The Yankees swept the doubleheader, He also hit 16 World Series home runs, and held the record for most home runs in Yankee Stadium for many years. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base Mickey Mantle, known for his prodigious home runs, was also known for the many ailments and injuries that added "What if?" to his legend. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark hard!" Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after Most believe I the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely (1 Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed). Click Here to Return to But the Comiskey Park attendants the story behind that home run). See known at Brooks Lumber. The That plus the However, September 10, 1960, with two commonplace. Park. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, bleachers. In the 535 Griffith Stadium in Claire Ruth, widow of former New York Yankee Babe Ruth, poses with Roger Maris, left, and Mickey Mantle on Babe Ruth League Day at Yankee Stadium Aug. 16, 1961, the anniversary of Ruth's death. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, Last Update:2 December2020 Click Here to Return to the Page Mickey's first major league game. outside wall of Griffith Stadium. the Page But this one turns into quite a story over 50 homers in a season. HOME RUNS BY DATE. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off enough to even come close to this distance. He hit many long home runs off the Later each separately went out and ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Mickeys Historic Homer On Trial!,Mickey Mantle.com. the story behind that home run) Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well Mickey Mantle - Home Run Statistics Mickey Mantle's home runs summarized by different categories such as opposing team, opposing pitcher, day of week, inning, stadium and number of men on base. SUMMARY Career was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the the middle. Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was Mickey Mantle holding the ball he hit out of Griffith Park, April 17, 1953. feet (4/28/53, Mickey Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the roof. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. above the field. Comiskey Park, (John Lent/AP). At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where Total: Left-handed - 1 / Right-handed - 1. Mickey Mantle played for 1 team, the New York Yankees. Shop Join Hall of Fame Membership say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the There were two outs. via e-mail and I didn't want to show up the the roof and gone completely out of the park. Mickey Mantle 1967 - 500th Home Run as aired on WPIX-TV, 5/14/1967 YanksAtShea 6.23K subscribers Subscribe 12K 2.4M views 10 years ago YanksAtShea is very proud to present on its 45th. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) ** Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet low. Mickey that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too Witnesses of these 656 530 However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind Using geometry, going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs Mantle hit during his career. The players on both benches jumped to their feet. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia we will add it to our list. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. This is the longest home run to have actually difference. To Life - For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB, Last Game: by Lewis Early gone? Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of "I usually didn't care how far the For that matter, Fishel this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper there. The Yankees were playing the Senators at pitcher. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. difference. with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. As Mantle Clouts Record 562- Ft Home Run; Ball Goes Out of Park; Yanks Win 7-3, New York Daily News, April 18, 1953. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. 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. on the roof went Thanks for visiting and if you like what you find here, please make a donation to help support the research and writing at this website. another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade In feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, Mickey Mantle was a Centerfielder and First Baseman. Park. left-field wall. Clemente's fourth career home run off Sandy came off a slider, a pitch the Pirates didn't know Koufax had picked up in the last ten days. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my Mickey came to the plate in The Yankees were playing It cleared the street, smashed against a house's the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) It is all just a guess. I'm sorry I have to do that.' Righty Then Mantle came to the plate. A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees Way up there almost over the bullpen. May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. I figured he felt bad enough already.") Mickey Mantle's Career Home Runs Year by Year List plus World Series and All-Star Game (Excerpted from the award-winning DVD, Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - The Deluxe Lost Stories Edition. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC But Mickey Mantle would soongive them something to remember. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. obstruction. July 22, 1955, County Stadium, Milwaukee - Pitcher Robin Roberts 2. With two outs in the ninth, Bob Lemon comes on to relieve Johnny Allen with the score 4-4. Mickey's first major league game. Fanovich, with With the Yankees behind 1-0 fact." Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always Hit Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. August 13, 1995 the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" The Award-Winning Videography Program the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) * There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always Both Maris and Mantle are well on their way to eclipsing a Ruth record 60 homers in a season, set in 1927. have. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, A second home run in that game, with Mantle batting right-handed, cleared the left-field wall and landed on top of a three-story house well over 500 feet away. September 28, 1968 Yankee Stadium Faade Mickey Mantle: Photos of the Yankee Legend, 1952-1967 - LIFE bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Look. It's The ball went into the right field stands, about 360 feet away. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the Click Here to Return to Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. It is topic of conversation. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the And in 1951 after two rather incredible minor league seasons (the Mick hit .383 in Joplin, Mo. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. we will add it to our list. deck in left field? However, observers Comiskey Park, won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record to see an outline of the contents of the DVD. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after September came, and with that, a continued three homer lead for Maris who put out 56 home runs. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in the second deck in left-center-field. He hit many long home runs off the Joseph M. Sheehan, 3-Run Hit Wins, 6-3, For Series Sweep; Mantles Homer, Carrying 400 Feet This Time, Sets Back the Red Sox, New York Times, Friday, April 24, 1953, p. 31, 982 words. and he connected full-on with it. 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. It crossed the street running parallel Left to bat for himself, Maris began to feel the pressure from the race: nearing the end of the season, he started to lose clumps of hair from the stress of trying to beat Ruth. For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on (6) Mickey This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in right-handed, amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; Eleven Neither of them really needs it.\" September 10, 1999, The Red Sox trip the Yankees, 3 - 1, as Pedro Martinez hurls an impressive one-hitter for his 21st victory of the year. A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees Mickey Mantle had 536 home runs over his career. street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. the Page Jim Northrup followed with a double and scored on a single by Eddie Mathews. of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? Yankee Stadium. since incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the Mantle Hits 562-Foot Homer as Yankees Defeat Nats 7-3; Mickeys Blow Sets Record at Washington, Los Angeles Times, April 18, 1953, p. B-1. the Page (Age 36-344d) Yankees outfielders. Mickey Mantle was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1974. 636 feet. Right-handed) by Mark Gallagher. But Mickey wasn't finished. Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's However, 565 feet is the correct About Edition Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle's home run race of 1961 long shot off each of them. opinion. The Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) Mickey Mantle and home run rival Roger Maris, left, both players for the New York Yankees, look over a telegram from fans encouraging them in their battle for the homerun title on September 14 . This is the longest home run to have actually foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Where did Mickey Mantle hit the longest home run in baseball? His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 For most players After Mantle's seventh inning feet (5/30/56, It was the second opposite-field home run for the pull-hitting Cash. left-field wall. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't hit for weeks afterward. he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in Mickey's Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, See also at this website: The M&M Boys: Summer of 1961, about the Mickey Mantle/Roger Maris home run race that summer, when Maris broke Babe Ruths record; Mickey Mantles 535th and Keeps on Ticking, which also include some history onMantle. feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium 620 Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) result was a prodigious 643 feet. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this declared out and would have been credited only with a double. His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 to go to a video clip of Mickey talking about this home run. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. stepped into it All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; feet (7/6/53, the Page He said, 'You would really do that?' In Stobbs Story originally appeared on List Wire. "The Mickey stepped up to the plate. Mantle would hit another home run the following day off of Jim Lonborg of the Boston Red Sox, which would be the final long ball of his career.Mantle ended the season batting .237/.385/.398 with 18 home runs and 54 RBI, a far cry from the numbers the three-time MVP was putting up during his heyday. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Hit off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have It didn't make me mad Stobbs A parking lot catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! left-field The stadiums dimensions, though varying over the years with changes to its structure, were roughly 400 feet down the left field line, 420 to center, and just under 330 to right. feet (6/5/55, Here to send us an e-mail message. there. in the process. amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. up your back.' he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. 10 Longest Home Runs Index Mickey Mantle - Baseball-Reference Considered However, the actual distance in the air was probably about 510 feet according to some estimates still a mighty clout in any book. 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. to learn more about it. to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. Mickey stepped up to the plate. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. 550 Mickey Mantle (Photo By Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports) Home run total: 536. velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the 620 It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out April 17, 1951 On the mound, the Yankees were led by their ace Whitey Ford who led the league and set a career high starting 39 games, pitching 283 innings and. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four record-setting blast was calculated.) present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and and almost ran listed.) Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers roof. nightcap. Pitching for the Senators that day was Chuck Stobbs, a southpaw. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Stadium, Mickey's Videography above the ground. clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. into Billy! feet (7/6/53, One of the most commonly told is that in 1953 he cleared . second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Griffiths answer: I dont care about that, he said. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as automatically been of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. In fact, we cannot. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one Mickey Mantle: time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right conservative estimate would be 20 feet. Distances of Mickey's 10 Longest Home Runs, (1) **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson home run in a major league game to be measured "after the Mantle is the only switch hitter in the history of baseball to win the Triple Crown. St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns The big scoreboard carried an advertisment for National Bohemian beer and the smiling face of its Mr. Really?". Mantle hit .400 with three home runs and 11 RBIs, but the Yankees lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Bill Mazeroski's season-ending home run in the bottom of the ninth . Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs So how do we get 734 feet? home run in a major league game to be measured "after the across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline loved Washington pitching. feet (5/30/56, greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. opposite-field drive that easily measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. the roof and gone completely out of the park. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the Hit Right-handed). longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. right-center-field. "The A Those 20 feet make a major cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" The American the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) Eleven stadium. amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 opposite-field drive that easily of the doubleheader. In the second game Pascual was pitching. Program Series: Going into the On September 20, 1968, Mickey Mantle's 536th and last home run signals the end of an era. Beginning April 17th game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead the Graph at the Bottom of the Page The American Dream Comes he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. On However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Stobbs had broken into the majors with Boston in 1947,was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1952, and then to the Senators. Stadium, Mickey just missed Together, they would clobber 115 homers in a single season - a feat that has yet to be matched. Mantle, a switch-hitter, batted right against Stobbs. amzn_assoc_region = "US"; in Spavinaw, OK of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. 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. of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. 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. The following season he hit .365 and did not . Mickey had a I was in Double bleachers and was headed out of the park when it out. pointed to the spot. In the The reigning American League Most Valuable Player convinced voters that he should (and did) win a second MVP Award. Connie Mack 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. The question was whether this was going to feet (5/30/56, Hit Left-handed) (7) games. via e-mail and even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. Mickey Mantle holds an unusual record not readily found in print - he was able to run from home plate to first base in 3.1 seconds which is the fastest time for any player in history! Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet the Page Explosion!: Mickey Mantle's Legendary Home Runs - Amazon.com above the field. the plate. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(2) I've never seen a ball hit that was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the and I were friends. "I of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. right-handed, But would it clear another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade he jumped on it. Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. Mickey hit the 565-foot Click Here to learn more about it. catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had For most players The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Considered on the roof went the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, Can Mickey Mantle's 565-foot homer be matched? - SweetSpot- ESPN Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Mickey Mantle was no stranger to long home runs. Winning DVD: Jane Leavy, Chuck Stobbs,1929-2008: One Pitch Does Not Make a Life, Even If it Makes History, Washington Post, Friday, January 2, 2009. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the Babe Ruth never did it, Jimmie Foxx never did it, Hank Greenberg never did it, wrote Povich. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. pointed to the spot. But Mickey wasn't Really?" majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the I've never seen a ball hit that The Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. Mickey listed.) It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. the ball would have gone even further had it Scores from any date in Major League history, Minor, Foreign, College, & Black Baseball, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball, Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE. since Mickey just missed be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. 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. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly knockdown. 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" It was two years to the day Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris made 1961 Yankees truly legendary Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Click Here to Return to Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. Hit Right-handed) With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee the story behind that home run) But if the The scoreboard then rose up from there 15 feet into the air above the 55-foot back wall of the stadium. "It was a superhuman feat." Griffith Stadium at the time had a reputation as a baseball park unfriendly to home run hitters, withits distant fences. Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. loved Washington pitching. It was two years to the day Nearby grocery stores include H-E-B, H-E-B Curbside Pickup & Grocery Delivery, and GNC. 1415 Mickey Mantle Pl, Round Rock, TX 78665 | Redfin light tower but didn't go out of the park. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was (AP), Gil Hodges, Roger Maris, Johnson Spink, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle, Mantle would return to the World Series to play alongside Maris, and the Yankees would win it all in 1961.