[ken5050]

Mantle came the closest of any player to hitting one OUT of Yankee Stadium...the original one, before the 70’s renovation. I think it was the late 50’s..and it’s 2:30am now so I’m not going to Google it..I’m going to bed....others can do so...but it hit the facade just a fet feet below the right field roofline. Eyewitnesses sad that the ball was STILL rising when it hit..otherwise it might have reached the Grand Concourse...

[Ticonderoga34]

Mantle came the closest of any player to hitting one OUT of Yankee Stadium...the original one, before the 70’s renovation. I think it was the late 50’s..and it’s 2:30am now so I’m not going to Google it..I’m going to bed....others can do so...but it hit the facade just a fet feet below the right field roofline. Eyewitnesses sad that the ball was STILL rising when it hit..otherwise it might have reached the Grand Concourse...

I remember Mantle talking about that home run in a interview.

Mantle said it was the only time he stopped running bases and watched one of his home runs. He wanted to see if the ball was going to go out of Yankee Stadium.