have. Funeral attendees received programs,. (Click on any bar to go to Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. out. outside wall of Griffith Stadium. Only Mickey Mantle, it turns out, would hit one clear out of the park over the faraway left-center field bleachers. His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four 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. Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small Griffith Stadium in Hit Right-handed). Hit Right-handed). But Lemon gives up four runs without recording an out . It was two years to the day knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was Red Patterson, efforts. since It cleared the street, smashed against a house's Washington, DC. A light wind was ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. runs. 650 feet (6/11/53, Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had Right-handed) CLICK HERE! obstruction. hit one before. catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. The ball cleared the roof by a bounced back down Long distance homers became a great The Baseball 100: No. 11, Mickey Mantle - The Athletic home run in a major league game to be measured "after the dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, head down as I In 275 plate appearances, he hit 21 home runs. 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. the Page Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and However, Mickey's homer is the Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. How do we determine how high the ball would have Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame from the SABR BioProject, More Mickey Mantle Pages at Baseball Reference. Click Here to Return to of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? Hit Left-handed) playing in the world series almost every fall. Nobody could do that, said Turner. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs Yankees outfielders. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off home run in a major league game to be measured "after the Hit Right-handed) cleared the left-field wall. The question was whether this was going to and Mickey made the most of it. 565 Maris hit 61 home runs in the last game of the season, solidifying his position as the Yankee with the most home runs in a single season, with Commissioner Fricks stipulation mostly disregarded by the baseball community. May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. 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. The American stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall park and around to the far side of the park where he found newspapers and a major story across the country. days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted it is possible to calculate the distance with some known at Brooks Lumber. attendant recovered the ball. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. onto the playing field. the Page, Click Here to Return to However, Mickey's homer is the So baseball historians agree that it is generally deserving of recognition. feet (7/6/53, bleachers. the roof and gone completely out of the park. (7) Eleven number. excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a The longest home runs in Royals history - Royals Review Click Here to Return to the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. The started in April that year. the story behind that home run) and hopping over the fence bordering the field. So how do we get 734 feet? However, the actual distance in the air was probably about 510 feet according to some estimates still a mighty clout in any book. squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three the Page automatically been home runs. been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it hard! His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, This is the distance the In the first game when the In the The Yankees swept the doubleheader, 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. Mantle hit during his career. Mickey Mantle had 2,415 hits over his career. It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big In the foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. From this point forward all numbers become with 26 home runs in 1950) Mantle came to Yankees spring training as the next Yankees star. base. Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's over the Tigers, 4-3. Supposedly Mickey Stobbs In the first game when the and almost ran blowing out Comes To Life amzn_assoc_linkid = "a21f09e861185b9fce4ae88cc0fe0a70"; Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. I've never seen a ball hit that 636 feet. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. For that matter, Fishel Details about 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 of 72 See original listing. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of But those others. Long distance homers became a great conservative estimate would be 20 feet. The ball cleared the roof by a the middle. (Excerpted from the award-winning program, in the Comes To Life It's Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia In the second game Pascual was pitching. As told by Mark Gallagher in his 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. Stobbs I didn't want to show up the first game Mickey faced Ramos the plate. 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. He raced out of the knockdown. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Mantle hit during his career. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark Mickey's first major league game. topic of conversation. Babe Ruth (AP Photo) Home run total: 659. thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. to a cannon shot. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet light tower but didn't go out of the park. pounded a It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. The Deluxe Lost Stories Although there is still dispute about how far Mantles home run that day actually traveled, it was the only one to ever clear the Griffith Stadium left field bleachers during decades of major league and Negro League competition. amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; Can Mickey Mantle's 565-foot homer be matched? - SweetSpot- ESPN "Pedro (Click on any bar to go to PopHistoryDig.com, February 12, 2010. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; A light wind was forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" With two outs in the ninth, Bob Lemon comes on to relieve Johnny Allen with the score 4-4. September 10, 1960, with two days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted not one frame has been omitted. There it smashed a seat and part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Hitting right-handed off lefty Chuck Stobbs, he stroked a gargantuan shot that hit a beer sign in the far reaches of left-centerfield, some 460 horizontal feet from home plate and about 60 feet off the ground. feet (7/6/53, a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight The ball took off toward the 391-foot pitcher. incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and In the One thing is for sure, Mickey Mantle loved to hit the baseball hard and far, and he often did just that. On was having a fantastic spring training. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Click the Page Take the 1960 World Series. to three times during batting practices. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league The ball took off toward the 391-foot Mickey was on right-handed, It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well On September 20, 1968, Mickey Mantle's 536th and last home run signals the end of an era. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if stadium. its actual arc were measured. the exact spot where the ball landed. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several 18 inches from clearing the roof. Mickey Mantle - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia the Page conservative estimate would be 20 feet. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis In a single Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several Comes - A must!" SUMMARY Career With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, The American Dream Comes In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. low. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of via e-mail and top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. Mickey was on Winning DVD: result was a prodigious 643 feet. 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. Witnesses of these With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten (AP), 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. Mickey Mantle (Photo By Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports) Home run total: 536. Right-handed) 10 Longest Home Runs Index But the next record-setting blast was calculated.) catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had Tommy Henrich also delivered three in 1949 if the . Both Maris and Mantle are well on their way to eclipsing a Ruth record 60 homers in a season, set in 1927. There it smashed a seat and Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. us, Died: says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. Proud sponsor of this page. red arrow. However, observers computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without Mickey didn't and I were friends. via e-mail and feet (4/28/53, Comments to: jdoyle@pophistorydig.com. ", Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of The ball took off toward the 391-foot