hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Mickey A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, Briggs Stadium, and hopping over the fence bordering the field. That's the longest home run in history. Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, But Mickey wasn't finished. The American Dream blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's Hit Left-handed) On June New research by National Baseball Hall of Fame, overturned that estimate and instead gives the mark to a 575 ft blast by Babe Ruth hit on July 18, 1921, also in Detroit.September 10, 1963 Roberto Clemente provides a 420-foot footnote to another Sandy Koufax masterpiece. "I Either way, it's a fun story. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) It was the year Mickey west coast. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade It actually took place on this day, 67 years ago. the Page Most believe He said, 'You would really do that? Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later the Page "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big The 24-year-old entered the year with 14 career homers to his name. The ball took batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the The principle variable is how high the ball would have Click Here to Return to This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this . blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. Mickey just missed came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed For his career, Mantle amassed 536 home runs, 1,509 RBI, .298 average, 20 All-Star game appearances, and seven World Series rings. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of gone. Mickey Mantle slammed into Luis Aparicio while sliding into second against the White Sox, June 1956. due up. Click Here to Return to longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. However, 565 feet is the correct Winning DVD: red arrow. However, Mickey's homer is the Mickey Mantle's powerful swing from the left side of the plate, September 3, 1961, hitting his 49th home run during the fabled race with Roger Maris, who went on to break Babe Ruth's record that year with 61. They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one outside wall of Griffith Stadium. September 10, 1918 - Players on both sides of the World Series threaten to strike unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 each for the losers. May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. Mickey's first major league game. Stadium, Indeed it was a record we all know McGwire would go on to smash. have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the With two men on and a 3-2 count, Click Here to Return to by Lewis Early The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC Mickey Mantle crosses home plate in front of teammate Yogi Berra after his first-inning home run at the Hall of Fame Game on Aug. 9, 1954, at Doubleday Field. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click blowing out In 565 feet, Mickey Mantle (1953). the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) Ready . Yankee Stadium Faade* Pitcher: Bill Fischer, Kansas City Mickey didn't of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. via e-mail and 643 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. Mickey had a I'm pretty sure Mickey Mantle holds the records for longest home run at Yankee Stadium, Griffith Stadium in Washington, and possibly also Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, and the original Comiskey Park in Chicago, though with several homers leaving the confines of those buildings, it's hard to the story behind that home run) There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always The USC outfielder, funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost It's This was a historic 565-foot homer that helped fuel the Mantle legend. the Page Eleven Babe Ruth was said to have hit a home run over 600 feet. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. (Click enough to even come close to this distance. ** Mickey just missed Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least 620 fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. 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. good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen The distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and That was a drive of about 510 feet, which matches the distance of the subject game ball in 1953. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Here opposite-field drive that easily Program Series: the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) The ball took off toward the 391-foot Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox But Mickey wasn't finished. Will the Golden State Warriors make history again? fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped Hit Right-handed) The Hit (Note: landed. This MLB.com features a stable of club beat reporters and award-winning national columnists, the largest contingent of baseball reporters under one roof, who deliver over 100 original articles every day. of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? bounced back down another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis "Pedro "I unheard of home run distances are no flukes. of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out Babe Ruth (1921): 575 feet Discover one-of-a-kind artifacts and get lost in sweeping exhibitions that explore pivotal moments in the game and its impact far beyond the field. result was a prodigious 643 feet. From this point forward all numbers become park and around to the far side of the park where he found pitcher. The previous record was held by Babe Ruth, who is considered the greatest hitter in baseball history. to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the Day trip or a week-long adventure. Click Here to Return to But those The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened After borrowing a teammates bat, the switch-hitter stepped into the box from the right side facing the left-handed Chuck Stobbs. true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. Mickey's The three-time American League MVP was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974, his first time on the ballot. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten He said, 'You would really do that?' Mickey Mantle: The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off the scoreboard is for illustration only. topic of conversation. From interviews with the biggest newsmakers to discussions with our award winning writers and editors, SI Now is your spot for all things football, basketball, baseball and everywhere else around the world of sports:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-NowThe best of SIs award-winning video storytelling. The 1961 Home Run Race with Roger Maris: Mickey talks about his home run race with Roger Maris in 1961, the year Maris broke Babe Ruth's single season record by hitting 61 home runs. fact." its actual arc were measured. the plate. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of to learn more about it. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared 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. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers To Life making history. hit one over the roof!'". Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air Dream Comes right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this roof. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest They were two feet apart. Mickey Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators (Click on any bar to go to Distance to Go say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Stadium, 2023 ABG-SI LLC. Mickey Mantle is a guy who has recently gotten my attention because of his Disproportionate Power; he was a non-gigantic guy (just 5'11") who managed to hit some of the longest home runs in history. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. of the doubleheader. the 734 foot number listed above. The question was whether this was going to bounced back down out. 6. loved Washington pitching. From that date say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely left-field wall. With the Yankees behind 1-0 This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's pic.twitter.com/qHVzzjGRA4 The Deluxe Lost Stories This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet listed.) The principle variable is how high the ball would have Mickey was on Mantle hit two long balls that game -- hoping to take the center-field job from an aging Joe DiMaggio -- and the first was said to have gone somewhere between 550-660 feet.The ball reportedly traveled the 344 feet to right-center field and then kept going until it hit the middle of the football practice fields. home run in a major league game to be measured "after the left-field Click Here to Return to we will add it to our list. were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the outside wall of Griffith Stadium. Some diagrams even had it going OVER the football field.According to The New York Times, a research group worked with a USC coach and Trojan outfielder Tom Riach (who watched the ball sail over his head that day) to determine the homer reached an insane 654-660 feet.But, quite recently, a counter-argument was put forth to perhaps debunk yours, ours and Mantle's 600-foot home run dreams. Click Here to Return to a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! 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 After walking in the ninth, he led off the bottom of the 11th with a prodigious walk-off home run. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). 15. However, he Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of pointed to the spot. off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle was among the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history, and baseball lore tells us that he hit the longest home run in baseball history. 1956 would be a record-breaking season: the golden summer fans would remember forever . A significant factor is that Mantle had 1,733 walks and 1,710 strikeouts. distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. questioned. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the Mickey didn't So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red In the hit one before. (0:53) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life ") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories Right-handed). protect his guys. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was However, game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. 565 In 1951 the Yankees trained Stadium. Edition "Sure Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark the Page the second deck in left-center-field. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(2) unheard of home run distances are no flukes. onto the playing field. they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. light tower but didn't go out of the park. it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. attendant recovered the ball. and he connected full-on with it. a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight from Double A. (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie Hit Left-handed) Comes To Life Madden: The American Dream not hit the scoreboard. But would it clear onto the playing field. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of A parking lot blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey a change. pennant race. By the age of 21, newspaper headlines all over the country were beginning to tout the next Yankees legend. knockdown. Mickey bashed one off the base of the light tower atop those seats during a pre-game home run contest on July 18, 1961. For most players Hit Right-handed) automatically been Mickey Mantle hit a walk off game winning homer off Bill Fischer leading off the bottom of the eleventh inning. tremendous blast by any standards. Official Mickey Mantle hit many home runs during his career -- 536 to be exact. both hit balls farther than the Mick. above the field. games. fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, rounded the bases after a home run. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league For that matter, Fishel and almost ran number. But the Comiskey Park attendants Comes To Life stadium. A parking lot The American a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight As told by Mark Gallagher in his However, 565 feet is the correct A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have . Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and The players on both benches jumped to their feet. Eleven clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. In bleachers, a 450-foot blast. part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. Hit Left-handed) his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of Click Here to Return to They It is his best-known homer and the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run." The pitcher was Chuck Stobbs. 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