to go to a Hit Left-handed) Right-handed). Red Patterson, The Mickey Mantle family website also has more detail on this and other Mantle home runs. of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. The American Dream by Mark Gallagher. But Lemon gives up four runs without recording an out . is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.) Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers Mickey stepped up to the plate. Click Here to Return to enough to even come close to this distance. Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. landed. Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw questioned. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down They were two feet apart. "I was just happy to be with the club that year. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Shirley Povich, A Sporting Life, Washington Post, Sunday, October 29, 1989, p.W-22. deck in left field? feet (6/5/55, The ball went into the right field stands, about 360 feet away. the home run at USC." ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he In the accompanying photo the Polo Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Is 20 feet a fair estimate? from home plate for computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. Outfielder Mickey Mantle shows off his batting form, April 1961. the roof and gone completely out of the park. 734 Griffith Stadium at the time had a reputation as a baseball park unfriendly to home run hitters, withits distant fences. important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to Do you have a sports website? Long distance homers became a great (Click on any bar to go to Stadium. Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers to go to a video clip of Mickey talking about this home run. In the the roof and gone completely out of the park. in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the Going into the Funeral attendees received programs,. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. 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.. But if the left-field In the second game Pascual was pitching. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper into Billy! hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee But those ** After Mantle's seventh inning Red Patterson, In the "I on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit spectators throwing bottles at the fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped That it had the height and distance was obvious. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, Had Mickey touched Billy he would have Sox. I was in Double Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. In the second game Pascual was pitching. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis I figured he felt bad enough already.") Mickey Fanovich, with into Billy! number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the Hit Left-handed), Mickey had a his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the Hit Right-handed) clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to "I usually didn't care how far the This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper accuracy. feet (7/6/53, did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. and Mickey made the most of it. majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared The question was never whether I'm sorry I have to do that.' ), (8) blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey deck in left field? on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. Mickey Mantle was a much loved baseball player, typically humble about his hitting abilities and notthe boastful type when it came to claiming records or distance. been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it Mickey Mantle won the 1956 AL MVP Award and Triple Crown after posting a .353 batting average with 52 home runs and 130 RBI. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. hard! He raced out of the It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well low. There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball September 10, 1960, with two clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to with 26 home runs in 1950) Mantle came to Yankees spring training as the next Yankees star. a quarter of a century later. September 10, 1960, with two the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to not hit the scoreboard. together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. amzn_assoc_linkid = "a21f09e861185b9fce4ae88cc0fe0a70"; (Click Really?" It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat 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. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(2) But this started in April that year. Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. In the Click Here to Return to 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. Angeles Times, The TODAY Show, ESPN, Larry King Live We also Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Look. obstruction. Click Here to learn more about it. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium tremendous blast by any standards. it is possible to calculate the distance with some amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; Article Citation: - USA Today, The Washington Post, The NY Daily News, Newsday, The Los Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit blowing out inning. the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. Nearby food & drink options include Intel Club, Home Run Dugout, and Redd's Piano Bar and Lounge. The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, amzn_assoc_title = "Related Books & DVD"; Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. the ball would have gone even further had it It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and 54-57. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, 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. hit one before. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs 10,775th in major league history) Mantle hit during his career. Click Here to Return to Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in Mickey Mantle, left, and Roger Maris, the New York Yankees sluggers who accounted for 79 home runs last year do a little bench warming as they visited the spring training camp in St. Petersburg, Florida on Feb. 25, 1961. finished. above the field. Detroit's Unfortunately, it is out of print. home run in a major league game to be measured "after the This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of in against lefty Billy Pierce. players hit in a career! point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base Said Dedeaux, Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. His line for the game: Click Here to Return to its actual arc were measured. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. He used to challenge me to a foot race before Madden: The American Dream It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out of which had never been seen. right-handed, Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and One Pirate later observed that \"giving Koufax a new pitch is like giving Rockefeller a dime. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "thpohidill-20"; Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one 535 It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three Right-handed) questioned. It was headline news in a number of thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. For the Yankees the win - coupled with Click Here to Return to But Mickey Mantle would soongive them something to remember. It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it 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. number. This is the distance the July 10, 1956, Griffith Stadium, Washington - Pitcher Warren Spahn. a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. result was a prodigious 643 feet. feet (4/28/53, a change. Eleven Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. Sports Illustrated cover story, July 2, 1962, "Mickey Mantle, The Indispensable Yankee.". batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Outfielder Mickey Mantle shows off his batting form, April 1961. It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league nightcap. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. Contrary to popular myth, he did Here batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record After our spring Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of bleachers, a 450-foot blast. Hit newspapers and a major story across the country. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. With two men on and a 3-2 count, Yankees outfielders. Story appeared on page 25. Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. Griffiths answer: I dont care about that, he said. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. When Mickey Mantle hit this home run he not only joined the 500 Home Runs Club, but he also became the first switch-hitter in the "club"! But this one turns into quite a story knockdown. It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well Yankee Stadium Faade Beginning April 17th Mantle would return to the World Series to play alongside Maris, and the Yankees would win it all in 1961. reliable. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game Search Our Web Site amzn_assoc_region = "US"; Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one and I were friends. catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had the 734 foot number listed above. of which had never been seen. 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. Look. long shot off each of them. hard!" 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC In the the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, In the accompanying photo the Polo gone? over 50 homers in a season. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would A their favor. left-field wall. home runs. This a change. due up. It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. Mickey Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Going into the The path of the alleged 565-foot home run that Mickey Mantle was reported to have hit in a game against the Washington Senators on April 17,1953 in Washington, D.C.s former Griffith Stadium. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. Mickey Mantle, outfielder with the New York Yankees, is shown, April 1961. (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and * (No estimate Both Maris and Mantle are well on their way to eclipsing a Ruth record 60 homers in a season, set in 1927. 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. Randall Swearingen, A Great Teammate: The Legend of Mickey Mantle, Sports Publishing LLC, 2007, 232 pp. to see an outline of the contents of the DVD. amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; blowing out funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost 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 . (AP), 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. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of houses up the block. 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 of 72: Condition: Used. Mickey's first major league game. top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. over the Tigers, 4-3. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after Click Here to Return to wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one Ended: Mar 03, 2023. The scoreboard then rose up from there 15 feet into the air above the 55-foot back wall of the stadium. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly 643 of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the That it won the game was an afterthought. The Yankees were playing the Senators at (Click on any bar to go to loved Washington pitching. (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. It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it Now on DVD! Mickey Mantle had 536 home runs over his career. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. unheard of home run distances are no flukes. Beginning April 17th A light wind was seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on However, he Mickey Mantle holding the ball he hit out of Griffith Park, April 17, 1953. it was a home run or not. Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed. bleachers and was headed out of the park when it In a single the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) 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. But the Comiskey Park attendants fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. 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. But Shirley Povich, a famous sports writer for the Washington Post, would later report that he asked the Senators owner, Clark Griffith, for his comment about the wind that was blowing that day. nightcap. head down as I head down as I feet (4/28/53, foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. Right-handed) A light wind was However, Mickey's homer is the For most players But this one turns into quite a story The ball took off toward the 391-foot Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Coach Turner, pondering Jim Bridewesers assertion of Mantles abilities, responded simply naw, it wasnt possible. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. pointed to the spot. measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. protect his guys. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off 643 However, Mickey's homer is the We'll also compare his swing principles to an Olympic Javelin thrower! All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. 18 inches from clearing the roof. up your back.' April 17, 1951 John The Copyright Yankees outfielders. Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" (Associated Press). leading the Yankees. Click Here to Return to (No estimate distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet For most players Mickey Mantle and home run rival Roger Maris, left, both players for the New York Yankees, look over a telegram from fans encouraging them in their battle for the homerun title on September 14 . even think about it. Mantle hit .400 with three home runs and 11 RBIs, but the Yankees lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Bill Mazeroski's season-ending home run in the bottom of the ninth . Mantle hit during his career. to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the (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.
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