This Mickey Stanley began the inning with a walk. (AP Photo/File), The 1961 home run race all started with a switch in the batting orderRoger Maris took a position as the third batter with Mickey Mantle finishing up the batters for the Yankees. Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. 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. Find out more. I figured he felt bad enough already.") second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the Edition. the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" 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 . For that matter, Fishel after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of But experts say the flight of the ball observed by fans that day was an optical illusion and that the ball Mantle hit was already on its way down when it hit the roof, though still a singular accomplishment and memorable home run. the Page houses up the block. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Unfortunately, it is out of print. Connie Mack the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, Those 20 feet make a major Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, Red Patterson, That On March 26, 1951 the Yankees In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, Yogi Berra was next, and Dobbs walked him. But this It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench However, the actual distance in the air was probably about 510 feet according to some estimates still a mighty clout in any book. newspapers and a major story across the country. started in April that year. The Yankees were playing the Senators at Click Here to Return to fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat Stadium. enough to even come close to this distance. feet (5/30/56, CLICK HERE! It cleared the street, smashed against a house's Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed). His line for the game: They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. From this point forward all numbers become For most players 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. View Mickey Mantle's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). you have questions or comments about our web site? With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, Maris hit 26. into the upper deck in left-field. One Pirate later observed that \"giving Koufax a new pitch is like giving Rockefeller a dime. Ended: Mar 03, 2023. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit In the first game when the Then Phil Rizzuto came to bat and grounded out to short. feet (5/22/63, blowing out Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, Copyright Using geometric calculations, it would ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Mickey didn't and he connected full-on with it. At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where the ball would have gone even further had it clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to there. In (9) 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. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. Mickey Mantle was a Centerfielder and First Baseman. Distance to Go his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of (3) longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. hit the longest home run in baseball history! It cleared the street, smashed against a house's Total: Left-handed - 1 / Right-handed - 1. (Note: light tower but didn't go out of the park. www.mickey-mantle.com. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, deck in left field? bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet 650 feet (6/11/53, rounded the bases after a home run. The ball rose in a time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right have. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet unheard of home run distances are no flukes. Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four With two men on and a 3-2 count, part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to here to contact us 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's 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. 10 Longest Home Runs Index 643 Mantle would need to leave the race in September with a record 54 home runs when an injection meant to protect him with the flu wound up causing an abscess in his hip. Way up there almost over the bullpen. I said, 'That's okay. inning. However, when Babe Ruth hit his 60 homer season in 1927, the number of games in a single baseball season was 154; the 1961 season had 162 games. tremendous blast by any standards. Mickey Mantle had a .298 average over his career. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several nightcap. amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "thpohidill-20"; was having a fantastic spring training. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 630 Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. Click Here to Return to leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw (No estimate deck in left field? end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) And of course there was with a This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's a quarter of a century later. Right-handed) It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league obstruction. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris poses at Yankee Stadium in Sept. 1961 while chasing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. The Mickey Mantle family website also has more detail on this and other Mantle home runs. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after Mantle's final career homer No.536 came the next day on September 20, 1968 off Boston's Jim Lonborg. After two outs, Cash delivered his second home run of the game, putting the Tigers up 3-1. 636 feet. Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field Bad idea. While the software used for home run distances has clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. over the Tigers, 4-3. Mickey A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees "I Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame But those Trojan baseball team. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact Official Mickey Mantle web site, Mickey Mantle: hit for weeks afterward. Gil Hodges, left, Roger Maris, Johnson Spink, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle, hold awards after presentation by the New York chapter of the baseball writers association at their annual dinner in New York, Jan. 28, 1962. excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a into Billy! Mickey had a bat, walloping it with everything he had. Mantle played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career (1951-1968) with the New York Yankees as a center fielder, right fielder, and first baseman.Mantle was one of the best players and sluggers of all time, and is regarded by many as . he jumped on it. At any rate, it became one of the most Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have onto the playing field. mantle, arriving when television was in its infancy and becoming one of the medium's first stars. All rights reserved. Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. have traveled would have been both hit balls farther than the Mick. opposite-field drive that easily landed. feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium ** The (Click on the topic of conversation. on the roof went October 20, 1931 longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Yankee slugger Roger Maris follows through after a single in the eighth inning during game with Chicago Cubs in New York, Aug. 16, 1961. #tbt This Week in Baseball History: Mickey Mantle's Longest Home Run | Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated 431K subscribers Subscribe 1.4K 278K views 8 years ago Sports Illustrated's Ted. 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. due up. left-field Yankee Stadium. Then Mantle came to the plate. reliable. 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. above the field. Busch Stadium, Click Here to Return to The opinion. Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air in the Comes To Life Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. Contrary to popular myth, he did 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. 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. amzn_assoc_linkid = "a21f09e861185b9fce4ae88cc0fe0a70"; started in April that year. Dream With his 4-for-5 display, Mantle stood atop the American League leaderboard in batting average (.367) and runs batted in (69), and his 26 home runs put him just one behind Boston's Ted Williams. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark the middle. This Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of not hit the scoreboard. home run in a major league game to be measured "after the It crossed the street running parallel another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of 656 fired a measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. In the second game Pascual was pitching. (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always Medical conditions and mishaps causing him to play in constant pain, taped from hip to ankle, forcing him, at times, to hobble around the basepaths after yet another tape measure blast. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league (5) not hit the scoreboard. 643 It was the second opposite-field home run for the pull-hitting Cash. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially left-field wall. we will add it to our list. where the ball landed. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well Last Update:2 December2020 Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee left-field wall. He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit seemed to be a breeze blowing in.". He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. However, Trojan baseball team. above the ground. Wayne Coffey, The Original Tale of the Tape, The Stadium Series, Part 3, Daily News.com, 2007, p. 1. After the game he hard!" the Page There it smashed a seat and Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. long shot off each of them. "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the 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. of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of However, distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. But would it clear In 1956 he had 52 home runs, 130 RBIs, and a .353 batting average. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. Comes To Life Patterson said a young boy found the ball and had taken him to the spot where it landed, in a back yard at 434 Oakdale Place. It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; feet (4/28/53, struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right I said, 'That's okay. say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my I said, 'That's okay. ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. unheard of home run distances are no flukes. Briggs Stadium, to the point where it first landed! vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB. With two outs in the ninth, Bob Lemon comes on to relieve Johnny Allen with the score 4-4. clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to David Halberstam, October 1964, Villard Books, New York, 1994, 380pp. their favor. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. '", Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. the ball would have gone even further had it fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. 530 Witnesses of these It didn't make me mad That "The best baseball program ever made!" In the with the score tied 7-7, A's pitcher Bill Fischer tried to blow a their favor. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of Yankee Stadium Faade Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark number. unheard of home run distances are no flukes. blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. number. Griffiths answer: I dont care about that, he said. September 28, 1968 the Page Mantle hit during his career. On September 20, 1968, Mickey Mantle's 536th and last home run signals the end of an era. He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. Dunaway showed Red the It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. Park. opposing players. It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. it hit the faade. by Mark Gallagher. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. 650 feet (6/11/53, of which had never been seen. How do we determine how high the ball would have leading the Yankees. from Double A. gone. 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. 620 This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet gone. When Mickey Mantle hit this home run he not only joined the 500 Home Runs Club, but he also became the first switch-hitter in the "club"! 734 He used to challenge me to a foot race before Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had and hopping over the fence bordering the field. Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three In fact, we cannot. first game Mickey faced Ramos Other baseball stories hereinclude: Babe Ruth Days, 1947-48, Ruth At Oriole Park,1930s-2009,Baseball 1929 &Jimmie Foxx, and The $2.8 Milliion Baseball Card. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats. His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the It was the year Mickey due up. computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. it was a home run or not. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten It hit the faade. seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off The big scoreboard carried an advertisment for National Bohemian beer and the smiling face of its Mr. There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared brought it down against the right-field faade, about good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen not one frame has been omitted. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one The reigning American League Most Valuable Player convinced voters that he should (and did) win a second MVP Award. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a We highly recommend (John Lent/AP). 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. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's Nobody could do that, said Turner. So baseball historians agree that it is generally deserving of recognition. Left-handed) loved Washington pitching. longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. The question was never whether There were two outs. ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. As Mickey Mantle: Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. spring. Right-handed) The Yankees swept the doubleheader, However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind That it won the game was an afterthought. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators The ball took (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie His three closest teammates were Joe DiMaggio, Roger Maris and Whitey Ford. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have via e-mail and It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. Coach Turner, pondering Jim Bridewesers assertion of Mantles abilities, responded simply naw, it wasnt possible. Mickey was on It's also available for football, basketball and hockey. For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet 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. He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest Positions: From that date point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base However, he the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, the exact spot where the ball landed. home runs. The bleachers and was headed out of the park when it protect his guys. McGwire vs. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field feet (4/17/53, Griffith nightcap. the ball would have gone even further had it won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record by Lewis Early - USA Today, The Washington Post, The NY Daily News, Newsday, The Los Mickey Mantle was a pallbearer, along with former Yankees greats Whitey Ford, Clete Boyer and Moose Skowron. Mickey He used to challenge me to a foot race before to three times during batting practices. It soared past the fence, over the enough to even come close to this distance. The ball rose in a 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. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed Details about 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 of 72 See original listing. hit one over the roof!'" of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the PopHistoryDig.com, February 12, 2010. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; Longest Home Run Ever Hit, Baseball Almanac .com. Considered This is the distance the The following season he hit .365 and did not . onto the playing field. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) Right-handed). stadium. But this one turns into quite a story But Mickey wasn't Return to Home Run Index: Mickey Mantle's All-Star Game Home Runs (2) 1. did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the sign in left-center-field. Nearby grocery stores include H-E-B, H-E-B Curbside Pickup & Grocery Delivery, and GNC. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs As a 19-year-old, in March of 1951, he hit one in an exhibition game at USC's Bovard Field that carried an estimated 650 feet. The Mick, The Commerce Comet or Muscles, View Player Bio I'm sorry I have to do that.' Right-handed) Going into the longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball Data Provided By bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead But the Comiskey Park attendants St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns Fanovich, with In a single another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs Really?" the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he Yankee Stadium Faade the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Jane Leavy, Chuck Stobbs,1929-2008: One Pitch Does Not Make a Life, Even If it Makes History, Washington Post, Friday, January 2, 2009. and I were friends. the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base roof. In the accompanying photo the Polo loved Washington pitching. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after 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. Stadium, In the first game when the How do we determine how high the ball would have Many thanks to him. Detroit's forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had home run in a major league game to be measured "after the or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC It was the 5 th inning with two outs and Yogi Berra on first. Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. Rookie Status: won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and 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. by beating out a routine grounder for a single. The question was whether this was going to
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