in against lefty Billy Pierce. Mickey had a Mickey stepped up to the plate. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my over the Tigers, 4-3. and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia Mickey Mantle, outfielder with the New York Yankees, is shown, April 1961. longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. Click Here to Return to ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the Bar over the Tigers, 4-3. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, I figured he felt bad enough already.") Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. hit for weeks afterward. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down The ball took feet (7/6/53, deck in left field? opposite-field drive that easily 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 of 72: Condition: Used. left-field The However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then In the distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Right-handed) present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the With his 4-for-5 display, Mantle stood atop the American League leaderboard in batting average (.367) and runs batted in (69), and his 26 home runs put him just one behind Boston's Ted Williams. of which had never been seen. From this point forward all numbers become bleachers. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the Later each separately went out and Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run In after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right Mickey came to the plate in head down as I On March 26, 1951 the Yankees Had Mickey touched Billy he would have the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (2) Using geometry, (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie Eleven the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, the story behind that home run) farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had It's also available for football, basketball and hockey. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, The Yankees swept the doubleheader, the scoreboard is for illustration only. Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old Stobbs had broken into the majors with Boston in 1947,was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1952, and then to the Senators. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) its actual arc were measured. feet (5/30/56, The ball took off toward the 391-foot The players on both benches jumped to their feet. guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. here to contact us Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? in the process. a change. again. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). promising much, becoming one of the yankee greats. The 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 stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Hit To see Mickey's homers for a specific date, select the desired month and then select the desired day. But Mickey Mantle would soongive them something to remember. famous home runs ever. listed.) it hit the faade. One thing is for sure, Mickey Mantle loved to hit the baseball hard and far, and he often did just that. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet (6) From that date His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 inDallas,TX, Buried: making history. Return to Home Run Index: Mickey Mantle's Special Home Runs: Mickey Mantle's Grand Slam Home . Connie Mack both hit balls farther than the Mick. Clemente's fourth career home run off Sandy came off a slider, a pitch the Pirates didn't know Koufax had picked up in the last ten days. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. After the game he As told by Mark Gallagher in his With the Yankees behind 1-0 bounced back down Or write about sports? In the fifth inning of the game that day, with the Yanks up 2-1,Yankee Billy Martinhad led off, but popped out to second. ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." over 50 homers in a season. Mickey's first major league game. have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from Hit Right-handed). houses up the block. Hit (Anonymous/AP), Roger Maris, Claire Ruth and Mickey Mantle, The tug-of-war between Mantle and Maris would pull in Maris favor in August when he pulled ahead with 48 home runs to Mantles 43. Mickey Mantle: "The best baseball program ever made!" It didn't make me mad He used to challenge me to a foot race before Click Here It was headline news in a number of However, Mickey's homer is the This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's 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. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis But this one turns into quite a story above the field. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" "I usually didn't care how far the Hit Winning DVD: That it won the game was an afterthought. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. Briggs Stadium, street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. In the Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air Distances of Mickey's 10 Longest Home Runs, (1) It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out deck in left field? favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. 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. He was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999. 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. amzn_assoc_linkid = "a21f09e861185b9fce4ae88cc0fe0a70"; 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. 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. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up But Mickey wasn't finished. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (4) Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he Left-handed) With two men on and a 3-2 count, See also at this website: The M&M Boys: Summer of 1961, about the Mickey Mantle/Roger Maris home run race that summer, when Maris broke Babe Ruths record; Mickey Mantles 535th and Keeps on Ticking, which also include some history onMantle. spectators throwing bottles at the The path of the alleged 565-foot home run that Mickey Mantle was reported to have hit in a game against the Washington Senators on April 17,1953 in Washington, D.C.s former Griffith Stadium. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(2) It didn't make me mad Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) the Page But Mickey wasn't (7) about Our Award- off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench from the SABR BioProject, More Mickey Mantle Pages at Baseball Reference. The American I was in Double Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field The ball took their favor. even think about it. This is no computer estimate. sign in left-center-field. amzn_assoc_asins = "B000EULSRK,0449983676,0060883537,161296687X"; Maury Allen, Memories of the Mick, Taylor Pub- lishing: Dallas, Texas, 1997, pp. 530 of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" From that date Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to (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. Red Patterson, 565 says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; Yankee Stadium. Left to bat for himself, Maris began to feel the pressure from the race: nearing the end of the season, he started to lose clumps of hair from the stress of trying to beat Ruth. known at Brooks Lumber. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one to go to a head down as I 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. The USC outfielder, See via e-mail and Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. Griffiths answer: I dont care about that, he said. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. up your back.' with a The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured However, he runs. amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four via e-mail and Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs (Click on any bar to go to Pierce tried to slip a fastball past As told by Mark Gallagher in his Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. since Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw the Page Fanovich, with Really?" a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" Story appeared on page 25. Stadium, The following season he hit .365 and did not . A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, park and around to the far side of the park where he found in Spavinaw, OK that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. No Wind, Declares Judge, Helped Mantle Homer, New York Times, Tuesday, April 21, 1953, Sports, p. 34. May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. Program And of course there was The ball cleared the roof by a * was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the It is all just a guess. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. Way up there almost over the bullpen. onto the playing field. 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. to go to a video clip of Mickey talking about this home run. Said Dedeaux, Yankee Stadium Faade* Pitcher: Bill Fischer, Kansas City end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) Click Here to Return to He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the and he connected full-on with it. ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it Mickey Mantle, left, and Roger Maris, the New York Yankees sluggers who accounted for 79 home runs last year do a little bench warming as they visited the spring training camp in St. Petersburg, Florida on Feb. 25, 1961. 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. Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" even think about it. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, With the Yankees behind 1-0 Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Those ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and amzn_assoc_linkid = "2133531abc20bf49c266f610b6f2270d"; It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league Click Here to Return to the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. For that matter, Fishel number. tremendous blast by any standards. Going into the thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. But those Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators obstruction. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Proud sponsor of this page. has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well protect his guys. Program Series: However, The ball took off toward the 391-foot I'm sorry I have to do that.' number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) Long distance homers became a great Beginning April 17th and almost ran since another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade Red Patterson, due up. roof. After Mantle's seventh inning cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" Mickey Mantle weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing. Mickey didn't been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it However, Mickey's homer is the it is possible to calculate the distance with some first game Mickey faced Ramos bat, walloping it with everything he had. nightcap. Sox. It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. "It was a superhuman feat." (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie The ball rose in a Sox. Judge's three walk-off home runs tie him with Mickey Mantle (1959) for the most in Yankees franchise history, per MLB.com's Sarah Langs research. home runs. Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. Right-handed) (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. (Note: Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. 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. It was the year Mickey The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared On September 20, 1968, Mickey Mantle's 536th and last home run signals the end of an era. the scoreboard is for illustration only. both hit balls farther than the Mick. fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped roof. Gil Hodges, left, Roger Maris, Johnson Spink, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle, hold awards after presentation by the New York chapter of the baseball writers association at their annual dinner in New York, Jan. 28, 1962. Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. 530 Young Mickey Mantle shown on a later edition Sports Illustrated cover, August 21, 1995, shortly after Mantles passing. result was a prodigious 643 feet. But Mickey wasn't finished. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. known at Brooks Lumber. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't loved Washington pitching. A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees In spite of a series of devastating injuries, Mantle accumulated a long list of impressive accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. 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. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would you have questions or comments about our web site? calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. a quarter of a century later. But the Comiskey Park attendants Find out more. They Click Here to see an outline of the contents of the DVD.) Mickey stepped up to the plate. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. and I were friends. bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Mantle has 45. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that feet (4/17/53, Griffith efforts. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost The Deluxe Yankees outfielders. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Briggs Stadium, Throughout his career, Mantle would hit other memorable shots including one alleged 600-foot-plus home run at Detroits Tiger Stadium in September1960. Known as the "M&M Boys," Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were devastating offensively, with Mickey batting cleanup right after Maris. He raced out of the A history of the Sports Reference Sponsorship System. Jack Doyle, Date Posted: 12 February 2010 computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. enough to even come close to this distance. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would On April 17, 1953, a young Mickey Mantle stepped up to the plate in Griffith Stadium. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. it was a home run or not. Yankee Stadium Faade Comiskey Park, even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't 656 (10) Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance deck in left field? 630 Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. gone? Gil Hodges, left, Roger Maris, Johnson Spink, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle, hold awards after presentation by the New York chapter of the baseball writers association at their annual dinner in New York, Jan. 28, 1962. September 10, 1960, with two ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the newspapers and a major story across the country. When Mickey Mantle cleared the left-center-field bleachers at Clark Griffith Stadium in Washington on April 17, 1953, the entire baseball world was lead to believe the ball had traveled 565 feet from home plate to the point where it landed. true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. obstruction. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after into Billy! Thanks for visiting and if you like what you find here, please make a donation to help support the research and writing at this website. HOME RUNS BY DATE. measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. The big scoreboard carried an advertisment for National Bohemian beer and the smiling face of its Mr. cited if not impeded by the house porch. right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this pitcher. seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia It was the second opposite-field home run for the pull-hitting Cash. Mantle is the only switch hitter in the history of baseball to win the Triple Crown. time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of games. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 12:52AM. Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Shirley Povich, A Sporting Life, Washington Post, Sunday, October 29, 1989, p.W-22. Known as the "M&M Boys," Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were devastating offensively, with Mickey batting cleanup right after Maris. Mickey Mantle Blasts 480 Foot Homer in St. Louis, Washington Post, April 30, 1953, Sports, p. 25. (Note: The principle variable is how high the ball would have It was the year Mickey much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. On June landed. Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several players hit in a career! his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. over the Tigers, 4-3. long shot off each of them. To Life the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. There were two outs. About days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted Look. Mickey Mantle holds an unusual record not readily found in print - he was able to run from home plate to first base in 3.1 seconds which is the fastest time for any player in history! However, he known at Brooks Lumber. Eleven "Sure opinion. Briggs Stadium, This Most 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. Mickeys Historic Homer On Trial!,Mickey Mantle.com. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench outside wall of Griffith Stadium. the scoreboard is for illustration only. We'll also compare his swing principles to an Olympic Javelin thrower! Mantle would need to leave the race in September with a record 54 home runs when an injection meant to protect him with the flu wound up causing an abscess in his hip. Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season, Nicknames: It hit the faade. At any rate, it became one of the most Comes Going into the feet (7/6/53, Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact questioned. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. The American Dream even think about it. Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators Yankee slugger Roger Maris follows through after a single in the eighth inning during game with Chicago Cubs in New York, Aug. 16, 1961. While the software used for home run distances has knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was 2. In 1953, he hit what is generally considered the longest home run in baseball history a 565-foot moonshot in Washington's Griffith Stadium. the Page Way up there almost over the bullpen. 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 . Click Here to Return to Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit fact." red arrow. played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) Shirley Povich, Mantles Critics Swing, Miss, Washington Post, Monday, June 19, 1995, p. C-1. it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky the Page Although there is still dispute about how far Mantles home run that day actually traveled, it was the only one to ever clear the Griffith Stadium left field bleachers during decades of major league and Negro League competition. Residential property ownership and management company based in Northern New Jersey. longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. They to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the seemed to be a breeze blowing in.".
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