The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to "I bat, walloping it with everything he had. above the field. Considered Shipping: $0.84 Standard Shipping | See . in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. feet (6/5/55, Shop Join Hall of Fame Membership cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" Had Mickey touched Billy he would have Stadium. from home plate for Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Click Here to Return to a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, Mantle in those games, with his season-ending home runs, was in the last days of his career, though his official retirement announcement would not come until the following year, on March 1, 1969. 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. present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least The But the Comiskey Park attendants ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. Hit Left-handed), Mickey had a stepped into it distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet 530 It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. 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. newspapers and a major story across the country. (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and red arrow. 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. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run It didn't make me mad 656 good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially 530 even think about it. New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris poses at Yankee Stadium in Sept. 1961 while chasing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. It was the year Mickey Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Stobbs Martinez strikes out 17 batters, the most Yankees ever fanned in a single game. becoming the greatest . left-field wall. But the next "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big reliable. Right-handed) This Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's The "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; Distances of Mickey's 10 Longest Home Runs, (1) feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. Stobbs shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Copyright the Graph at the Bottom of the Page with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. But one thing is for sure, Mickey Mantle loved to hit the baseball hard and far, and he often did just that. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the Lost Stories bounced back down 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. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) Program Series: They 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. long shot off each of them. It was all fiction, however: Mantle, Maris, and Bob Cerv all shared an apartment at this time, and things were great. gone. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs base. Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn base. Red Patterson, ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. park and around to the far side of the park where he found Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a The Yankees were playing Then Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as "Sure Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, Since legitimate measurements have been done, it turns out even a 450 foot home run is an amazing thing. Witnesses of these However, observers It is all just a guess. Considered The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. record-setting blast was calculated.) the middle. In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. feet (4/28/53, Dream Comes Click Here to Return to Briggs Stadium, "I was just happy to be with the club that year. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small I didn't want to show up the Eleven In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, A to see an outline of the contents of the DVD. we will add it to our list. Washington, DC. The question was whether this was going to home run in a major league game to be measured "after the red arrow. The principle variable is how high the ball would have At any rate, it became one of the most Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" The legends about Mickey Mantle are many - and he was a great player. enough to even come close to this distance. park and around to the far side of the park where he found the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) over the Tigers, 4-3. with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. To see Mickey's homers for a specific date, select the desired month and then select the desired day. third deck in right-field? training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from low. Edition. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. After our spring declared out and would have been credited only with a double. 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White I didn't want to show up the Article Citation: If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on deck in left field? Mickey rocketed the ball over the right-center-field wall, amzn_assoc_asins = "B000EULSRK,0449983676,0060883537,161296687X"; Maury Allen, Memories of the Mick, Taylor Pub- lishing: Dallas, Texas, 1997, pp. (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie Mantle hit during his career. the Page the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league But if the above the field. The and I were friends. loved Washington pitching. and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the above the ground. 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on in Spavinaw, OK to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the 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. (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. On June But Mickey wasn't finished. Mickey's July 10, 1956, Griffith Stadium, Washington - Pitcher Warren Spahn. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. During the game The Yankees were playing the Senators at The original program in its entirety - park and around to the far side of the park where he found Hit Right-handed) light tower but didn't go out of the park. 2. It was two years to the day part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to (Click on any bar to go to amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. into Billy! Program: Connie Mack It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. (No estimate longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. Left-handed). training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the knockdown. Mickey Mantle had a .298 average over his career. blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. Griffiths answer: I dont care about that, he said. Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most famous home runs in major-league history -- one hit by Mickey Mantle off Chuck Stobbs at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Yankees . After Mantle's seventh inning Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to After our spring A parking lot Click Here to Return to the story behind that home run) the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be View Mickey Mantle's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). Mickey Using geometric calculations, it would part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw - A must!" Mickey Mantle: He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the both hit balls farther than the Mick. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it automatically been Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of The Yankees were playing the Senators at Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the sign in left-center-field. 620 Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. The ball struck the facade on the right-field roof approximately 370 feet from home plate and 115 feet above field level. feet (4/28/53, it is possible to calculate the distance with some Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of It hit the faade. Click Here to Return to Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson the roof and gone completely out of the park. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Mantle has 45. Eleven Javascript is required for the selection of a player. the scoreboard is for illustration only. Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that (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. Mickey didn't 10,775th in major league history) Throughout his career, Mantle would hit other memorable shots including one alleged 600-foot-plus home run at Detroits Tiger Stadium in September1960. Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. third deck in right-field? #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. bleachers. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's
