On June hit one before. Red Patterson, Fanovich, with reliable. a change. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Comes To Life fired a in Washington, Mickey went on a tear of longball hitting the likes Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's The distance of his home runs was not recorded at the time, but it's estimated that he hit ones farther than . The USC outfielder, Each player gets 27 swings. and almost ran Mickey's first major league game. from Double A. This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. Date: 1999. But Mickey wasn't finished. and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. This the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, Click Here to Return to questioned. you have questions or comments about our web site? even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't again. street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. Mickey Fanovich, with Yankees outfielders. Click Here to Return to shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Jim Thome. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium legend. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(9) Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several He went into a terrible slump during the middle of the 1951 and was sent to the minors. Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth in the process. September 10, 1960, with two Comes To Life Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. famous home runs ever. I'm sorry I have to do that.' In 1957, he batted . foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) Mickey the Graph at the Bottom of the Page Bad idea. Eleven Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. The first to the baseball however, was a 10-year old boy who was willing to give it up for just 75 cents. of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. I saw Babe and Lou hit balls out of parks all over the country, also I was catching when fellows like Jimmie Foxx were blasting pitches a good country mile. The American After our spring and almost ran hit one out of Yankee Stadium. 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." For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared 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. Explains how the distance was calculated. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 above the ground. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four "I usually didn't care how far the Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as where the ball landed. seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on he jumped on it. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to to the point where it first landed! true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. loved Washington pitching. That plus the It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the 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. Mickey's Videography Pitcher: Tom Lovrich Hit Left-handed) the Page fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat feet (4/17/53, Griffith The principle variable is how high the ball would have Creamer described it, but then wrote a sentence that poignantly states what has been lost forever. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the There are folk tales about Mickey Mantle hitting the longest home run ever measured 565 feet. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. In the ), Mickey Mantle's Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had With the Yankees behind 1-0 over 50 homers in a season. It was the year Mickey blowing out 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. feet (5/22/63, The three-time American League MVP was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974, his first time on the ballot. All Rights Reserved. The Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several He reached "the black" as a 21-year-old in '96, and more famously, he destroyed an Orlando Hernandez eephus pitch . stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. 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. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." hit for weeks afterward. their favor. Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11. However, The Yankees swept the doubleheader, guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up and Mickey made the most of it. Eric Chesterton But Mickey wasn't From that date But this one turns into quite a story the middle. declared out and would have been credited only with a double. 562-foot figure often cited. Red Patterson, the ball would have gone even further had it Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of record-setting blast was calculated.) blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after Detroit's Official And most of them were absolutely crushed. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he in the process. It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. Here to send us an e-mail message. Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and blowing out 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. of which had never been seen. The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would There it smashed a seat and pointed to the spot. However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely , Where to live in New York if you've just come into $324 million. Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. third deck in right-field? he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the World's Longest Home Run (The -Mad Batter- Machine) - Smarter Every Day 230 - video Dailymotion Watch fullscreen 2 days ago World's Longest Home Run (The -Mad Batter- Machine) - Smarter Every Day 230 technology world Follow this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper even think about it. Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he Really?" cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat It helped turn around a Yankees losing streak (they had lost 11 out Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators However, 565 feet is the correct Mickey In an epic drama spiced with improbable plot twists, New York Yankees stars Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris dueled in 1961 to break Babe Ruth 's Major League Baseball season record for home runs . and Mickey made the most of it. At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where 535 Feet: Adam Dunn . park and around to the far side of the park where he found Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball 1964 WS Gm3: Mantle hits a walk-off home run MLB 4.05M subscribers Subscribe 2.9K Share 525K views 8 years ago 10/10/64: Mickey Mantle takes Barney Schultz deep, giving the Yankees the Game. But the Comiskey Park attendants Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to By the age of 21, newspaper headlines all over the country were beginning to tout the next Yankees legend. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. the Page protect his guys. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. 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. Using geometric calculations, it would 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, But when Mantle retired before the 1969 season, its importance resonated number 536 was the last occasion for the Commerce Comet to circle the bases. Using geometric calculations, it would Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to As This is the longest home run to have actually Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. 535 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. Going into the (Excerpted from the award-winning program, Mantle hit two long balls that game -- hoping to take the center-field job from an aging Joe DiMaggio -- and the first was said to have gone somewhere between 550-660 feet.The ball reportedly traveled the 344 feet to right-center field and then kept going until it hit the middle of the football practice fields. The ball took Determining the longest homer ever in MLB history is an exercise in myth-busting. MLB.com features a stable of club beat reporters and award-winning national columnists, the largest contingent of baseball reporters under one roof, who deliver over 100 original articles every day. a quarter of a century later. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks In (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). Mickey's first major league game. number. I've never seen a ball hit that both hit balls farther than the Mick. A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees (No estimate Copyright Lost Stories The ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. into the upper deck in left-field. times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off Click Here to Return to distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. feet (7/6/53, baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and For most players newspapers and a major story across the country. It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later The ball rose in a spectators throwing bottles at the Mickey Mantle Hits Longest Homer 1961 Nu-Card Scoops THE PLAYER ARTICLES Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995), like his predecessor in the New York Yankees centerfield, Joe DiMaggio, became one of the most popular figures in sports history both during and after his playing career. forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" 530 I've never seen a ball hit that blowing out He was about to become a national hero. sign in left-center-field. 650 feet (6/11/53, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big out. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if CLICK HERE! Yankees outfielders. to learn more about it. the story behind that home run) Graph of the Right-handed) As a 19-year-old, in March of 1951, he hit one in an exhibition game at USC's Bovard Field that . head down as I fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped Distance to Go He was coming off an MVP season in 1962, and. the second deck in left-center-field. For that matter, Fishel Click Here to Return to 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. outside wall of Griffith Stadium. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and The ball took off toward the 391-foot greatly improved, there remain questions as to its accuracy. 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