#tbt

[@davidbusciglio5529]

And the Mick's blasts were before the era of PEDs. He was a natural. Was, is and always will be one of the all time greats.

[@milojanis4901]

Can you imagine Mantle on roids?? Pitchers would either retire, or have nervous breakdowns

[@grubbybuckets]

So he didn't have to pitch against juiced pitchers, he had it easy.

[@philviz9012]

Steroids were being used by bodybuilders already. It wasn’t a secret. It would not shock me if some athletes took them, but there was just no stigma or attention or awareness to it. You’d have gotten away with it 10000% and they were easy to get.

[@philviz9012]

And no disrespect to Mantle. But I’m very educated on the topic. To hit a ball that far naturally is very unlikely. You’d have to generate immense force. Which would make even more sense that a teammate may have found out and also taken part, and hit an uncharacteristically high # of home runs (61). Not saying for sure, but would def make sense. I have seen online speculations he did get heavier and start hitting the ball further… but it’s all just rumors since there was no records.

[@philviz9012]

Mathematically at 200lbs swinging a 32oz bat he’d have had to generate 85mph bat speed and have an exit velocity of 120mph+ with older balls and bats and a slower pitch. For comparison Stanton is 6’6 (leverage) swings a 32oz 80mph with an exit velocity of 120mph and has never hit a ball 550ft….

[@goldbug66]

As a ten year old, I shook hands with Mantle as I leaned over the rail at the end of the Yankee dugout before a game in Kansas City in 1958.

[@uncjim]

That’s incredible. For those of us that were around at that time (I would have been 11 years old), it must have been a mind numbing thrill.

[@clinicaltranscription1190]

That is awesome. And you could probably sell your hand on eBay for several thousand dollars 😂

[@mckessa17]

I shook Bobby Hull's hand once.

[@bubbadump8676]

Lol yeh ok

[@MyYTaccountName]

Awesome memory! My great grandmother once gave Babe Ruth a handy at a bathroom in a pub.

[@moncaman1]

We all love you Mickey...🇺🇸🗽💪✨😇...

[@SmokinGun55]

Without a doubt the greatest I ever saw. My boyhood hero.

[@TheCheermeister]

Me too.

[@1badhaircut]

I concur. I was at the 1963 game and it’s true that the ball hit the roof going UP - my dad commented “it was going into orbit”.

[@davidbusciglio5529]

He absolutely was. Barry Bonds had NOTHING on him. The Mick was a natural. Raw, real, pulverizing power; enough to potentially drive every fastball into orbit. And, he played before the era of PEDs.

[@SmokinGun55]

@@davidbusciglio5529 Yep. Barry the Juicer.

[@jcyt0511]

@@SmokinGun55 Barry is also quite obnoxious.

[@jimwells828]

My memory was that the day after Mantle's off the facade HR, a physicist calculated that of the ball continued, it would have traveled 706 feet!

[@cranstonchristopher9212]

Mickey was my favorite player. My supervisor was late to the game being played in Washing DC stadium . He said he heard the roar from the stands and later realized the baseball that rolled by him in the street was the reason for the uproar

[@dennislynch6547]

They Dont Make -Em Like The Mick Anymore 500 Foot Shots From Both Sides Of The Plate And Ran Like A Gazzel And Was A Great Out Fielder You Will Never See Another One Like The Great Mick ...To Me He Was The Greastest Of All Time Rest In Peace Mickey Mantle

[@robertpaciullo1540]

Amen to that

[@kevinmadden1645]

Good outfielder, not a great outfielder.

[@SmokinGun55]

@@kevinmadden1645GOOD is an insult. He wasn't GREAT like DiMaggio but he was better than GOOD, especially in his younger days.

[@chester_hobbs]

He started out as a shortstop in the minors and switched to OF when he was called up to the bigs.

[@Bigbeardedpothead420]

Id pick mantle in center over Joe d ​@@SmokinGun55

[@waydel4]

I listened to an interview with Larry King and Mickey, he gave the old line " If I knew I was going to live so long I would have taken better care of myself." This was a few months before his liver transplant and he died shortly thereafter. RIP to the greatest baseball player of all time.

[@Liquidswords-2r]

He is not the greatest baseball player of all time. Be quiet, fangirl.

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

The reason why Mantle lived longer than any of the men in his family is due to the fact that he didn't work in the mines like his dad and grandfather did.

[@christinagiagni3578]

when i was 10 my uncle got me a signed photo to me personally of mantle. i'm 67 now and that photo still hangs on my wall.

[@dontraylor4476]

We always loved Mickey and we still do. Thank you Lord for his life and all You gave to us through it.

[@chazz2404]

This statement is coming from a Die hard Red Sox fan! I have always admired Mickey Mantle. He was great for Baseball, great with the fans. I always secretly rooted for him even when he beat the Red Sox!!

Closet Yankees fan is what you are!

[@josephpetrizzo3524]

Mickey mantle was a beast of a man he could Run, Hit, and Throw a ball with accuracy, he hit that ball in the old Yankee Stadium 565 Feet & hit the top of the facade He missed it by a foot or it would have went out & I mean way out of Yankee Stadium on to probably the Street on 161st in the Bronx, He in his career hit bombs for home Runs you think arron judge hits bombs he couldn't compare to mickey mantels power, his 1 problem was Drinking if he never got into drinking that cut his career short Plus Injuries he would've probably hit 800 home runs that's how talented mickey was, triple Crown winner 2 times MVP 3 times and the list could've went on if he didn't Abuse himself, Mickey Was My Idle & was A tremendous Ball Player He was Baseball RIP. Mickey You Are Truly Truly Missed #1 in my book always. ⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾

[@cwc8979]

Yes very well put….my Dads favorite player was Mantle 👍

[@bballer191]

If not for injuries, he would've been the greatest baseball player to ever play the game in my opinion.

[@ScienceTalkwithJimMassa]

***** totally agreed. He still holds the fastest time to first base - 3.1 seconds and that was from the right hander's hitter box!

[@Slipknot5301]

jim massa lol i hope you don't actually believe that bullshit

[@Slipknot5301]

jim massa i hope you don't believe mantle is the fastest player in history based on a stopwatch lmao

[@41modder]

+naturalselector85 isn't that what stop watches are meant to do?

[@Slipknot5301]

sam craig stop watches aren't accurate

[@barbaramaier4758]

Probably the strongest baseball player in history and quite possibly, the fastest runner as well! Just an unbelievable athlete!

[@johndeagle4389]

Fastest runner? Not a chance! Deion Sanders? Trea Turner? Tim Locastro?

[@Blue-rw9kj]

@@johndeagle4389 According to Billy Martin, there Is a chance.

[@sixstringer7162]

And the fairest of them all, Barbara!

[@koryguns]

@@johndeagle4389 home plate to first in 3.1 second which is the record still. But it was hand timed as thats all they had back then.

[@johndeagle4389]

@@koryguns I'm aware of the 3.1 legend. It just isn't credible. The person must have stopped the watch before he reached first base. There is no way Mantle ran to first base in 3.1 seconds.

[@michaeljacobson3605]

I was watching the game of the week when I was ten years old. I remember Mantle putting it on the roof of the upper deck in right field. As close as anyone ever got to putting a ball out of Yankee Stadium.

[@gregamerson9172]

I remember that being a world series game in 64

[@MajorWolfgangHochstetter]

@@gregamerson9172 Nah, that was just a 'third deck' job to win game three. That was the homer that broke Ruth's WS record.

[@PazRabbit]

I was in the stands behind 3rd base on 5/22/63. I remember saying to my friend Larry, '' He creamed that one! ''

[@427dynodon]

In 1963 he hit this ball to top of Yankee Stadium. I've seen a picture of someone picking up this ball in short right field. This meant that the ball bounced back well over a 100 feet. This gives you indication that the ball was still rising and was still traveling at a great speed when it struck the facade. Mantle called it a line drive.

[@bladerunner9405]

As a matter of fact the ball ricochetted almost all the way to second base! that goes to show how hard that ball was pounded

[@Razorback2088]

You're right, it was a line drive. It struck the right field façade 6-12 inches from the top and bounced almost all the way back to the infield. People at the game that night said it sounded like a cannon when he hit the ball. The ball and the bat he hit it with are both in the Hall Of Fame.

[@howie9751]

Tony Kubek was the one who claimed it was still rising and that story had become an urban legend. There's no proof it was still rising and many articles have come out since saying that would have been impossible.

[@winmethod4171]

In todays ballparks dimensions Mantle would have hit over 900 home runs. Think about all the fly ball doubles, triples, and outs he hit that went over 420 feet to centerfield and left centerfield in Yankee Stadium salone.

[@Jacobthekid28]

We really dont know how balls he hit in his career that went over 400 feet that were also outs, but you also have to realize that it was 296 ft down the right field line and 301 ft down the left field line in the old Yankee Stadium so its hard to believe that he would 900 in today's ballparks.

[@winmethod4171]

@@Jacobthekid28 I think some stat guys reviewed every game Mantle played via videos and they came up with that number and felt it was a minimum amount.

[@Jacobthekid28]

@@winmethod4171 Yeah because those were the measurements from Homeplate to the foul poles.

[@metaphoria3]

I think the power alley - center dimensions along with away ballparks more than makeup for the foulines. Even today’s ballparks avg around 325’ down the line but rarely are they over 405’ in center

[@winmethod4171]

@@metaphoria3 I don't believe there is a doubt about that. Mantle continuously had more shear power than any other ballplayer I've ever seen. The ballparks back in the 1950's were humongous. Detroit, Cleveland, Washington, etc. I guarantee Mantle would have hit 900+ home runs if he played in ballparks with today's dimensions. I would love to see someone go thru all the videos of games from those days and measured how far his long fly outs traveled and also add in the balls that fell to the ground over 400 feet away that wound up as doubles and triples.

[@rhondapickins9198]

I got to see mantle pinch hit a ground rule double against the chicago whitesox at yankee stadium in 1967 when i was 12yrs old. The entire stadium roared when he was anounced to pinch hit. He was truiiy loved in new york and he was my boyhood hero. R.i.p mickey

[@keithmarkman617]

In the modern era the best pure hitter combining BA, home runs, RBIs was Ted Williams. No telling how many more HRs he would have had absent his service to our country. Mantle was the most fearsome power hitter I ever saw, and of course he had great speed and was an excellent fielder. Many people forget that early in his career, before his knees were messed up, he would beat out bunts to 1st base. Other players like Aaron and Mays had more consistently great careers than Mantle due to his injuries and his drinking. But the spectacle of him hitting a massive home run was almost draw dropping. I've seen other players hit those types of homers, like McGwire, Jackson and a few others, but I still think the Mick was in a class by himself for unbridled monster homers.

[@bosoxfan131]

Ted Williams has entered the chat

[@SmokinGun55]

Don't bring the names of McGwire, Bonds or Sosa (all cheating juicers) into this conversation. That's an insult to ALL the players that preceded them.

[@johnorr4866]

I love the passion of Mantle fans. His injury happened when he tore cartilage while chasing a fly ball on a poorly designed drain, while playing outfield in 1951, late in his first season.

[@mortimerzilch9437]

On a fly ball hit by Willie Mays. Joe D. caught the ball.

[@TheBatugan77]

The year Roger hit 61 bombs, he received ZERO intentional walks. Because most of the time, #7 was kneeling in the on-deck circle. RE7PECT

[@robertpaciullo1540]

7 the greatest

[@9Ballr]

I'm pretty sure that ball is still going.

[@headshotsongs9465]

Out into the Atlantic Ocean!

[@sjt62349]

Maybe. But it is on the way down.

[@willliamceceliacalhoun1130]

Mickey Mantle was incredibly strong from working in the Oklahoma mines. He was one of the greatest players. No steroids in those days!

[@jaxontesta4719]

MANCHESTER UNITED who tf asked

[@yankees2137]

MANCHESTER UNITED just because it’s the most played doesn’t mean it’s the most loved.

[@xxxxbigrich5752]

@MANCHESTER UNITED Keep playing Soccer across the pond! 👍 We play real sports over here! 😂😂

[@yankees2137]

MANCHESTER UNITED why are you here anyway? You’re on a baseball video and feel the need to be negative. Nobody asked you about soccer, who cares you like soccer congrats, go comment on a soccer vid and make some friends

[@johnschmidt6431]

His Dad worked in the mines, he didn't.

[@bp4187]

I saw the Mick break a slump against the White Sox with a cannon shot triple off the monuments in the old stadium. Nellie Fox went 6 for 7 in that doubleheader but the Mick got the headlines. I also saw him hit a one hopper to the great Twins first baseman Killebrew that knocked him over. Mick was safe at first. Amazing speed.

[@doubled1598]

Best baseball player ever!

[@stephenfricke9298]

Should have taken better care of himself

[@wallyohrel9086]

Wasn't he's. ⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️

[@mortimerzilch2608]

The New York Daily News on its back page featured the home run Mickey hit left handed that hit the top of the facade in right field showing a graphic that estimated the distance at 603 feet (if I am not mistaken or 604 ft.). Everybody that I ever heard talk about it said it was still rising when it hit the top with a loud boom about a foot from the top of the facade. Yet Mickey was not much bigger than Bret Gardner...but he swung with ALL his might, not just swinging hard with upper body as players do today. Mick drove into the ball with his legs and butt muscles too... The only player I ever saw to swing as hard as Mickey was Reggie Jackson who hit that wind-aided homer in the All Star Game in Detroit that hit off the transformer on top of the roof in Detroit. That was the SECOND longest homer I ever saw.

[@jamesburke3929]

Mick hit a number of Hr's over the roof in Detroit. The one that landed in a lumber yard across the street was estimated well over 600

[@Caterpillarjon]

Mick had some strong legs too!! Before he tore his ACL he could've been an Olympic runner and would've probably won gold medals

[@lawrencet83]

No steroids, no performance enhancing drugs, just pure natural power.

[@Cagney68]

And we're supposed to believe he hit it further than the juiced monsters of the 80s and 90s?

[@stuballs42]

@@Cagney68 Yes and Yes and the Babe did it on hotdogs and beer !

[@DeeDee-y9n]

When I was just a boy, when playing any ball sports, mostly stickball...Everyone wanted to be Mickey Mantle. He was everyone favorite. Unfortunately we were so desperately poor, I never got to go to the Yankee Stadium to actually witness him in person. But we all dreamed of being him.

[@simonballister1224]

I give Ruth the nod as the greatest ever because he would've been a HOFer as a pitcher in addition to his unreal batting stats but after Ruth nobody had the talent of Mantle. As a White Sox fan I've listened to Hawk Harrelson talk ad nauseum about how talented the man was. Funny thing is when I ask people who saw him play they all say Hawk was right. Mickey was the greatest they ever saw. Hawk told a story about during the last year at the old Yankee Stadium people were oohing and aahing during the home run derby because guys were hitting HRs up near some area of the stadium (can't remember what he called it). He said Mickey did that on an almost daily basis against live pitching. The man was essentially the most skilled player you could ever imagine with Bo Jackson like athleticism. Like a better version of Mike Trout. I mean think about how good Trout is and even he would likely be considered a poor man's Mantle. That's no disrespect to Trout as he is on a path to end up as an all-time great. Anytime you are in the discussion with Mantle that's an instant tip of the cap. That's how great Trout is but Mantle is an almost mythical player.

[@Jacobthekid28]

I dont why your are comparing the talent of Ruth to Mantle. That's not fair for Ruth but okay.

[@howie9751]

Mays was a better fielder. Mantle was maybe the best bunter.

[@Razorback2088]

Mickey Mantle, in my opinion, was the best all round baseball player of all time. There will never be another!!!

[@timklein3962]

agreed !!

[@Razorback2088]

Thank you!!!

[@coleparker]

I agree. He was my childhood baseball hero. Some think has been re-incarnated into Mike Trout of today. As an Angel fan from way back I cannot say I disagree with them.

[@Razorback2088]

The ones who think Mantle has been re-incarnated into Mike Trout, they're certainly allowed to have their own baseball glory, but as previously stated "There will never be another" Mickey Mantle. He is one of only a very select few who made it into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot. Even Joe D. didn't do that.

[@coleparker]

Well, we will see. Trout is still in his prime with a career ahead of him. As I said, Mantle was and will always be number 1 for me along with the other greats from the past such as Ruth, Gehrig etc., but I think Trout will be up there as well.

[@chriisdangelo1886]

Wish there was film of Mantles home runs almost leaving Yankee stadium, you would think there would be since it was in NY. If there is sure would love to see it.

[@Caterpillarjon]

I always tell people the first thing I'm going to do if time travel becomes a reality is go back to Yankee Stadium and watch Mickey hit that ball.

[@Donjasoni]

My grandfather saw the 565 foot homer that literally went out of Griffith Stadium! He said that when Mantle went around first the first base coach held up his finger to indicate that he was the first to ever hit one out of old Griffith Stadium.

[@MajorWolfgangHochstetter]

I recall that he hit one out of Cleveland Municipal Stadium (like other ball parks, only Mickey would ever hit one out) which held more seats than Yankee Stadium. In another words, 'a very BIG ballpark'! I did see him hit the facade in the old stadium on TV the second time he did so. As I recall, the ball hit the facade, and then 'jumped forward' about a foot before settling back down into the lower right field stands!

[@jimaccardi4159]

I saw him hit one completely out of Briggs Stadium (Detroit) batting left-handed

[@Donjasoni]

My grandfather saw him hit the 565 out of Griffith Stadium. He said that when Mantle was rounded first, the first base coach put his pointer finger up indicating that it was the first time anyone had hit a ball out of the enormous Griffith Stadium.

[@DavidGee51]

They've re-analyzed it, and it's more like 510-515.

[@DavidGee51]

@Bob Tav - I have a bad feeling that when you're old, people are going to be swindling you out of your retirement money left and right.

[@mortimerzilch2608]

Mantle also hit the Yankee Stadium facade in left field...but the ball that time was definitely on the way down...so it hit the facade 104 feet above the ground approximately 380 feet from home plate...a helluva wallop!

[@algrap1954]

Why don't you admit that you just don't like the yankees or mantle, and do everybody a favor and just go away.

[@michaelmiller2397]

some corrections....Mantle did hit the facing in left field batting right handed...but that ball was not still rising. The one he hit left handed off the facing in right field was still rising...the Daily News newspaper had a graphic on the back page that estimated its trajectory at 604 feet. That's the one Mickey said was the hardest he ever hit. If I am not mistaken.

[@pilgrim815]

The greatest player to ever play the game, no one compares to his power!

[@dougbrowne9890]

I think Ted Williams would dispute your claim.

[@pilgrim815]

HAS 18 world SERIES HOME RUNS A RECORD THAT WILL NEVER BE BROKEN

[@Eyes-of-Horus]

Them was the days when they played for the love of the game, not for the money. The players were admired and emulated by just about every kid in the country.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Alex, the game was always about the paychecks. Most players needed off season jobs to pay the bills, ffs.

[@johndeagle4389]

The players played for free back then? Of course they played for the money.

[@dennismiddlebrooks7027]

He was much a better hitter from the right side of the plate, perhaps the best ever. He had great power from the left side but his career average was only .270 batting lefty. His on base percentage was phenomenal because he drew so many walks. Pitchers were terrified of him.

[@jeefriimanuelftjju2299]

hello

[@bladerunner9405]

Dennis, Mickey ended his carreer with a.299 average, had he not played his last season he would have had a .301 batting averqage

[@mortimerzilch2608]

Ted Williams' last three years dropped his batting average down from .348 to its final .344; and his OnBseAverage down to .482

[@jamespietruch9929]

Dennis Middlebrooks 298 lifetime average

[@Razorback2088]

Mickey said his biggest regret in baseball was ending his career with a (I thought it was a 298) batting average.

[@georgewatson4329]

In Game Two of the 1960 World Series, Mantle hit a home run that left the Stadium. The Pittsburg players said they never saw a ball hit that hard.

[@metaphoria3]

My dad was watching the game live and remembers the cam not being able to keep up with the speed of the ball but caught the ricochet

[@terryshaw9471]

Could run from home home to first from the left handed batters box in 3 seconds flat and hit homers 500 feet from both sides of the dish. Was a great outfielder as well

[@marthashanahan6889]

I think what proved mantles' ball that hit the facing at Yankee Stadium may have been the hardest ball ever hit. The reason was where the ball landed after hitting the top of the stadium.. There was a picture of someone picking up the ball in short right field. Meaning that the ball bounced back at least 150 ft.

[@Alanpie314]

As a kid, I saw one of Mantle's third deck homers, though I'm not sure which one. I thought the ball was still in play because, after all, it had bounced of the wall of the stadium, sort of. I remember the announcer, and everyone else in the park, was stunned. They couldn't believe what had just happened.

[@ohger1]

I only saw The Mick play his last two seasons, but I saw (on TV) a 35 year old Mantle hit one over the 460FT wall in dead center and land about 25 rows back in the old Yankee Stadium. An easy 500' shot.

[@johnmac333]

Judge, McGwire, Canseco , Kingman , Trout, Stanton , Ohtani , Strawberry , Williams, Ruth etc all massive guys , Mantle 5'11" 180 !!

[@gregdonoghue3464]

That is the recorded one. There was one other that they say was over 600 plus feet going out of a ball park.

[@TigerxrayLIB]

Mick was the best and he never used drugs to enhance his ability to hit a baseball.

[@johndeagle4389]

In 1961 Mantle was believed to have been injected with steroids and amphetamines.

[@howie9751]

@@johndeagle4389 One injection for a severe cold and it caused an access making him miss the rest of the season.

[@williamwells1862]

My Dad saw the Griffiths Stadium shot and said it hit a sign across the street and was headed further. I saw him on TV hit the top facade in Yankee Stadium against Camilio Pasqual missing going out by a foot. An incredible blast. It was the first game of a July 4th double header and NY won like 10 to 0. Pasqual was a good pitcher one of the best at the time.

[@joewebber833]

No video of the HRs? Bummer.

[@redredbostonelecelec]

I was at the game in 1963 when Matle hit that blast it was like a missile going into orbit

[@richardsimms251]

Drinking is an illness, not a morality disorder. RS, MD, FRCS Canada

[@darrellhansen7268]

Always loved Mickey always will. His time at least batting lefty was an unmatched 3.1 seconds from home to first.

[@howie9751]

It was matched by Vada Pinson.

[@rodneyison9500]

When I was a young boy of about 13 I seen Mickey mantle in the spring in Miami Florida playing a spring game against the Baltimore Orioles! He hit a line drive that I don't think that it went more than 12 feet of the ground! It hit the center field wall and bounced almost back to the infield before it was fielded! It was that fast no telling how fast it was going to compare with how they measure the stuff now

[@moboutmen]

Space Shot. I remember the back of the Daily News, with arrows and numbers and trajectories.......

[@JerryJames1022]

Legend has it that Mickey Mantel home run ball is still floating around in space!

[@martabaum3698]

YES !!! Very cool thought…….I agree……. Mick’s very own Space Satellite ……. His celestial body ……. Thanks Mick !!! 👍.

[@GeorgeYoung-uh5by]

Mickey hit the lights on top of Yankee stadium. And it was still rising. And no steroids like Bonds did. And at 5 -11 190. No where as bid as Aaron Judge at 6 -. 7and 280

[@Mr1gladiatore]

That thing was still climbing when it hit the upper deck...a monster shot for sure.

[@robertpaciullo1540]

What a shame its not on tape ( film )

[@Mr1gladiatore]

@@robertpaciullo1540 It is on film, that's how I saw it but I can't seem to locate it again. He was batting left-handed when he hit it.

[@keiththomas6124]

My Childhood Idol growing up

[@williamwells1862]

After my father saw the shot, I went to opening day the next year as a Safety Patrol. Mantle hit two home runs to left center towering shots near the flagpole halfway up in the stands. Rather incredible to see. I was a Senators fan so I was not happy and ten or eleven years old.

[@glpm7180]

Fischer was right-handed, yet Mantle is shown preparing to bat righty. Little known fact is Fischer was facing Mantle for the 2nd time in game. When he faced Mickey earlier, he walked him in clutch situation. Not very interesting except that at the time, Fischer held record for most consecutive walkless innings. By the way, Mickey's extra innings HR won the game

[@mortimerzilch9437]

You caught that mistake of the video! There was another mistake too.

[@robertpaciullo1540]

Hardest ball he ever hit isaw it. An incredible thing to see.The awesome power of mantle

[@georgearnett3026]

Mickey mantle was my favorite baseball player ever since I was ten years old he still my favorite player now

[@dartanian72]

My dad was at the game in 63. Swears that the ball was still rising when it hit the facade.

[@RocRizzo]

I saw that. It was still rising when it hit the facade. Don't let anyone tell you different.

[@MrMakemyday3]

when he played yankee stadium alleys were 457 dead center i think was 461. today center is 410????? how many 440 ft outs did he hit in 18 years.

[@mortimerzilch9437]

I was trying to calculate that...and came up with somewhat less than I anticipated...around 75.

[@MrMakemyday3]

@@mortimerzilch9437 that still puts him well over 600 homers with no steroids

[@tonypalazzo16]

In the 1963 WS he hit 3 balls to the warning track front of the 457 sign.If I remember right Podres was pitching. In any other park that would have been 3 long homers.

[@williamwells1862]

The NY newspapers showed the shot on the front pages the next day. The trajectory was still zooming upwards when it hit. Impressive beyond belief.

[@pukulu]

Mantle was 5'11" and around 200 lbs. Much bigger guys could not a baseball as far as he could.

[@vanceoverstreet4182]

At one time Mickey was the fasrest man in the majors. Played so hard it took its toll. Greatist player ever

[@scottgh8285]

Any way to see the actual video of the events?

[@SGood54]

No steroids to enhance. Rather volumes of whiskey to diminish. And he was still a superstar.

[@lamarbrown619]

Mantle was a Different Breed✅Power and Speed⚾️❤️🏆

[@headshotsongs9465]

Billy Crystal said after Mantle hit a home run, it went over the clouds.

[@raywright1]

He also said he had family video tape of the facade homer (I think in Ken Burns' Baseball if I remember), so why doesn't he get that converted to digital and release it for everyone to see?

[@headshotsongs9465]

@@raywright1 It was a stand up act by Billy. Made in jest.

[@raywright1]

@@headshotsongs9465 it's at 51:18 of inning seven of Ken Burns Baseball documentary: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGWnZ6eGerWYmsk

[@lenonnitchergore2246]

Mi leyenda!!! Gracias por el vídeo!!!

[@CaptainAhab-im3kd]

Mantle used a big bat, swung as hard as he could, and his swing had that slugger's upward swing angle into the ball.

[@goyardbaseball4897]

THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME! RE7PECT

[@BobJones-te9li]

He was THE BEST, PERIOD!!!

[@haulem]

Kingman hit some whoppers.

[@franksamuels1828]

anyone have footage of mantles home run that hit the old yankee stadium facade in 1963? Anyone please. Would love to see that!!!!!

[@mortimerzilch2608]

WPIX New York Channe 11 broadcast that game. I was watching it. And I attest that the ball was still rising when it hit 104 feet the tin facade with a loud boom. That was set back about 20' feet behind the 344' sign on the right field wall, so about 370' away from home plate it struck metal 104 feet above the ground. The back page of the New York Daily News the next day had the projected distance as 604 feet as I recall. Just like seeing a UFO or a Bigfoot Sasquatch you remember something that is far beyond the bounds of NORMAL.

[@marthashanahan6889]

Billy Crystal as a young kid saw it. He said the ball was still raising when the ball hit the facade.

[@patrickmorgan4006]

So he says. I would ask to see a ticket stub.

[@jeffb8562]

Incredible that someone from that long ago could set a record. If it was a record, and I’m sure it was. They say back until around 70s early 80s that baseball players and most professional sports players were different. Primarily because the salaries they received weren’t really enough to live off of comfortably. So they didn’t have all that off time to work out and train. They usually had a blue-collar job went out of season. not sure exactly the date or the numbers. But that’s a big reason why football players especially are so much bigger and faster nowadays.

[@frankarago7004]

By his own admission he said he was pretty much washed up by 30 years of age.Between the drinking,partying and injuries they all caught up.

[@8avexp]

Hodgkin's disease ran through his family. Mantle was afraid he wouldn't live to see 40, so he lived hard and played hard. Later in his life, he admitted, "If I'd known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself."

[@stargirlzx]

IF he hadnt destroyed his knees AND taken better care of himself he would undoubtedly be the best of all time

[@stever1791]

Mickey was The Greatest Yankee ever. I don't care what Joe D. days about being the greatest living player Blah Blah Blah

[@brettmitchell8014]

Legend

[@martybreeden6116]

Great video!!!

[@MarkKrauklis]

Pound for pound, "The Mick",🥰🇺🇲🥰🇺🇲🥰🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 #7 ,was the strongest man to ever put on the uniform!!

[@stevenyourke7901]

How far did the ball that hit the facade in 1963 actually go? That can be measured. Take the distance from home plate to the fence directly under the facade where it was struck by the ball and then add the distance the ball rebounded onto the playing field. The ball struck the facade above the 360 foot sign in tight field. It then rebounded back onto the field and landed about half way to home plate. That adds another 180 feet. Adding together, that comes to 540 feet. Of course, the ball would have travelled farther had it not hit the facade because the facade absorbed some of the energy from the ball. But I think we can say with some degree of accuracy that the ball actually travelled around 540 feet.

[@bobrichardson7174]

That's disappointing. I was expecting to see either or both home runs being shown.

[@dobermanpac1064]

Mr Baseball!! He made the game fun!

[@mortimerzilch2608]

I remember one game I attended, Mantle was running down the first base line...full speed...and collapsed in the basepath. It was horrible...He suffered a gruesome hip injury. I swear I saw blood coming through his uniform at his hip. I have looked everywhere to verify this injury, but can't seem to find it anywhere, or how many games he missed, or what year it was.

[@mikeorenstein221]

Mortimer...I think you might be talking about the abscess on his hip during the 1960 World Series against the Reds.

[@mortimerzilch2608]

ah yeah...I think you got it. THANKS...I couldn't believe it..blood coming right through Mick's uniform at his right hip...and how he just collapsed in a cloud of dust going full speed halfway down the baseline...childhood nightmare for a devoted Mantle fan...I was there right in line with the first base line...and can still remember it vividly...never saw anything like it before or since...but I couldn't remember when it was...thanks Mike, I think that's the injury...but how did he get it? "I could look it up"...

[@mortimerzilch2608]

1961. 1960 was a different horror story.

[@MrMakemyday3]

what year? he had that hip abscess at the end of the 61 season

[@jimallen8]

I believe you are thinking of the '61 WS against the Reds. Mantle had an abscess on his hip from a bad needle for a shot he was given to kill a flu bug he had near the end of the '61 season. The abscess was cut out and stitched up, then broke open when he was running down the line. . There was another game during the '62 season when he was running down the first base line and one of his legs seized from a torn muscle in his thigh. He went down as if he was shot. . I was at the game in '63 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore when Brooks Robinson hit a drive to straight away center. Mantle raced back, leapt for the ball at the fence, tangled his cleats in the chain link fence on the way down, breaking his foot. Robinson got a homerun. Mantle was subsequently diagnosed with torn cartilage in his knee as well. He didn't play for eight weeks until the Yanks returned to Baltimore. I was at the game, Yanks losing by two runs. They had a man on. Ralph Houk called Mantle up to pinch hit. The first pitch, he hit a homerun. As he rounded the bases the Oriole fans - notorius Yankee haters , gave him a standing ovation . . One of the most dramatic moments in sports I have witnessed. .

[@mpojr]

lm74 now saw Mantle play, to this day the most powerful hitter l ever saw.

[@georgepeppjr6829]

Not making a black/white issue but Mickey and willie Mays were the greatest

[@RichMansour]

And NO video exists of either of those Two home runs.Ridiculous.

[@charlesbromberick4247]

Our physics teacher calculated it at 626 feet.

[@ismaeldiaz7978]

The Commerce Comet

[@gerrylosquadro47]

Is there any video of these HR’s ? . I would love to see it . Maybe with today’s technology they could measure it ?

[@howie9751]

Tony Kubek was the one who claimed the ball was still rising when it hit the facade in 1963. He's been quoted often and the story has been passed along as folk lore ever since. But know one actually knows if it was true or just Kubek's perception of it. Science has disclaimed it. But it was a h@ll of a blast.

[@mortimerzilch9437]

Science disclaimed the curve ball too until Early Wynn hit a sports journalist who was standing behind a tree. Science still disputes the rising fastball. But if a baseball can curve 17 inches why can't it rise two or three???

[@howie9751]

@@mortimerzilch9437 Actually the curve ball was proved in 1898 when three posts were set up from the pitcher's mound, halfway to the plate and the plate. The ball was thrown on the right side of the two posts and the catcher caught it on the left (his right) side of the plate post. It was photographed too. Unfortunately the book I had with the article and pictures was destroyed. As for Mantle's HR, I myself don't know. But it was only Kubek who said the ball was rising when it hit the facade and the story was repeated by others as fact. Several articles have been written saying it would have been impossilbe and you can look them up if you want. Myself as I said couldn't say one way or another. Thanks.

[@jamesjwalsh]

Kubek, years later as a broadcaster, saw Mantle hit a long one in an old-timers game at the original Atlanta Fulton County stadium. He said Mantle would have hit a thousand homers there.

[@stephenfricke9298]

My hero

[@dominicleos7746]

Mickey was one of the greatest players. However, the 315 foot to the right field stands helped Mickey, Ruth, Roger Maris, set many of their home run records.

[@jstarks123]

Dominic Leos and how about the 457 ft to left center, 461 ft to center, and 407 ft to right center? Did that help them set home records too? Please. That stadium took away as many homers as it gave up.

[@johnschmidt6431]

It was 297 down the line,but went out much deeper than that.

[@shadoworksphilosophy120]

76 homers into the third deck of right field ...Barber called the third deck at the stadium "Mickey Mantle Land."

[@mortimerzilch9437]

That's one reason Joe D. didn't hit 400 homers - he batted righty.

[@joenugent8376]

Dumb reply. Michigan lost ten times more HRs because of the Stadiums dimensions in left, center and right center. And his hrs to right never 315!

[@jamesburke3929]

Yogi said thats it

[@josephonwhidbey]

I saw him play and my father saw Babe Ruth.

[@trwent]

"On May 30, 1956, Mantle hit a ball that no one will ever know how far it went because it struck high off the facade that ring (sic) the outfield at Yankee Stadium." Actually, EVERYONE knows EXACTLY how far that ball went. It went as far as the facade.

[@chrisneilson7221]

OK. "How far it would have gone had it not struck the facade". There, fixed it for you.

[@HammersWalls]

Progress. Back then they had "No Betting" signs and cigarette ads. Now we have "No Smoking" signs and sports gambling ads.

[@ron88303]

Eighteen years in the league, and finished in top 5 MVP balloting nine times.