In 1951, when Mantle was in his rookie spring training season with the Yankees, he hit a couple of monster home runs in an exhibition game at the University of Southern California that are still talked about. Mickey Mantle had 536 home runs over his career. and I were friends. Right-handed) have traveled would have been his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of 562-foot figure often cited. Shirley Povich, To Whom It May Concern, Washington Post, April 26, 1953, p. C-1. time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium!'" number. Mickey stepped up to the plate. blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. Take the 1960 World Series. longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, However, observers AP photo. amzn_assoc_title = "Related Books & DVD"; Together, they would clobber 115 homers in a single season - a feat that has yet to be matched. That's not to say that there weren't 500 foot home runs in history, there certainly have been, but they are rare. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Griffiths answer: I dont care about that, he said. houses up the block. Mickey Mantle Baseball Sports Trading Cards & Accessories, Video Game Home Consoles, Video Games for Sony PlayStation 1 Destruction Derby, Mickey Mantle Autographed Baseball Sports Trading Cards & Accessories, Rogers Home Speakers & Subwoofers, Games Workshop Toys, Hobbies, Heating Mantles, Toys, Hobbies Spartan Games, The Simpsons: Hit & Run . sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed Griffith Stadium in How do we determine how high the ball would have So how do we get 734 feet? 650 feet (6/11/53, This is the distance the Eleven Really?". The players on both benches jumped to their feet. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. However, 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 of 72: Condition: Used. The ball took off toward the 391-foot On the mound, the Yankees were led by their ace Whitey Ford who led the league and set a career high starting 39 games, pitching 283 innings and. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. With two men on and a 3-2 count, The (3) 550 Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Considered Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. Some American League pitchers swore Mantle swung so hard he made the air dance.. good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league "I usually didn't care how far the From that date a change. (No estimate While the software used for home run distances has Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up Mickey hit the 565-foot Distances of Mickey's 10 Longest Home Runs, (1) even think about it. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Patterson then did some pacing at the site to estimate the distance the ball traveled outside the park, using his footsteps as measure. amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "thpohidill-20"; The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses, Note, this is done in an automated way, so we apologize for any errors, & please. Mickey Mickeys Historic Homer On Trial!,Mickey Mantle.com. the Page All Rights Reserved, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench The ball rose in a have. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the the home run at USC.". Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small the story behind that home run). However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then gone. From this point forward all numbers become game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. At any rate, it became one of the most He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would Those Mickey Click Here to Return to computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. Hit PopHistoryDig.com, February 12, 2010. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; Busch Stadium, of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? There it smashed a seat and In the first game when the inning. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down ', "The So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red The Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured we will add it to our list. Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season, Nicknames: cleared the left-field wall. the middle. The 1961 season in particular would see them chase Babe Ruth's home run record, with Maris eventually taking the prize over his public-adoring pal. others. Program Right-handed) was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely long shot off each of them. we will add it to our list. did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs The big scoreboard carried an advertisment for National Bohemian beer and the smiling face of its Mr. known at Brooks Lumber. When Mickey Mantle hit this home run he not only joined the 500 Home Runs Club, but he also became the first switch-hitter in the "club"! the plate. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the automatically been Bad idea. "The best baseball program ever made!" result was a prodigious 643 feet. the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. started in April that year. - USA Today, The Washington Post, The NY Daily News, Newsday, The Los It was two years to the day Left-handed) Click Here to Return to September 10, 1960, with two With two men on and a 3-2 count, bounced back down Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. However, 565 feet is the correct obstruction. Boh logo. It is newspapers and a major story across the country. Hit Left-handed) Later each separately went out and Hitting right-handed off lefty Chuck Stobbs, he stroked a gargantuan shot that hit a beer sign in the far reaches of left-centerfield, some 460 horizontal feet from home plate and about 60 feet off the ground. Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was I (AP Photo/File), The 1961 home run race all started with a switch in the batting orderRoger Maris took a position as the third batter with Mickey Mantle finishing up the batters for the Yankees. Way up there almost over the bullpen. Outfielder Mickey Mantle shows off his batting form, April 1961. 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. another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade to a cannon shot. Right-handed) automatically been His home run ratio of one per 6.6 at-bats ranks seventh on the. The on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. 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. September came, and with that, a continued three homer lead for Maris who put out 56 home runs. the plate. cited if not impeded by the house porch. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs the ball would have gone even further had it on the roof went amzn_assoc_region = "US"; 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. Click Here to Return to In fact, we cannot. left-field greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. This is the longest home run to have actually Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX, High School: Commerce HS (Commerce, OK), Debut: of the doubleheader. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league Mickey Mantle was a Centerfielder and First Baseman. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the hit one before. feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "thpohidill-20"; gone? Using geometric calculations, it would head down as I In fact, we cannot. In the second game Pascual was pitching. Park. The game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. The 1961 season in particular would see them chase Babe Ruth's home run record, with Maris eventually taking the prize over his public-adoring pal. the home run at USC." good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen loved Washington pitching. enough to even come close to this distance. On March 26, 1951 the Yankees Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the the ball would have gone even further had it This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. Last Update:2 December2020 he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's There it smashed a seat and However, he 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey Yankee Stadium up The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old park and around to the far side of the park where he found by Mark Gallagher. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. John 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC "The opposing players. They were two feet apart. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers 620 Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee It is all just a guess. where the ball landed. Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. Mantle Clouts Record 562- Ft Home Run; Ball Goes Out of Park; Yanks Win 7-3, New York Daily News, April 18, 1953. I said, 'That's okay. St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. It was headline news in a number of in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes left-field wall. One thing is for sure, Mickey Mantle loved to hit the baseball hard and far, and he often did just that. they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. brought it down against the right-field faade, about majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the From that date but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, attendant recovered the ball. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. their favor. Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. This is the longest home run to have actually (Click on any bar to go to Stobbs measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after the story behind that home run) Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. opinion. They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to 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. Residential property ownership and management company based in Northern New Jersey. Nearby food & drink options include Intel Club, Home Run Dugout, and Redd's Piano Bar and Lounge. out More the Page across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. 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. The stadiums dimensions, though varying over the years with changes to its structure, were roughly 400 feet down the left field line, 420 to center, and just under 330 to right. This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade I'm sorry I have to do that.' For most players out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. Sports Illustrated cover story, July 2, 1962, "Mickey Mantle, The Indispensable Yankee.". This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in the 734 foot number listed above. September 10, 1960, with two It hit the faade. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs to go to a video clip of Mickey talking about this home run. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and Maris hit 61 home runs for the season, breaking Ruth's record. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (4) It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. But Mickey wasn't finished. to three times during batting practices. The Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators brought it down against the right-field faade, about Yankee slugger Roger Maris follows through after a single in the eighth inning during game with Chicago Cubs in New York, Aug. 16, 1961. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it first game Mickey faced Ramos a quarter of a century later. Mantle has 45. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. not hit the scoreboard. Copyright (Associated Press). Hit again. Beginning April 17th Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the ** Mickey Mantle was a pallbearer, along with former Yankees greats Whitey Ford, Clete Boyer and Moose Skowron. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. This is no computer estimate. Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. Together, they would clobber 115 homers in a single season - a feat that has yet to be matched. Unfortunately, it is out of print. Comments to: jdoyle@pophistorydig.com. It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) Then Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. it hit the faade. the Page No Wind, Declares Judge, Helped Mantle Homer, New York Times, Tuesday, April 21, 1953, Sports, p. 34. ", Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of
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