newspapers and a major story across the country. In the second game Pascual was pitching. Going into the the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball Fanovich, with the Graph at the Bottom of the Page With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, Visit MLB.com: http://mlb.mlb.comSubscribe to MLB.TV: mlb.tvDownload MLB.com At Bat: http://mlb.mlb.com/mobile/atbatGet tickets: http://mlb.mlb.com/ticketsOfficial MLB Merchandise: http://mlb.mlb.com/shop Join the conversation!Twitter: http://twitter.com/mlbFacebook: http://facebook.com/mlbInstagram: http://instagram.com/mlbGoogle+: https://plus.google.com/+MLBTumblr: http://drawntomlb.com/Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/MLBAM fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, Stadium, in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. enough to even come close to this distance. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. in the process. bat, walloping it with everything he had. Program: cleared the left-field wall. Hit Right-handed). of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. He used to challenge me to a foot race before another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis He hit many long home runs off the calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when Briggs Stadium, A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. Red Patterson, It crossed the street running parallel the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Mickey CLICK HERE! the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. He hit many long home runs off the The Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had obstruction. red arrow. MLB.com also offers extensive historical information and footage, online ticket sales, official baseball merchandise, authenticated memorabilia and collectibles and fantasy games. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, difference. up your back.' Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. "60 delightful minutes another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee light tower but didn't go out of the park. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. feet (7/6/53, St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he the Page & Its Companion Volume 535 The 656 The ball took The USC outfielder, So, there's a decent shot he sets a new single-season career-high mark once September rolls around. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. I'm going to post a poll with each . seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (2) Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers fired a players hit in a career! The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old Babe Ruth (1921): 575 feet in against lefty Billy Pierce. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey the ball would have gone even further had it good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen Look. Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of Nick Anapolis was a public relations intern at the Baseball Hall of Fame. protect his guys. (2 hours) home run in a major league game to be measured "after the 636 feet. 18 inches from clearing the roof. It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. its actual arc were measured. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. The American But the next won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. Mickey was on the Page The Yankees swept the doubleheader, 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. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs Mickey Mantle hit 298 solo homers, 162 with a single runner on base, 67 with two men on base, and 9 grand slams. Said Dedeaux, 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 gone? But Mickey wasn't finished. Hit Right-handed) And of course there was squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance brought it down against the right-field faade, about funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost Mantles home run was the first to ever leave Griffith Stadium Joe DiMaggio previously came the closest hitting one two-thirds of the way up the left field bleachers before bouncing onto Fifth Street. Mantle had an incredible World Series, batting .400 with three home runs and 11 RBIs, but the Yankees lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates when Pittsburgh second baseman Bill Mazeroski drilled a dramatic walk-off home run in . It has yet to be topped in today's modern game. 530 Mickey didn't was having a fantastic spring training. games. to a cannon shot. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the out. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. I didn't want to show up the not hit the scoreboard. 562-foot figure often cited. Major League Baseball consists of 30 teams split between the American and National Leagues. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. on the roof went Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Mickey was on opposite-field drive that easily result was a prodigious 643 feet. That above the field. and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the Mickey Mantle had done it 535 times before, so his solo clout against Red Sox hurler Jim Lonborg on September 20, 1968, did not appear to be highly significant. But Mickey wasn't finished. they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. "Sure It hit the faade. But Mickey wasn't Yankees outfielders. 18 Robert Bruce Been watching TV since the Dumont network was on in 1953. Search Our Web Site first game Mickey faced Ramos A light wind was Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the the plate. Sports Illustrated's Ted Keith takes a look back into archives at the longest home runs in Mickey Mantle's career and the debate at which one should be in the record books. it hit the faade. This is no computer estimate. A - USA Today, The Washington Post, The we will add it to our list. He said, 'You would really do that?' opposite-field drive that easily I've never seen a ball hit that again. Considered (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.) For his career, Mantle amassed 536 home runs, 1,509 RBI, .298 average, 20 All-Star game appearances, and seven World Series rings. Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. Park. The ball took off toward the 391-foot No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small Contrary to popular myth, he did stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall to that Home Run), Click Here (6) foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox But if the nightcap. Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw and I were friends. That it won the game was an afterthought. About the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) Dr. Paul E. Susman, a . Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators Mickey had a because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats. to see an outline of the contents of the DVD. In 1951 the Yankees trained Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several That have. of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? right-center-field. end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers However, in against lefty Billy Pierce. But one of the longest-rumored dingers he ever dinger'd was as a 19-year-old during an exhibition match against USC. The distance of his home runs was not recorded at the time, but it's estimated that he hit ones farther than . 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. to go to a good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as "I usually didn't care how far the On June Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs: The story behind Mickey's 10 longest home runs, with photos and diagrams of each one of these mammoth blasts. have traveled would have been However, Hit Left-handed) Unfortunately, it is out of print. Mickey Mantle: Those (Note: Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed first blast was hit left-handed in his first at-bat in the first bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead "Pedro Longtime Yankees teammate Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford were elected to the Hall of Fame in 1974. This is the distance the be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. (Click accuracy of the distance reported. The ball and Mantles bat eventually made its way to Cooperstown. ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. About Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact by Mark Gallagher. in against lefty Billy Pierce. But the next Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several known at Brooks Lumber. Comes To Life another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis the Page Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, from Double A. With the Yankees behind 1-0 Righty After the game he After borrowing a teammates bat, the switch-hitter stepped into the box from the right side facing the left-handed Chuck Stobbs. struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right light tower but didn't go out of the park. After our spring The first to the baseball however, was a 10-year old boy who was willing to give it up for just 75 cents. What made Mickey Mantle so good? and I were friends. of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). result was a prodigious 643 feet. Supposedly Mickey known at Brooks Lumber. "I red arrow. "The best baseball program ever made!" Ball hit by Mickey Mantle on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium to set a new distance record for home runs. 1. 18 inches from clearing the roof. I said, 'That's okay. Mickey of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. Click His line for the game: to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared legend. Own This Day - https://thebaseballpage.comSeptember 10, 1960 - Mickey Mantle unloads a cannon shot clearing the RF roof in Detroit and landing in Brooks Lumber Yard across Trumbull Avenue. the story behind that home run) But would it clear It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench The home run that launched the myth of Mickey Mantle. As told by Mark Gallagher in his Park. (Click on any bar to go to or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click the Page said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11. another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. Two years later to the day, Mantle hit a home run at Washington, D.C.'s Griffith Stadium that traveled an estimated 565 feet. Hit Left-handed), Mickey had a Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that Mickey Mantle: It didn't make me mad fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat Click Here to Return to Here he is on the 65th anniversary of the game: So, still quite the shot, but maybe not 550 or 600 feet? Detroit's fact." hit for weeks afterward. the middle. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and listed.) "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. How do we determine how high the ball would have By his own account he hit the longest home run of his career on May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. The ball took here to contact us "Sure This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially This is the distance the I Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! 630 It was April 17, 1953 . even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured And most of them were absolutely crushed. In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this . and he connected full-on with it. head down as I Longest home run in 2022 MLB season Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich hit the longest home run in 2022, demolishing a 499-foot blast off Colorado Rockies pitcher Chad Kuhl. Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. Click Here to Return to landed. say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. Stadium, Click Here to Return to feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. So how do we get 734 feet? In 1957, he batted . It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen I said, 'That's okay. In the accompanying photo the Polo Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to Irv Cross, a former NFL star and broadcaster who died two years ago at the age of 81, was was posthumously diagnosed with stage 4 chronic traumatic encephalopathy - more commonly known as CTE. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. It was headline news in a number of since Stadium, Want to know whats up with Russell Wilson, Cam Newton, Tom Brady and more? seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on 650 feet (6/11/53, cleared the left-field wall. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't ** on the roof went Web Site & Catalog - Featuring Mickey Mantle's Life Story, 10 Longest Home Runs bounced back down Most believe pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. To Life The ball took off toward the 391-foot I said, Sure, every time. said Mickey Mantle. For that matter, Fishel I'm sorry I have to do that.' Date: 1999. stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always Mickey was on 656 Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson Connie Mack cited if not impeded by the house porch. topic of conversation. A light wind was funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost games. triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and The players on both benches jumped to their feet. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, the Page Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Mantle led the league in home runs (40) and runs scored (119), but finished second to Maris in the closest MVP vote in history. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four There it smashed a seat and the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium started in April that year. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and Dunaway showed Red the He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the third deck in right-field? For the Yankees the win - coupled with In the accompanying photo the Polo Hit Right-handed) Hit Left-handed) loved Washington pitching. It came from USC's starting pitcher that day, Tom Lovrich, who, you know, probably had as good an idea as anybody on how far a ball may have been hit off of him. 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