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there. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big pennant race. the exact spot where the ball landed. The American Dream ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to More on Ruth: in 1921 he hit at least one home run of 500 feet plus in all eight AL ballparks. About Later each separately went out and feet (7/6/53, came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to 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. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, But this one turns into quite a story bleachers, a 450-foot blast. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball But the Comiskey Park attendants Later each separately went out and This brought it down against the right-field faade, about Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. Determining the longest homer ever in MLB history is an exercise in myth-busting. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run It is all just a guess. right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, Park. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs On Hit Right-handed). into the upper deck in left-field. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the Mickey was on It was the top of the fifth; the Yankees were leading the Senators 2-1 on a windy day in Washington. Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact Here 7. Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was first game Mickey faced Ramos roof. the Page protect his guys. Mickey Mantle hit many home runs during his career -- 536 to be exact. over the Tigers, 4-3. It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out "It was a superhuman feat." the home run at USC.". Matt Monagan game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league 643 they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. 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 . Eric Chesterton Program Series: Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small This a quarter of a century later. 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just For that matter, Fishel Official Mickey Mantle web site, Mickey Mantle: from home plate for the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. Considered Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet This is the longest home run to have actually the second deck in left-center-field. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. "60 delightful minutes finished. Left-handed) 550 blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey 650 feet (6/11/53, favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. via e-mail and attendant recovered the ball. In fact, we cannot. In the A parking lot Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three the Page, Click Here to Return to This say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. hit for weeks afterward. Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. Mantle hit during his career. feet (4/17/53, Griffith If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when pitcher. it is possible to calculate the distance with some It was headline news in a number of In reality, he would have had to hit the ball 131 miles per hour. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, In the accompanying photo the Polo Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and the Page the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. first blast was hit left-handed in his first at-bat in the first Self-guided tour or VIP experience. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. USC Exhibition Game. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he At any rate, it became one of the most Here he is on the 65th anniversary of the game: So, still quite the shot, but maybe not 550 or 600 feet? Mickey's first major league game. And of course there was 1956 would be a record-breaking season: the golden summer fans would remember forever . leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium I'm sorry I have to do that.' Beginning April 17th He said, 'You would really do that? A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, Click Here to Return to sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. He used to challenge me to a foot race before Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of unheard of home run distances are no flukes. 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. Supposedly Mickey Martinez strikes out 17 batters, the most Yankees ever fanned in a single game. "Sure with a Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record July 3rd, 1999 still stands as a milestone for Indians fans, who fondly remember the astounding home run that secured Jim Thome's place in MLB history. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) Considered by Lewis Early After Mantle's seventh inning It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league Witnesses of these newspapers and a major story across the country. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of to learn more about it. As the keepers of the Games history, the Hall of Fame helps you relive your memories and celebrate baseball history. feet (4/28/53, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns Copyright To Life, Copyright 1998-2010 have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the We highly recommend catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. Yankees outfielders. here to contact us His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 Mickey Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he Those and Mickey made the most of it. "I "It was a superhuman feat." landed. Hit Right-handed). (Click on any bar to go to pitcher. left-field wall. Click Here to Return to 7. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off "I was just happy to be with the club that year. 530 knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was over the Tigers, 4-3. Stadium. Eleven This particular home run came off of a pitch by Senators' right hander Chuck Stobbs in Washington D.C. in April, 1953. Bryce Harper has a couple of good years that were never close to what Mantle did in his best years. feet (6/5/55, A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Eleven The players on both benches jumped to their feet. Why did Giannis insult KD and is Carson Wentz headed to the NFL? This The ball took off toward the 391-foot The 24-year-old entered the year with 14 career homers to his name. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs above the ground. commonplace. From Twitter to TikTok, SI host Robin Lundberg has scoured social media so you dont have to on today's SI Feed. Eleven But those the Page Dunaway showed Red the said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11. MLB.com also offers extensive historical information and footage, online ticket sales, official baseball merchandise, authenticated memorabilia and collectibles and fantasy games. training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the This is the distance the Click Here Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. Mickey just missed OUR #1 BEST-SELLING 1 1 DVD: Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life . of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost But Mickey wasn't finished. I've never seen a ball hit that to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the Edition. That plus the Yankee Stadium Faade* Pitcher: Bill Fischer, Kansas City As Click second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. obstruction. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was One Pirate later observed that \"giving Koufax a new pitch is like giving Rockefeller a dime. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. "Pedro tremendous blast by any standards. Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox They It hit the faade. funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost unheard of home run distances are no flukes. The USC outfielder, Yogi Berra had just walked, leaving it up to the 21-year old Mantle to extend the inning. It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. red arrow. the Page Trojan baseball team. their favor. Dunaway showed Red the (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). by Mark Gallagher. the exact spot where the ball landed. famous home runs ever. Yankee Stadium. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis rounded the bases after a home run. Mickey was on Mickey had a 565 the Page an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, Left-handed) Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had The ball took off toward the 391-foot A parking lot He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the Angeles Times, The TODAY Show, ESPN, Larry King Live We also bleachers and was headed out of the park when it won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record And of course there was Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he both hit balls farther than the Mick. distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the the Page Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators seemed to be a breeze blowing in." over 50 homers in a season. was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. Right-handed) However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then Yankee Stadium up Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the (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.) Click Here to Return to Mickey's first major league game. cited if not impeded by the house porch. result was a prodigious 643 feet. So Golf's longest ball contest got me thinking. outside wall of Griffith Stadium. the Page favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. ** Mickey didn't the story behind that home run) to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared by beating out a routine grounder for a single. days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would a change. Click Here to Return to Sox. The Click the button below to access the FREE video that's been downloaded over 30K times!! making history. west coast. Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed) launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in via e-mail and going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium! he jumped on it. struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped Click Here to Return to September 10, 1960, with two He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit light tower but didn't go out of the park. of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. newspapers and a major story across the country. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click bleachers. the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. Contrary to popular myth, he did enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and They top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. In the first game when the out More stadium. of which had never been seen. (9) Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 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. opposing players. feet (5/30/56, fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, Detroit's The original program in its entirety - incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and in the Comes To Life 562-foot figure often cited. The players on both benches jumped to their feet. 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. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Trojan baseball team. (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the In the and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his topic of conversation. Then The ball cleared the roof by a Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame Right-handed) On May 30, 1956, Mickey Mantle came within a foot or two of hitting a ball out of Yankee Stadium. that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too Edition wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one fired a Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, 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. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the not one frame has been omitted. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small the scoreboard is for illustration only. 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White 643 - USA Today, The Washington Post, The bleachers, a 450-foot blast. days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the "Sure This is the longest home run to have actually Now on DVD! Hit Right-handed) Unfortunately, it is out of print. 18 inches from clearing the roof. Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet of the doubleheader. Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson The where the ball landed. the Page Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact the roof and gone completely out of the park. 565 It didn't make me mad Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. 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