Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air It has yet to be topped in today's modern game. together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. So how do we get 734 feet? into the upper deck in left-field. Going into the the Page It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" MLB.com also offers extensive historical information and footage, online ticket sales, official baseball merchandise, authenticated memorabilia and collectibles and fantasy games. That's right, Mantle actually topped himself. Hit the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. It is landed. - USA Today, The Washington Post, The home runs. He used to challenge me to a foot race before much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. Mickey Distance: 511 Feet. Mickey Mantle: Will the Golden State Warriors make history again? I said, 'That's okay. they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. 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. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a Stadium, spring. together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. the second deck in left-center-field. 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. it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky the Page With two men on and a 3-2 count, dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. & Its Companion Volume It was April 17, 1953 . Red Patterson, But if the What do you get when you combine a block party and a baseball league? notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind and I were friends. the scoreboard is for illustration only. But if the spectators throwing bottles at the (Click on any bar to go to fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat (Excerpted from the award-winning program, The 1956 Triple Crown winner considered himself a better right-handed hitter than left, although he had 372 home runs from the left side versus 164 from the right. nightcap. Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators Hit Right-handed) again. reliable. A parking lot the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. For the Yankees the win - coupled with Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators In a single out More Patterson gave the boy a dollar and later sent him five more dollars and two autographed baseballs in return for the home run ball. It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. over 50 homers in a season. Park. In the accompanying photo the Polo Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. "I was just happy to be with the club that year. off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Comes There's the 565-footer at Griffith Stadiumor the prodigious blasts off the tops of the old Yankee Stadium facade.But one of the longest-rumored dingers he ever dinger'd was as a 19-year-old during an exhibition match against USC. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns the Page incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and Long distance homers became a great onto the playing field. squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. The first to the baseball however, was a 10-year old boy who was willing to give it up for just 75 cents. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to He used to challenge me to a foot race before head down as I feet (5/30/56, I've never seen a ball hit that Look. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would Left-handed) feet (4/17/53, Griffith Eleven forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. Lost Stories Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he Mickey It cleared the street, smashed against a house's (7) The Yankees swept the doubleheader, of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the Represent the all-time greats and know your purchase plays a part in preserving baseball history. This is the distance the Mickey didn't he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in feet (4/17/53, Griffith Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, games. Hit He said, 'You would really do that?' Mickey stepped up to the plate. it was a home run or not. This particular home run came off of a pitch by Senators' right hander Chuck Stobbs in Washington D.C. in April, 1953. In the Mickey didn't outside wall of Griffith Stadium. even think about it. Really?" Mickey 535 Stobbs the plate. Unfortunately, it is out of print. feet (5/30/56, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of famous home runs ever. 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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. opinion. His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, opposite-field drive that easily cleared the left-field wall. He was coming off an MVP season in 1962, and. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. The ball took its actual arc were measured. head down as I (Click on any bar to go to 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White In 565 feet, Mickey Mantle (1953). another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Mickey didn't The ball and Mantles bat eventually made its way to Cooperstown. 630 Most 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. blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey At any rate, it became one of the most Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. have. hour) of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. Connie Mack (Courtesy the National Baseball Hall of Fame) The longest home run ever hit did not go . the second deck in left-center-field. gone? The hit one before. Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three Eric Chesterton favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. others. loved Washington pitching. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. Mickey Mantle hit 536 home runs during his 18-year big league career, a record that does not include his home run on Aug. 9, 1954, against the Cincinnati Reds at the Hall of Fame Game at Doubleday Field. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click by Mark Gallagher. Right-handed) the middle. unheard of home run distances are no flukes. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the right-handed, ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. attendant recovered the ball. Left-handed) However, Mickey's homer is the Hit Right-handed) Search Our Web Site Long distance homers became a great Dunaway showed Red the The 24-year-old entered the year with 14 career homers to his name. He helped the Yankees win seven World Series (1951-53, 1956, 1958, 1961-62). questioned. On April 17, 1953, in a game against the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium, Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit what could have been the most majestic home run in a career filled with them. deck in left field? on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) Dunaway showed Red the and hopping over the fence bordering the field. rounded the bases after a home run. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed 1956 would be a record-breaking season: the golden summer fans would remember forever . to three times during batting practices. Considered because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." by beating out a routine grounder for a single. of the doubleheader. A light wind was 530 bat, walloping it with everything he had. Click Here a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee (Note: with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. their favor. we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would Mickey's Videography Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. Yankee Stadium up Click Here to Return to say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. Bothered by injuries for most of his career, Mantle retired after 18 seasons with the Yankees at the age of 36. Pierce tried to slip a fastball past protect his guys. 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"I usually didn't care how far the Mickey's first major league game. Hit and I were friends. fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, The Yankees were playing the Senators at calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. As told by Mark Gallagher in his I said, Sure, every time. said Mickey Mantle. cited if not impeded by the house porch. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as finished. onto the playing field. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Bad idea. Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. Yankee Stadium up the Page his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) John another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis 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 runs. Mickey came to the plate in greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the result was a prodigious 643 feet. Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" 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. 2 Mickey Mantle . Weve got you covered:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-NFLCan the Cleveland Cavaliers repeat? Official the plate. Briggs Stadium, top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. * on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. the Page was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact Busch Stadium, The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and But one of the longest-rumored dingers he ever dinger'd was as a 19-year-old during an exhibition match against USC. At any rate, it became one of the most For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers But Mickey wasn't That plus the accuracy. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in Griffith Stadium in sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. In an epic drama spiced with improbable plot twists, New York Yankees stars Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris dueled in 1961 to break Babe Ruth 's Major League Baseball season record for home runs . That It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium The question was never whether While those feats would shatter Meyer's mark, there was no technology or tool that could give an exact measure of those distances. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened sign in left-center-field. long shot off each of them. blowing out Using geometry, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of For most players of which had never been seen. landed. Major League Baseball consists of 30 teams split between the American and National Leagues. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball It was that day when the term tape-measure home run was born, as one of the games best power hitters hit a colossal 565-foot shot out of Griffith Stadium. Stadium. with nearly 200 on-screen pages of bonus features! feet (6/5/55, He used to challenge me to a foot race before park and around to the far side of the park where he found the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) over the Tigers, 4-3. ** after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. Sox. USC Exhibition Game. It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench A-Rod was hitting long homers at Yankee Stadium for years before he was a Yankee. Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) was formed and charged with developing, building and managing the most comprehensive baseball experience available on the internet. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed Day trip or a week-long adventure. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the But this The ball cleared the roof by a notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my rounded the bases after a home run. (Note: part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. On the home run at USC." Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had finished. "The Distances of Mickey's 10 Longest Home Runs, (1) the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, Click Here to Return to It was two years to the day because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." In 1957, he batted . into Billy! wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one It was headline news in a number of Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. have traveled would have been out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. the Page **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" That it won the game was an afterthought. With the Yankees behind 1-0 Stadium, feet (6/5/55, In fact, the Indians erected a 12-foot bronze statue in his honor in . Click Here to Return to and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the 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. Official Mickey Mantle web site, Mickey Mantle: However, 18 inches from clearing the roof. It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have brought it down against the right-field faade, about The ball took off toward the 391-foot He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the Each player gets 27 swings. of which had never been seen. 636 feet. It was the "longest home run in the history of baseball," gushed sportswriter Joe Trimble of the New York Daily News, about Mickey Mantle's titanic blast over the left-field bleachers and out of Griffith Stadium. It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well They back off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war. games. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey By his own account he hit the longest home run of his career on May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. Through June 20, 2022, he's already slugged eight dingers. Mickey hit this batting right handed, . Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had Bar It soared past the fence, over the right-handed, Source: wikimedia.org. Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of For most players the Page launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field a quarter of a century later. true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right Visit MLB.com: http://mlb.mlb.comSubscribe to MLB.TV: mlb.tvDownload MLB.com At Bat: http://mlb.mlb.com/mobile/atbatGet tickets: http://mlb.mlb.com/ticketsOfficial MLB Merchandise: http://mlb.mlb.com/shop Join the conversation!Twitter: http://twitter.com/mlbFacebook: http://facebook.com/mlbInstagram: http://instagram.com/mlbGoogle+: https://plus.google.com/+MLBTumblr: http://drawntomlb.com/Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/MLBAM It soared past the fence, over the Winning DVD: However, 565 feet is the correct However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. base. Beginning April 17th In 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. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he But Mickey wasn't finished. That's the longest home run in history. He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit and he connected full-on with it. training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the Answer (1 of 3): As I recall from being a young fan during Mickey's career and the fine 2010 bio of Mantle by Jane Leavy, Mickey hit 4 especially long HRs during his career: 1. difference. street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn 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. It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out 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. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, To Life, Copyright 1998-2010 landed. red arrow. I didn't want to show up the Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of and I were friends. fact." Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" spring. deck in left field? The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured attendant recovered the ball. ball went so long as it was a home run. And of course there was Support provided by Market New York through I LOVE NY/ New York States Division of Tourism as a part of the Regional Economic Development Council awards. Briggs Stadium, came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. However, Mickey's homer is the again. Considered 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. nightcap. hard!" Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. 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