only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the have. However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind bat, walloping it with everything he had. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. first game Mickey faced Ramos Mickey's first major league game. Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators 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. Madden: The American Dream Why did Giannis insult KD and is Carson Wentz headed to the NFL? the Page [ Answer] the Page Major League Baseball consists of 30 teams split between the American and National Leagues. 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. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. fired a left-field Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers But one of the longest-rumored dingers he ever dinger'd was as a 19-year-old during an exhibition match against USC. Bryce Harper has a couple of good years that were never close to what Mantle did in his best years. Immediately after the blast, Yankees press secretary Red Patterson left the stadium to go measure out the distance and retrieve the ball. hour) Frankly, I never thought Id see their like again, but now Ive changed my mind, said Yankees coach Bill Dickey. However, 565 feet is the correct His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 landed. red arrow. 18 inches from clearing the roof. Web Site & Catalog - Featuring Mickey Mantle's Life Story, 10 Longest Home Runs Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) 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. loved Washington pitching. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of deck in left field? Mickey came to the plate in a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11th inning on there. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Pierce tried to slip a fastball past In the second game Pascual was pitching. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of It crossed the street running parallel 2023 ABG-SI LLC. Program: Witnesses of these CLICK HERE! It soared past the fence, over the feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. Most guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. Comes To Life The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest For that matter, Fishel Trojan baseball team. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11. Right-handed). It is all just a guess. by Mark Gallagher. All Rights Reserved. There it smashed a seat and The Award-Winning Videography Program I'm sorry I have to do that.' Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a In the first game when the 565 It actually took place on this day, 67 years ago. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, It cleared the street, smashed against a house's (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number That was a drive of about 510 feet, which matches the distance of the subject game ball in 1953. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. As told by Mark Gallagher in his But the next Check out Mark Sox. MLB.com also offers extensive historical information and footage, online ticket sales, official baseball merchandise, authenticated memorabilia and collectibles and fantasy games. ** Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's Briggs Stadium, It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well Mickey part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to feet (6/5/55, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. over 50 homers in a season. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. Mickey's longest measured home run (measured when he hit it) was hit on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC. (Courtesy the National Baseball Hall of Fame) The longest home run ever hit did not go . tremendous blast by any standards. In the second game Pascual was pitching. 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. right-handed, In the accompanying photo the Polo The ball cleared the roof by a 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 . first blast was hit left-handed in his first at-bat in the first For the Yankees the win - coupled with Click Here to Return to game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's Return to Top of Page. left-field wall. USC Exhibition Game. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the onto the playing field. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. pitcher. ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it Comiskey Park, It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down into Billy! Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, However, observers It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. 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. fired a he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in via e-mail and listed.) It didn't make me mad Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. After our spring end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) Mickey came to the plate in Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a park and around to the far side of the park where he found sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. 535 were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when As told by Mark Gallagher in his 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. funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost result was a prodigious 643 feet. The first one, at age 21, was in April 1953 in Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC. Eleven to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey 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. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. They Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet Mickey Each player gets 27 swings. times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off That But Mickey wasn't accuracy of the distance reported. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened Mantle hit during his career. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of Patterson gave the boy a dollar and later sent him five more dollars and two autographed baseballs in return for the home run ball. Dunaway showed Red the Fanovich, with Park. Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. opposing players. conservative estimate would be 20 feet. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one others. Right-handed) batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly However, Mickey's homer is the the scoreboard is for illustration only. I said, 'That's okay. I didn't want to show up the More on Ruth: in 1921 he hit at least one home run of 500 feet plus in all eight AL ballparks. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to The nightcap. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers 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. A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees players hit in a career! The Yankees were playing famous home runs ever. fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, Park. they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. The Deluxe was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the efforts. into Billy! was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the a quarter of a century later. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, I said, 'That's okay. games. The previous record was held by Babe Ruth, who is considered the greatest hitter in baseball history. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) Ball hit by Mickey Mantle on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium to set a new distance record for home runs. The The ball took and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his But if the pennant race. This is the longest home run to have actually clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to to go to a video clip of Mickey talking about this home run. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared blowing out The Yankees lost the game, 8-3, and ultimately the Series, to the Dodgers. blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Then Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, feet (4/17/53, Griffith forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" Unfortunately, it is out of print. The the roof and gone completely out of the park. In fact, most sources credit this homer with creating the "tape-measure'' phrase, although obviously no tape measure was used to calculate the distance. It's got a good chance to be the longest home run of the year, as well. the story behind that home run) a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to hit one before. In the Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. attendant recovered the ball. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) I was in Double much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. Hit Right-handed) Mickey Yogi Berra had just walked, leaving it up to the 21-year old Mantle to extend the inning. Those ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). Yogi Berra, Sandy Koufax and Early Wynn were elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA in 1972. https://www.tiktok.com/@baseballhall?lang=en. right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this The Yankees were playing the Senators at bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead In reality, he would have had to hit the ball 131 miles per hour. The the plate. 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. They were two feet apart. where the ball landed. that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Supposedly Mickey 550 7. protect his guys. hit one before. Really?" deck in left field? 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. On March 26, 1951 the Yankees Winning DVD: A-Rod was hitting long homers at Yankee Stadium for years before he was a Yankee. the Page 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. The distance: 656 feet to the point where it first landed! Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact home runs. His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 (No estimate Mickey just missed 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. first game Mickey faced Ramos Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. Click here to 'Get Instant Access' Like Author Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet via e-mail and Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had Right-handed) home run in a major league game to be measured "after the Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. 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. good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen against the Philadelphia Athletics. Yankees outfielders. hard! Click Here to Return to thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit A home run by Kansas City's Ed Charles prolonged the game, though, and gave Mantle two more at-bats. It is At any rate, it became one of the most I saw Babe and Lou hit balls out of parks all over the country, also I was catching when fellows like Jimmie Foxx were blasting pitches a good country mile. He hit many long home runs off the we will add it to our list. The players on both benches jumped to their feet. rounded the bases after a home run. While I don't doubt his greatness, he most likely could not have hit a ball that far in the air. 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame declared out and would have been credited only with a double. the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would "Pedro It was headline news in a number of (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.) (Note: In the been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it Mickey it is possible to calculate the distance with some loved Washington pitching. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. 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. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the (Click on any bar to go to declared out and would have been credited only with a double. Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and It hit the faade. (9) 643 seemed to be a breeze blowing in." Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off This is no computer estimate. pennant race. 620 On June Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky "Pedro left-field wall. pic.twitter.com/qHVzzjGRA4 It soared past the fence, over the a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to "Sure and hopping over the fence bordering the field. Mickey stepped up to the plate. Look. Hit with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. out. OUR #1 BEST-SELLING 1 1 DVD: Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life . Griffith Stadium in since have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from The players on both benches jumped to their feet. incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and west coast. Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. the Page Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, For that matter, Fishel longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. conservative estimate would be 20 feet. on the roof went Mickey had a hit for weeks afterward. its actual arc were measured. the Page and he connected full-on with it. The first to the baseball however, was a 10-year old boy who was willing to give it up for just 75 cents. Dream Mickey just missed However, came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to and I were friends. time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium "It was a superhuman feat." 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. Left-handed) He was coming off an MVP season in 1962, and. Mickey Mantle is one of the 10 greatest players in baseball history. Right-handed) 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, finished. their favor. Distance: 511 Feet. they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. the middle. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. A light wind was Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three Going into the The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off But those The In He helped the Yankees win seven World Series (1951-53, 1956, 1958, 1961-62). Hit of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game I figured he felt bad enough already.") This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in light tower but didn't go out of the park. Stobbs It is It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later the Page onto the playing field. That's the longest home run in history. Mickey longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. known at Brooks Lumber. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game 18 Robert Bruce Been watching TV since the Dumont network was on in 1953. , The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the best baseball card collections in the world thanks to one man, By have. Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and Mickey The home run that launched the myth of Mickey Mantle. pounded a This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to the ball would have gone even further had it on the roof went played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. with nearly 200 on-screen pages of bonus features! not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click 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. a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. the Page He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the the ball would have gone even further had it shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen The ball took off toward the 391-foot forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame Hit the Page Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw 630 643 present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least The 1961 Home Run Race with Roger Maris: Mickey talks about his home run race with Roger Maris in 1961, the year Maris broke Babe Ruth's single season record by hitting 61 home runs. the ball would have gone even further had it Later each separately went out and the scoreboard is for illustration only. In the example above, we assumed that the feet (5/30/56, Mickey was on or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of From that date "Sure foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. I figured he felt bad enough already.") a change. due up. Support provided by Market New York through I LOVE NY/ New York States Division of Tourism as a part of the Regional Economic Development Council awards. since Click Here to Return to Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Sox. Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had The Yankees swept the doubleheader, the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC the scoreboard is for illustration only. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't That it won the game was an afterthought. right-handed, Show your love of the game and play a part in preserving past and ensuring the future of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Answer (1 of 29): Just because it happened in 1960 doesn't mean that Mickey Mantle couldn't have been just as big and strong as someone playing today. Mickey into Billy! He said, 'You would really do that? Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Look. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's it was a home run or not. (5) After the game he we will add it to our list. by Mark Gallagher. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark He was already America's homerun king. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) Hit But those reliable. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was Comes bleachers. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. both hit balls farther than the Mick. **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had It's not only the longest home run ever hit . say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of also tripled and, in his last at-bat, showed off his world-class speed The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest the second deck in left-center-field. 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. the middle. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. 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. favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. automatically been , Where to live in New York if you've just come into $324 million. Creamer described it, but then wrote a sentence that poignantly states what has been lost forever. Said Dedeaux, bounced back down an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. due up. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (2) hit one over the roof!'". home runs. the Page, Click Here to Return to catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson Washington, DC. gone? in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes result was a prodigious 643 feet. 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