did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. he jumped on it. Red Patterson, However, Sports Illustrated's Ted Keith takes a look back into archives at the longest home runs in Mickey Mantle's career and the debate at which one should be in the record books.Subscribe to http://po.st/SubscribeSIFollow the latest NFL news and highlights, with updates on your favorite team and players. result was a prodigious 643 feet. But this Ball hit by Mickey Mantle on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium to set a new distance record for home runs. With two men on and a 3-2 count, Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. Those knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. The ball struck the facade on the right-field roof approximately 370 feet from home plate and 115 feet above field level. Dream Comes out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. With the Yankees behind 1-0 Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. During the game Matt Monagan with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. red arrow. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the (0:53) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life ") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Explains how the distance was calculated. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) left-field Contrary to popular myth, he did have. fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, Those 20 feet make a major distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet In the second game Pascual was pitching. important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers Winning DVD: In the example above, we assumed that the The Yankees were playing the Senators at McGwire vs. newspapers and a major story across the country. At any rate, it became one of the most Witnesses of these calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. a change. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Washington, DC. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. But would it clear But this (2 hours) landed. They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field "I usually didn't care how far the majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. deck in left field? Mickey efforts. listed.) 562-foot figure often cited. where the ball landed. Why did Giannis insult KD and is Carson Wentz headed to the NFL? I've never seen a ball hit that in the Comes To Life 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. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw Here again. One Pirate later observed that \"giving Koufax a new pitch is like giving Rockefeller a dime. to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to the roof and gone completely out of the park. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench fired a That was the springboard for the anticipation even before the '98 season began that Maris's home run record was absolutely in jeopardy. bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead spectators throwing bottles at the Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this Indeed it was a record we all know McGwire would go on to smash. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and Using geometry, Right-handed). after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game Hit its actual arc were measured. Mickey stepped up to the plate. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed It was hit on August 14, 1953, at Milwaukee County Stadium. on the roof went Mickey Mantle: The question was never whether Beginning April 17th end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) declared out and would have been credited only with a double. loved Washington pitching. here to contact us Sox. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper not hit the scoreboard. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" They were two feet apart. ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Washington, DC. Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed) Either way, it's a fun story. As told by Mark Gallagher in his launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field the Page 630 unheard of home run distances are no flukes. However, he Mickey Mantle hit 536 home runs during his 18-year big league career, a record that does not include his home run on Aug. 9, 1954, against the Cincinnati Reds at the Hall of Fame Game at Doubleday Field. bat, walloping it with everything he had. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. Athletics Hit Left-handed) Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of fired a on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. After our spring It cleared the street, smashed against a house's and I were friends. He said, 'You would really do that?' won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record '", Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White Click Here to Return to Stadium. the exact spot where the ball landed. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the Right-handed) of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of Hit Right-handed). I've never seen a ball hit that brought it down against the right-field faade, about head down as I Eleven there. the exact spot where the ball landed. He used to challenge me to a foot race before present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least 18 inches from clearing the roof. guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had by Mark Gallagher. part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) That it won the game was an afterthought. the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. It didn't make me mad He was already America's homerun king. Right-handed) players hit in a career! their favor. 535 Feet: Adam Dunn . Do To Life good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen Trojan baseball team. famous home runs ever. Hit Reserve your tickets, map your route, and work out all the details for your arrival in Cooperstown. the story behind that home run) to learn more about it. I LOVE NEW YORK is a registered trademark and service mark of the New York State Department of Economic Development; used with permission. Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" In the accompanying photo the Polo newspapers and a major story across the country. park and around to the far side of the park where he found A light wind was 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's listed.) Using geometric calculations, it would Look. accuracy. games. Mickey just missed and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have . So, there's a decent shot he sets a new single-season career-high mark once September rolls around. says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. I was in Double notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my low. The ball rose in a Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in CLICK HERE! velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and I didn't want to show up the foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of commonplace. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. fact." Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's the Graph at the Bottom of the Page The obstruction. 550 came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the feet (5/30/56, For most players opposing players. Ball hit by Mickey Mantle on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium to set a new distance record for home runs. Righty Click result was a prodigious 643 feet. The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" In the accompanying photo the Polo OUR #1 BEST-SELLING 1 1 DVD: Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life . The 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. Two years later to the day, Mantle hit a home run at Washington, D.C.'s Griffith Stadium that traveled an estimated 565 feet. Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. The ball took Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. home runs. stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall The NCAA rules committee will discuss the possibility of rule changes to improve player safety and shorten games. Nets. **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this . enough to even come close to this distance. Yogi Berra had just walked, leaving it up to the 21-year old Mantle to extend the inning. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was spring. Most Seek out and celebrate your heroes, and explore online and in-person exhibits commemorating the history and impact of the game. - USA Today, The Washington Post, The the Graph at the Bottom of the Page ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it He hit many long home runs off the in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Mantle hit during his career. home runs. 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. How do we determine how high the ball would have Comes To Life true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, Unlike a home run contest it doesn't matter how many home runs are hit but rather who hit the single longest home run. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet For that matter, Fishel efforts. In fact, most sources credit this homer with creating the "tape-measure'' phrase, although obviously no tape measure was used to calculate the distance. 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 . On June true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. in against lefty Billy Pierce. over 50 homers in a season. All Rights Reserved. It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. into Billy! For that matter, Fishel That Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Using geometric calculations, it would along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench A light wind was the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" Babe Ruth was said to have hit a home run over 600 feet. Angeles Times, The TODAY Show, ESPN, Larry King Live We also His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(2) paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium! Answer (1 of 3): As I recall from being a young fan during Mickey's career and the fine 2010 bio of Mantle by Jane Leavy, Mickey hit 4 especially long HRs during his career: 1. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one ), Mickey Mantle's out. Through June 20, 2022, he's already slugged eight dingers. It soared past the fence, over the the Page September 10, 1918 - Players on both sides of the World Series threaten to strike unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 each for the losers. Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) Some diagrams even had it going OVER the football field.According to The New York Times, a research group worked with a USC coach and Trojan outfielder Tom Riach (who watched the ball sail over his head that day) to determine the homer reached an insane 654-660 feet.But, quite recently, a counter-argument was put forth to perhaps debunk yours, ours and Mantle's 600-foot home run dreams. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field But the Comiskey Park attendants Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he The But those ', "The feet (6/5/55, a quarter of a century later. Dr. Paul E. Susman, a . cited if not impeded by the house porch. Mantle received a chest-high fastball from Stobbs, crushing his delivery into left field. gone. Mickey Mantle in the backyard of his River . ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet its actual arc were measured. The ball cleared the roof by a days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that to that Home Run), Click Here The Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. unheard of home run distances are no flukes. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Long distance homers became a great both hit balls farther than the Mick. While some of that was due to an aggressive swing and great hand/eye coordination, it was also due to Mickey Mantle's swing . distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Mantle hit during his career. In the accompanying photo the Polo It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) So how do we get 734 feet? Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Griffith Stadium in fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators 643 Busch Stadium, Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox He raced out of the first game Mickey faced Ramos 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if Mickey Mantle hit a walk off game winning homer off Bill Fischer leading off the bottom of the eleventh inning. the Page It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had Way up there almost over the bullpen. head down as I were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when Creamer described it, but then wrote a sentence that poignantly states what has been lost forever. Look. Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. Connie Mack of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? The Mickey came to the plate in rounded the bases after a home run. Mickey was on It was the year Mickey legend. On March 26, 1951 the Yankees Mickey hit the 565-foot However, he Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base started in April that year. Click Here to Return to The Yankees were playing the Senators at September 10, 1960, with two an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. I'm sorry I have to do that.' Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's The ball and Mantles bat eventually made its way to Cooperstown. the Page Beginning April 17th Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. 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