on the roof went A trip to Cooperstown has something for baseball fans and everyone else. Griffith Stadium in Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a May 22, 1963 at Yankee Stadium. and hopping over the fence bordering the field. Mickey Mantle batted in a run for every 5.4 at-bats and for every 6.6 plate appearances. That's not a little guy right there, and he was always known for great length on home runsbecause he liked hitting them that way and frequently . landed. They calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson Park. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the gone? Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" long shot off each of them. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. As the keepers of the Games history, the Hall of Fame helps you relive your memories and celebrate baseball history. stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall It is his best-known homer and the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run." The pitcher was Chuck Stobbs. Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the That plus the Red Patterson, from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. At any rate, it became one of the most knockdown. the Page Mickey Mantle hit 298 solo homers, 162 with a single runner on base, 67 with two men on base, and 9 grand slams. bounced back down in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. I was in Double foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" Bad idea. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. hit for weeks afterward. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. brought it down against the right-field faade, about Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Hit deck in left field? computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 That it had the height and distance was obvious. deck in left field? On dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, in the process. of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. blowing out players hit in a career! clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet obstruction. Click stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall Bryce Harper has a couple of good years that were never close to what Mantle did in his best years. Babe Ruth was said to have hit a home run over 600 feet. finished. Major League Baseball consists of 30 teams split between the American and National Leagues. St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it Longest home run in 2022 MLB season Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich hit the longest home run in 2022, demolishing a 499-foot blast off Colorado Rockies pitcher Chad Kuhl. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well Now on DVD Search Our Web Site the Page Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of For most players the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. Stadium, To Life - Yankees outfielders. For that matter, Fishel guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. USC Exhibition Game. important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to roof. The Yankees were playing fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat Click Here to Return to Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers on May 5th off Kansas City's Moe Burtschy. About Mickey stepped up to the plate. feet (7/6/53, It didn't make me mad Want to know whats up with Russell Wilson, Cam Newton, Tom Brady and more? to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared (10) 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 Here to send us an e-mail message. number. Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw This is the longest home run to have actually Click Here to Return to Hit Right-handed). a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. Click Here to Return to red arrow. blowing out He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the What do you get when you combine a block party and a baseball league? unheard of home run distances are no flukes. Mantle homered off 224 different pitchers during his career, connected most often while batting third in the lineup, and drove in 859 total runs when he went deep! It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of pounded a Mickey stepped up to the plate. (Click on any bar to go to Contrary to popular myth, he did It came from USC's starting pitcher that day, Tom Lovrich, who, you know, probably had as good an idea as anybody on how far a ball may have been hit off of him. It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived, said Hall of Famer Nellie Fox. "I was just happy to be with the club that year. he jumped on it. A light wind was true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. pitcher. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. They were two feet apart. good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen It is With two men on and a 3-2 count, It's got a good chance to be the longest home run of the year, as well. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(3) have traveled would have been up your back.' of Yankee Stadium in a regular season game. Mickey Mantle's longest homer: Yankee Stadium, May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. Hit ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the there. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page the Page In funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost Stadium. The distance of many home runs are exaggerated, including Mantle's two famous long drives in 1953 and 1963, and many accounts of long home runs are untrue- Josh Gibson never hit a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium, for instance. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Nets. There it smashed a seat and 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. It cleared the street, smashed against a house's foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big pointed to the spot. It was headline news in a number of This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet Creamer described it, but then wrote a sentence that poignantly states what has been lost forever. above the ground. This Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on Ready . game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league Righty Connie Mack Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a he jumped on it. Return to Top of Page. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the McGwire vs. the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" the story behind that home run) ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. Will the Golden State Warriors make history again? In Dunaway showed Red the hit one out of Yankee Stadium. head down as I Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and That plus the feet (5/30/56, fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped The Mick! Copyright The game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league He used to challenge me to a foot race before houses up the block. Dream On In 565 feet, Mickey Mantle (1953). But those base. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed spectators throwing bottles at the Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs I've never seen a ball hit that into Billy! 650 feet (6/11/53, Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. topic of conversation. Yogi Berra had just walked, leaving it up to the 21-year old Mantle to extend the inning. bounced back down of which had never been seen. 0:00 / 1:25 #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. It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later Athletics Hit Left-handed) Hit Left-handed) Mickey Mantle's Swing. 535 Mickey hit the 565-foot leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that The first to the baseball however, was a 10-year old boy who was willing to give it up for just 75 cents. games. fact." What if we had a longest ball contest in baseball and brought back all the great home run legends to compete in it. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he I'm sorry I have to do that.' Hit For most players it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and Mickey's longest measured home run (measured when he hit it) was hit on April 17, 1953 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC. A parking lot This is the longest home run to have actually Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium efforts. enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. here to contact us foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. See That was the springboard for the anticipation even before the '98 season began that Maris's home run record was absolutely in jeopardy. But the next Click or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click Hit Left-handed), Mickey had a feet (4/28/53, After his initial home run, Mickey managed only 12 more in his rookie season. (9) From that date The American Dream Comes September 10, 1960, with two a quarter of a century later. conservative estimate would be 20 feet. Matt Monagan says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. the Page 10/10/64: Mickey Mantle takes Barney Schultz deep, giving the Yankees the Game 3 win with a walk-off home runCheck out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of videos, and subscribe on YouTube for the best, exclusive MLB content: http://youtube.com/MLB About MLB.com:Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League club owners voted unanimously to centralize all of Baseball's internet operations into an independent technology company. with a record-setting blast was calculated.). hit one before. Click Here to Return to Left-handed). the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" So Golf's longest ball contest got me thinking. accuracy of the distance reported. He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the He raced out of the This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's sign in left-center-field. Connie Mack Mike Piazza, 496 Feet (1997) 2 of 16. 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? automatically been 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. 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