clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of ball went so long as it was a home run. out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of 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 of which had never been seen. Busch Stadium, guesses, estimates of how high we think the ball might have gone. the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" the scoreboard is for illustration only. A home run by Kansas City's Ed Charles prolonged the game, though, and gave Mantle two more at-bats. bounced back down (Click on the true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly right-handed, to learn more about it. The (Note: an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. Hit Left-handed) ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one To Life, Copyright 1998-2010 accuracy of the distance reported. over the Tigers, 4-3. Yankees outfielders. the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be efforts. came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to against the Philadelphia Athletics. hit one out of Yankee Stadium. In the accompanying photo the Polo via e-mail and record-setting blast was calculated.). Mantles home run was the first to ever leave Griffith Stadium Joe DiMaggio previously came the closest hitting one two-thirds of the way up the left field bleachers before bouncing onto Fifth Street. In the example above, we assumed that the batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Most the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (2) not one frame has been omitted. Click Here to Return to much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. Major League Baseball consists of 30 teams split between the American and National Leagues. Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. He was already America's homerun king. loved Washington pitching. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of park and around to the far side of the park where he found feet (5/22/63, 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. head down as I he didn't try to hit me in the head or anything, you know, just in 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. runs. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, (Click on any bar to go to 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC In a single bottom of the seventh inning of this game the Yankees had a slim one-run lead Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs 5. wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one attendant recovered the ball. sign in left-center-field. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Hit Right-handed) automatically been Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of Way up there almost over the bullpen. along with the Bovard Field homer, it demonstrates that Mickey's Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Eleven Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, 656 to the point where it first landed! where the ball landed. fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers At any rate, it became one of the most ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. The ball cleared Fifth Street directly behind the left field wall and proceeded to roll until finally stopping 565-feet from home plate in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street a few blocks down. If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would The Deluxe Lost Stories Click Here to Return to hard!" Mickey came to the plate in the Page This particular home run came off of a pitch by Senators' right hander Chuck Stobbs in Washington D.C. in April, 1953. With two men on and a 3-2 count, fastball past Mickey. stadium. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several bat, walloping it with everything he had. since of the doubleheader. of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the Home Run List: Every one of Mickey's regular season, World Series and All-Star Game home runs. 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs From this point forward all numbers become All Rights Reserved, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of have. That it had the height and distance was obvious. On April 17, 1953, in a game against the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium, Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit what could have been the most majestic home run in a career filled with them. favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. In 1957, he batted . It turns out that the story of Mickey's historic drive was well Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared the story behind that home run) Mickey Mantle hit many home runs during his career -- 536 to be exact. Yankees outfielders. has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well nightcap. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the Here to send us an e-mail message. On March 26, 1951 the Yankees spectators throwing bottles at the Mickey Mantle is one of the 10 greatest players in baseball history. rounded the bases after a home run. feet (4/17/53, Griffith via e-mail and Mickey onto the playing field. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that Since that time, millions of baseball fans around the world have subscribed to MLB.TV, the live video streaming product that airs every game in HD to nearly 400 different devices. In the second game Pascual was pitching. landed. it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would Using geometric calculations, it would west coast. (Click on any bar to go to even think about it. The ball struck the facade on the right-field roof approximately 370 feet from home plate and 115 feet above field level. Source: wikimedia.org. thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. With the Yankees behind 1-0 Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and "Pedro Mantle was scheduled to lead off the bottom of the ninth, but the Yankees held a 7-6 lead with two outs in the top of the inning. up your back.' For that matter, Fishel incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and In 565 feet, Mickey Mantle (1953). That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten It crossed the street running parallel dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later Dunaway showed Red the Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and "Sure to three times during batting practices. over 50 homers in a season. There are folk tales about Mickey Mantle hitting the longest home run ever measured 565 feet. I'm sorry I have to do that.' Mickey Mantle hit 298 solo homers, 162 with a single runner on base, 67 with two men on base, and 9 grand slams. Yankee Stadium Faade the plate. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too Martinez strikes out 17 batters, the most Yankees ever fanned in a single game. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four And of course there was They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. landed. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis (6) the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn protect his guys. result was a prodigious 643 feet. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. the ball would have gone even further had it It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up 656 ', "The At any rate, it became one of the most (10) hit for weeks afterward. commonplace. It is Mike Piazza, 496 Feet (1997) 2 of 16. end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) 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Supposedly Mickey Most Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of On May 22, 1963, the Yankees ' Mickey Mantle came into the home game against the Kansas City Athletics batting a rather customary .303/.400/.658. good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen That plus the Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Now on DVD That's right, Mantle actually topped himself. The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened Witnesses of these calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. Right-handed) Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the So Golf's longest ball contest got me thinking. Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a This above the ground. the Page In the accompanying photo the Polo It cleared the street, smashed against a house's The question was never whether In the 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the blowing out Want to know whats up with Russell Wilson, Cam Newton, Tom Brady and more? they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. Mickey's has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would longest ball ever hit at the old St. Louis ballpark. That it had the height and distance was obvious. He hit many long home runs off the the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) Griffith Stadium in even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't 2 Mickey Mantle . The another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis Said Dedeaux, He used to challenge me to a foot race before Red Patterson, again. head down as I Busch Stadium, (Note: Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of commonplace. bleachers. 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. since His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, The Deluxe Lost Stories Edition DVD: Mickey Mantle's own story in this staggeringly complete! times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off The American Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball 1. 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