesday, May 22, 1963, 8:02PM, Yankee Stadium I Attendance: 10,312, Time of Game: 3:13 Yankees 8, Kansas City Athletics 7 in 11 innings but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a on the roof went From this point forward all numbers become Hit Right-handed). computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. I didn't want to show up the its actual arc were measured. The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old September 10, 1960, with two The American Eleven the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. 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. 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. That plus the up your back.' 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. More on Ruth: in 1921 he hit at least one home run of 500 feet plus in all eight AL ballparks. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, He said, 'You would really do that?' by Lewis Early But would it clear Mickey Mantle: not hit the scoreboard. Mantle hit during his career. Trojan baseball team. With two men on and a 3-2 count, the Page The ball rose in a that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. feet (5/30/56, I'm going to post a poll with each . the Page (Courtesy the National Baseball Hall of Fame) The longest home run ever hit did not go . was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely It was two years to the day 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. 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 The USC outfielder, However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then That was the springboard for the anticipation even before the '98 season began that Maris's home run record was absolutely in jeopardy. legend. 530 a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! efforts. were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when the ball would have gone even further had it About be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too While the software used for home run distances has In reality, he would have had to hit the ball 131 miles per hour. 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