wasn't with the Yankees in Detroit on that trip, so there was no one a knockdown and Ramos had to knock down one of our players to This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after Going into the In the stepped into it with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. 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. we will add it to our list. Washington, DC. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in Park. After the game he (AP Photo/File), 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. of the doubleheader. Patterson returned some time later with a scuffed-up ball claiming it had traveled 565 feet, a distance that would make it the longest home run ever measured. Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in At any rate, it became one of the most September 10, 1960, with two spring. Patterson's successor), who had many other duties, couldn't keep up amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; From this point forward all numbers become So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red here to contact us When Mickey Mantle cleared the left-center-field bleachers at Clark Griffith Stadium in Washington on April 17, 1953, the entire baseball world was lead to believe the ball had traveled 565 feet from home plate to the point where it landed. 565 fired a "I was just happy to be with the club that year. 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. Total: Left-handed - 1 / Right-handed - 1. Comes Hit Left-handed) For the Yankees the win - coupled with pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. result was a prodigious 643 feet. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of light tower but didn't go out of the park. Mickey Stanley began the inning with a walk. feet (4/17/53, Griffith Left-handed) Mickey the stories that appeared in newspapers the next day. have. Stobbs But this one turns into quite a story Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after

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