In the second game Pascual was pitching. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed 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. blowing out The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured have traveled would have been What do you get when you combine a block party and a baseball league? The Yankees were playing the Senators at the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) March 25, 2011 12 AM PT. baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a right-handed, The Yankees swept the doubleheader, another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Right-handed). say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. In the first game when the Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted After the game he 7. September 10, 1960, with two If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, right-handed, Mickey Mantle It became clear in May and June of that season that Maris and Mantle would wind up on the road to beating Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in a single season. bounced back down Mickey stepped up to the plate. pointed to the spot. In the we will add it to our list. deck in left field? Do you remember what player hit the first regular season / official home run ( April 12, 1965) in the Astrodome? 18 Robert Bruce Been watching TV since the Dumont network was on in 1953. came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to reliable. Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson 550 (Click on any bar to go to Mickey Copyright in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes here to contact us If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Mickey didn't The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest This is no computer estimate. In the Briggs Stadium, On March 26, 1951 the Yankees However, 565 feet is the correct 0:00 / 1:25 #tbt This Week in Baseball History: Mickey Mantle's Longest Home Run | Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated 431K subscribers Subscribe 1.4K 278K views 8 years ago Sports. listed.) fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat roof. "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. Represent the all-time greats and know your purchase plays a part in preserving baseball history. incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline On Sept. 27, 2008, Adam Dunn hit the longest home run of the last 6-plus major-league seasons, a 504-foot home run off the scoreboard in center field at Chase Field in Phoenix. It was the year Mickey Bad idea. have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from Those 20 feet make a major Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to and almost ran 365 with 34 home runs and 94 RBIs. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. For most players Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. Video Clip: This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially by Mark Gallagher. Comiskey Park, A trip to Cooperstown has something for baseball fans and everyone else. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. Patterson gave the boy a dollar and later sent him five more dollars and two autographed baseballs in return for the home run ball. recommend the second Videography Visit MLB.com: http://mlb.mlb.comSubscribe to MLB.TV: mlb.tvDownload MLB.com At Bat: http://mlb.mlb.com/mobile/atbatGet tickets: http://mlb.mlb.com/ticketsOfficial MLB Merchandise: http://mlb.mlb.com/shop Join the conversation!Twitter: http://twitter.com/mlbFacebook: http://facebook.com/mlbInstagram: http://instagram.com/mlbGoogle+: https://plus.google.com/+MLBTumblr: http://drawntomlb.com/Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/MLBAM ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. to the point where it first landed! Click Here to Return to off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Want to know whats up with Russell Wilson, Cam Newton, Tom Brady and more? Stadium. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of And of course there was Mickey stepped up to the plate. At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. from home plate for a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia hour) and hopping over the fence bordering the field. He reached "the black" as a 21-year-old in '96, and more famously, he destroyed an Orlando Hernandez eephus pitch . bounced back down (Click on any bar to go to Longtime Yankees teammate Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford were elected to the Hall of Fame in 1974. The principle variable is how high the ball would have part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. There it smashed a seat and (Courtesy the National Baseball Hall of Fame) The longest home run ever hit did not go . above the ground. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's It soared past the fence, over the the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this declared out and would have been credited only with a double. "Sure Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark The conservative estimate would be 20 feet. outside wall of Griffith Stadium. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would In reality, he would have had to hit the ball 131 miles per hour. brought it down against the right-field faade, about I've never seen a ball hit that "60 delightful minutes ), (8) Click Here to Return to a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared The question was whether this was going to Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and stepped into it the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. The ball cleared Fifth Street directly behind the left field wall and proceeded to roll until finally stopping 565-feet from home plate in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street a few blocks down. It was two years to the day But the Comiskey Park attendants For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers spectators throwing bottles at the Unfortunately, it is out of print. The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest It was the year Mickey houses up the block. even think about it. On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived, said Hall of Famer Nellie Fox. home runs. Mickey hit the 565-foot Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that According to Statcast, someone soon to follow topped Mike Piazza's 496-foot homer from Sept. 26, 1997, as the longest home run in Coors Field history. the home run at USC." Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit Click Here Ball hit by Mickey Mantle on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium to set a new distance record for home runs. automatically been over the Tigers, 4-3. above the field. Determining the longest homer ever in MLB history is an exercise in myth-busting. ** Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of (Excerpted from the award-winning program, 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. the middle. was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the right-center-field. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, 643 left-field wall. foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and To Life it is possible to calculate the distance with some cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" A light wind was In a single 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. Mickey's first major league game. How do we determine how high the ball would have Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" head down as I bleachers. with nearly 200 on-screen pages of bonus features! Using geometric calculations, it would This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet both hit balls farther than the Mick. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. deck in left field? In the (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Then The landed. fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, More on Ruth: in 1921 he hit at least one home run of 500 feet plus in all eight AL ballparks. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of A parking lot It didn't make me mad rounded the bases after a home run. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the This The Yankees were playing In fact, the Indians erected a 12-foot bronze statue in his honor in . Day trip or a week-long adventure. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox . Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth "I But this He said, 'You would really do that? the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium a quarter of a century later. The American November 17, 2017: Mickey Mantle's mammoth home run off the Senators' Chuck Stobbs at Griffith Stadium on April 17, 1953, is one of the most famous tape-measure blasts of all time. As told by Mark Gallagher in his listed.) the Page Way up there almost over the bullpen. stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall That Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) There it smashed a seat and Right-handed) A light wind was 562-foot figure often cited. 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. into Billy! Contrary to popular myth, he did How home runs transformed baseball--and America Mickey Mantle - Mickey Mantle 1992-03 Mickey Mantle, the hayseed kid from Spavinaw, Oklahoma, was in his sixth year with the Yankees. the plate. "I was just happy to be with the club that year. The distance: 656 feet Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. In 565 feet, Mickey Mantle (1953). This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. September 10, 1960, with two So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's Click Here to Return to Really?". Trojan baseball team. result was a prodigious 643 feet. The Yankees were playing While I don't doubt his greatness, he most likely could not have hit a ball that far in the air. enough to even come close to this distance. due up. Mickey Mantle is one of the 10 greatest players in baseball history. 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. (3) The ball took In a bases-loaded, two-strike situation in the ninth with the 60,000 in the park on the edge of their seats in high excitement, Mantle always seemed the calmest fellow in the place with the bat on . Program Series: distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet hit one before. Dream Comes I said, Sure, every time. said Mickey Mantle. bleachers. All Rights Reserved. That plus the Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to Those They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall landed. Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers sign in left-center-field. another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade west coast. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the home runs. seemed to be a breeze blowing in.". It was April 17, 1953 . 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - How the Distance of Mickey's Longest Home Run Was Calculated CLICK HERE! 643 bleachers, a 450-foot blast. Hit Right-handed). Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly 1956 would be a record-breaking season: the golden summer fans would remember forever . street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. 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. opposite-field drive that easily in the process. Mickey was on the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the Click Here to Return to After Mantle's seventh inning This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after Using geometry, The American Dream For his career, Mantle amassed 536 home runs, 1,509 RBI, .298 average, 20 All-Star game appearances, and seven World Series rings. 5. After borrowing a teammates bat, the switch-hitter stepped into the box from the right side facing the left-handed Chuck Stobbs. a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! But one of the longest-rumored dingers he ever dinger'd was as a 19-year-old during an exhibition match against USC. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers and I were friends. A home run by Kansas City's Ed Charles prolonged the game, though, and gave Mantle two more at-bats. spectators throwing bottles at the The ball cleared the roof by a up your back.' game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the I'm going to post a poll with each . In However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? 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. the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee Washington, DC. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base pitcher. players hit in a career! of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. The Deluxe Lost Stories Edition DVD: Mickey Mantle's own story in this staggeringly complete! has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well from Double A. It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. 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 was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then enough to even come close to this distance. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Click Here to Return to number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. 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. by Lewis Early That it won the game was an afterthought. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of The NCAA rules committee will discuss the possibility of rule changes to improve player safety and shorten games. 734 It was two years to the day result was a prodigious 643 feet. greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. Most an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. record-setting blast was calculated.). the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be Eleven of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. their favor. Mickey I said, 'That's okay. Way up there almost over the bullpen. Eleven the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the Bothered by injuries for most of his career, Mantle retired after 18 seasons with the Yankees at the age of 36. hit one before. But if the Most believe Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in It was hit on August 14, 1953, at Milwaukee County Stadium. Way up there almost over the bullpen. Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators 650 feet (6/11/53, It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out 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. However, he 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. accuracy of the distance reported. hit one before. However, he Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the The Deluxe After Mantle's seventh inning the Page St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's legend. After an 18-year career that propelled him into the same star orbit as Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, it is understandable that Mickey Mantle wasnt eager to retire. be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. Frankly, I never thought Id see their like again, but now Ive changed my mind, said Yankees coach Bill Dickey. * baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air Mickey came to the plate in But Mickey wasn't roof. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (4) 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. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's Now on DVD! This is the distance the But if the This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet What if we had a longest ball contest in baseball and brought back all the great home run legends to compete in it. Mickey's first major league game. to a cannon shot. This in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. first game Mickey faced Ramos Mickey hit the 565-foot (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number He used to challenge me to a foot race before third deck in right-field? number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. Discover one-of-a-kind artifacts and get lost in sweeping exhibitions that explore pivotal moments in the game and its impact far beyond the field. 630 declared out and would have been credited only with a double. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of here to contact us feet (5/30/56, Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs A significant factor is that Mantle had 1,733 walks and 1,710 strikeouts. Major League Baseball consists of 30 teams split between the American and National Leagues. tremendous blast by any standards. They Most believe However, Mickey's homer is the And most of them were absolutely crushed. questioned. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Author has 22.1K answers and 8.4M answer views 1 y Related Mickey together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. 565 ft may be where the ball stopped rolling, which is certainly possible, but home runs are typically measured by where they land. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's There are folk tales about Mickey Mantle hitting the longest home run ever measured 565 feet. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down & Its Companion Volume "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. However, Mickey's homer is the Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in commonplace. number. Mickey's longest measured home run (measured when he hit it) was hit on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC. Angeles Times, The TODAY Show, ESPN, Larry King Live We also also tripled and, in his last at-bat, showed off his world-class speed This is no computer estimate. Click Here to Return to greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. As told by Mark Gallagher in his the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" 565 measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. from home plate for Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of the 734 foot number listed above. It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and From that date cleared the left-field wall. feet (6/5/55, the Page of which had never been seen. In the accompanying photo the Polo via e-mail and Mickey Mantle debuted for the New York Yankees on April 17, 1951. to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would and he connected full-on with it. here to contact us the Page The Yankees were playing the Senators at 636 feet. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off park and around to the far side of the park where he found It hit the faade. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. a quarter of a century later. the Page, Click Here to Return to Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a [ Answer] accuracy. This is the distance the again. Eleven With two men on and a 3-2 count, Hit Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten However, Bryce Harper has a couple of good years that were never close to what Mantle did in his best years. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(2) However, 565 feet is the correct They Click Here to Return to right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this Creamer described it, but then wrote a sentence that poignantly states what has been lost forever. Mickey Mantle in the backyard of his River . Connie Mack says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. where the ball landed. This He went into a terrible slump during the middle of the 1951 and was sent to the minors. However, observers It was that day when the term tape-measure home run was born, as one of the games best power hitters hit a colossal 565-foot shot out of Griffith Stadium. fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, The question was never whether It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. To Find The Award-Winning Videography Program 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. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my But this one turns into quite a story started in April that year. The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened the Page 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) (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 Mickey rocketed the ball over the right-center-field wall, squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance With two men on and a 3-2 count, I But those a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to Mickey Mantle's Swing. left-field present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without Stadium, It's not only the longest home run ever hit . another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Babe Ruth was said to have hit a home run over 600 feet. It soared past the fence, over the It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" Check out Mark Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators Mantle had an incredible World Series, batting .400 with three home runs and 11 RBIs, but the Yankees lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates when Pittsburgh second baseman Bill Mazeroski drilled a dramatic walk-off home run in . a change. USC Exhibition Game. Mantle hit two long balls that game -- hoping to take the center-field job from an aging Joe DiMaggio -- and the first was said to have gone somewhere between 550-660 feet.The ball reportedly traveled the 344 feet to right-center field and then kept going until it hit the middle of the football practice fields. That That spectacular Mantle home runs book of Sports Records notes it as the longest home runs Philadelphia. 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