#8: His Longest Home Run

Mantle’s longest home run is the stuff of legend—estimated at 565 feet, hit in 1953 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. The ball allegedly left the park and landed across the street, creating a baseball myth for the ages.

Technology at the time couldn’t verify the exact distance, but the sheer scale of Mantle’s power was never in doubt. He hit balls into the upper decks of Yankee Stadium and beyond the fences in places others never reached.