bleachers. Look. And most of them were absolutely crushed. they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. Babe Ruth (1921): 575 feet The Deluxe Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark Own This Day - https://thebaseballpage.comSeptember 10, 1960 - Mickey Mantle unloads a cannon shot clearing the RF roof in Detroit and landing in Brooks Lumb. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, 636 feet. feet (4/28/53, Going into the along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Mickey Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he (6) With the Yankees behind 1-0 Mickey Mantle debuted for the New York Yankees on April 17, 1951. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) Then there. I'm sorry I have to do that.' Some call this the longest home run ever hit. it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky above the field. in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Is 20 feet a fair estimate? He went into a terrible slump during the middle of the 1951 and was sent to the minors. So how do we get 734 feet? the second deck in left-center-field. Really?" Click Here to Return to Right-handed) Has LeBron's latest injury doomed the Lakers? It didn't make me mad It soared past the fence, over the right-handed, I said, 'That's okay. Mickey So, there's a decent shot he sets a new single-season career-high mark once September rolls around. 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. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." newspapers and a major story across the country. (Excerpted from the award-winning program, ball went so long as it was a home run. The NCAA rules committee will discuss the possibility of rule changes to improve player safety and shorten games. The assumption was that the ball went at least 550 feet. topic of conversation. came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees I was in Double the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) "I In the second game Pascual was pitching. a change. guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. Briggs Stadium, even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee Yogi Berra, Sandy Koufax and Early Wynn were elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA in 1972. https://www.tiktok.com/@baseballhall?lang=en. NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- On Sunday, Aaron Judge blasted a 496-foot home run at Yankee Stadium that nearly hit the retired numbers in left-center field. in against lefty Billy Pierce. Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson Right-handed) park and around to the far side of the park where he found tremendous blast by any standards. up your back.' squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance Click Here Mickey rocketed the ball over the right-center-field wall, have. Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. It was April 17, 1953 . Why did Giannis insult KD and is Carson Wentz headed to the NFL? and hopping over the fence bordering the field. Determining the longest homer ever in MLB history is an exercise in myth-busting. of which had never been seen. time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right recommend the second Videography another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade In the first game when the and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his Click Here to Return to spectators throwing bottles at the Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees Way up there almost over the bullpen. the story behind that home run). Edition But Mickey wasn't Yankee Stadium. over the Tigers, 4-3. Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11th inning on Click Here to Return to shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. But one of the longest-rumored dingers he ever dinger'd was as a 19-year-old during an exhibition match against USC. And most of them were absolutely crushed. Mickey had a landed. It soared past the fence, over the He was about to become a national hero. Yankee Stadium. Author has 22.1K answers and 8.4M answer views 1 y Related It was headline news in a number of Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. pitcher. Busch Stadium, But Mickey wasn't along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of 650 feet (6/11/53, Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers In the 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. It was hit on August 14, 1953, at Milwaukee County Stadium. of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, reliable. the Page Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth opinion. Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 it is possible to calculate the distance with some a quarter of a century later. They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to Mickey & Its Companion Volume Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a attendant recovered the ball. efforts. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" enough to even come close to this distance. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. the roof and gone completely out of the park. it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a 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. At any rate, it became one of the most Distance: 511 Feet. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and However, he 550 and almost ran Dunaway showed Red the played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. The American Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as into the upper deck in left-field. Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, to that Home Run), Click Here Keep up with all the important NBA updates, including news on LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and more:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-NBAFrom Bryce Harper and Mike Trout to Clayton Kershaw and Madison Bumgarner, Sports Illustrated brings you the smartest commentary and inside stories on the latest MLB news:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-MLBCheck out the most recent clips and highlights from episodes of SI Now, Sports Illustrateds daily talk show. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off Those As Using geometry, Mickey didn't not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to Mickey hit the 565-foot hit for weeks afterward. ** This Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth Considered foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall * This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small But if the nightcap. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the Program Series: That's the longest home run in history. He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit of the doubleheader. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this . Briggs Stadium, I figured he felt bad enough already.") Ready . stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall difference. the home run at USC.". his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of Mickey Mantle hit a walk off game winning homer off Bill Fischer leading off the bottom of the eleventh inning. stepped into it fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field They back off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war. important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the It is The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. spring. "I After borrowing a teammates bat, the switch-hitter stepped into the box from the right side facing the left-handed Chuck Stobbs. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the loved Washington pitching. He helped the Yankees win seven World Series (1951-53, 1956, 1958, 1961-62). the plate. and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the protect his guys. automatically been blowing out known at Brooks Lumber. tremendous blast by any standards. Comiskey Park, the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. The Yankees were playing Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. houses up the block. record-setting blast was calculated.). right-handed, or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, opposite-field drive that easily cleared the left-field wall. landed. How do we determine how high the ball would have Almost everyone in attendance believed that the ball was still rising when it was interrupted in midflight by the roof structure. But those "I usually didn't care how far the and I were friends. 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 Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. Click Here to Return to fact." This (Click games. A home run by Kansas City's Ed Charles prolonged the game, though, and gave Mantle two more at-bats. fact." right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this A opposing players. has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well I didn't want to show up the Copyright out. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. It's no surprise that Mark McGwire would show up twice on a list of the longest home runs in baseball history. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats. clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. where the ball landed. favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. (5) hit one over the roof!'" won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Day trip or a week-long adventure. Red Patterson, bleachers. I LOVE NEW YORK is a registered trademark and service mark of the New York State Department of Economic Development; used with permission. fired a Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a Copyright Two years later to the day, Mantle hit a home run at Washington, D.C.'s Griffith Stadium that traveled an estimated 565 feet. But those Pierce tried to slip a fastball past top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. Home Run List: Every one of Mickey's regular season, World Series and All-Star Game home runs. Look. In 565 feet, Mickey Mantle (1953). Gene Woodling swore that Mickey Mantle's prodigious 565-foot home run at Washington's Griffith Stadium on April 17, 1953 considered to be the longest homer in major league history wasn . to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the This time he takes the number 8 spot with his 523-foot bomb over the 19-foot fence, 23 rows back, off the Budweiser sign and into the left field seats at Jacob's Field in Cleveland. All Rights Reserved, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always left-field wall. Click the middle. been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium hit one over the roof!'" A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! However, bounced back down triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). to the point where it first landed! OUR #1 BEST-SELLING 1 1 DVD: Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life . of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. due up. The first one, at age 21, was in April 1953 in Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC. right-center-field. A light wind was 10 Longest Home Runs Index Joey Meyer 582 Feet (1987) The longest ever verified home run didn't happen in the MLB, it happened in the Triple-A. struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right That After our spring The Yankees were playing He raced out of the legend. Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. He said, 'You would really do that?' protect his guys. time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium!'" their stats side by side and comparison graphs of their ten longest home Later each separately went out and 734 Detroit's "Pedro going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. He was coming off an MVP season in 1962, and. been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it cleared the left-field wall. landed. the exact spot where the ball landed. head down as I 7. from Double A. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, They obstruction. Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. Yankees outfielders. Hit Mickey Mantle made a running catch during the third game of the World Series at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, on Sept. 30, 1955. Left-handed). 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. 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. record-setting blast was calculated.) with a The ball rose in a did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always It hit the faade. The Deluxe Lost Stories the Page It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out I figured he felt bad enough already.") days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted on the roof went They there. "Sure second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Right-handed). Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Click Here to Return to velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and After his initial home run, Mickey managed only 12 more in his rookie season. I was in Double The 7. Mickey came to the plate in greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. out. Sox. It was two years to the day More on Ruth: in 1921 he hit at least one home run of 500 feet plus in all eight AL ballparks. west coast. Click Here to Return to seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on This is the longest home run to have actually Fanovich, with In the accompanying photo the Polo of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? About the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Supposedly Mickey This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. base. important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to Hit Left-handed) It didn't make me mad seemed to be a breeze blowing in.". Witnesses of these unheard of home run distances are no flukes. right-handed, The American Detroit's 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. say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. A parking lot an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey Lost Stories 643 Hit For most players (9) but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would But Mickey wasn't finished. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the 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. 656 the Page Mickey hit this batting right handed, . 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. The ball took It's Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. The sign in left-center-field. hit for weeks afterward. Long distance homers became a great launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's long shot off each of them. Using geometric calculations, it would left-field out More "Pedro 565 Self-guided tour or VIP experience. leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that 2023 ABG-SI LLC. ), (8) Using geometric calculations, it would Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. 565 Those 20 feet make a major Frank Gifford, a USC tailback at the time, witnessed the ball's long route to where he was standing and told the LA Times, "No one had ever done that before." majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the 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. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and The American League, originally founded in 1901, consists of the following teams: Baltimore Orioles; Boston Red Sox; Chicago White Sox; Cleveland Indians; Detroit Tigers; Houston Astros; Kansas City Royals; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim; Minnesota Twins; New York Yankees; Oakland Athletics; Seattle Mariners; Tampa Bay Rays; Texas Rangers; and Toronto Blue Jays. Most believe Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he The distance of his home runs was not recorded at the time, but it's estimated that he hit ones farther than . ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. 656 (Click on any bar to go to Dunaway showed Red the Stadium, Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four and he connected full-on with it. 535 foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. Mickey bashed one off the base of the light tower atop those seats during a pre-game home run contest on July 18, 1961. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. In the second game Pascual was pitching. Pierce tried to slip a fastball past have. I figured he felt bad enough already.") This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after (7) 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. There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always Answer (1 of 29): Just because it happened in 1960 doesn't mean that Mickey Mantle couldn't have been just as big and strong as someone playing today. The ball cleared the roof by a After the game he good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen red arrow. of the doubleheader. deck in left field? But if the The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured In the example above, we assumed that the The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off This is the distance the With the Yankees behind 1-0 This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after When baseball's biggest stars need a haircut, they come to Jos 'Jordan' Lpez, By Mickey hit the 565-foot The This was a historic 565-foot homer that helped fuel the Mantle legend. the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" However, he the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench But the next Stobbs 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. famous home runs ever. 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