Mickey Mantle hit a 600+ ft home run in 1956. Has McGuire or anyone else ever hit one further?

Question

It was during his Triple Crown Season.

Answer 1

No one has ever hit a 600 foot home run - check out the article below from the Baseball Almanac. You can check out the SABR book for details of all home runs ever hit. As a side note, Mickey is creditted with the longest homerum by the Guiness Book at 565 feet on April 17th , 1953.

Answer 2

No one has ever hit a homerun over 600 ft. in a major league game. The longest homerun ever was Mantle's at 565, and the longest this year was 498 ft, either by Ryan Howard or Alfonso Soriano, I can't recall.

Answer 3

Nope Mickey Mantle Holds The record For longets hr in a a game but somebody hit it over 750in batting practice

Answer 4

a million. Bobby Thomson - No different residing house run has had the magnitude to be said as the "Shot Heard 'around the international" 2. Hank Aaron - #715, very few information are held in such severe esteem because the occupation residing house run chief, and being congratulated by 2 followers as he rounded the bases to interrupt the list. 3. Carlton Fisk - a lifeless ringer for Fisk waving the ball honest contained in the 1975 international series for the walk-off in interest 6 made the series between the finest in heritage. 4. Joe Carter - perhaps the finest reaction to any residing house run, Carter jumping in excitement around the bases after his walk-off shot to end the 1993 international series replaced into an unforgettable second. 5. Mark McGwire - Steroids or no, baseball replaced into revitalized by the 1998 season, and hitting #sixty 2, said by hugging Sammy Sosa at residing house plate, replaced into an unforgettable second.

Answer 5

There have been longer home runs hit since then but Major League Baseball will not record these because of the steroid problems of McGuire, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, ect.

Answer 6

In this baseball playstation game I had like 5 yrs. ago, there was a cheat code you could use that would always make you hit HR's and I hit numerous balls around 700-800 feet and my friends reaction would be hilarious ("How in God's name are you hitting it that far??", and then he'd get so mad) so ummm...oh you meant in reality...rrrrright..uhhh I remember the HR you're talking about, I saw it on SportsCentury, I'm pretty sure Big Mac hit a couple just as far or further.
Bonds probably too.

Answer 7

Well, you hear stories. I read one in a book where Josh Gibson Left Yankee Stadium once, the Ball went clear OVER the Facade in right Center and out of stadium, sum 750 feet. In one of those invitation games negroe league teams played in MLB parks. But who knows. I know i saw with my own eyes Andres Gallaragas, while he was with Atlanta, he hit one in florida against the Marlins that landed on the very TOP deck way up on top of the seat covering in left center field...i mean, the entire building Gasped, there was alot of "Oh my god!" heard in the stadium. And whats so freaky is how fast the ball got out. I mean it seemed like he hadnt dropped the bat finishing his swing and the ball had landed. But i guess you hit sumthing THAT hard, it's going to exit THAT fast.

Answer 8

The comparison would not be fare today. In the early 60's and before no one was juiced up on drugs. Today all of the so called great hitters are using. Mark used tons! No doubt about it when you look at his numbers. He spiked for a few years then dropped like a rock when they started to enforce drug testing then he quit baseball. So to compare the greats of yesteryear to today's players is an insult to true greats.

Answer 9

yes the record is 725 feet it somebody found it at his house watching the game he saw it and he went outside and saw it rolling 2 blocks away from the stadium babe i have all the baseball world record books it was a minor league game i think same day a game lasted 37 innings

Answer 10

No one has ever hit a 600 ft. home run.
Check it out at base-almanac