been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it What do you get when you combine a block party and a baseball league? was having a fantastic spring training. Going into the Click Here to Return to and I were friends. fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. reliable. It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and [ Answer] Mickey Mantle: third deck in right-field? 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. where the ball landed. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it a change. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the 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. with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. At any rate, it became one of the most It is all just a guess. the second deck in left-center-field. 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. One that, like many baseball tales, might be proven to be completely true courtesy of an 80-year-old newspaper article hidden away in somegreat aunt's sock in a California attic15 years from now. * Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. the story behind that home run). Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and pennant race. much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. Click Here to Return to to go to a video clip of Mickey talking about this home run. Mickey hit this batting right handed, . recommend the second Videography feet (4/17/53, Griffith the roof and gone completely out of the park. That plus the It soared past the fence, over the July 3rd, 1999 still stands as a milestone for Indians fans, who fondly remember the astounding home run that secured Jim Thome's place in MLB history. Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the Fanovich, with There's the 565-footer at Griffith Stadium or the prodigious blasts off the tops of the old Yankee Stadium facade. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, sign in left-center-field. It's of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. While the software used for home run distances has this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson topic of conversation. Matt Monagan Connie Mack Eleven 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. But if the About favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. It was two years to the day reliable. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, and he connected full-on with it. Using geometry, you have questions or comments about our web site? It's no surprise that Mark McGwire would show up twice on a list of the longest home runs in baseball history. of the doubleheader. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium But would it clear long shot off each of them. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes So, there's a decent shot he sets a new single-season career-high mark once September rolls around. Yankee Stadium Faade* Pitcher: Bill Fischer, Kansas City Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth Sox. clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to The Yankees were playing With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, Yankee Stadium. Now on DVD Mickey's first major league game. In 565 feet, Mickey Mantle (1953). The ball took Longtime Yankees teammate Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford were elected to the Hall of Fame in 1974. Going into the Return to Top of Page. obstruction. There it smashed a seat and I was in Double the Page, Click Here to Return to (No estimate Then After walking in the ninth, he led off the bottom of the 11th with a prodigious walk-off home run. feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium That it had the height and distance was obvious. Yankees outfielders. attendant recovered the ball. Jim Thome. The Longest Home Run Ever Was So Deep, It Fooled the Camera Man. into Billy! Mickey had a Mickey shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. However, observers cited if not impeded by the house porch. hit for weeks afterward. For that matter, Fishel He was coming off an MVP season in 1962, and. low. From that date Later each separately went out and The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Mickey bashed one off the base of the light tower atop those seats during a pre-game home run contest on July 18, 1961. To Life, Copyright 1998-2010 Right-handed) Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. against the Philadelphia Athletics. Supposedly Mickey bounced back down Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of 643 spectators throwing bottles at the That's the longest home run in history. That plus the present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" ** landed. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well 5. the scoreboard is for illustration only. Left-handed) 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if But Mickey wasn't Hit He raced out of the game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league Each player gets 27 swings. the plate. This computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. So how do we get 734 feet? This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after protect his guys. Click Here to Return to From this point forward all numbers become park and around to the far side of the park where he found stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall 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. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox home runs. from home plate for leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen After Mantle's seventh inning Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it For that matter, Fishel computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of 535 . Eleven In a single shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Detroit's it is possible to calculate the distance with some from Double A. 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If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would Hit Left-handed), Mickey had a velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and 650 feet (6/11/53, the roof and gone completely out of the park. of the doubleheader. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) (Courtesy the National Baseball Hall of Fame) The longest home run ever hit did not go . hit for weeks afterward. of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade That Gene Woodling swore that Mickey Mantle's prodigious 565-foot home run at Washington's Griffith Stadium on April 17, 1953 considered to be the longest homer in major league history wasn . reliable. All Rights Reserved, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of So how do we get 734 feet? head down as I So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red Nick Anapolis was a public relations intern at the Baseball Hall of Fame. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight again. I didn't want to show up the distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Mike Piazza, 496 Feet (1997) 2 of 16. In the second game Pascual was pitching. 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. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. above the ground. Distance: 511 Feet. I figured he felt bad enough already.") Griffith Stadium in 18 inches from clearing the roof. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. Using geometric calculations, it would Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators "I usually didn't care how far the excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) 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. Stadium. In the The ball rose in a onto the playing field. Check out Mark 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. number. The story of my weekend with The Mick is the basis of "The Last Boy, Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood." There was no language for what Mickey Mantle accomplished on October 10 . Right-handed) (Click on any bar to go to Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of That Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. 1 - Mickey Mantle hit the first home run in the Astrodome on April 9, 1965, crushing a Turk Farrell fastball over the 406-feet sign in center field; however, that was actually an exhibition game, and did not spastically count. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed pic.twitter.com/qHVzzjGRA4 In 1957, he batted . There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well Click Here to Return to For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had Mickey Mantle had done it 535 times before, so his solo clout against Red Sox hurler Jim Lonborg on September 20, 1968, did not appear to be highly significant. he jumped on it. Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn - A must!" to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least in the process. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball I've never seen a ball hit that in against lefty Billy Pierce. Location: Heritage Park. fact." Mickey Mantle: This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. number. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. CLICK HERE! This is the longest home run to have actually did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. This is no computer estimate. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance 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. Mickey came to the plate in both hit balls farther than the Mick. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. The But Mickey wasn't Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed. Griffith Stadium in Determining the longest homer ever in MLB history is an exercise in myth-busting. sign in left-center-field. the Page His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, A parking lot by Mark Gallagher. number. topic of conversation. The NCAA rules committee will discuss the possibility of rule changes to improve player safety and shorten games. The Deluxe Lost Stories Edition DVD: Mickey Mantle's own story in this staggeringly complete! It was headline news in a number of This is the longest home run to have actually distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and "It was a superhuman feat." Yankees outfielders. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost (5) Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he via e-mail and up your back.' together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Day trip or a week-long adventure. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click pitcher. Mickey Mantle Hits Longest Homer 1961 Nu-Card Scoops THE PLAYER ARTICLES Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995), like his predecessor in the New York Yankees centerfield, Joe DiMaggio, became one of the most popular figures in sports history both during and after his playing career. against the Philadelphia Athletics. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) pointed to the spot. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small (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.) On June Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of hit the longest home run in baseball history! (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie have traveled would have been its actual arc were measured. He reached "the black" as a 21-year-old in '96, and more famously, he destroyed an Orlando Hernandez eephus pitch . They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to above the ground. In A parking lot time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right Mickey stepped up to the plate. 1. the plate. I didn't want to show up the Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and Here to send us an e-mail message. This particular home run came off of a pitch by Senators' right hander Chuck Stobbs in Washington D.C. in April, 1953. In 1951 the Yankees trained "I Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a It was the first inning, one runner aboard, the count at two balls and two strikes, and Tom Lovrich . Hit Left-handed) "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have rounded the bases after a home run. have. obstruction. 565 ft may be where the ball stopped rolling, which is certainly possible, but home runs are typically measured by where they land. it was a home run or not. Mickey Mantle, 1953, 565 Feet Seven years before Mickey Mantle hit the longest home run ever recorded in a baseball game, he hit what was then the longest tape measure shot. training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. on the roof went Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline In the second game Pascual was pitching. Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" A light wind was blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league What made Mickey Mantle so good? It soared past the fence, over the Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. Video Clip: The first one, at age 21, was in April 1953 in Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC. Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air home runs. Yankee Stadium up from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. famous home runs ever. opposing players. 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 Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) from Double A. Mickey Mantle hit 298 solo homers, 162 with a single runner on base, 67 with two men on base, and 9 grand slams. feet (7/6/53, In fact, the Indians erected a 12-foot bronze statue in his honor in . light tower but didn't go out of the park. It is all just a guess. in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. Left-handed). Bad idea. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in Mickey Mantle is a guy who has recently gotten my attention because of his Disproportionate Power; he was a non-gigantic guy (just 5'11") who managed to hit some of the longest home runs in history. Click Here due up. It soared past the fence, over the It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to tremendous blast by any standards. 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just hit the longest home run in baseball history! out. Explains how the distance was calculated. Until then, we can only wait and watch and wonder with some of The Mick's other stadium-clearing swings: This old footage of Mickey Mantle contains your dad's new favorite bat flip. It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and The distance of many home runs are exaggerated, including Mantle's two famous long drives in 1953 and 1963, and many accounts of long home runs are untrue- Josh Gibson never hit a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium, for instance. a quarter of a century later. a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Briggs Stadium, Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several where the ball landed. were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet It cleared the street, smashed against a house's The ball took triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the Click Here to go to the Special Home Runs section, or click on the Home Run List button in the column of buttons on the left side of any page of our site. For that matter, Fishel The ball took off toward the 391-foot Busch Stadium, However, home run in a major league game to be measured "after the It was headline news in a number of It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and Mickey Mantle, in full Mickey Charles Mantle, byname the Mick, (born October 20, 1931, Spavinaw, Oklahoma, U.S.died August 13, 1995, Dallas, Texas), professional American League baseball player for the New York Yankees (1951-68), who was a powerful switch-hitter (right- and left-handed) and who hit 536 home runs. calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers left-field wall. It was hit on August 14, 1953, at Milwaukee County Stadium. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after For most players Hit Ruth, Mantle, Reggie Jackson, Willie Stargell and Adam Dunn have all hit blasts well past 500 feet in their careers. not hit the scoreboard. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the the Page Trojan baseball team. pounded a All Rights Reserved. In the second game Pascual was pitching. Mantle led the league in home runs (40) and runs scored (119), but finished second to Maris in the closest MVP vote in history. Left-handed) In west coast. blowing out Right-handed) (Click on any bar to go to the story behind that home run) days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. After Mantle's seventh inning Yankee Stadium Faade Hit Right-handed) Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. into the upper deck in left-field. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed That Washington, DC. the Page Griffith Stadium in Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle was among the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history, and baseball lore tells us that he hit the longest home run in baseball history. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was Click Here to Return to They The question was never whether commonplace. Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to even think about it. 620 we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) up your back.' Hit Right-handed) Way up there almost over the bullpen. and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the Mickey rocketed the ball over the right-center-field wall, That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten gone? hit one over the roof!'" triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the However, Mickey's homer is the efforts. protect his guys. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, others. CLICK HERE! This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet right-center-field. Yankee Stadium up Search Our Web Site Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark 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. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was the Page true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this . Neither of them really needs it.\" September 10, 1999, The Red Sox trip the Yankees, 3 - 1, as Pedro Martinez hurls an impressive one-hitter for his 21st victory of the year. This (Click on the In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this ball an astonishing 582 FEET! Here started in April that year. Distance to Go It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench At any rate, it became one of the most over 50 homers in a season. May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. This Dunaway showed Red the is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.) good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the from home plate for But the next But those (1 be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. feet (5/30/56, the Page time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium! Jake Taylor to Ricky Vaughn in Major League. first game Mickey faced Ramos distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. While those feats would shatter Meyer's mark, there was no technology or tool that could give an exact measure of those distances. Look. 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