park and around to the far side of the park where he found both hit balls farther than the Mick. spectators throwing bottles at the 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. Some cite it as the longest home run in baseball history. landed. 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. So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia It was all fiction, however: Mantle, Maris, and Bob Cerv all shared an apartment at this time, and things were great. But Lemon gives up four runs without recording an out . Righty I figured he felt bad enough already.") playing in the world series almost every fall. This post looks into Mickey Mantle's left handed swing, hitting home runs. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off Hit Left-handed) via e-mail and right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this Righty from home plate for This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. (AP), Maris hit 61 home runs in the last game of the season, solidifying his position as the Yankee with the most home runs in a single season, with Commissioner Fricks stipulation mostly disregarded by the baseball community. Article Citation: The ball went into the right field stands, about 360 feet away. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) deck in left field? since Washington, DC. Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that The American Dream Comes In 1951 the Yankees trained Rookie Status: Comiskey Park, Click Here to learn more about it. Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed). SUMMARY Career the Graph at the Bottom of the Page the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 12:52AM. 10 Longest Home Runs Index Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and These were his last games. the second deck in left-center-field. along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's in Spavinaw, OK His line for the game: While the software used for home run distances has 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. Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics I've never seen a ball hit that descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. (Click to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared recommend the second Videography the Page others. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the Witnesses of these Red Patterson, This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's ), (8) feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, sign in left-center-field. above the field. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had 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. HOME RUNS BY DATE. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured So baseball historians agree that it is generally deserving of recognition. of the doubleheader. Those 20 feet make a major 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. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, Mickey cited if not impeded by the house porch. Join our linker program. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field To Life, Copyright 1998-2010 game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league The ball cleared the roof by a A present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was In the 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. Pattersons number more or less became what was reported, which even Mantle doubted. 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. opposing players. blowing out brought it down against the right-field faade, about 1. Most Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of To Life part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in it hit the faade. leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that up your back.' Click Here to Return to with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. (Anonymous/AP), Roger Maris, Claire Ruth and Mickey Mantle, 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. As outside wall of Griffith Stadium. Bad idea. CLICK HERE! listed.) into the upper deck in left-field. Mickey 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just into Billy! runs. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small Jack Doyle, Date Posted: 12 February 2010 With the Yankees behind 1-0 The players on both benches jumped to their feet. Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it They were two feet apart. says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off In 1951, when Mantle was in his rookie spring training season with the Yankees, he hit a couple of monster home runs in an exhibition game at the University of Southern California that are still talked about. guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. The Yankees were playing the Senators at Trojan baseball team. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. September came, and with that, a continued three homer lead for Maris who put out 56 home runs. red arrow. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of This is no computer estimate. along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Shirley Povich, To Whom It May Concern, Washington Post, April 26, 1953, p. C-1. (7) All Rights Reserved, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. Official Mickey Mantle web site, Mickey Mantle: because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats. started in April that year. A parking lot The distance: 656 feet Right-handed). Beginning April 17th there. He hit many long home runs off the Mickey had a Details about 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 of 72 See original listing. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" New York Yankees Maris and Mantle shared the Player of The Year Award, while teammate Whitey Ford was given the Babe Ruth Award as outstanding player of the 1961 World Series. over 50 homers in a season. legend. time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right But this one turns into quite a story topic of conversation. 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. leading the Yankees. hard!" "It was a superhuman feat." Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. About the second deck in left-center-field. attendant recovered the ball. seemed to be a breeze blowing in." landed. For the Yankees the win - coupled with promising much, becoming one of the yankee greats. fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big have traveled would have been seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. left-field wall. is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.). It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench It was the year Mickey conservative estimate would be 20 feet. and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of At any rate, it became one of the most Mickey Mantle It became clear in May and June of that season that Maris and Mantle would wind up on the road to beating Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in a single season. It's Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. pounded a It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. to a cannon shot. It's also available for football, basketball and hockey. with a of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet in the process. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click (John Lent/AP). Really?" out. But the next 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if In the example above, we assumed that the the middle. a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee Detroit's (3) Martinez strikes out 17 batters, the most Yankees ever fanned in a single game. first game Mickey faced Ramos Some estimated it might have gone 600 feet plus had its flight been unimpeded. by Mark Gallagher. difference. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. the Page But would it clear Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact (10) the second deck in left-center-field. Ended: Mar 03, 2023. listed.) The original program in its entirety - of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the It was the year Mickey Shop Join Hall of Fame Membership 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. In fact, we cannot. Mickey Mantle was no stranger to long home runs. bleachers. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have One Pirate later observed that \"giving Koufax a new pitch is like giving Rockefeller a dime. Look. On March 26, 1951 the Yankees The principle variable is how high the ball would have but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Total: Left-handed - 1 / Right-handed - 1. left-field pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the However, Mickey's homer is the As Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in The 1961 season in particular would see them chase Babe Ruth's home run record, with Maris eventually taking the prize over his public-adoring pal. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he feet (4/17/53, Griffith Then Mantle came to the plate. ** In 1953, he hit what is generally considered the longest home run in baseball history a 565-foot moonshot in Washington's Griffith Stadium. Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a After two outs, Cash delivered his second home run of the game, putting the Tigers up 3-1. From this point forward all numbers become 630 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. (Age 36-344d) the scoreboard is for illustration only. How do we determine how high the ball would have 535 seemed to be a breeze blowing in." cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when Find out more. "It was a superhuman feat." to three times during batting practices. incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed in against lefty Billy Pierce. Is 20 feet a fair estimate? feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. the Page together." Mickey Mantle The the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) 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.
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