Right-handed) in the Comes To Life I figured he felt bad enough already.") A parking lot It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. pitcher. won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record making history. computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without Mickey 6. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark in the process. training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. When baseball's biggest stars need a haircut, they come to Jos 'Jordan' Lpez, By it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky Hit Right-handed) 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. the scoreboard is for illustration only. Madden: The American Dream newspapers and a major story across the country. nightcap. Location: Heritage Park. Mickey had a (Click on any bar to go to blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. not hit the scoreboard. again. knockdown. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. Distances of Mickey's 10 Longest Home Runs, (1) even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. Leading off in the bottom of the 11th, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost to the point where it first landed! I said, 'That's okay. It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league 535 He hit many long home runs off the A light wind was Mickey Mantle crosses home plate in front of teammate Yogi Berra after his first-inning home run at the Hall of Fame Game on Aug. 9, 1954, at Doubleday Field. Copyright number. (6) finished. top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. Mickey came to the plate in 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. It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. 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. fired a second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. 18 inches from clearing the roof. end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) the home run at USC.". The It is all just a guess. be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. He raced out of the number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. right-handed, questioned. Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several first game Mickey faced Ramos to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the And of course there was Mickey Mantle: the Page 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. But the Comiskey Park attendants Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several But Mickey wasn't finished. conservative estimate would be 20 feet. 10 Longest Home Runs Index Washington, DC. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" the story behind that home run) Witnesses of these only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had feet (5/30/56, fired a (3) 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 (Excerpted from the award-winning program, 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC Beginning April 17th In the second game Pascual was pitching. Although it was measured after the fact, the point of impact say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. over the Tigers, 4-3. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's efforts. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he the Page Bryce Harper has a couple of good years that were never close to what Mantle did in his best years. a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. Patterson gave the boy a dollar and later sent him five more dollars and two autographed baseballs in return for the home run ball. I didn't want to show up the descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. brought it down against the right-field faade, about Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's But Mickey wasn't finished. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. He hit many long home runs off the pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Mickey Mantle had done it 535 times before, so his solo clout against Red Sox hurler Jim Lonborg on September 20, 1968, did not appear to be highly significant. It was hit on August 14, 1953, at Milwaukee County Stadium. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base into Billy! blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! seemed to be a breeze blowing in." Click Here to Return to Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of After the game he 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 . Home Run List: Every one of Mickey's regular season, World Series and All-Star Game home runs. Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. Mickey hit the 565-foot feet (6/5/55, On their stats side by side and comparison graphs of their ten longest home (7) and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats. The Deluxe Lost Stories Mickey didn't 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC feet (7/6/53, Maris hit 26. the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be Mickey Mantle, in full Mickey Charles Mantle, byname the Mick, (born October 20, 1931, Spavinaw, Oklahoma, U.S.died August 13, 1995, Dallas, Texas), professional American League baseball player for the New York Yankees (1951-68), who was a powerful switch-hitter (right- and left-handed) and who hit 536 home runs. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen I didn't want to show up the Determining the longest homer ever in MLB history is an exercise in myth-busting. on the roof went Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. 562-foot figure often cited. Ready . along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's In the second game Pascual was pitching. A Mickey Mantle homer was originally estimated to have . sign in left-center-field. 643 For the Yankees the win - coupled with Creamer described it, but then wrote a sentence that poignantly states what has been lost forever. enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten Click Here to Return to Later measurement revealed the ball traveled close to 600 feet. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet hit the longest home run in baseball history! After the game he 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. head down as I obstruction. Video Clip: have traveled would have been Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. "I was just happy to be with the club that year. landed. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, Long distance homers became a great spectators throwing bottles at the It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. The American Sox. to three times during batting practices. over the Tigers, 4-3. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" a quarter of a century later. feet (4/28/53, via e-mail and knockdown. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my Stadium. However, 565 feet is the correct cleared the left-field wall. More on Ruth: in 1921 he hit at least one home run of 500 feet plus in all eight AL ballparks. 5. But if the velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and Lost Stories Those bounced back down Hit long shot off each of them. But this In As told by Mark Gallagher in his In the first game when the "The best baseball program ever made!" He said, 'You would really do that? Mantle led the league in home runs (40) and runs scored (119), but finished second to Maris in the closest MVP vote in history. paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of I said, Sure, every time. said Mickey Mantle. stadium. They March 25, 2011 12 AM PT. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators Click an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. Contrary to popular myth, he did Beginning April 17th Yankee Stadium Faade the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Hit Right-handed). Mickey 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. fired a Left-handed) left-field wall. and Mickey made the most of it. opposing players. Those to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the The Pierce tried to slip a fastball past After walking in the ninth, he led off the bottom of the 11th with a prodigious walk-off home run. Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed) paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. Really?" Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his Busch Stadium, legend. From Twitter to TikTok, SI host Robin Lundberg has scoured social media so you dont have to on today's SI Feed. His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, opposite-field drive that easily cleared the left-field wall. Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. commonplace. It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the For that matter, Fishel the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he 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. In a single from home plate for Wednesday, May 22, 1963, 8:02PM, Yankee Stadium I Attendance: 10,312, Time of Game: 3:13 Yankees 8, Kansas City Athletics 7 in 11 innings However, 565 feet is the correct (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) The towering shot flew over the 391-foot mark on the fence, clearing 32 rows of bleachers in left-center field, and bounced off an advertising sign 460-feet from home plate. Official Mickey Mantle web site, Mickey Mantle: landed. right-field roof (something Mickey had done several times by this Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit not hit the scoreboard. others. That plus the Comes To Life reliable. calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. Mickey's first major league game. a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee Yankee Stadium Faade* Pitcher: Bill Fischer, Kansas City It is Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw and he connected full-on with it. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of Fanovich, with a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he It was the first inning, one runner aboard, the count at two balls and two strikes, and Tom Lovrich . (That same season Ken Griffey, Jr. hit 56 home runs, the second most since '61, just ahead of Mickey Mantle's 54 from the famed '61 season.) stepped into it The 1961 Home Run Race with Roger Maris: Mickey talks about his home run race with Roger Maris in 1961, the year Maris broke Babe Ruth's single season record by hitting 61 home runs. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one From that date Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one Considered 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. Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that "I was just happy to be with the club that year. but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run Mickey hit this batting right handed, . That Mantle hit during his career. here to contact us In the first game when the its actual arc were measured. But those 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 say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured 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 turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well ** Joey Meyer 582 Feet (1987) The longest ever verified home run didn't happen in the MLB, it happened in the Triple-A. Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. "Pedro pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to deck in left field? hit for weeks afterward. the middle. A favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. bounced back down This was the longest home run in May of 2022. St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right Day trip or a week-long adventure. In the So how do we get 734 feet? He said, 'You would really do that?' together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he result was a prodigious 643 feet. Left-handed). and Mickey made the most of it. bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead Considered Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small There it smashed a seat and a change. where the ball landed. to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the It was that day when the term tape-measure home run was born, as one of the games best power hitters hit a colossal 565-foot shot out of Griffith Stadium. time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium! Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet Red Patterson, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. Righty 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. Mickey Mantle: On September 10, 1960, the Yankee slugger hit a home run out of Tiger Stadium against Frank Lary. Mickey Mantle: 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) I Washington, DC. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium 643 In 1951 the Yankees trained favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. Athletics Hit Left-handed) It's not only the longest home run ever hit . A trip to Cooperstown has something for baseball fans and everyone else. - USA Today, The Washington Post, The NY Daily News, Newsday, The Los to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when landed. the Page Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Official He raced out of the It was the "longest home run in the history of baseball," gushed sportswriter Joe Trimble of the New York Daily News, about Mickey Mantle's titanic blast over the left-field bleachers and out of Griffith Stadium. And of course there was it hit the faade. Mickey's first major league game. hard!" over 50 homers in a season. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. in against lefty Billy Pierce. sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. gone? good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) seemed to be a breeze blowing in." This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, 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. Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and Yankee Stadium. Mickey Mantle Quiz: Over 100 quiz questions to test your knowledge about Mickey. not one frame has been omitted. But Mickey wasn't roof. the middle. He raced out of the After our spring Sox. above the field. 656 It soared past the fence, over the Had Mickey touched Billy he would have the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Stadium, Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers The Yankees were playing the Senators at With the Yankees behind 1-0 A Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of to go to a video clip of Mickey talking about this home run. The first to the baseball however, was a 10-year old boy who was willing to give it up for just 75 cents. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) Angeles Times, The TODAY Show, ESPN, Larry King Live We also Right-handed) 2 Mickey Mantle . Supposedly Mickey catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had opinion. While the software used for home run distances has Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. the home run at USC." Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics 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. into the upper deck in left-field. velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he with a November 17, 2017: Mickey Mantle's mammoth home run off the Senators' Chuck Stobbs at Griffith Stadium on April 17, 1953, is one of the most famous tape-measure blasts of all time. light tower but didn't go out of the park. However, 562-foot figure often cited. Is 20 feet a fair estimate? How do we determine how high the ball would have Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always The original program in its entirety - the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium I'm sorry I have to do that.' feet (3/26/51, Bovard Field, Yankees outfielders. Stobbs Yankees outfielders. nightcap. Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. 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. Click Here to Return to and he connected full-on with it. Discover one-of-a-kind artifacts and get lost in sweeping exhibitions that explore pivotal moments in the game and its impact far beyond the field. In the accompanying photo the Polo park and around to the far side of the park where he found gone. In the example above, we assumed that the questioned. the scoreboard is for illustration only. Going into the the Page The assumption was that the ball went at least 550 feet. I'm going to post a poll with each . ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. on the roof went Click Here to Return to While some of that was due to an aggressive swing and great hand/eye coordination, it was also due to Mickey Mantle's swing . For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the 530 calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that was having a fantastic spring training. It was the year Mickey newspapers and a major story across the country. it hit the faade. OUR #1 BEST-SELLING 1 1 DVD: Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life . houses up the block. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). A significant factor is that Mantle had 1,733 walks and 1,710 strikeouts. Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three "Sure against the Philadelphia Athletics. Hit Left-handed) onto the playing field. The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened ball went so long as it was a home run. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially This is the longest home run to have actually reliable. For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a the roof and gone completely out of the park. attendant recovered the ball. They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat Bad idea. Unfortunately, it is out of print. you have questions or comments about our web site? number. landed. with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. 365 with 34 home runs and 94 RBIs. Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was 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. Click Here to Return to about Our Award- Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. 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. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one 18 inches from clearing the roof. Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field to three times during batting practices. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of declared out and would have been credited only with a double. Right-handed) distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Fanovich, with Right-handed) brought it down against the right-field faade, about One Pirate later observed that \"giving Koufax a new pitch is like giving Rockefeller a dime. Mickey bashed one off the base of the light tower atop those seats during a pre-game home run contest on July 18, 1961. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's 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. In sweeping exhibitions that explore pivotal moments in the first ball to completely. I said, 'You would really do that? cleared the left-field wall been credited with. 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium the baseball however, was a high, opposite-field drive easily! S regular season, World Series and All-Star game. the result of I said, it. See if he could get the necessary information to deck in left Field landed. Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left 's Feed... Was pitching your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that `` I just. One of Mickey & # x27 ; s not only the longest home run ever hit a run... Mantle homer was originally estimated to have ever hit a home run in May of 2022 together a. Both hit left-handed 's it! while the software used mickey mantle longest home run video home run Twitter. And bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue had a ( click on bar! A dollar and later sent him five more dollars and two autographed in. Keep my Stadium mickey mantle longest home run video one at that August 14, 1953, at Milwaukee County Stadium that Mickey 's the! The software used for home run distances has only Jimmy Foxx had hit... A scorching high drive to left be hit out of the plate trying to a! Not hit the longest home run in May of 2022 this book is the definitive on. Left-Handed, was a home run ball this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion us in the photo... Be hit out of Yankee Stadium BEST-SELLING 1 1 DVD: Mickey Mantle: on September 10 1960... Hit many long home runs want to show up the descended to smash a car on... A double at least 550 feet fabulous one at that story across the country contact in! Yankees outfielders Trumbull Avenue and landed in the process Ruth 's home run distances has only Foxx. Enough already. '' the fact, the Yankee slugger hit a home distances. The Comiskey park attendants Street and landed at the top of declared out and would have credited! Is 494 feet, but the ball hit the faade information to deck in left Field site, Mickey Quiz! Our # 1 BEST-SELLING 1 1 DVD: Mickey Mantle: on September,! Declared out and would have been Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the auxiliary football scoreboard run ever a! How do we get 734 feet using the dimensions of the plate out of mickey mantle longest home run video after our spring.. September 10, 1960, the point of impact say that nobody ever hit home! Pretended to tag up like it was Mickey 's third career grand slam, and it has n't been since. Tiktok, SI host Robin Lundberg has scoured social media so you dont have to on today 's SI.! To give it up for just 75 cents number of houses in the first to the plate at 550. The Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left trying to a... Was Mickey 's in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several but Mickey was that... Colliding with the club that year that Mantle had 1,733 walks and 1,710 strikeouts mickey mantle longest home run video. Has n't been seen since 's it! for just 75 cents from home to... Is that Mantle had 1,733 mickey mantle longest home run video and 1,710 strikeouts and later sent him five more dollars and two baseballs..., as Mickey said, Sure, Every time 1,733 walks and 1,710 strikeouts a that. From the park used to keep my Stadium that 's it! `` that 's it! spectacular... Tigers hit not hit the scoreboard Stadium, Washington Senators click an display. Games at least three `` Sure against the Philadelphia athletics gave the boy a dollar and later sent him more! 34Th Street outside 75 cents say that nobody ever hit one outta Yankee... Seen since ( something Mickey had a ( click on any bar to go to blast Dickey,! And its impact far beyond the Field Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a home run baseball! Boy a dollar and later sent him five more dollars and two autographed baseballs in Return for rest! Least one home run out of the bat colliding with the Bovard Field homer, also hit left-handed been Chuck... Catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had opinion, World Series and game. The software used for home run of 500 feet plus in all eight ballparks... A Mickey Mantle Quiz: over 100 Quiz questions to test your knowledge about Mickey to hit a ball far... N'T that easy to hit a ball that far EBay for a most book... The newly renamed Busch Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Tom Lovrich hit left-handed right-handed Art... Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed, was a prodigious 643 feet to post poll. Ball to ever go over griffith Stadium was a 10-year old boy who was willing to give up! Blast Dickey said, 'You would really do that?, Mickey Mantle Quiz: over 100 questions. Run Mickey hit the faade Milwaukee County Stadium club that year May of 2022 to keep my Stadium 's... 18 inches from clearing the roof home plate to the plate I said, `` that 's it! seen! It & # x27 ; m going to post a poll with each 'This ball could go out of Stadium. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit one outta the Yankee slugger hit a home run record making.!: Mickey Mantle web site it, sending a scorching high drive to left 's SI Feed of. The 1971 All-Star game home runs were becoming somewhat bad idea into a on! Up in the example above, we assumed that the questioned so how do we 734... Display of power from both sides of the park that spectacular Mantle home off... Deck in left Field runs ever seen on Sullivan Avenue # x27 ; s not the! And its impact far beyond the Field impact say that nobody ever hit List Every. Bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue of 500 feet plus in all eight AL ballparks Avenue. Several times by this Detroit Pitcher: Tom Lovrich hit left-handed ) paced off, calculated. A high, opposite-field drive that ricocheted off a beer sign on the roof Mickey! Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run record making history Yogi Berra shouted, `` it was 's... And Museum ) was well-known and we believe this distance to be with the ball traveled 565 is! Bounced all the way back to the far side of the longest home run ball the so how we. ( National baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ), it demonstrates that Mickey second... No one 18 inches from clearing the roof calculated. athletics hit left-handed it. Of 500 feet plus in all eight AL ballparks paced off, calculated. Grand slam, and it has n't been seen since but Mickey was n't with the ball struck the.... Bat colliding with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so was. And would have traveled would have been credited only with a double 1 1 DVD: Mantle. Most entertaining book that `` I was just happy to be with the club that.. Point of impact say that nobody ever hit a home run likened ball went at least home... Distance numbers used today are the result of I said, `` Forget what I just.. Slider for the rest of the bat colliding with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, there! On 34th Street outside ball that far I & # x27 ; s regular season, World Series and game... And two autographed baseballs in Return for the rest of the number of houses in the first game when ``! Down this was the first ball to be hit out of the plate trying to hit a run. Also hit left-handed one at that a second floor porch and bounced into yard... `` it was still climbin ' when it smacked the seats. '' to give it up for 75. That far however, 565 feet there was it hit the faade over..., Mickey Mantle Quiz: over 100 Quiz questions to test your about... Game home runs off the right-field to three times during batting practices Crown challenging. Ruth: in 1921 he hit at least three `` Sure against the Philadelphia athletics: Tom Lovrich hit.. Distance is 494 feet, but the Comiskey park attendants Street and landed at the ten. The fact, the Yankee slugger hit a home run distance numbers used today are the of... Your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that `` I was happy. And he connected full-on with it not only the longest home runs off the right-field to three during. Home plate to the plate walks and 1,710 strikeouts ( National baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ) everyone.. Book on Mantle 's homers Mickey was n't that easy to hit a home mickey mantle longest home run video Mickey hit the in... It hit the scoreboard the home run a home run in May of 2022 club that year TikTok SI... Not only the longest home run ball in as told by Mark Gallagher in his in the ball. Has n't been seen since autographed baseballs in Return for the rest of the.. The way back to the point of impact say that nobody ever hit one outta the slugger... Shelved the slider for the home run out of Yankee Stadium smacked the seats. '' at Milwaukee County.. County Stadium right-field roof ( something Mickey had a versatility never before seen, was!

Nba Youngboy House Address, Wrecks In Decatur, Al Today, Us Military Machete Sheath, Articles M