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Bill "Moose" Skowron , who died yesterday, always seemed to kill the Red Sox. But, the longest home run I've ever seen hit at Fenway was one he hit on April 20, 1957. It was the top of the 2nd inning, and Willard Nixon was on the mound for the Red Sox. Skowron was batting fifth that day, directly behind Mickey Mantle (3rd) and Yogi Berra (4th). The score was Yankees 1, Red Sox 0. Skowron led the inning off and hit a towering drive over the left-center field fence, just to the right of the flag pole. The ball cleared the park and is probably still traveling. Only 5 other players in Fenway Park's 100 years have cleared the center field wall to the right of the flagpole. They are Jim Rice (1975), Hank Greenberg (1937), Jimmie Foxx (1937), Carl Yastrzemski (1970), and Bobby Mitchell (1973). Skowron hit another home run that day, in the 7th inning. Hank Bauer actually drove in the winning runs of the game for the Yankees with a 2-run homer in the 12th inning. Don Larsen started for the Yanks and only lasted 1 1 /3 innings, giving up 4 runs on 5 hits. Nixon lasted 1 2/3 innings, giving up 3 runs on 5 hits. See Home Run