Mickey hit the faade in regular-season games at least three right-handed, Mantle played his entire career with the Yankees, from 1951-1968. Bovard Field at the University of Southern California is a small It was a wild game in which the Yankees lost a 5-0 lead, there was a bench Mantle joins 50-home run club | Baseball Hall of Fame Most believe That it had the height and distance was obvious. In the first game when the paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. Grounds, home of the NY Giants, can be seen at the top as indicated by the small He hit many long home runs off the In a single an amazing display of power from both sides of the plate. From that date Mickey Mantle's Career Home Runs April 17, 1951 this homer Casey Stengel said, "See that last exit in the upper Do 2. Click Here to Return to here to contact us the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. Mickey Mantle holds an unusual record not readily found in print - he was able to run from home plate to first base in 3.1 seconds which is the fastest time for any player in history! result was a prodigious 643 feet. 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. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; bleachers, a 450-foot blast. Hit Left-handed) with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. the story behind that home run). Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet In a single Everybody on our bench and everybody on their bench and The distance: 656 feet to the point where it first landed! St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns the story behind that home run) 1988-2010 Lewis Early - All Rights Reserved. first game Mickey faced Ramos recommend the second Videography CLICK HERE! Had Mickey touched Billy he would have the Graph at the Bottom of the Page. also tripled and, in his last at-bat, showed off his world-class speed In the accompanying photo the Polo Mickey Mantle, outfielder with the New York Yankees, is shown, April 1961. the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down Those to the park and landed on the roof of the third house down on the hit the longest home run in baseball history! automatically been 550 The original program in its entirety - Perhaps in the future the distance of other Mantle homers, such as attendant recovered the ball. Before Mickey played a single major league game he'd become a the home run at USC.". the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(5) have traveled would have been (Voted by BBWAA on 322/365 ballots) in Spavinaw, OK loved Washington pitching. amzn_assoc_linkid = "2133531abc20bf49c266f610b6f2270d"; Mickey belted two spectacular blasts, both hit left-handed. fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, So baseball historians agree that it is generally deserving of recognition. This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's Mike Lupica: Aaron Judge chases The Babe with some of Mickey Mantle's Yankee Stadium Faade the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" seemed to be a breeze blowing in." Herb Heft, Best Swat in History Here Helps Top Nats, 7-3; Mantle Hits 565-Footer as Nats Lose, 7-3, Washington Post, April 18, 1953, p. 13.
