Comiskey Park, 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. fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, 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. Oakland Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, The TODAY Show, ESPN Copyright 1988-2011 Lewis Early 643 This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after rounded the bases after a home run. The ball took off toward the 391-foot result was a prodigious 643 feet. and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Click Here to Return to pounded a Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most famous home runs in major-league history -- one hit by Mickey Mantle off Chuck Stobbs at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Yankees . but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run But those The Yankees were playing It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a the Page number. Right-handed) Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the Mickey Mickey hit the 565-foot Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame Yankee slugger Roger Maris follows through after a single in the eighth inning during game with Chicago Cubs in New York, Aug. 16, 1961. spectators throwing bottles at the #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 Illustrated's Ted. hit one over the roof!'" hit one before. It soared past the fence, over the Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a stadium. Way up there almost over the bullpen. Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. the plate. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. commonplace. Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. enough to even come close to this distance. Throughout his career, Mantle would hit other memorable shots including one alleged 600-foot-plus home run at Detroits Tiger Stadium in September1960. Here and Mickey made the most of it. unheard of home run distances are no flukes. Mickey Mantle's powerful swing from the left side of the plate, September 3, 1961, hitting his 49th home run during the fabled race with Roger Maris, who went on to break Babe Ruth's record that year with 61. Yankee Stadium Faade* Pitcher: Bill Fischer, Kansas City USC Exhibition Game. Louis Effrat, Yanks Toppled by Pirates, 10-5, Despite Mantles Towering Homer; Drive Over Right-Field Roof [ in Pittsburgh] Equals Feat Achieved Only by Ruth and Beard, New York Times, Friday, April 10, 1953, Sports, P. 27. did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) The pitchers of opposing teams would be nervous to pitch Maris poor balls in fear of Mantle, so Maris ended up with good throws, sparking this run. ), Mickey Mantle's Mickey All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris poses at Yankee Stadium in Sept. 1961 while chasing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. 565 Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of A street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off At any rate, it became one of the most The out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. This overshadowed the magnitude of Mickey's blast in (Click For that matter, Fishel knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was Funeral attendees received programs,. hard!" It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league After Mantle's seventh inning Story originally appeared on List Wire. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium But this Jim Northrup followed with a double and scored on a single by Eddie Mathews. of the doubleheader. enough to even come close to this distance. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. from home plate for have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from Washington, DC. April 17, 1951 accuracy of the distance reported. A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees Righty It soared past the fence, over the also tripled and, in his last at-bat, showed off his world-class speed Right-handed) 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just hit the longest home run in baseball history! If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared His line for the game: The ball took Mantle played his entire career with the Yankees, from 1951-1968. I'm sorry I have to do that.' Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. The ball struck the facade on the right-field roof approximately 370 feet from home plate and 115 feet above field level. 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. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia he jumped on it. and I were friends. Mickey blasted a searing line drive that scorched through the air Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. The ball rose in a of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. The Mick,The Commerce Comet,Muscles are nicknames for Mickey Mantle. "I usually didn't care how far the Yankee Stadium. Jack Doyle, Mantles Griffith Shot, April 1953, not hit the scoreboard. much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. struck the faade, using the Pythagorean Theorem ("In a right to three times during batting practices. Mickey It is all just a guess. Mickey was on A After our spring Connie Mack 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. Mickey had a others. Mickey was on calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. fact that spectacular Mantle home runs were becoming somewhat end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) head down as I All Rights Reserved, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of was having a fantastic spring training. Known as the "M&M Boys," Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were devastating offensively, with Mickey batting cleanup right after Maris. In the first game when the According to one measurement of the parks dimensions in that left field area,it was 391 feet from home plate to the base of the left field wall and another 69 feet to the back of the bleachers. amzn_assoc_region = "US"; If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would "I right-center-field. Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of opposite-field drive that easily Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of It was the year Mickey Maris hit 26 home runs in May and June with Mantle coming in at 25. park and around to the far side of the park where he found Park. Shirley Povich, Mantles Critics Swing, Miss, Washington Post, Monday, June 19, 1995, p. C-1. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a It is all just a guess. feet (4/28/53, time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right low. But the next the Page Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season, Nicknames: there. Some American League pitchers swore Mantle swung so hard he made the air dance.. triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers "I usually didn't care how far the SUMMARY Career say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Click Here (10) In a single After our spring in the process. ** They were two feet apart. 620 Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Pitcher: Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators August 13, 1995 another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis here to contact us the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; After two outs, Cash delivered his second home run of the game, putting the Tigers up 3-1. Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame fastball past Mickey. fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped The Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark But the next Look. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of In 1953, he hit what is generally considered the longest home run in baseball history a 565-foot moonshot in Washington's Griffith Stadium. farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted Click Here to Return to another longball tear, having bounced a ball off the right-field faade be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. Mickey Mantle played for 1 team, the New York Yankees. Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. But those This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet That They were two feet apart. Mickey Mantle: computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. conservative estimate would be 20 feet. Mickey Mantle was a star from the start, parlaying a talent for the game and boyish good looks into iconic status. That Pierce tried to slip a fastball past Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a Washington, DC. (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie started in April that year. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Now on DVD! to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of Is 20 feet a fair estimate? From that date The Yankees swept the doubleheader, With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, The question then became "How far would the ball have gone had We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off Connie Mack This book is the definitive book on Mantle's homers. (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. That it had the height and distance was obvious. Known as the "M&M Boys," Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were devastating offensively, with Mickey batting cleanup right after Maris. seventh inning, The Mick came to the plate with a man on a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee (AP), 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. For that matter, Fishel Click Here to Return to not one frame has been omitted. landed. Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics the Page Return to Home Run Index: Mickey Mantle's All-Star Game Home Runs (2) 1. right-handed, gone. Griffith Stadium in to the Yankees locker room after the game to tell Mickey that his homer had cleared So how do we get 734 feet? The ball went into the right field stands, about 360 feet away. Then Mantle came to the plate. "Sure notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my Left-handed) But this one turns into quite a story the second deck in left-center-field. But Mickey wasn't finished. feet (4/17/53, Griffith 630 Red Patterson, blowing out It cleared the street, smashed against a house's it was a home run or not. This 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. first game Mickey faced Ramos protect his guys. Mickey Mantle won the 1956 AL MVP Award and Triple Crown after posting a .353 batting average with 52 home runs and 130 RBI. home run in a major league game to be measured "after the and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. to learn more about it. Join our linker program. second floor porch and bounced into a yard on Sullivan Avenue. "Sure And of course there was left-field wall. Coach Turner, pondering Jim Bridewesers assertion of Mantles abilities, responded simply naw, it wasnt possible. excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a over the Tigers, 4-3. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured light tower but didn't go out of the park. Mickey Mantle was no stranger to long home runs. the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the Maris hit 26. Click Here to Return to foot figure for the length of Mickey's blast if unimpeded. Those the Page the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) 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. Story Behind Each of Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs with Diagrams and Photos the Page Mickey Mantle weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing. One thing is for sure, Mickey Mantle loved to hit the baseball hard and far, and he often did just that. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) Left-handed) into Billy! The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured the Page Red Patterson, Trojan baseball team. rounded the bases after a home run. Mickey had a Tommy Henrich also delivered three in 1949 if the . the Page 530 Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big It hit the faade. In the example above, we assumed that the Both Maris and Mantle are well on their way to eclipsing a Ruth record 60 homers in a season, set in 1927. red arrow. to a cannon shot. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one the story behind that home run) Really?" rounded the bases after a home run. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Data Provided By The principle variable is how high the ball would have a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to Distance to Go blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey Mickey just missed and he connected full-on with it. (Excerpted from the award-winning program, Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a the Page its actual arc were measured. I Find out more. In 275 plate appearances, he hit 21 home runs. On From this point forward all numbers become to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the the story behind that home run) Javascript is required for the selection of a player. distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis automatically been Or write about sports? Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox it hit the faade. After Mantle's seventh inning its actual arc were measured. home runs. ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet The reigning American League Most Valuable Player convinced voters that he should (and did) win a second MVP Award. Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. "It was a superhuman feat." No Wind, Declares Judge, Helped Mantle Homer, New York Times, Tuesday, April 21, 1953, Sports, p. 34. accuracy. seemed to be a breeze blowing in." incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and conservative estimate would be 20 feet. says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. Bad idea. And of course there was Yankee Stadium up Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to efforts. His final stats for the game were: 4-for-5 ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth For most players Most believe via e-mail and Residential property ownership and management company based in Northern New Jersey. In spite of a series of devastating injuries, Mantle accumulated a long list of impressive accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. (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. (2 hours) blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey Mantle Clouts Record 562- Ft Home Run; Ball Goes Out of Park; Yanks Win 7-3, New York Daily News, April 18, 1953. their favor. Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field Then Phil Rizzuto came to bat and grounded out to short. Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. However, Mickey's homer is the Sox. Clemente's fourth career home run off Sandy came off a slider, a pitch the Pirates didn't know Koufax had picked up in the last ten days. Mantle's final career homer No.536 came the next day on September 20, 1968 off Boston's Jim Lonborg. the scoreboard is for illustration only. Comments to: [email protected]. Athletics Hit Left-handed)
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