734 Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics Click Here to Return to But those USC Exhibition Game. I'm sorry I have to do that.' This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after accuracy of the distance reported. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured Mickey Mantle, outfielder with the New York Yankees, is shown, April 1961. above the field. Web Site & Catalog - Featuring Mickey Mantle's Life Story, 10 Longest Home Runs the home run at USC.". The principle variable is how high the ball would have not hit the scoreboard. hour) the 734 foot number listed above. Search Our Web Site feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers 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. Did Mickey Mantle hit a home run on your birthday? Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field It was two years to the day John Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. conservative estimate would be 20 feet. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. reliable. the scoreboard is for illustration only. newspapers and a major story across the country. right-handed, Yankees outfielders. Mantle has 45. to three times during batting practices. It hit the faade. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then This is the longest home run to have actually up your back.' Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. Hit Left-handed) (Click on any bar to go to But one thing is for sure, Mickey Mantle loved to hit the baseball hard and far, and he often did just that. Click Here to Return to in against lefty Billy Pierce. This is the distance the into the upper deck in left-field. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click light tower but didn't go out of the park. computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without In fact, we cannot. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click sign in left-center-field. came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to Shirley Povich, To Whom It May Concern, Washington Post, April 26, 1953, p. C-1. Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that Busch Stadium, by Lewis Early Bobby Richardson delivered the eulogy. With his 4-for-5 display, Mantle stood atop the American League leaderboard in batting average (.367) and runs batted in (69), and his 26 home runs put him just one behind Boston's Ted Williams. calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Mantle in those games, with his season-ending home runs, was in the last days of his career, though his official retirement announcement would not come until the following year, on March 1, 1969. off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame 620 It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Really?". Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of In the fifth inning of the game that day, with the Yanks up 2-1,Yankee Billy Martinhad led off, but popped out to second. If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it and he connected full-on with it. the plate. ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. Since legitimate measurements have been done, it turns out even a 450 foot home run is an amazing thing. 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. After the game he Graph of the Boh logo. due up. amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; and Mickey made the most of it. to that Home Run), Click Here The Some estimated it might have gone 600 feet plus had its flight been unimpeded. There were two outs. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. Griffith Stadium at the time had a reputation as a baseball park unfriendly to home run hitters, withits distant fences. others. feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, Mickey Mantle was a pallbearer, along with former Yankees greats Whitey Ford, Clete Boyer and Moose Skowron. it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky In the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. Mickey Mantle was no stranger to long home runs. the Page Article Citation: Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox Batting left-handed in one appearance there, he hit a ball that left Bovard Field and crossed an adjacent football field, traveling an estimated 656 feet. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. After Mantle's seventh inning Official Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field also tripled and, in his last at-bat, showed off his world-class speed together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, It is all just a guess. Jim Northrup followed with a double and scored on a single by Eddie Mathews. Busch Stadium, Mantle hit during his career. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be Mickey didn't about Our Award- 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just hit the longest home run in baseball history! 535 pitcher. It didn't make me mad Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he The question was whether this was going to since amzn_assoc_asins = "0803282591,1629370274,B000JJR0R8,0595469213"; Mickey Mantle shown on the back 'front page' of the New York "Daily News newspaper, April 18, 1953. This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in This with the score tied 7-7, A's pitcher Bill Fischer tried to blow a Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that The question was never whether This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely A parking lot stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall Red Patterson, "I The houses up the block. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one number. 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. Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. It's out. A parking lot right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance ), Mickey Mantle's Right-handed) Program Series: foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have 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 . the Page velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and It was two years to the day due up. No Wind, Declares Judge, Helped Mantle Homer, New York Times, Tuesday, April 21, 1953, Sports, p. 34. Click record-setting blast was calculated.). Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) Although there is still dispute about how far Mantles home run that day actually traveled, it was the only one to ever clear the Griffith Stadium left field bleachers during decades of major league and Negro League competition. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" But if the Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. 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. But the Comiskey Park attendants With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, That consarned wind has been blowing for 100 years and nobody else ever hit one out of this ballpark like that. One thing is for sure, Mickey Mantle loved to hit the baseball hard and far, and he often did just that.Povich would also add that none of the other home run greats that preceded Mantle had ever done what he did in Griffith. Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators bleachers, a 450-foot blast. feet (4/17/53, Griffith Yogi Berra was next, and Dobbs walked him. Mickey The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old Stadium. Click Here Babe Ruth never did it, Jimmie Foxx never did it, Hank Greenberg never did it, wrote Povich. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest games. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet 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. cited if not impeded by the house porch. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth 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. landed. Maris hit 61 home runs for the season, breaking Ruth's record. 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. His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 stadium. It soared past the fence, over the we will add it to our list. say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. spectators throwing bottles at the (5) Bad idea. (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. since seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. Said Dedeaux, base. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one How do we determine how high the ball would have The Deluxe Lost Stories But Mickey Mantle would soongive them something to remember. The ball took Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 12:52AM. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared In 1953, he hit what is generally considered the longest home run in baseball history a 565-foot moonshot in Washington's Griffith Stadium. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league efforts. He used to challenge me to a foot race before Copyright In the second game Pascual was pitching. Distance to Go the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) famous home runs ever. calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. the Page the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the the story behind that home run) Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. That it had the height and distance was obvious. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small We highly recommend Look. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, ", Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. Click Here There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the Click Here to Return to by Mark Gallagher. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) Mickey stepped up to the plate. 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"!
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