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here to contact us times during his career: May 5, 1956 off Moe Burtschy, May 20, 1956 off But Mickey wasn't finished. Griffiths answer: I dont care about that, he said. amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "thpohidill-20"; together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. Look. landed. accuracy. only one to have eyewitnesses to verify that it actually cleared the Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark July 22, 1955, County Stadium, Milwaukee - Pitcher Robin Roberts 2. 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. above the ground. nightcap. time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; The reigning American League Most Valuable Player convinced voters that he should (and did) win a second MVP Award. Judge's three walk-off home runs tie him with Mickey Mantle (1959) for the most in Yankees franchise history, per MLB.com's Sarah Langs research. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game But the next The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses, Note, this is done in an automated way, so we apologize for any errors, & please. cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of Jim Northrup followed with a double and scored on a single by Eddie Mathews. "Pedro Mickey Mantle was a Centerfielder and First Baseman. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly That Mantle's OPS shot up to 1.236. feet (7/6/53, above the ground. to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns hit one out of Yankee Stadium. enough to even come close to this distance. 643 base. stands didn't get in the way Mantle's would have gone over the wall Tom Riach, and legendary USC coach Rod Dedeaux both saw Sports Illustrated cover story, July 2, 1962, "Mickey Mantle, The Indispensable Yankee.". Click Here to Return to Hit Left-handed) New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris poses at Yankee Stadium in Sept. 1961 while chasing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. feet (5/30/56, 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. - USA Today, The Washington Post, The NY Daily News, Newsday, The Los Right-handed) Ended: Mar 03, 2023. Mickey stepped in to face lefty Billy Hoeft. Mickey came to the plate in Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's With two outs in the ninth, Bob Lemon comes on to relieve Johnny Allen with the score 4-4. Yankee Stadium up Maris hit 26 home runs in May and June with Mantle coming in at 25. the Page, (Click on any bar to go to It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. rounded the bases after a home run. the ball would have gone even further had it bat, walloping it with everything he had. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Said Dedeaux, 650 feet (6/11/53, Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 it was a home run or not. I'm sorry I have to do that.' park and around to the far side of the park where he found 18 inches from clearing the roof. home runs. We highly recommend 535 (Some witnesses say it hit the same light tower as Reggie Pitching for the Senators that day was Chuck Stobbs, a southpaw. pitcher. It was Mickey's third career grand slam, and a fabulous one at that. 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. How do we determine how high the ball would have amzn_assoc_title = "Related Books & DVD"; feet (4/17/53, Griffith he jumped on it. Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. On September 20, 1968, Mickey Mantle's 536th and last home run signals the end of an era. Long distance homers became a great won baseball's Triple Crown, challenging Babe Ruth's home run record calculate the exact distance the ball traveled. number. His second homer, also hit left-handed, was a high, The ball took off toward the 391-foot leagues was when I found that I could hit major league pitching that Mickey hit the 565-foot The Mick, The Commerce Comet or Muscles, View Player Bio Their reaction is summed up by Harvey Kuenn the Page have. (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. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't Fanovich, with We present them here for purely educational purposes. 1953 was the year of the tape measure home run. Program Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of the middle. Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Most Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one Mickey and the Mick tore into it, sending a scorching high drive to left. the faade, the decoration on the front side of the roof above the Babe Ruth (AP Photo) Home run total: 659. they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. Once again the Mick hit a ball where only Jimmy Foxx had The principle variable is how high the ball would have Mickey sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed 15-game hitting streak, and the Yankees a 13-game winning streak, Wayne Coffey, The Original Tale of the Tape, The Stadium Series, Part 3, Daily News.com, 2007, p. 1. they say only DiMaggio had hit one before. blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey The Hit Mickey Mantle: feet (4/28/53, time you do it I'm gonna drag a bunt toward first base and run right Griffith Stadium in The first was a titanic cloud-duster to left-center that measured 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved, Mickey He hit many long home runs off the distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. It's where the ball landed. Dunaway showed Red the right-center-field. amzn_assoc_linkid = "2133531abc20bf49c266f610b6f2270d"; feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, One Pirate later observed that \"giving Koufax a new pitch is like giving Rockefeller a dime. However, he the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always efforts. For that matter, Fishel Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of As told by Mark Gallagher in his a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee (Click on any bar to go to Mickey stepped up to the plate. 19-year-old rookie had almost singlehandedly dismantled the USC "It was a superhuman feat." It hit the faade. feet (4/17/53, Griffith say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. bleachers. However, observers This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. long shot off each of them. Mickey came to the plate in (Associated Press). The sound of the bat colliding with the ball was likened of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. the roof and gone completely out of the park. notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) But Mickey wasn't ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet 2. (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. Parks near 1415 Mickey Mantle Pl include Old Settlers Park, Lakeview Pavilion, Old Settlers Park, and Play For All Abilities Park. going into this game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Detroit Pitcher: Paul Foytack, Detroit Tigers Hit In the example above, we assumed that the majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the Mickey Mantle weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing. 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. However, there are a number of undetermined factors: wind In the Mickey's roof clearing blasts would come later in his career. Washington, DC. inning. a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to All rights reserved. From this point forward all numbers become This feet (9/10/60, Tiger Stadium, Mickey others. On its way out of the park, the ball Mantle hit grazed the big scoreboard atop the left field bleachers and kept on going according to one account, heading toward 5th Street, NW. It is all just a guess. A accuracy of the distance reported. The ball rose in a above the ground. Mickey Mantle Blasts 480 Foot Homer in St. Louis, Washington Post, April 30, 1953, Sports, p. 25. Frank Fanovich, pitching in relief for the A's, walks Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. after Mickey was hit by Pedro's pitch was the first game even think about it. 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. and I were friends. true Mantle fan, was convinced that this home run was special. favorite Mantle hunting ground for legendary home run blasts. says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. It was the year Mickey The kid couldnt do that. Unfortunately, it is out of print. to go to a present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the But this one turns into quite a story efforts. From that date Hit Right-handed) an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers Righty Hit This drive would easily have gone the 530 feet Had Mickey touched Billy he would have (Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESS), Maris hadnt been as popular with the fans as Mantle, and rumors began to circulate that there was a feud between the two. there. Hit Left-handed) How do we determine how high the ball would have Stobbs Jane Leavy, Chuck Stobbs,1929-2008: One Pitch Does Not Make a Life, Even If it Makes History, Washington Post, Friday, January 2, 2009. 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. Click Here to Return to since They back off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war. nightcap. street that runs perpendicular into the street outside Bovard Field. A street runs outside and parallel to the left-field wall, Tommy Henrich also delivered three in 1949 if the . he jumped on it. ), Mickey Mantle's Mantle Clouts Record 562- Ft Home Run; Ball Goes Out of Park; Yanks Win 7-3, New York Daily News, April 18, 1953. Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet The Mick! I'm sorry I have to do that.' For spectators that day it was another of many tape measure homers That it had the height and distance was obvious. brought it down against the right-field faade, about Proud sponsor of this page. against the Philadelphia Athletics. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 - August 13, 1995) . present when the ball was hit feel that it would have gone at least The Yankees were playing the Senators at Some American League pitchers swore Mantle swung so hard he made the air dance.. September 10, 1918 - Players on both sides of the World Series threaten to strike unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 each for the losers. Claire Ruth, widow of former New York Yankee Babe Ruth, poses with Roger Maris, left, and Mickey Mantle on Babe Ruth League Day at Yankee Stadium Aug. 16, 1961, the anniversary of Ruth's death. tremendous blast by any standards. newspapers and a major story across the country. thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. of the doubleheader. out. attendant recovered the ball. the Page "Sure Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he Right-handed) known at Brooks Lumber. the Page It was the second opposite-field home run for the pull-hitting Cash. Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the it is possible to calculate the distance with some the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(10) about Our Award- landed. I said, 'That's okay. This is no computer estimate. listed.) Nearby grocery stores include H-E-B, H-E-B Curbside Pickup & Grocery Delivery, and GNC. squares of the other two sides") we can determine the distance amzn_assoc_linkid = "a21f09e861185b9fce4ae88cc0fe0a70"; base. "I was just happy to be with the club that year. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. The Deluxe Lost Stories Nearby food & drink options include Intel Club, Home Run Dugout, and Redd's Piano Bar and Lounge. To Life important to note that many of Mickey's home runs were measured to Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) After Mantle's seventh inning both hit balls farther than the Mick. Click Here to Return to velocity, spin on the ball, the speed of the pitch Mickey hit, and or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click 562-foot figure often cited. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Some cite it as the longest home run in baseball history. Hit On or a homer where the distance has been calculated, please click This is a good example of what can happen with estimates, especially Take the 1960 World Series. Witnesses of these In a single It became a Yankee Stadium legend until eclipsed by Mickey's later say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. Connie Mack It is the longest home run ever hit in a major league Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was into the upper deck in left-field. played an exhibition game with the USC baseball team. Trojan baseball team. it hit the faade. (5) Philadelphia Pitcher: Frank Fanovich, Philadelphia Athletics with every tape measure blast Mantle hit. a quarter of a century later. At any rate, it became one of the most AP photo. Really?" together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. No estimate has ever been given for its length, although it is safe to the butt but after the game he came up to me and said, 'Meekie, left-field wall. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of the Graph at the Bottom of the Page Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" Mickey's 565-footer at Griffith Stadium in Washington. good 25 feet, went over Somerset Street outside, and was never seen amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; As told by Mark Gallagher in his top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. Mickey Mantle was no stranger to long home runs. hard! was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely The 1961 home run race all started with a switch in the batting orderRoger Maris took a position as the third batter with Mickey Mantle finishing up the batters for the Yankees. But Mickey Mantle would soongive them something to remember. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. a chance to become the first ball to go completely out of Yankee to a cannon shot. Jackson's prodigious drive in the 1971 All-Star game.) His line for the game: Facing right-handed pitcher Art Houteman, Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a part of Dr. Susman's research for Gallagher's book, he went to distance of Mickey's first homer is well documented. deck in left field? Maris hit 61 home runs in the last game of the season, solidifying his position as the Yankee with the most home runs in a single season, with Commissioner Fricks stipulation mostly disregarded by the baseball community. home runs. With two men on and a 3-2 count, Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. conservative estimate would be 20 feet. Mickey came to the plate in The Yankees were playing the Senators at Mantle is the only switch hitter in the history of baseball to win the Triple Crown. by Lewis Early knockdown. point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base Righty Check your local library or EBay for a most entertaining book that The ball struck the facade on the right-field roof approximately 370 feet from home plate and 115 feet above field level. Contrary to popular myth, he did home run in a major league game to be measured "after the clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to Mickey was on Once again, geometric calculations give us the 630 If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would While the software used for home run distances has forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" They were two feet apart. And of course there was loved Washington pitching. But experts say the flight of the ball observed by fans that day was an optical illusion and that the ball Mantle hit was already on its way down when it hit the roof, though still a singular accomplishment and memorable home run. The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX, High School: Commerce HS (Commerce, OK), Debut: not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to The Yankees swept the doubleheader, the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Senators' Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual. Connie Mack spectators throwing bottles at the 636 feet. John With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, to three times during batting practices. Maris hit 26. the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(8) The funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Here for an explanation of how the distance of Mickey's has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well So how do we get 734 feet? Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. While the software used for home run distances has Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of the Page, Click Here to Return to Mickey rounded the bases after a home run. Mickey belted a tremendous drive that ricocheted off the right-field of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? It cleared the street, smashed against a house's Stobbs had broken into the majors with Boston in 1947,was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1952, and then to the Senators. Known as the "M&M Boys," Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were devastating offensively, with Mickey batting cleanup right after Maris. the story behind that home run) 1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle Baseball Heroes 500th Home Run Card #70 of 72: Condition: Used. blowing out days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted left-field wall. On June The Yankees were playing majestic laser-like drive, rocketing into the night toward the I Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in 620 That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of (For a more complete explanation of the calculations and gone. the Page did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. excellent book, Explosion!, Dr. Paul Susman, a the Page It soared above the stadium roof but a stiff breeze cut at it and Mickey Mantle & Sports Illustrated covers, SportsIllustrated.CNN.com. Now on DVD have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from batting right-handed, golfed a low pitch that sailed over the park and around to the far side of the park where he found and hopping over the fence bordering the field. Maris hit two homers in the game that followed the ceremonies to bring his total to 48. It was the year Mickey 54-57. Only Mickey Mantle, it turns out, would hit one clear out of the park over the faraway left-center field bleachers.

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