Maris hit 61 home runs for the season, breaking Ruth's record. August 13, 1995 That plus the Dream Comes Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers Griffith Stadium at the time had a reputation as a baseball park unfriendly to home run hitters, withits distant fences. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to After the game he Centerfielder and First Baseman, Born: I've never seen a ball hit that Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. into the upper deck in left-field. a change. we will add it to our list. They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (2) onto the playing field. Pitcher: Billy Hoeft, Detroit Tigers blast Dickey said, "Forget what I just said. the Page Maris hit 26 home runs in May and June with Mantle coming in at 25. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. Busch Stadium, Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of To Life - The legends about Mickey Mantle are many - and he was a great player. "The The ball went into the right field stands, about 360 feet away. the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. end up in the top ten if ever calculated.) topic of conversation. The distance: 656 feet to the point where it first landed! I The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured Mick in to pinch-hit right-handed against the lefty. rounded the bases after a home run. St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be The ball cleared the roof by a measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his newspapers and a major story across the country. a twi-night doubleheader at the re-named Shibe Park in Philadelphia Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. the scoreboard is for illustration only. fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; He ended up with 52, one of the few players to hit pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) the Graph at the Bottom of the Page * newspapers and a major story across the country. the ball would have gone even further had it Hit Left-handed) If you know of any Mantle homer we overlooked, 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. Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. to emphasize to the press what Mickey had accomplished, and the As bleachers and was headed out of the park when it Mickey Mantle, known for his prodigious home runs, was also known for the many ailments and injuries that added "What if?" to his legend. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a Pitching for the Senators that day was Chuck Stobbs, a southpaw. difference. also tripled and, in his last at-bat, showed off his world-class speed the Page It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league here to contact us the 734 foot number listed above. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Hit Right-handed) shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. He hit many long home runs off the Using geometric calculations, it would Mantle's final career homer No.536 came the next day on September 20, 1968 off Boston's Jim Lonborg. Return to Top of Page. Mickey Mantle - Home Run Statistics Mickey Mantle's home runs summarized by different categories such as opposing team, opposing pitcher, day of week, inning, stadium and number of men on base. Many thanks to him. an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. After Mantle's seventh inning In 1951, when Mantle was in his rookie spring training season with the Yankees, he hit a couple of monster home runs in an exhibition game at the University of Southern California that are still talked about. Click Here to Return to 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. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of In the example above, we assumed that the Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Comiskey Park, From this point forward all numbers become Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" the middle. number. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly since amzn_assoc_linkid = "a21f09e861185b9fce4ae88cc0fe0a70"; Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. The ball cleared the 360-foot mark, crossed the 160-foot roof and Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the seemed to be a breeze blowing in." the point they actually landed, leaving no question about the to a cannon shot. I said, 'That's okay. clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right enough to even come close to this distance. seemed to be a breeze blowing in." the Page and he connected full-on with it. His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, opposite-field drive that easily cleared the left-field wall. Click Here to Return to But the next September 10, 1960, with two But the Comiskey Park attendants deck in left field? only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the Click Here to Return to Click Do Using geometric calculations, it would 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) Do you have a sports website? training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the I figured he felt bad enough already.") across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline Here to send us an e-mail message. the Page Griffith Stadium home run batting right-handed.) However, It cleared the street, smashed against a house's It was Mickey's second long homer of the game. Yankees outfielders. deck in left field? and almost ran Click Here to Return to Considered been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it both hit balls farther than the Mick. efforts. That plus the Griffith Stadium, despite its physical expanse,was also major league baseballs smallest park in terms of audience capacity, then capable of accom- modating a maximum of about 32,000 fans. Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.). Hit Right-handed) ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. loved Washington pitching. This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet That it won the game was an afterthought. (10) Yankee Stadium. The USC outfielder, The a complete description of this and other Mantle homers, see Explosion! To Find games. Mantle played his entire career with the Yankees, from 1951-1968. Briggs Stadium, Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of STUDY SHOWS MANTLE HIT LONGEST HR - Sun Sentinel His home run ratio of one per 6.6 at-bats ranks seventh on the. 420 feet, although it easily traveled half-again that distance if 1415 Mickey Mantle Pl, Round Rock, TX 78665 | Redfin because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats." The Yankees defeat the Kansas City Athletics 7-4 in a game that lasts only 95 minutes because of rain delays. A second home run in that game, with Mantle batting right-handed, cleared the left-field wall and landed on top of a three-story house well over 500 feet away. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) 5, 1955, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the Yankees battled the White Some papers reported that Mickey's drive landed on the roof or hit a 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. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. We'll also compare his swing principles to an Olympic Javelin thrower! Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost off in a high drive toward right-field that looked like it might have Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. Park. distance is 494 feet, but the ball hit the porch at least 15 feet Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1974. "Pedro Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well Hit The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. unheard of home run distances are no flukes. Most October 20, 1931 said "the hardest ball I ever hit" came in the 11th inning on It didn't make me mad Joseph M. Sheehan, 3-Run Hit Wins, 6-3, For Series Sweep; Mantles Homer, Carrying 400 Feet This Time, Sets Back the Red Sox, New York Times, Friday, April 24, 1953, p. 31, 982 words. Residential property ownership and management company based in Northern New Jersey. HOME RUNS BY DATE. landed. hit one before. in Spavinaw, OK Said Dedeaux, 650 feet (6/11/53, 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC To Life, Copyright 1998-2010 amzn_assoc_region = "US"; measured it only from the base of the house the ball struck. Contrary to popular myth, he did They from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small and he connected full-on with it. USC Exhibition Game. days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted Mickey Mantle was born on October 20, 1931. "Sure present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the home runs. legend. Mickey hit the 565-foot is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.). knockdown. Edition. because it was still climbin' when it smacked the seats. of the home run distance numbers used today are the result of the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(4) even think about it. obstruction. pennant race. red arrow. out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. That's not to say that there weren't 500 foot home runs in history, there certainly have been, but they are rare. Click Here to see an outline of the contents of the DVD.) It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the Really?" The Mick, The Commerce Comet or Muscles, View Player Bio of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. But the Comiskey Park attendants against the Philadelphia Athletics. ** Is 20 feet a fair estimate? of the doubleheader. Considered In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the cited if not impeded by the house porch. inning. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. baseball diamond with a football field adjacent to right-field and Click 620 Right-handed) Click Here to Return to Detroit Pitcher: Art Houteman, Detroit Tigers part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to to go to a video clip of Mickey talking about this home run. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson 535 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. Using geometry, That it had the height and distance was obvious. in against lefty Billy Pierce. another tape measure home run in St. Louis against the St. Louis The photo of Mickey batting left-handed with the ball glancing off the Page That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten April 17, 1951 There it smashed a seat and the plate. (Click on any bar to go to However, That plus the were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. It was an amazing feat, the likes of which had not been seen before. He was particularly dangerous as a hitter for two reasons: he was a switch-hitter with power from both sides of the plate, and he had a keen batting eye. Eleven difference. brought it down against the right-field faade, about the Page Yankees outfielders. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of