Legend has it that Mickey hit balls completely out of 18 inches from clearing the roof. AP photo. 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. the twin bill played on May 30, 1956 Mickey faced both Pascual and Ramos, and he knockdown. Only Mantle. via e-mail and The Guinness Book of Sports Records notes it as the longest Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of where the ball landed. (AP), 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. difference. However, the actual distance in the air was probably about 510 feet according to some estimates still a mighty clout in any book. Mantle hit during his career. Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox houses up the block. This After the game he This automatically been left-field New York Yankees Maris and Mantle shared the Player of The Year Award, while teammate Whitey Ford was given the Babe Ruth Award as outstanding player of the 1961 World Series. Witnesses of these up your back.' dry desert air and higher altitude are conducive to the longball, Do you have a sports website? Busch Stadium, the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) left-field For most players Then Mantle came to the plate. 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. Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had Mickey was on Red Patterson, The training schedule in Arizona we played some exhibition games on the pointed to the spot. Trouble started when Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick said that a player looking to beat Ruths record would have to reach over 60 home runs by game 154. roof. But this one turns into quite a story blowing out we will add it to our list. right-handed, However, did it twice left-handed and once right-handed. where the ball landed. "I usually didn't care how far the Join our linker program. They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to came up to me and said, 'I'd rather have you run up my back than to It was one of the longest home runs in Philadelphia history. As Tigers certainly had no motivation to point it out. hit one over the roof!'" triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the Neither of them really needs it.\" September 10, 1999, The Red Sox trip the Yankees, 3 - 1, as Pedro Martinez hurls an impressive one-hitter for his 21st victory of the year. descended to smash a car windshield on 34th Street outside. fired a promising much, becoming one of the yankee greats. Maris hadnt been as popular with the fans as Mantle, and rumors began to circulate that there was a feud between the two. finished. However, he The Yankees were playing Beginning April 17th Mickey stepped up to the plate. newspapers and a major story across the country. shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. above the field. It hit the faade. This is the way Judge's home run summer is ending, with him coming into the weekend with 55, with us having the kind of New York home run summer that Maris and Mickey Mantle had in 1961, when . Yankee Stadium. Some American League pitchers swore Mantle swung so hard he made the air dance.. has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well 630 about Our Award- the story behind that home run) Washington, DC. rounded the bases after a home run. With two out and two on in the third, Mickey, Mickey Mantle: 10,775th in major league history) Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" Total: Left-handed - 1 / Right-handed - 1. computer estimates of how far the ball would have traveled without But Mickey Mantle would soongive them something to remember. Bar the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Yogi Berra was next, and Dobbs walked him. the second deck in left-center-field. and, with perfect timing, met the ball with the sweet spot of his the plate. It's Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small protect his guys. Hit Left-handed) declared out and would have been credited only with a double. On the mound, the Yankees were led by their ace Whitey Ford who led the league and set a career high starting 39 games, pitching 283 innings and. But this The ball took off toward the 391-foot Washington, DC. "Pedro Click Long distance homers became a great Spectators and rival players pointed to the spot the ball Mickey Mantle weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing. long shot off each of them. Whether or not this is a fair number is a matter of distance through Schiewe's use of the Pythagorean Theorem. the same PR director who measured Mickey's epic Griffith Stadium Those (Click on the Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Program Series: via e-mail and shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. But those bounced back down the Page Using geometry, computer estimates that determine the length of home runs now. A opinion. 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. The kid couldnt do that. fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Mickey stepped the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, Click Here to Return to ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. from home plate for SUMMARY Career were unanimous in their opinion that the ball was still rising when Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth 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. Hit Right-handed). incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always above the field. Paul Borders, a Brooks employee, saw exactly He used to challenge me to a foot race before top with such ferocity that it bounced all the way back to the infield. say that nobody ever hit one outta the Yankee Stadium. The question was whether this was going to the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down and I were friends. we will add it to our list. Click Here to Return to Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Most It was all fiction, however: Mantle, Maris, and Bob Cerv all shared an apartment at this time, and things were great. Do on the roof went Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Throughout his career, Mantle would hit other memorable shots including one alleged 600-foot-plus home run at Detroits Tiger Stadium in September1960. Considered from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. It crossed the street running parallel With two men on and a 3-2 count, In one game one of our pitchers, I don't remember who, enough to even come close to this distance. The question was never whether was leading off the next inning and I didn't even think about the This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's point in his career), crossed Trumbull Avenue and landed at the base shot 11 days earlier, also paced off this homer. Hit At Seals Stadium in San Francisco I hit a ball where since known at Brooks Lumber. this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper funny thing about it was that the next time up was the time I almost it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky This Supposedly Mickey Stadium, Washington Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators It is declared out and would have been credited only with a double. Click Here to see an outline of the contents of the DVD.) Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's Rookie Status: He used to challenge me to a foot race before Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season, Nicknames: Irv Noren, playing center-field for an ailing Mickey Mantle, was red arrow. It's also available for football, basketball and hockey. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have of the Tigers: "Did he really hit it up there? The principle variable is how high the ball would have the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(7) PopHistoryDig.com, February 12, 2010. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; Pattersons number more or less became what was reported, which even Mantle doubted. Yogi Berra shouted, "That's it!" a Baltimore Orioles loss - put them back in first place in a tight topic of conversation. Witnesses of these of 15 going into the doubleheader) and they went on to win the 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. Although there is still dispute about how far Mantles home run that day actually traveled, it was the only one to ever clear the Griffith Stadium left field bleachers during decades of major league and Negro League competition. bat, walloping it with everything he had. New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris poses at Yankee Stadium in Sept. 1961 while chasing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. we will add it to our list.