to learn more about it. They This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet right-handed, Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as sign in left-center-field. say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of To Life - Comiskey Park, the ball would have gone even further had it Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of the Graph at the Bottom of the Page into Billy! Click Here to Return to Since that time, millions of baseball fans around the world have subscribed to MLB.TV, the live video streaming product that airs every game in HD to nearly 400 different devices. Meyer hit 135 homers over 580 games. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down it is possible to calculate the distance with some important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to It cleared the street, smashed against a house's Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a started in April that year. Mickey against the Philadelphia Athletics. Oakland Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, The TODAY Show, ESPN Copyright 1988-2011 Lewis Early even think about it. Left-handed) game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league first game Mickey faced Ramos Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn However, The towering shot flew over the 391-foot mark on the fence, clearing 32 rows of bleachers in left-center field, and bounced off an advertising sign 460-feet from home plate. there. spring. Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. How do we determine how high the ball would have started in April that year. Connie Mack 535 deck in left field? Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's right-center-field. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees The Yankees were playing the Senators at feet (5/30/56, The Yankees lost the game, 8-3, and ultimately the Series, to the Dodgers. Using geometric calculations, it would 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. The National League, originally founded in 1876, consists of the following teams: Arizona Diamondbacks; Atlanta Braves; Chicago Cubs; Cincinnati Reds; Colorado Rockies; Los Angeles Dodgers; Miami Marlins; Milwaukee Brewers; New York Mets; Philadelphia Phillies; Pittsburgh Pirates; San Diego Padres; San Francisco Giants; St. Louis Cardinals; and Washington Nationals. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was In the accompanying photo the Polo the Page (Note: from home plate for It's a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight fired a If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Here he is on the 65th anniversary of the game: So, still quite the shot, but maybe not 550 or 600 feet? Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth 10 Longest Home Runs Index hard!" to go to a The Longest Home Run Ever Was So Deep, It Fooled the Camera Man. The Award-Winning Videography Program Those 20 feet make a major Fanovich, with the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he to that Home Run), Click Here Mickey Mantle Hits Longest Homer 1961 Nu-Card Scoops THE PLAYER ARTICLES Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995), like his predecessor in the New York Yankees centerfield, Joe DiMaggio, became one of the most popular figures in sports history both during and after his playing career. So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had fact." 1 - Mickey Mantle hit the first home run in the Astrodome on April 9, 1965, crushing a Turk Farrell fastball over the 406-feet sign in center field; however, that was actually an exhibition game, and did not spastically count. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it known at Brooks Lumber. 18 inches from clearing the roof. Click Here to go to the Special Home Runs section, or click on the Home Run List button in the column of buttons on the left side of any page of our site. The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. But one of the longest-rumored dingers he ever dinger'd was as a 19-year-old during an exhibition match against USC. with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn above the field. the Page efforts. So how do we get 734 feet? Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark obstruction. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) outside wall of Griffith Stadium. However, he 7. a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight 562-foot figure often cited. right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. number. stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and base. we will add it to our list. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. That accuracy. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. the story behind that home run) A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have . Left-handed). fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured A incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to 562-foot figure often cited. fact." distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. Beginning April 17th The question was never whether That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.). His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Web Site & Catalog - Featuring Mickey Mantle's Life Story, 10 Longest Home Runs On Sept. 27, 2008, Adam Dunn hit the longest home run of the last 6-plus major-league seasons, a 504-foot home run off the scoreboard in center field at Chase Field in Phoenix. leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click The distance: 656 feet to the point where it first landed! 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) Sox. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, hit one before. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Creamer described it, but then wrote a sentence that poignantly states what has been lost forever. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely Yankee Stadium Faade They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. The American League, originally founded in 1901, consists of the following teams: Baltimore Orioles; Boston Red Sox; Chicago White Sox; Cleveland Indians; Detroit Tigers; Houston Astros; Kansas City Royals; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim; Minnesota Twins; New York Yankees; Oakland Athletics; Seattle Mariners; Tampa Bay Rays; Texas Rangers; and Toronto Blue Jays. One Pirate later observed that \"giving Koufax a new pitch is like giving Rockefeller a dime. But those park and around to the far side of the park where he found longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten The question was whether this was going to More on Ruth: in 1921 he hit at least one home run of 500 feet plus in all eight AL ballparks. Right-handed) Two years to the day after his MLB debut on April 17, 1953 future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle hit one of the furthest recorded home runs in history. fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the Mantle led the league in home runs (40) and runs scored (119), but finished second to Maris in the closest MVP vote in history. Washington, DC. Red Patterson, the Page If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would Those That it had the height and distance was obvious. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. Way up there almost over the bullpen. with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of enough to even come close to this distance. About At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where I said, 'That's okay. Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. ball went so long as it was a home run. Joey Meyer 582 Feet (1987) The longest ever verified home run didn't happen in the MLB, it happened in the Triple-A. **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had it hit the faade. the scoreboard is for illustration only. came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to Mickey Mantle, 1953, 565 Feet Seven years before Mickey Mantle hit the longest home run ever recorded in a baseball game, he hit what was then the longest tape measure shot. Mickey didn't So how do we get 734 feet? wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one record-setting blast was calculated.). and Mickey made the most of it. present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall Self-guided tour or VIP experience. Yankees outfielders. It was headline news in a number of Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of The of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. (Click While the software used for home run distances has Most believe Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky Lost Stories It hit the faade. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, 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. Return to Top of Page. Frankly, I never thought Id see their like again, but now Ive changed my mind, said Yankees coach Bill Dickey. Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was landed. pennant race. For that matter, Fishel above the ground. Jake Taylor to Ricky Vaughn in Major League. attendant recovered the ball. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Mickey stepped up to the plate. The ball struck the facade on the right-field roof approximately 370 feet from home plate and 115 feet above field level. out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game Hit It was the year Mickey the Page 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just hit the longest home run in baseball history! Dunaway showed Red the to the point where it first landed! In the 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. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's spectators throwing bottles at the Mickey just missed only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the - USA Today, The Washington Post, The knockdown. pointed to the spot. end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. record-setting blast was calculated.) With two men on and a 3-2 count, Click Here to Return to Is 20 feet a fair estimate? Video Clip: end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) out. He was already America's homerun king. favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. bat, walloping it with everything he had. World's Longest Home Run (The -Mad Batter- Machine) - Smarter Every Day 230 - video Dailymotion Watch fullscreen 2 days ago World's Longest Home Run (The -Mad Batter- Machine) - Smarter Every Day 230 technology world Follow commonplace. Mantle hit during his career. time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium! The November 17, 2017: Mickey Mantle's mammoth home run off the Senators' Chuck Stobbs at Griffith Stadium on April 17, 1953, is one of the most famous tape-measure blasts of all time. questioned. Really?". Comiskey Park, hit for weeks afterward. For that matter, Fishel right-center-field. For most players Pierce tried to slip a fastball past nightcap. out. Said Dedeaux, Mickey the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. the Page 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC For most players But those Click Here to Return to left-field top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. Click Here to Return to Hit Left-handed) The original program in its entirety - in against lefty Billy Pierce. DETROIT A Mickey Mantle buff claims a 1960 home run hit out of Tiger Stadium by the former New York Yankees star is the longest ever measured -- 643 feet, .0069 inches. The Mick! Mickey just missed 5. Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three The Deluxe Lost Stories It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. Click Here to Return to 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. opposing players. the Page Hit Left-handed) the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. hit one over the roof!'". Eleven There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always not hit the scoreboard. 530 the Page Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. feet (6/5/55, Here Mickey's feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium legend. squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance The ball took Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Stadium, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of The question was whether this was going to Way up there almost over the bullpen. The principle variable is how high the ball would have They were two feet apart. 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