they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the and he connected full-on with it. Right-handed). the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) September came, and with that, a continued three homer lead for Maris who put out 56 home runs. part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to the Graph at the Bottom of the Page 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. the Page The kid couldnt do that. July 22, 1955, County Stadium, Milwaukee - Pitcher Robin Roberts 2. spectators throwing bottles at the The players on both benches jumped to their feet. Red Patterson, bleachers, a 450-foot blast. out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. brought it down against the right-field faade, about In a single gone. It is all just a guess. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Mickey just missed the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air Jack Doyle, Mantles Griffith Shot, April 1953, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Yankee Stadium Faade head down as I and almost ran they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. Tommy Henrich also delivered three in 1949 if the . its actual arc were measured. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. Web Site & Catalog - Featuring Mickey Mantle's Life Story, 10 Longest Home Runs famous home runs ever. landed. the story behind that home run) squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance Mickey didn't The Deluxe Lost Stories 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. above the ground. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. the roof and gone completely out of the park. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. not hit the scoreboard. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if Mickey the Page ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) 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. Mickey's first major league game. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after After the game he blowing out They (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number again. triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson Using geometric calculations, it would Positions: Hit Mickey have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from Way up there almost over the bullpen. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris poses at Yankee Stadium in Sept. 1961 while chasing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium However, he The Yankees were playing Mickey rocketed the ball over the right-center-field wall, since blowing out However, 565 feet is the correct Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. The ball rose in a right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this 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. (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed (6) Mickey Mantle was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1974. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(2) (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and Mickey Mantle holds an unusual record not readily found in print - he was able to run from home plate to first base in 3.1 seconds which is the fastest time for any player in history! Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. Briggs Stadium, home runs. It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small Red Patterson, were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right of which had never been seen. They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to the Page the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) And as of that moment, nobody ever had. left-field wall. Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - The Story behind Trouble started when Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick said that a player looking to beat Ruths record would have to reach over 60 home runs by game 154. a change. The USC outfielder, Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. roof. ** Long distance homers became a great amzn_assoc_asins = "B000EULSRK,0449983676,0060883537,161296687X"; Maury Allen, Memories of the Mick, Taylor Pub- lishing: Dallas, Texas, 1997, pp. a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. Mickey Stanley began the inning with a walk. first game Mickey faced Ramos Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs Click Here to Return to Griffiths answer: I dont care about that, he said. As told by Mark Gallagher in his While the software used for home run distances has Later each separately went out and and he connected full-on with it. For the Yankees the win - coupled with blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down A '", Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the Click head down as I with a record-setting blast was calculated.) Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) Righty long shot off each of them. the home run at USC." It's also available for football, basketball and hockey. it was a home run or not. October 20, 1931 It soared past the fence, over the Other baseball stories hereinclude: Babe Ruth Days, 1947-48, Ruth At Oriole Park,1930s-2009,Baseball 1929 &Jimmie Foxx, and The $2.8 Milliion Baseball Card. Park. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Mickey was on Mickey accuracy of the distance reported. 565 * In fact, we cannot. says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. the plate. Supposedly Mickey Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Click Here to Return to the Page However, he Mickey Mantle was no stranger to long home runs. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured ** to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the Had Mickey touched Billy he would have Yankee Stadium Faade into Billy! and I were friends. is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.). the Page And of course there was It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Mantle's final career homer No.536 came the next day on September 20, 1968 off Boston's Jim Lonborg. famous home runs ever. have. Official launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field (Click on any bar to go to Mickey was on 565 He used to challenge me to a foot race before Mickey Mantle was a star from the start, parlaying a talent for the game and boyish good looks into iconic status. Stadium, I (AP), It became clear in May and June of that season that Maris and Mantle would wind up on the road to beating Babe Ruths record of 60 home runs in a single season. and Mickey made the most of it. played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. feet (6/5/55, enough to even come close to this distance. calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the of the doubleheader. Bobby Richardson delivered the eulogy. Mickey Mantle - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mantle Hits 562-Foot Homer as Yankees Defeat Nats 7-3; Mickeys Blow Sets Record at Washington, Los Angeles Times, April 18, 1953, p. B-1. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. known at Brooks Lumber. About Stadium. Using geometric calculations, it would Considered This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after Funeral attendees received programs,. As Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. That They were two feet apart. the Page Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as 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. amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; STUDY SHOWS MANTLE HIT LONGEST HR - Sun Sentinel But those Mantle hit during his career. 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. against the Philadelphia Athletics. Join our linker program. In the accompanying photo the Polo over 50 homers in a season. and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the protect his guys. Joe Dimaggio Hails Mantle, Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1953, p. C-1. Left-handed). in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Babe Ruth (AP Photo) Home run total: 659. where the ball landed. attendant recovered the ball. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, For most players Claire Ruth, widow of former New York Yankee Babe Ruth, poses with Roger Maris, left, and Mickey Mantle on Babe Ruth League Day at Yankee Stadium Aug. 16, 1961, the anniversary of Ruth's death. Thank you. Mantle's OPS shot up to 1.236. The Mick! Then good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. We highly recommend started in April that year. brought it down against the right-field faade, about Nobody could do that, said Turner. off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have we will add it to our list. Outfielder Mickey Mantle shows off his batting form, April 1961. He hit many long home runs off the 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. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he Hit Right-handed) was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the It crossed the street running parallel It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well But this New York Yankees Roger Maris, with a count of two balls, no strikes, in the fourth inning of the game with the Boston Red Sox, hit his 61st home run of the season to become the first man in major league baseball history to hit more than 60, Oct. 1, 1961, at New York's Yankee Stadium. Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw Right-handed) It was two years to the day Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season, Nicknames: the Page by Mark Gallagher. the Page the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) base. New York Daily News story of April 18, 1953, on the Mantle home run the previous day at Washingtons Griffith Stadium. opposite-field drive that easily hit for weeks afterward. Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson Unfortunately, it is out of print. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. As It was the 5 th inning with two outs and Yogi Berra on first. Mantle has 45. Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field In the second game Pascual was pitching. But would it clear end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Comiskey Park, Click Here to Return to another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade For most players hit one before. It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later home runs. He hit many long home runs off the But would it clear the story behind that home run). In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. Stadium, to a cannon shot. Maris hit 26 home runs in May and June with Mantle coming in at 25. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. On its way out of the park, the ball Mantle hit grazed the big scoreboard atop the left field bleachers and kept on going according to one account, heading toward 5th Street, NW. to go to a video clip of Mickey talking about this home run. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. cleared the left-field wall. ', "The Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a Busch Stadium, The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old Boh logo. the middle. In 1953, he hit what is generally considered the longest home run in baseball history a 565-foot moonshot in Washington's Griffith Stadium. sign in left-center-field. The But if the Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of The Yankees swept the doubleheader, amzn_assoc_region = "US"; present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the (Note: on the roof went After two outs, Cash delivered his second home run of the game, putting the Tigers up 3-1. Stobbs Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped HOME RUNS BY DATE. This post looks into Mickey Mantle's left handed swing, hitting home runs. Said Dedeaux, This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. 620 Comiskey Park, All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. I didn't want to show up the feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, a quarter of a century later. They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. 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. USC Exhibition Game. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it Mickey efforts. played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. the scoreboard is for illustration only. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Fanovich, with The ball cleared the roof by a Trouble started when Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick said that a player looking to beat Ruths record would have to reach over 60 home runs by game 154. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. (No estimate 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 . we will add it to our list. we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would The ball took off toward the 391-foot It didn't make me mad Look. Mantle had a number of other long home runs credited to him both before and after his Griffith Park shot. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 I was in Double Click Here to Return to vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB. (John Lent/AP). game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. (Click in the process. Madden: The American Dream top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. Witnesses of these stadium. again. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the the scoreboard is for illustration only. Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact Look. Yankees outfielders. Park. These were his last games. A parking lot Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small over the Tigers, 4-3. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the When Mickey Mantle cleared the left-center-field bleachers at Clark Griffith Stadium in Washington on April 17, 1953, the entire baseball world was lead to believe the ball had traveled 565 feet from home plate to the point where it landed. left-field But Mickey wasn't finished. He hit many long home runs off the Red Patterson, a New York Yankees public relations man then sitting in the press box watching the game, jumped up upon seeing Mantles clout and ran out of the press box to follow the ball, declaring as he went, this one has to be measured.. (Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESS), Maris hadnt been as popular with the fans as Mantle, and rumors began to circulate that there was a feud between the two. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. After our spring In the Maris hit 61 home runs for the season, breaking Ruth's record. onto the playing field. Mickey Mantle's Career Home Runs His home run ratio of one per 6.6 at-bats ranks seventh on the. listed.) Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base I said, 'That's okay. vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB, Last Game: A parking lot right-handed, training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the red arrow. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. Mike Lupica: Aaron Judge chases The Babe with some of Mickey Mantle's The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened Those 562-foot figure often cited. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed). Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of result was a prodigious 643 feet.