| Big Mac (Mark McGwire):
Height: 6'5" Weight: 250
lbs. Bats: Right Throws:
Right
Bat: 34 ½", 33-33 ½ oz., Rawlings Big Stick
Training Method: Dedicated weight training, supervised by Dave
McKay
Home Run Frequency: Career 10.63, Best Year -
7.27 (1998) Big Mac's Ten Longest Home
Runs:
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. 527 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
6. 511 ft. – 7/17/98, vs. Los Angeles, at St. Louis, Pitcher:
Brian Bohannon
7. 509 ft. – 8/26/98, vs. Florida, at St. Louis, Pitcher:
Justin Speier
8. 504 ft. – 9/02/97, vs. Chi. White Sox, at St. Louis,
Pitcher: Jaime Navarro
9. 502 ft. – 8/22/99, vs. New York Mets, at New York, Pitcher:
Octavio Dotel
10. 501 ft. – 8/30/98, vs. Atlanta, at St. Louis, Pitcher: Dennis Martinez
The Mick (Mickey Mantle):
Height: 5'11½" Weight:
195 lbs. Bats: Switch
Throws:
Right
Bat: 34½", 33-33½ oz., Hillerich & Bradsby*
Training Method: Smashing rocks with a sledge hammer all day
as a "screen ape" at
the lead mines in Oklahoma, digging graves, farm chores, running for
the fun of it
Home Run Frequency: Career - 15.12, Best Year -
9.52 (1961)
The Mick's Ten Longest Home
Runs
(plus two):
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
6. 620 ft. – 5/30/56, vs. Washington, at New York, Pitcher:
Pedro Ramos
7. 565 ft. – 4/17/53, vs. Washington, at Griffith Stadium,
Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs
8. 550 ft. – 6/05/55, vs. Chi. White Sox, at Comiskey Park,
Pitcher: Billy Pierce
9. 535 ft. – 7/06/53, vs. Philadelphia A's, at Shibe Park,
Pitcher: Frank Fanovich
10. 530 ft. – 4/24/53, vs. St. Louis Browns, at Sportsman's Park, Pitcher:
Bob Cain
11. 530 ft. – 6/21/61, vs. Kansas City A's, at Municipal Stadium, Pitcher:
Bob Shaw
12. 527 ft. – 9/17/58, vs. Detroit, at Detroit, Pitcher: Jim Bunning
Footnotes:
*Mickey was known to use any bat that felt good at the
time. For example, he hit his 500th
home run with Joe Pepitone's bat.
**Computerized projection. A mathematical projection
found the lower limit to be 620 feet.
***Hit in an exhibition game. In the same game Mickey
hit another 600 plus foot job right-handed
that landed on top of a three-story house six houses
down the street from the ballpark. |
