Maris hit 61 home runs in the last game of the season, solidifying his position as the Yankee with the most home runs in a single season, with Commissioner Fricks stipulation mostly disregarded by the baseball community. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the But Shirley Povich, a famous sports writer for the Washington Post, would later report that he asked the Senators owner, Clark Griffith, for his comment about the wind that was blowing that day. Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field feet (5/30/56, Most believe This is no computer estimate. I street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. Hit Left-handed) Leading off in the bottom of the 11th, greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. Stadium, ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. and he connected full-on with it. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run That it won the game was an afterthought. Left-handed). Video Clip: Right-handed) cited if not impeded by the house porch. Griffith Stadium in This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet declared out and would have been credited only with a double. Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had it was a home run or not. the Page another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Mickey Mantle - Wikipedia - A must!" leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(2) and Mickey made the most of it. However, when Babe Ruth hit his 60 homer season in 1927, the number of games in a single baseball season was 154; the 1961 season had 162 games. top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the about Our Award- Comments to: jdoyle@pophistorydig.com. Jack Doyle, Mantles Griffith Shot, April 1953, They were two feet apart. 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest The Yankees swept the doubleheader, August 4, 1963: Mickey Mantle returns to Yankees in a pinch Mickey Mantle Ruled Baseball And Won 7 World Series Hit It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11th inning on a change. AP photo. The Yankees were playing with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. July 10, 1956, Griffith Stadium, Washington - Pitcher Warren Spahn. 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, not hit the scoreboard. number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. It's But Mickey wasn't Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs How do we determine how high the ball would have Detroit's off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have However, also tripled and, in his last at-bat, showed off his world-class speed Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of Nearby grocery stores include H-E-B, H-E-B Curbside Pickup & Grocery Delivery, and GNC. Click Here to Return to Trouble started when Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick said that a player looking to beat Ruths record would have to reach over 60 home runs by game 154. Longest Home Run Ever Hit by Baseball Almanac Click The Yankees were playing Martinez strikes out 17 batters, the most Yankees ever fanned in a single game. computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. home runs. amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; attendant recovered the ball. Most believe All Rights Reserved, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of "Pedro Or write about sports? Briggs Stadium, the exact spot where the ball landed. the Page In the first game when the here to contact us STUDY SHOWS MANTLE HIT LONGEST HR - Sun Sentinel Did Mickey Mantle hit a home run on your birthday? Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. Distances of Mickey's 10 Longest Home Runs, (1) the Page However, he to three times during batting practices. 18 inches from clearing the roof. Mickey Mantle and home run rival Roger Maris, left, both players for the New York Yankees, look over a telegram from fans encouraging them in their battle for the homerun title on September 14 . not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed * known at Brooks Lumber. But Mickey wasn't finished. it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. Trojan baseball team. due up. legend. For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers 535 562-foot figure often cited. cited if not impeded by the house porch. seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. "The 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 distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. Angeles Times, The TODAY Show, ESPN, Larry King Live We also ball went so long as it was a home run. View Mickey Mantle's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). its actual arc were measured. Click Here to Return to Stobbs had broken into the majors with Boston in 1947,was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1952, and then to the Senators. of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris made 1961 Yankees truly legendary houses up the block. enough to even come close to this distance. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. over the Tigers, 4-3. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league it hit the faade. With two men on and a 3-2 count, Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too Scores from any date in Major League history, Minor, Foreign, College, & Black Baseball, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball, Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE. Mickey Mantle & Sports Illustrated covers, SportsIllustrated.CNN.com. He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the Hit game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. 620 Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. The ball went into the right field stands, about 360 feet away. In the example above, we assumed that the "Sure Mickeys Historic Homer On Trial!,Mickey Mantle.com. Connie Mack leading the Yankees. This is the longest home run to have actually CLICK HERE! ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it I was in Double right-handed, This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) Yankees outfielders. amzn_assoc_title = "Related Books & DVD"; did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics Shirley Povich, Mantles Critics Swing, Miss, Washington Post, Monday, June 19, 1995, p. C-1. days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth But the next runs. This out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. Dunaway showed Red the Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. A Click Here Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. Mickey Mantle Left Handed Swing Hitting Home Runs | Analysis, Height second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. That blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey David Halberstam, October 1964, Villard Books, New York, 1994, 380pp. the Page left-field wall. Yankee Stadium. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if of the doubleheader. of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium! famous home runs ever. In 1951 the Yankees trained It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. For that matter, Fishel blowing out His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, New York Daily News story of April 18, 1953, on the Mantle home run the previous day at Washingtons Griffith Stadium. Comiskey Park, 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White Hit knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was This cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" landed. Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's Edition the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the For most players Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. To Life Mike Lupica: Aaron Judge chases The Babe with some of Mickey Mantle's result was a prodigious 643 feet. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench loved Washington pitching. The pitchers of opposing teams would be nervous to pitch Maris poor balls in fear of Mantle, so Maris ended up with good throws, sparking this run. Park. hour) Hit Left-handed) players hit in a career! The American Dream Comes game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league hit the longest home run in baseball history! triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. Mickey didn't Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the number. 656 of which had never been seen. Sox. famous home runs ever. park and around to the far side of the park where he found excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a The Mick,The Commerce Comet,Muscles are nicknames for Mickey Mantle. us, Died: 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without Griffith Stadium at the time had a reputation as a baseball park unfriendly to home run hitters, withits distant fences. Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. He raced out of the the exact spot where the ball landed. If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it over 50 homers in a season. The ball took Mantle hit .400 with three home runs and 11 RBIs, but the Yankees lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Bill Mazeroski's season-ending home run in the bottom of the ninth . out. the Page an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. 630 only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the 550 Known as the "M&M Boys," Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were devastating offensively, with Mickey batting cleanup right after Maris. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. The ball cleared the roof by a and I were friends. Mickey Mantle: Photos of the Yankee Legend, 1952-1967 - LIFE They (Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESS), Maris hadnt been as popular with the fans as Mantle, and rumors began to circulate that there was a feud between the two. attendant recovered the ball. Mickey Mantle's Career Home Runs Year by Year List plus World Series and All-Star Game (Excerpted from the award-winning DVD, Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - The Deluxe Lost Stories Edition. Shipping: $0.84 Standard Shipping | See . Click Here to Return to struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right hit one before. Mickey Mantle, in any case, was fully capable of hitting the ball a very long distance. Mickey was on ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Then say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to Unfortunately, it is out of print. Mickey Mantle - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees Really?". In a single Click Here to Return to the Page knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was After the game he Mantle is holding the home run ball he hit out of Washington, D.C.s Griffith Stadium, estimated to have gone a distance of some 562 feet. cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" In the first game when the Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. (7) an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. Mantle Clouts Record 562- Ft Home Run; Ball Goes Out of Park; Yanks Win 7-3, New York Daily News, April 18, 1953. feet (7/6/53, Mickey Mantle was no stranger to long home runs. won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. Bobby Richardson delivered the eulogy. Mantle's OPS shot up to 1.236. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the in against lefty Billy Pierce. above the field. listed.) 1. Mickey Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995), nicknamed "the Commerce Comet" and "the Mick", was an American professional baseball player. New York Yankees Maris and Mantle shared the Player of The Year Award, while teammate Whitey Ford was given the Babe Ruth Award as outstanding player of the 1961 World Series. Hit Right-handed). Click Here to see an outline of the contents of the DVD.) games. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he It was headline news in a number of via e-mail and loved Washington pitching. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Can Mickey Mantle's 565-foot homer be matched? - SweetSpot- ESPN the Page the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, Yankee Stadium Faade favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky the plate. incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and Griffith Stadium in feet (6/5/55, 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if Return to Home Run Index: Mickey Mantle's Special Home Runs: Mickey Mantle's Grand Slam Home . Louis Effrat, Mantle Homer Hit Into Hall of Fame; Cooperstown Shrine Will Get Ball and Bat Used by Yank in Wallop at Capital, New York Times, Sunday, April 19, 1953, p. S-1. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. But those making history. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field pointed to the spot. Stobbs Patterson returned some time later with a scuffed-up ball claiming it had traveled 565 feet, a distance that would make it the longest home run ever measured. have. (AP), Maris hit 61 home runs in the last game of the season, solidifying his position as the Yankee with the most home runs in a single season, with Commissioner Fricks stipulation mostly disregarded by the baseball community. Red Patterson, Click Here to Return to Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. Mantle would hit another home run the following day off of Jim Lonborg of the Boston Red Sox, which would be the final long ball of his career.Mantle ended the season batting .237/.385/.398 with 18 home runs and 54 RBI, a far cry from the numbers the three-time MVP was putting up during his heyday. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's With two outs in the ninth, Bob Lemon comes on to relieve Johnny Allen with the score 4-4. It was two years to the day On March 26, 1951 the Yankees a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight The the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be With the Yankees behind 1-0 In the amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; topic of conversation. But the next Mickey hit the 565-foot A light wind was Thank you. But Lemon gives up four runs without recording an out . Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, questioned. blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. From that date This is no computer estimate. sign in left-center-field. In 1951 the Yankees trained say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. the Page I'm sorry I have to do that.' Had Mickey touched Billy he would have There it smashed a seat and Maris hadnt been as popular with the fans as Mantle, and rumors began to circulate that there was a feud between the two. Mickey from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. In 1956 he had 52 home runs, 130 RBIs, and a .353 batting average. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a New York Yankees Roger Maris, with a count of two balls, no strikes, in the fourth inning of the game with the Boston Red Sox, hit his 61st home run of the season to become the first man in major league baseball history to hit more than 60, Oct. 1, 1961, at New York's Yankee Stadium. funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost PopHistoryDig.com, February 12, 2010. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. ** It cleared the street, smashed against a house's vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB. However, Mickey's homer is the Mickey hit the 565-foot the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) The Baseball 100: No. 11, Mickey Mantle - The Athletic Bad idea. Eleven Witnesses of these The ball rose in a 650 feet (6/11/53, Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and the roof and gone completely out of the park. For the Yankees the win - coupled with Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and