Mickey “The Mick” Mantle was 6 inches shorter than McGwire. The Mick weighed 55 lbs less. And yet, when it came to blasting powerful, “kiss-it-goodbye” homeruns, McGwire couldn’t come close to Mickey. The following list documents reported distances on the five longest Homeruns hit by both players. Unbelievably, Mickeys 5th longest is listed as farther than McGwire's longest! In fact, Mickey hit three more homeruns (8 total)farther than McGwire's longest!!!
Mark McGwire's five longest homeruns:
1. 545 ft. – 5/16/98, vs. Florida,
at St. Louis, Pitcher: Livan Hernandez
2. 538 ft. – 6/24/97, vs. Seattle,
at Seattle, Pitcher: Randy Johnson
3. 527 ft. – 5/12/98, vs. Milwaukee,
at St. Louis, Pitcher: Paul Wagner
4. 517 ft. – 9/16/97, vs. Los Angeles,
at St. Louis, Pitcher: Ramon Martinez
5. 514 ft. – 4/20/97, vs. Detroit,
at Detroit, Pitcher: Brian Moehler
Mickey Mantle's five longest homeruns:
1. 734 ft. – 5/22/63, vs. Kansas City,
at New York, Pitcher: Bill Fischer
2. 660 ft. – 3/26/51, vs. USC,
at Bovard Field, USC, Pitcher: Unknown
3. 650 ft. - 6/11/53, vs. Detroit,
at Detroit, Pitcher: Art Houteman
4. 643 ft. - 9/10/60, vs. Detroit,
at Detroit, Pitcher: Paul Foytack
5. 630 ft. - 9/13/53, vs. Detroit,
at New York, Pitcher: Billy Hoeft
How about the gargantuan “Slammin” Sammy Sosa? He hit just one 500 ft. homerun during his much talked about 1998 home run spree.
Compare that to the out-of-shape, cigar-smoking, booze-guzzling Babe Ruth…
The Babe Hit At Least One
500ft Homer In Every Single
Major League Ball Park!
