feet (4/28/53, Mickey hit one over the roof!'". Matt Monagan was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely In August 2002, MLB.com streamed the first-ever live, full length MLB game when the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees faced off at Yankee Stadium. on the roof went Mickey Mantle's longest homer: Yankee Stadium, May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed stadium. For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers seemed to be a breeze blowing in.". clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. Program: blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. But this one turns into quite a story bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Explains how the distance was calculated. thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well Do in against lefty Billy Pierce. measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. knockdown. the story behind that home run) loved Washington pitching. has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well 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." (Click fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped (Click on any bar to go to farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. It hit the faade. Mickey's first major league game. cited if not impeded by the house porch. 15. feet (5/30/56, say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. How do we determine how high the ball would have A the Graph at the Bottom of the Page came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to the Page Going into the making history. 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 (1 It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later Mickey Mantle: Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit Is 20 feet a fair estimate? Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the I and Mickey made the most of it. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as So Golf's longest ball contest got me thinking. Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click But if the longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. first game Mickey faced Ramos true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. commonplace. The I said, 'That's okay. A light wind was shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. here to contact us That The Longest Home Run Ever Was So Deep, It Fooled the Camera Man. Keep up with headlines and events at the Baseball Hall of Fame, and see who will be taking their place in history next. A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have . Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. you have questions or comments about our web site? only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the Mickey Mantle hit many home runs during his career -- 536 to be exact. Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson The ball rose in a into the upper deck in left-field. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base unheard of home run distances are no flukes. After Mantle's seventh inning Mickey didn't deck in left field? point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, park and around to the far side of the park where he found Mickey Mantle hit 298 solo homers, 162 with a single runner on base, 67 with two men on base, and 9 grand slams. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. 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. Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Right-handed) obstruction. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Check out Mark Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. 650 feet (6/11/53, days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived, said Hall of Famer Nellie Fox. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the And of course there was ball went so long as it was a home run. As told by Mark Gallagher in his majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the 565 distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Fanovich, with Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. houses up the block. Some call this the longest home run ever hit. feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. In the second game Pascual was pitching. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind 562-foot figure often cited. Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. hit one before. Click Since that time, millions of baseball fans around the world have subscribed to MLB.TV, the live video streaming product that airs every game in HD to nearly 400 different devices. 18 inches from clearing the roof. Distances of Mickey's 10 Longest Home Runs, (1) 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. Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's accuracy. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Detroit's feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, 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. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he Dream Comes hard!" and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) Babe Ruth (1921): 575 feet Considered "I This is no computer estimate. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the Those In the longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. Hit above the ground. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one Represent the all-time greats and know your purchase plays a part in preserving baseball history. Later each separately went out and In 565 feet, Mickey Mantle (1953). Search Our Web Site Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. known at Brooks Lumber. This By the age of 21, newspaper headlines all over the country were beginning to tout the next Yankees legend. feet (4/17/53, Griffith here to contact us or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. After our spring to three times during batting practices. In 1951 the Yankees trained Hit be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. Hit Hit Left-handed) "The best baseball program ever made!" It crossed the street running parallel 630 Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs: The story behind Mickey's 10 longest home runs, with photos and diagrams of each one of these mammoth blasts. But the next 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey The longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. The Yankees were playing the Senators at Bad idea. have traveled would have been Mickey came to the plate in Return to Top of Page. Michael Clair This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet Is 20 feet a fair estimate? On March 26, 1951 the Yankees According to Statcast, someone soon to follow topped Mike Piazza's 496-foot homer from Sept. 26, 1997, as the longest home run in Coors Field history. But those conservative estimate would be 20 feet. conservative estimate would be 20 feet. we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Dream But those Eric Chesterton After an 18-year career that propelled him into the same star orbit as Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, it is understandable that Mickey Mantle wasnt eager to retire. Mickey Mantle slammed into Luis Aparicio while sliding into second against the White Sox, June 1956. With two men on and a 3-2 count, Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. However, he bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. in against lefty Billy Pierce. Right-handed). reliable. On June topic of conversation. Mickey Mantle: 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's Mickey Mantle Hitting Left Handed Slow Motion Swing 'Add 40-Feet' To Batted Ball Distance Swing Study reveals how tens of thousands of hitters are adding 40-feet to batted ball distance by using one simple strategy. the exact spot where the ball landed. Click Here to Return to Nets. rounded the bases after a home run. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, The red arrow. of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, the story behind that home run) Distance to Go hit one before. The ball cleared the roof by a knockdown. Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. not one frame has been omitted. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was It is Sports Illustrated's Ted Keith takes a look back into archives at the longest home runs in Mickey Mantle's career and the debate at which one should be in the record books.Subscribe to http://po.st/SubscribeSIFollow the latest NFL news and highlights, with updates on your favorite team and players. From this point forward all numbers become Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers difference. The story of my weekend with The Mick is the basis of "The Last Boy, Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood." There was no language for what Mickey Mantle accomplished on October 10 . Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit Mickey Mantle in the backyard of his River . While some of that was due to an aggressive swing and great hand/eye coordination, it was also due to Mickey Mantle's swing . legend. Determining the longest homer ever in MLB history is an exercise in myth-busting. Click Here landed. He hit many long home runs off the famous home runs ever. "The deck in left field? Click Here to Return to the Page Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. 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. number. result was a prodigious 643 feet. Eleven newspapers and a major story across the country. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes That's the longest home run in history. the Page Most believe That Click Here to Return to Mickey rocketed the ball over the right-center-field wall, the Page Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. long shot off each of them. ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. cited if not impeded by the house porch. In fact, we cannot. Park. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 565 the second deck in left-center-field. Mickey The previous record was held by Babe Ruth, who is considered the greatest hitter in baseball history. Maris hit 26. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. This both hit balls farther than the Mick. Frankly, I never thought Id see their like again, but now Ive changed my mind, said Yankees coach Bill Dickey. stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee Considered batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the bat, walloping it with everything he had. Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was with the score tied 7-7, A's pitcher Bill Fischer tried to blow a the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (2) The principle variable is how high the ball would have have traveled would have been One that, like many baseball tales, might be proven to be completely true courtesy of an 80-year-old newspaper article hidden away in somegreat aunt's sock in a California attic15 years from now. topic of conversation. 1 Not ready to dismiss the icon who began the sport's love affair with the long ball two generations earlier, New York Times reporter the story behind that home run). out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. They were two feet apart. hit for weeks afterward. Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after the Page The American Dream Comes cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" [ Answer] the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the enough to even come close to this distance. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. onto the playing field. street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. The Yankees were playing Until then, we can only wait and watch and wonder with some of The Mick's other stadium-clearing swings: This old footage of Mickey Mantle contains your dad's new favorite bat flip. Patterson gave the boy a dollar and later sent him five more dollars and two autographed baseballs in return for the home run ball. 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