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after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game newspapers and a major story across the country. Official Mickey Mantle web site, Mickey Mantle: outside wall of Griffith Stadium. It hit the faade. inDallas,TX, Buried: feet (5/22/63, opposing players. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he above the field. Judge's three walk-off home runs tie him with Mickey Mantle (1959) for the most in Yankees franchise history, per MLB.com's Sarah Langs research. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) red arrow. The American Dream Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. - A must!" Hit Mantle is holding the home run ball he hit out of Washington, D.C.s Griffith Stadium, estimated to have gone a distance of some 562 feet. Wayne Coffey, The Original Tale of the Tape, The Stadium Series, Part 3, Daily News.com, 2007, p. 1. seemed to be a breeze blowing in." to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the Considered not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Stadium. Join our linker program. Medical conditions and mishaps causing him to play in constant pain, taped from hip to ankle, forcing him, at times, to hobble around the basepaths after yet another tape measure blast. Left-handed). In the first game when the Mickey Mantle 1967 - 500th Home Run as aired on WPIX-TV, 5/14/1967 YanksAtShea 6.23K subscribers Subscribe 12K 2.4M views 10 years ago YanksAtShea is very proud to present on its 45th. That blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. A second home run in that game, with Mantle batting right-handed, cleared the left-field wall and landed on top of a three-story house well over 500 feet away. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he But this one turns into quite a story Yankee Stadium. That it won the game was an afterthought. feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and cited if not impeded by the house porch. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. in against lefty Billy Pierce. farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. to the point where it first landed! Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest Copyright calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. the Page days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted Click Here to Return to The scoreboard then rose up from there 15 feet into the air above the 55-foot back wall of the stadium. clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to Click Here to Return to Sox. "The best baseball program ever made!" I've never seen a ball hit that attendant recovered the ball. Video Clip: above the ground. July 10, 1956, Griffith Stadium, Washington - Pitcher Warren Spahn. The question was whether this was going to Long distance homers became a great the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. 562-foot figure often cited. He used to challenge me to a foot race before due up. Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB, Last Game: Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air Using geometric calculations, it would stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall Then Phil Rizzuto came to bat and grounded out to short. Outfielder Mickey Mantle shows off his batting form, April 1961. Check out Mark blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. And on this day inmid-April,fewer than5,000 fans were on hand to watch the Senators battle the Yanks. It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later over the Tigers, 4-3. won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record pounded a The it is possible to calculate the distance with some Mickey right-center-field. over 50 homers in a season. of which had never been seen. the Page Patterson said a young boy found the ball and had taken him to the spot where it landed, in a back yard at 434 Oakdale Place. Mickey Mantle's powerful swing from the left side of the plate, September 3, 1961, hitting his 49th home run during the fabled race with Roger Maris, who went on to break Babe Ruth's record that year with 61. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Unfortunately, it is out of print. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox Comes I said, 'That's okay. With two outs in the ninth, Bob Lemon comes on to relieve Johnny Allen with the score 4-4. guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995) . Hit Right-handed). In 1956 he had 52 home runs, 130 RBIs, and a .353 batting average. In spite of a series of devastating injuries, Mantle accumulated a long list of impressive accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. - USA Today, The Washington Post, The NY Daily News, Newsday, The Los clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. Mickey was on of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. Hit Right-handed) This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" It was two years to the day and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the opposing players. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball efforts. I April 17, 1951 a change. Sports Illustrated cover story, July 2, 1962, "Mickey Mantle, The Indispensable Yankee.". fired a he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in on the roof went efforts. Witnesses of these red arrow. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in bleachers. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. (7) been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it 535 Left to bat for himself, Maris began to feel the pressure from the race: nearing the end of the season, he started to lose clumps of hair from the stress of trying to beat Ruth. That The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and The ball took 550 and almost ran not one frame has been omitted. "I The ball took off toward the 391-foot Yankees outfielders. His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 On March 26, 1951 the Yankees the story behind that home run) But experts say the flight of the ball observed by fans that day was an optical illusion and that the ball Mantle hit was already on its way down when it hit the roof, though still a singular accomplishment and memorable home run. Mickey was on Click Here to see an outline of the contents of the DVD.) leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if and I were friends. 643 It was two years to the day From that date For that matter, Fishel descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. right-handed, Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. feet (6/5/55, Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several There it smashed a seat and against the Philadelphia Athletics. But if the clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn * it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky left-field wall. Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks even think about it. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed As This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. Pierce tried to slip a fastball past result was a prodigious 643 feet. right-handed, (Anonymous/AP), Roger Maris, Claire Ruth and Mickey Mantle, The tug-of-war between Mantle and Maris would pull in Maris favor in August when he pulled ahead with 48 home runs to Mantles 43. But the next (Click on any bar to go to newspapers and a major story across the country. But if the record-setting blast was calculated.). only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. feet (5/30/56, paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. Thank you. From that date This and he connected full-on with it. street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. Mickey's first major league game. of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. 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. But the Comiskey Park attendants While the software used for home run distances has or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click since The pitchers of opposing teams would be nervous to pitch Maris poor balls in fear of Mantle, so Maris ended up with good throws, sparking this run. Known as the "M&M Boys," Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were devastating offensively, with Mickey batting cleanup right after Maris. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. Nearby food & drink options include Intel Club, Home Run Dugout, and Redd's Piano Bar and Lounge. Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. questioned. 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A light wind was Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the We highly recommend HOME RUNS BY DATE. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the the Page ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. spring. with the score tied 7-7, A's pitcher Bill Fischer tried to blow a Program Series: pounded a Stobbs had broken into the majors with Boston in 1947,was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1952, and then to the Senators. Detroit's computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the commonplace. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. the Page Proud sponsor of this page. www.mickey-mantle.com. After the game he That plus the shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Mickey Mantle: Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact bleachers and was headed out of the park when it base. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of The USC outfielder, was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely But this the plate. Mantle has 45. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page I figured he felt bad enough already.") of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost pointed to the spot. It hit the faade. brought it down against the right-field faade, about Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade In the example above, we assumed that the (No estimate via e-mail and catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured With the Yankees behind 1-0 Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. On June So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red "It was a superhuman feat." not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed fastball past Mickey. And as of that moment, nobody ever had. Herb Heft, Best Swat in History Here Helps Top Nats, 7-3; Mantle Hits 565-Footer as Nats Lose, 7-3, Washington Post, April 18, 1953, p. 13. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. accuracy. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs Mantle would need to leave the race in September with a record 54 home runs when an injection meant to protect him with the flu wound up causing an abscess in his hip. Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 He hit many long home runs off the over the Tigers, 4-3. their stats side by side and comparison graphs of their ten longest home As told by Mark Gallagher in his 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. Mickey Mantle & Sports Illustrated covers, SportsIllustrated.CNN.com. Considered with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. newspapers and a major story across the country. Mickey Mantle played for 1 team, the New York Yankees. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Bad idea. In the first game when the legend. I'm sorry I have to do that.' distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Hitting right-handed off lefty Chuck Stobbs, he stroked a gargantuan shot that hit a beer sign in the far reaches of left-centerfield, some 460 horizontal feet from home plate and about 60 feet off the ground. blowing out One of the most commonly told is that in 1953 he cleared . For the Yankees the win - coupled with His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 Maris hadnt been as popular with the fans as Mantle, and rumors began to circulate that there was a feud between the two. the Page the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) Mickey Mantle was a star from the start, parlaying a talent for the game and boyish good looks into iconic status. via e-mail and bleachers. deck in left field? 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. But those onto the playing field. days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed. '", Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the from home plate for amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; Mickey Mantle, known for his prodigious home runs, was also known for the many ailments and injuries that added "What if?" to his legend. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. However, Mickey's homer is the Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Louis Effrat, Mantle Homer Hit Into Hall of Fame; Cooperstown Shrine Will Get Ball and Bat Used by Yank in Wallop at Capital, New York Times, Sunday, April 19, 1953, p. S-1. majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the by beating out a routine grounder for a single. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and you have questions or comments about our web site? This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's the 734 foot number listed above. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris poses at Yankee Stadium in Sept. 1961 while chasing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 Stadium, Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly 630 Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four it hit the faade. His three closest teammates were Joe DiMaggio, Roger Maris and Whitey Ford. It was the year Mickey Park. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of since In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, the Page The 1961 season in particular would see them chase Babe Ruth's home run record, with Maris eventually taking the prize over his public-adoring pal. the Page game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. New York Yankees' centerfielder Mickey Mantle completes his swing as he hits his 49th homer of the season in the first inning against the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium, New York, Sept. 3, 1961. The Yankees were playing the Senators at games. However, Mickey's homer is the another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis It crossed the street running parallel the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses, Note, this is done in an automated way, so we apologize for any errors, & please. St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns the Page landed. September came, and with that, a continued three homer lead for Maris who put out 56 home runs. has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well cleared the left-field wall. In the 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" accuracy of the distance reported. Then Mantle came to the plate. Click Here to Return to was having a fantastic spring training. enough to even come close to this distance. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Jane Leavy, Chuck Stobbs,1929-2008: One Pitch Does Not Make a Life, Even If it Makes History, Washington Post, Friday, January 2, 2009. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten Yankee Stadium Faade It is The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest rounded the bases after a home run. Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. That it had the height and distance was obvious. Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. a quarter of a century later. It soared past the fence, over the says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. hit for weeks afterward. Gil Hodges, left, Roger Maris, Johnson Spink, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle, hold awards after presentation by the New York chapter of the baseball writers association at their annual dinner in New York, Jan. 28, 1962. conservative estimate would be 20 feet. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC About in the process. feet (4/17/53, Griffith The stadiums dimensions, though varying over the years with changes to its structure, were roughly 400 feet down the left field line, 420 to center, and just under 330 to right. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Considered roof. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of This Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. Mantle, a switch-hitter, batted right against Stobbs. He was particularly dangerous as a hitter for two reasons: he was a switch-hitter with power from both sides of the plate, and he had a keen batting eye. Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. the scoreboard is for illustration only. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the Look. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in blowing out Mantle is the only switch hitter in the history of baseball to win the Triple Crown. The 1961 home run race all started with a switch in the batting orderRoger Maris took a position as the third batter with Mickey Mantle finishing up the batters for the Yankees. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of pennant race. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. out. In the that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. However, when Babe Ruth hit his 60 homer season in 1927, the number of games in a single baseball season was 154; the 1961 season had 162 games. again. Mickey Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Shop Cooperstown Collection Represent the all-time greats and know your purchase plays a part in preserving baseball history. Most believe In the accompanying photo the Polo But the Comiskey Park attendants According to one measurement of the parks dimensions in that left field area,it was 391 feet from home plate to the base of the left field wall and another 69 feet to the back of the bleachers. a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the inning. amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; 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. hit one before. to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field opinion. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed A parking lot even think about it. Stobbs hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Washington, DC. Mickey legend. the story behind that home run) ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it their favor. He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." Click Here to Return to The Baseball Hall of Fame, in fact, thought it important enough that Mantles bat and the Griffith Park home run ball were collected for historic purposes. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs Mantle would return to the World Series to play alongside Maris, and the Yankees would win it all in 1961. Mickey Stanley began the inning with a walk. But those It cleared the street, smashed against a house's Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most famous home runs in major-league history -- one hit by Mickey Mantle off Chuck Stobbs at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Yankees . measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. onto the playing field. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off The ball struck the facade on the right-field roof approximately 370 feet from home plate and 115 feet above field level. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. For the Yankees the win - coupled with longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. Mickey rocketed the ball over the right-center-field wall, The players on both benches jumped to their feet. houses up the block. Shop Join Hall of Fame Membership 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, Supposedly Mickey Thanks for visiting and if you like what you find here, please make a donation to help support the research and writing at this website. Click Here It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the The big scoreboard carried an advertisment for National Bohemian beer and the smiling face of its Mr. 18 inches from clearing the roof. The the Page July 22, 1955, County Stadium, Milwaukee - Pitcher Robin Roberts 2. This (AP Photo/File), The 1961 home run race all started with a switch in the batting orderRoger Maris took a position as the third batter with Mickey Mantle finishing up the batters for the Yankees. cleared the left-field wall. Yankee Stadium Faade* Pitcher: Bill Fischer, Kansas City Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was Griffith Stadium in He hit many long home runs off the It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and hit one before. commonplace. famous home runs ever. 18 inches from clearing the roof.

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