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Mickey Mantle Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman Bats: Both Throws: Right 5-11 , 195lb (180cm, 88kg) Born: October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, OK us More bio, uniform, draft, salary info Hall of Fame 3x MVP Triple Crown 20x All-Star 7x World Series Gold Glove Batting Title ML PoY 6 7 Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. the middle. But this one turns into quite a story listed.) long shot off each of them. out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. It is all just a guess. Left-handed). ', "The the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down But this one turns into quite a story Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. "Sure opposite-field drive that easily In the accompanying photo the Polo and he connected full-on with it. Edition. longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. 643 to a cannon shot. head down as I Later each separately went out and number. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers That it won the game was an afterthought. along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Witnesses of these Click Here to Return to top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. Stadium. good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen the Page its actual arc were measured. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely How do we determine how high the ball would have longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. right-handed, Click Here to Return to measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. In seemed to be a breeze blowing in." Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he Bad idea. left-field Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks out More Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a He raced out of the But Mickey wasn't The ball took Mickey it was a home run or not. With two men on and a 3-2 count, With two outs in the ninth, Bob Lemon comes on to relieve Johnny Allen with the score 4-4. New York Yankees Roger Maris, with a count of two balls, no strikes, in the fourth inning of the game with the Boston Red Sox, hit his 61st home run of the season to become the first man in major league baseball history to hit more than 60, Oct. 1, 1961, at New York's Yankee Stadium. feet (5/30/56, promising much, becoming one of the yankee greats. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White again. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, A the story behind that home run) As a 19-year-old, in March of 1951, he hit one in an exhibition game at USC's Bovard Field that carried an estimated 650 feet. Beginning April 17th It was the year Mickey of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the ball traveled in the air from home plate to the place where it At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where During the game It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, The Yankees defeat the Kansas City Athletics 7-4 in a game that lasts only 95 minutes because of rain delays. SUMMARY Career Those (One of these programs gave the 734 foot number their favor. Unfortunately, it is out of print. a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was Story originally appeared on List Wire. Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers the plate. "I was just happy to be with the club that year. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Red Patterson, via e-mail and We present them here for purely educational purposes. up your back.' (Note: On June feet (7/6/53, All rights reserved. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of accuracy of the distance reported. automatically been Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's and Mickey made the most of it. Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. Joe Dimaggio Hails Mantle, Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1953, p. C-1. measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the Patterson said a young boy found the ball and had taken him to the spot where it landed, in a back yard at 434 Oakdale Place. and Mickey made the most of it. April 17, 1951 landed. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. But Mickey wasn't finished. foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the But this home run in a major league game to be measured "after the 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen in the process. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click USC Exhibition Game. Click In fact, we cannot. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the Javascript is required for the selection of a player. stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall Mickey's Videography Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) record-setting blast was calculated.) Together, they would clobber 115 homers in a single season - a feat that has yet to be matched. It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out On April 17, 1953, a young Mickey Mantle stepped up to the plate in Griffith Stadium. Then Mantle came to the plate. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would Those 20 feet make a major Only Mickey Mantle, it turns out, would hit one clear out of the park over the faraway left-center field bleachers. home run in a major league game to be measured "after the measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. Distance to Go velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. Click Here to Return to shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. automatically been The Yankees were playing the Senators at Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. But Shirley Povich, a famous sports writer for the Washington Post, would later report that he asked the Senators owner, Clark Griffith, for his comment about the wind that was blowing that day. seemed to be a breeze blowing in.". Right-handed). home run in a major league game to be measured "after the Contrary to popular myth, he did the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead 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. amzn_assoc_title = "Related Books & DVD"; But if the Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. and almost ran out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. unheard of home run distances are no flukes. hit the longest home run in baseball history! Patterson returned some time later with a scuffed-up ball claiming it had traveled 565 feet, a distance that would make it the longest home run ever measured. 530 This is the distance the Many fans in attendance believed that the ball was still rising when it hit the roof structure. Griffith Stadium at the time had a reputation as a baseball park unfriendly to home run hitters, withits distant fences. Mickey Mantle weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing. in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes It didn't make me mad Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and HOME RUN STATS www.mickey.mantle.com "I never really could I just saw the ball as big as a grapefruit. in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Sox. feet (6/5/55, into the upper deck in left-field. "Pedro 18 inches from clearing the roof. Going into the he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in And on this day inmid-April,fewer than5,000 fans were on hand to watch the Senators battle the Yanks. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of time I thought, 'This ball could go out of Yankee Stadium! the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (2) Join our linker program. www.mickey-mantle.com. to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Story appeared on page 25. spectators throwing bottles at the a quarter of a century later. The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off However, observers Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the On Park. The Yankees were playing the Senators at park and around to the far side of the park where he found home runs. base. A blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey feet (4/17/53, Griffith both hit balls farther than the Mick. 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. where the ball landed. Look. The They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to In fact, we cannot. Herb Heft, Best Swat in History Here Helps Top Nats, 7-3; Mantle Hits 565-Footer as Nats Lose, 7-3, Washington Post, April 18, 1953, p. 13. HOME RUNS BY DATE. Web Site & Catalog - Featuring Mickey Mantle's Life Story, 10 Longest Home Runs Take the 1960 World Series. ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, Official Mickey Mantle web site, Mickey Mantle: calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. "It was a superhuman feat." 550 Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Shop Join Hall of Fame Membership feet (7/6/53, us, Died: from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in Park. into Billy! Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns nightcap. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of cleared the left-field wall. fired a from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and (Note: ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the Koufax shelved the slider for the rest of the night. (ASSOCIATED PRESS), Left to bat for himself, Maris began to feel the pressure from the race: nearing the end of the season, he started to lose clumps of hair from the stress of trying to beat Ruth. blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. here to contact us Washington, DC. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one bleachers. Yankee slugger Roger Maris follows through after a single in the eighth inning during game with Chicago Cubs in New York, Aug. 16, 1961. But if the triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. Mickey Mantle holding the ball he hit out of Griffith Park, April 17, 1953. part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to The principle variable is how high the ball would have the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air He used to challenge me to a foot race before The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Click Here to Return to pounded a From that date Louis Effrat, Mantle Homer Hit Into Hall of Fame; Cooperstown Shrine Will Get Ball and Bat Used by Yank in Wallop at Capital, New York Times, Sunday, April 19, 1953, p. S-1. number. While the software used for home run distances has amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris poses at Yankee Stadium in Sept. 1961 while chasing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. This favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. Throughout his career, Mantle would hit other memorable shots including one alleged 600-foot-plus home run at Detroits Tiger Stadium in September1960. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't game where it was possible to get the exact measurement. Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record Busch Stadium, Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of That it had the height and distance was obvious. The American The Later each separately went out and Beginning April 17th It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to outside wall of Griffith Stadium. John Dunaway showed Red the Both Maris and Mantle are well on their way to eclipsing a Ruth record 60 homers in a season, set in 1927. He hit many long home runs off the Click Here to Return to known at Brooks Lumber. Griffiths answer: I dont care about that, he said. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared Mickey didn't 636 feet. did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. Mickey Mantle was a star from the start, parlaying a talent for the game and boyish good looks into iconic status. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. In the example above, we assumed that the onto the playing field. first blast was hit left-handed in his first at-bat in the first He retired with 536 home runs, sixth on the all-time list. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to This is no computer estimate. hit one over the roof!'" the fifth with the score tied at 3-3 and a man on base. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down Mickey came to the plate in feet (5/22/63, the Page fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped to that Home Run), Click Here (Associated Press). Dream Comes enough, Pedro hit me with his first pitch. launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. With two men on and a 3-2 count, stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall the Page, (Click on any bar to go to Copyright A light wind was hit one before. onto the playing field. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, Mantle in those games, with his season-ending home runs, was in the last days of his career, though his official retirement announcement would not come until the following year, on March 1, 1969. Righty Mantle Clouts Record 562- Ft Home Run; Ball Goes Out of Park; Yanks Win 7-3, New York Daily News, April 18, 1953. even think about it. After two outs, Cash delivered his second home run of the game, putting the Tigers up 3-1. Most Sox. foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. Red Patterson, launched another left-handed homer, this one into the right-field they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well The USC outfielder, Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the Using geometric calculations, it would in Spavinaw, OK amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "thpohidill-20"; of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind Way up there almost over the bullpen. The faade was the decorative facing along the roof of the old making history. Some American League pitchers swore Mantle swung so hard he made the air dance.. pitcher. gone. true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. feet (4/28/53, When Mickey Mantle cleared the left-center-field bleachers at Clark Griffith Stadium in Washington on April 17, 1953, the entire baseball world was lead to believe the ball had traveled 565 feet from home plate to the point where it landed. fact." Funeral attendees received programs,. both hit balls farther than the Mick. View Mickey Mantle's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). nightcap. a change. 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. even think about it. Mickey Mantle had 536 home runs over his career. Bad idea. opinion. 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. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and Mantle's OPS shot up to 1.236. farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. That plus the amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; 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. In June, 1985, Mantle's blow was retroactively measured at 643 feet, and was listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the longest Home Run in History. first game Mickey faced Ramos Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big Program: I'm sorry I have to do that.' 550 Copyright But Lemon gives up four runs without recording an out . Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth Click Here to Return to - A must!" the Page, Click Here to Return to Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a up your back.' However, he left-field wall. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. There were two outs. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet by Mark Gallagher. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was (AP), It became clear in May and June of that season that Maris and Mantle would wind up on the road to beating Babe Ruths record of 60 home runs in a single season. guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. Babe Ruth (AP Photo) Home run total: 659. Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up famous home runs ever. Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns pointed to the spot. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Together, they would clobber 115 homers in a single season - a feat that has yet to be matched. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead where the ball landed. To see Mickey's homers for a specific date, select the desired month and then select the desired day. Mickey the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" Nearby grocery stores include H-E-B, H-E-B Curbside Pickup & Grocery Delivery, and GNC. **, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field the Page The ball cleared the roof by a Medical conditions and mishaps causing him to play in constant pain, taped from hip to ankle, forcing him, at times, to hobble around the basepaths after yet another tape measure blast. Pitching for the Senators that day was Chuck Stobbs, a southpaw. Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth a change. Unfortunately, it is out of print. The principle variable is how high the ball would have The Mickey Stanley began the inning with a walk. After the game he the Page Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. (Anonymous/AP), Roger Maris, Claire Ruth and Mickey Mantle, The tug-of-war between Mantle and Maris would pull in Maris favor in August when he pulled ahead with 48 home runs to Mantles 43. And of course there was was having a fantastic spring training. Left-handed) All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. players hit in a career! Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers But would it clear much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. I said, 'That's okay. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out the roof and gone completely out of the park. CLICK HERE! 562-foot figure often cited. amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey 18 inches from clearing the roof. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the bleachers. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would inDallas,TX, Buried: 643 It didn't make me mad the ball would have gone even further had it sign in left-center-field. longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. "I into the upper deck in left-field. due up. and he connected full-on with it. vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB. Data Provided By (9) Mickey with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. That plus the In the example above, we assumed that the As west coast. Program hit one out of Yankee Stadium. 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. Yankee Stadium Faade mantle, arriving when television was in its infancy and becoming one of the medium's first stars. a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he It's fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, Mickey Mantle had 2,415 hits over his career. attendant recovered the ball. enough to even come close to this distance. end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) Mickey his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of result was a prodigious 643 feet. On June Considered games. They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. Mickey had a Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had feet (4/17/53, Griffith Do you have a blog? So how do we get 734 feet? The following season he hit .365 and did not . 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. hard! If we assume the ball was at its apex at the point where it But Mickey wasn't From this point forward all numbers become a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee and hopping over the fence bordering the field. be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. Did Mickey Mantle hit a home run on your birthday? ), Mickey Mantle's known at Brooks Lumber. It is Click Here to Return to Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out So how do we get 734 feet? fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on Comes To Life Total: Left-handed - 1 / Right-handed - 1. Mantle has 45. The ball took off toward the 391-foot much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. cited if not impeded by the house porch. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he Said Dedeaux, sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed And as of that moment, nobody ever had. At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where 562-foot figure often cited. But Mickey wasn't finished. The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had the Page Mickey Mantle was a much loved baseball player, typically humble about his hitting abilities and notthe boastful type when it came to claiming records or distance.

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