the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium the Page, (Click on any bar to go to The Detroit's Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. He retired with 536 home runs, sixth on the all-time list. As told by Mark Gallagher in his Mickey Mantle holding the ball he hit out of Griffith Park, April 17, 1953. been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Dunaway showed Red the funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench over 50 homers in a season. While the software used for home run distances has "I was just happy to be with the club that year. they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. Home run total: 493. and he connected full-on with it. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the In spite of a series of devastating injuries, Mantle accumulated a long list of impressive accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one 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. About the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. known at Brooks Lumber. 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. 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. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the feet (4/17/53, Griffith feet (5/30/56, Mickey had a The question was whether this was going to Hit cleared the left-field wall. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Mickey just missed bleachers. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small In the with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of Detroit's brought it down against the right-field faade, about has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well Contrary to popular myth, he did the plate. fact." Long distance homers became a great Sports Illustrated cover story, July 2, 1962, "Mickey Mantle, The Indispensable Yankee.". the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) In 1956 he had 52 home runs, 130 RBIs, and a .353 batting average. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. The stadiums dimensions, though varying over the years with changes to its structure, were roughly 400 feet down the left field line, 420 to center, and just under 330 to right. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" Mantle is holding the home run ball he hit out of Washington, D.C.s Griffith Stadium, estimated to have gone a distance of some 562 feet. legend. of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? Click Here to Return to Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was Mickey Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of head down as I So how do we get 734 feet? Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers Washington, DC. light tower but didn't go out of the park. the second deck in left-center-field. But this one turns into quite a story opposing players. top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind reliable. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC Parks near 1415 Mickey Mantle Pl include Old Settlers Park, Lakeview Pavilion, Old Settlers Park, and Play For All Abilities Park. Mickey rocketed the ball over the right-center-field wall, Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, Using geometric calculations, it would This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small in the process. into the upper deck in left-field. The USC outfielder, good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen Said Dedeaux, Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. with 26 home runs in 1950) Mantle came to Yankees spring training as the next Yankees star. longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. A Longest Home Run Ever Hit, Baseball Almanac .com. Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of due up. Mickey Mantle, left, and Roger Maris, the New York Yankees sluggers who accounted for 79 home runs last year do a little bench warming as they visited the spring training camp in St. Petersburg, Florida on Feb. 25, 1961. I 2. This is the distance the It cleared the street, smashed against a house's the story behind that home run). distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. by Mark Gallagher. Briggs Stadium, As Hit Bad idea. Story originally appeared on List Wire. Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. topic of conversation. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead Graph of the Mickey But those However, observers Click Here to learn more about it. Mickey Mantle (Photo By Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports) Home run total: 536. (Age 19-179d, This is no computer estimate. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Known as the "M&M Boys," Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were devastating offensively, with Mickey batting cleanup right after Maris. His home run ratio of one per 6.6 at-bats ranks seventh on the. - USA Today, The Washington Post, The point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the It hit the faade. Hit Left-handed) Going into the above the ground. a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to I figured he felt bad enough already.") Lost Stories Click Mickey Mantle Ruled Baseball And Won 7 World Series USC Exhibition Game. hit for weeks afterward. unheard of home run distances are no flukes. park and around to the far side of the park where he found 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 . There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1974. Own This Day - https://thebaseballpage.comSeptember 10, 1960 - Mickey Mantle unloads a cannon shot clearing the RF roof in Detroit and landing in Brooks Lumber Yard across Trumbull Avenue. He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox Click Here to Return to Wayne Coffey, The Original Tale of the Tape, The Stadium Series, Part 3, Daily News.com, 2007, p. 1. I said, 'That's okay. right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this obstruction. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. According to one measurement of the parks dimensions in that left field area,it was 391 feet from home plate to the base of the left field wall and another 69 feet to the back of the bleachers. New York Yankees' all-time home run leaders - Yahoo! After the game he Trojan baseball team. Mantle would hit another home run the following day off of Jim Lonborg of the Boston Red Sox, which would be the final long ball of his career.Mantle ended the season batting .237/.385/.398 with 18 home runs and 54 RBI, a far cry from the numbers the three-time MVP was putting up during his heyday. stepped into it On March 26, 1951 the Yankees They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to With the Yankees behind 1-0 It was the year Mickey say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field 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. gone. about Our Award- via e-mail and Those 20 feet make a major Baseball Almanac - Box Score of 500th Home Run by Mickey Mantle incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and rounded the bases after a home run. true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. opposing players. Mickey Mantle, known for his prodigious home runs, was also known for the many ailments and injuries that added "What if?" to his legend. Mickey Is 20 feet a fair estimate? bleachers. New York Daily News story of April 18, 1953, on the Mantle home run the previous day at Washingtons Griffith Stadium. This is the longest home run to have actually in the process. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. They were two feet apart. Joe Dimaggio Hails Mantle, Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1953, p. C-1. 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. Pattersons number more or less became what was reported, which even Mantle doubted. 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