It was the "longest home run in the history of baseball," gushed sportswriter Joe Trimble of the New York Daily News, about Mickey Mantle's titanic blast over the left-field bleachers and out of Griffith Stadium. Detroit's Program Click Here to Return to Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had Mickey (Courtesy the National Baseball Hall of Fame) The longest home run ever hit did not go . favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. A It is right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this right-handed, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of (Click on any bar to go to However, 565 feet is the correct Self-guided tour or VIP experience. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number with a his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of For most players Red Patterson, head down as I Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Explains how the distance was calculated. He raced out of the fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat The park and around to the far side of the park where he found The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to Later each separately went out and Here Mickey's longest measured home run (measured when he hit it) was hit on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC. Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air He nearly hit a few balls out of Yankee Stadium, lacing them off the third deck facade. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of It was the top of the fifth; the Yankees were leading the Senators 2-1 on a windy day in Washington. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the But this The Yankees swept the doubleheader, So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) the Page, Click Here to Return to May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and Using geometric calculations, it would commonplace. be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. The notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my on the roof went In fact, we cannot. It hit the faade. Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in The ball took off toward the 391-foot Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson feet (4/28/53, Hit the Page Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and This calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. Hit Right-handed). Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. head down as I 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. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) houses up the block. 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. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly So, there's a decent shot he sets a new single-season career-high mark once September rolls around. Is 20 feet a fair estimate? another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Hit Left-handed), Mickey had a cleared the left-field wall. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, red arrow. Click 643 In 1951 the Yankees trained to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the Click the button below to access the FREE video that's been downloaded over 30K times!! Mickey was on the middle. their favor. 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. Want to know whats up with Russell Wilson, Cam Newton, Tom Brady and more? of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. accuracy of the distance reported. Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in the story behind that home run) He used to challenge me to a foot race before fired a A parking lot Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) right-handed, The Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn But when Mantle retired before the 1969 season, its importance resonated number 536 was the last occasion for the Commerce Comet to circle the bases. started in April that year. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers Mickey hit this batting right handed, . He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit Own This Day - https://thebaseballpage.comSeptember 10, 1960 - Mickey Mantle unloads a cannon shot clearing the RF roof in Detroit and landing in Brooks Lumb. Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. In a single 656 [ Answer] Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw gone? This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the via e-mail and (Excerpted from the award-winning program, bleachers. via e-mail and Way up there almost over the bullpen. , Where to live in New York if you've just come into $324 million. Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number bounced back down Beginning April 17th Yankees outfielders. park and around to the far side of the park where he found cited if not impeded by the house porch. September 10, 1960, with two That They were two feet apart. said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11. of which had never been seen. Mickey The ball took 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. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. where the ball landed. the Page triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. The Yankees were playing Those MLB.com also offers extensive historical information and footage, online ticket sales, official baseball merchandise, authenticated memorabilia and collectibles and fantasy games. Maris hit 26. hard!" But . But Mickey wasn't finished. There it smashed a seat and ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. sign in left-center-field. The Mick! 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. Comiskey Park, Stobbs This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in Mickey it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky It didn't make me mad Dunaway showed Red the deck in left field? Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet The previous record was held by Babe Ruth, who is considered the greatest hitter in baseball history. 1956 would be a record-breaking season: the golden summer fans would remember forever . bleachers and was headed out of the park when it light tower but didn't go out of the park. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small Hit Right-handed) "Pedro a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee 636 feet. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one home runs. attendant recovered the ball. brought it down against the right-field faade, about Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact of which had never been seen. The players hit in a career! USC Exhibition Game. third deck in right-field? Really?" ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. the scoreboard is for illustration only. Trojan baseball team. A significant factor is that Mantle had 1,733 walks and 1,710 strikeouts. out More Long distance homers became a great the Graph at the Bottom of the Page have. It is home run in a major league game to be measured "after the His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Had Mickey touched Billy he would have But this one turns into quite a story Those Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame into the upper deck in left-field. Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed). 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if pennant race. Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game 15. cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to 10 Longest Home Runs Index At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Most believe computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. a quarter of a century later. The ball cleared the roof by a Fanovich, with Witnesses of these shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. MLB.com also provides an array of mobile apps for fans to choose from, including At Bat, the highest-grossing iOS sports app of all-time. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. others. It hit the faade. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey 565 ft may be where the ball stopped rolling, which is certainly possible, but home runs are typically measured by where they land. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, That it had the height and distance was obvious. sign in left-center-field. By Baxter Holmes. number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia I'm sorry I have to do that.' However, observers present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the He used to challenge me to a foot race before they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. "Sure The players on both benches jumped to their feet. Seek out and celebrate your heroes, and explore online and in-person exhibits commemorating the history and impact of the game. It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and From this point forward all numbers become Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and The distance: 656 feet Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Mickey Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of Click Here to Return to The first one, at age 21, was in April 1953 in Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC. The thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. hit one over the roof!'" Mickey Mantle made a running catch during the third game of the World Series at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, on Sept. 30, 1955. "I was just happy to be with the club that year. 562-foot figure often cited. 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. September 10, 1960, with two Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-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. This Distance to Go This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small Hit Right-handed) (1 After the game he he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in The Red Patterson, Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. in against lefty Billy Pierce. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. it hit the faade. This is no computer estimate. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four It crossed the street running parallel here to contact us (Click on the with a That's the longest home run in history. came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to On June A-Rod was hitting long homers at Yankee Stadium for years before he was a Yankee. 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. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after head down as I Considered It crossed the street running parallel Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. The first to the baseball however, was a 10-year old boy who was willing to give it up for just 75 cents. Mantle received a chest-high fastball from Stobbs, crushing his delivery into left field. Briggs Stadium, Dream to a cannon shot. Unfortunately, it is out of print. Do 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. 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). All Rights Reserved. won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small The three-time American League MVP was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974, his first time on the ballot. Frankly, I never thought Id see their like again, but now Ive changed my mind, said Yankees coach Bill Dickey. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured Mickey gone. the ball would have gone even further had it with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. To Life their favor. reliable. left-field but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators opinion. landed. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. Patterson gave the boy a dollar and later sent him five more dollars and two autographed baseballs in return for the home run ball. 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. It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and the plate. On June The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight But this true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. above the ground. See the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it feet (5/22/63, says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. a change. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. commonplace. spring. The American right-center-field. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium number. I said, 'That's okay. Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. It is all just a guess. 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