var pfHeaderImgUrl = '';var pfHeaderTagline = '';var pfdisableClickToDel = 0;var pfHideImages = 0;var pfImageDisplayStyle = 'right';var pfDisablePDF = 0;var pfDisableEmail = 0;var pfDisablePrint = 0;var pfCustomCSS = 'https://www.baseball-almanac.com/css/print.css';var pfBtVersion='2';(function(){var js,pf;pf=document.createElement('script');pf.type='text/javascript';pf.src='//cdn.printfriendly.com/printfriendly.js';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(pf)})(); An inning-by-inning breakdown of every home run hit by Mickey Mantle: 1st inning (103), 1969 Topps #500 Mickey Mantle Last Name in Yellow PSA 6 EX-MT $875.00 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA 2 STUNNING EYE APPEAL INCREDIBLE CENTERING $84,999.99 1969 Topps #500 Mickey Mantle UER VGEX X2696604 $234.00 1952 Topps # 408 Mickey Mantle - New York Yankees $7.00 1961 Topps #300 Mickey Mantle PSA 6 EX-MT $1,299.99 I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. - Mantle, Mickey. Let's take a look back. [41], Mantle was also one of the best bunters for base hits of all time. Mantle was selected an All-Star every season during his 18-year career except 1951 and 1966, and did not play in the 1952, 1963, and 1965 seasons. Also, twelve of Mantle's 536 career regular season home runs were walk-offs, tying Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Stan Musial. Mantle received the transplant at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas on June 8, 1995. [Answer], 3 - Mickey Mantle was not just incredibly strong, but he was also incredibly fast. Mickey Mantle Memories and Memorabilia. He always had that country boy attitude that made you feel at ease. Beginning in 1997, the Topps Baseball Card company retired card #7 in its baseball flagship sets in tribute to Mantle, whose career was taking off just as Topps began producing them. ESPN's SportsCentury series that ran in 1999 ranked him No. Overall, he hit slightly more home runs away (270) than home (266). His on-base percentage was .400, for the year. In 1956, Mantle had a career high .705 slugging average, the Major League record for highest slugging average by a switch hitter in a single season. [7] He was an All-Star for 16 seasons, playing in 16 of the 20 All-Star Games that were played during his career. [76] The plaque was officially presented to Mantle by Joe DiMaggio. ", Mickey Mantle Rookie Card | 1951 Bowman Baseball Card (#253 | Checklist)Baseball Almanac Research Library. The New York Yankees' list of all-time home run leaders reads like a who's who of baseball sluggers . In 1956, Mantle had a career high .705 slugging average, the Major League record for highest slugging average by a switch hitter in a single season. Among his many accomplishments are all-time World Series records for home runs (18), runs scored (42), and runs batted in (40).[21]. [citation needed] Another Mantle homer, hit right-handed off Chuck Stobbs at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. on April 17, 1953, was measured by Yankees traveling secretary Red Patterson (hence the term "tape-measure home run") to have traveled 565 feet (172m). Roger Maris became the ninth player in the club with his record 61 long balls in 1961 - the same season . Did you know that Mickey Mantle once said, "Hitting the ball was easy. [Answer], 2017 - Mickey Mantle passed away in 1995, prompting Topps Baseball Cards to "retire" #7 in their base card sets (excluding inserts). Krause Publications. Mickey Mantle was a Centerfielder and First Baseman. [Answer]. .557 - Mickey Mantle finished his career with a .557 slugging average, the Major League record for highest slugging average by a switch hitter in a career. One Yankee, in 2018, collected two inside the parkers do you remember who it was? In 1998, The Sporting News placed Mantle at 17th on its list of baseball's 100 greatest players. Mickey Mantle's Career Home Runs The Complete Year-by-Year Guide, plus World Series, All-Star and Special Home Runs Including Date, Lefty or Righty, Location, Team and Pitcher (Excerpted from the award-winning DVD, Mickey Mantle: T he American Dream Comes To Life - The Deluxe Lost Stories Edition. He slugged 536 home runs with a .298 batting average and 1,509 RBI in his . No man. vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB, Last Game: September 28, 1968 Fairchild's poetry celebrates gritty lives in small towns", "Catch me if you can(2002) - You know why the yankees always win? That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball." Nevertheless, Mantle accepted the position because he felt the rule was "stupid." Topps said in a Press Release, "After more than twenty years, we wanted to offer the spot of card number seven to a young, emerging star, but we also wanted it to still be a New York Yankee. In January 1959, the New York Times reported Mantle sought a contract raise to 85,000 dollars but he settled for 70,000. [10], Mantle was assigned to the Yankees' Class-D Independence Yankees of the KansasOklahomaMissouri League,[15] where he played shortstop. Talent". Mickey Mantle still to this day holds the following World Series Hitting Records: Most Bases on Balls in World Series History (43), Most Extra Base Hits in World Series History (26), Most Home Runs in World Series History (18), Most RBI in World Series History (40), Most Runs Scored in World Series History (42) and Most Total Bases in World Series History (123)! [39] In roughly 25% of his total at-bats he hit .330 right-handed to .281 left. 2007 Topps #MHR293 Mickey Mantle . [2] Mantle was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974[3] and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999. [57] He batted left-handed hitting while Simon pitched left-handed. He played halfback and Oklahoma offered him a football scholarship. He won the MVP award three times, finished second three times, and finished within nine votes of winning five times. 20 - Mickey Mantle played in the majors for eighteen years, and was not sent to the Midsummer Classic in 1951, or 1966, yet he did appear in twenty All-Star Games! His football playing nearly ended his athletic career. [78] When Yankee Stadium was reopened in 1976 following its renovation, the plaques and monuments were moved to a newly created Monument Park behind the left-center field fence,[78] which has since been replaced by a new Monument Park at the current Yankee Stadium, which opened in 2009. For every 100 at bats, Mantle grounded into 1.40 double plays, one of the lowest marks in history. Mickey Mantle's Career Home Runs Year by Year List plus World Series and All-Star Game (Excerpted from the award-winning DVD, Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - The Deluxe Lost Stories Edition. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? The next day his father appearead unannounced in Mantle's hotel room and started packing a suitcase, jamming Mantle's clothes into it. In the second game of the 1951 World Series, New York Giants rookie Willie Mays hit a fly ball to right-center field. Also, twelve of Mantle's 536 career regular season home runs were walk-offs, tying Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Stan Musial. Or write about sports? As a muscular, 5-11,' 195-pound baseball player, Mickey Mantle packed amazing power into his swings, and during his career would hit some memorable 500-foot-plus home run shots. Summerall himself had been treated at the clinic in 1992.[64]. Mantle won the Triple Crown in 1956, when he led the major leagues in batting average (.353), home runs (52), and runs batted in (RBI) (130). Like Mickey, Merlyn and three of their sons became alcoholics,[56] and Billy developed Hodgkin's disease, as had several previous men in Mantle's family. But he struggled with the Yankees and was sent down to their farm team in Kansas City, where he went 0 for 22 in a strong slump. "[66] Costas continued: "In the last year of his life, Mickey Mantle, always so hard on himself, finally came to accept and appreciate the distinction between a role model and a hero. [10][15] Shulthis Stadium, the baseball stadium in Independence where Mantle played, had been the site of the first night game of organized baseball in 1930. making a donation to Baseball Almanac : [citation needed], Joe DiMaggio retired from baseball following the 1951 World Series. Who did Topps select? On May 14, 1967, Mantle became the sixth member of the 500 home run club. Mantle's parents drove him at midnight to Oklahoma City, where he was treated at the children's hospital with the newly available penicillin, which reduced the infection and saved his leg from amputation. He is in 10th place in number of bases-empty bunt singles for his career, with 80 in only 148 at-bats. 54 - Mickey Mantle hit 54 home runs in 1961, the Major League record for most home runs in a single season by a switch-hitter. Mickey Mantle Memories and Memorabilia. You're not talking about ordinary power. [83] In 2018, the #7 card was issued to Yankees outfielder Clint Frazier. Mantle was one of the greatest offensive threats in baseball history and is considered to be one of the best baseball players of all time. The low batting average caused his lifetime average to dip below .300, which caused him anguish the next year as he worked with a statistician to review all of his at-bats since 1951, hoping to find enough uncounted hits to elevate his average to .2995, but his lifetime average remained .298. Do you remember who it was? $2.19. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. The town respected Mantle's privacy, refusing either to talk about him to outsiders or to direct fans to his home. Despite missing 41 games, he was selected as MVP for the third time, beating out teammate Bobby Richardson in the voting. Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. Deducting for bounces,[5] there is no doubt that both landed well over 500 feet (152m) from home plate. However, he was not able to find the power he once had in the lower minors. 91 - Mickey Mantle was the ninety-first ballplayer from the state of Oklahoma. Canale, Larry. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball." - Mantle, Mickey. [59][60], Mantle allegedly took his first drink of alcohol at age 19, when teammate Hank Bauer gave him a beer that he "chugged as if it were soda pop", according to baseball historian Frank Russo. Page 369): The son of a miner from Oklahoma, Mantle was led to baseball at an early age by his father. It was that year, also, he was timed running from home plate to first base in 3.1 seconds, considered outstanding for a heavy hitter. Mantle was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1974. Mickey Mantle had 2,415 hits over his career. Little, Brown & Company. "During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. Looking back years later, he said, "That was the turning point of my life. [14] In addition to his first love, baseball, Mantle was an all-around athlete at Commerce High School, playing basketball as well as football. Once, he put a live snake in Marshall Bridges's uniform, and another time he released a live mongoose into the visitors clubhouse at Tiger Stadium.[47]. Mantle's monument now stands at the current Monument Park. [74], Mantle was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1964. The year in which Yankees teammates Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle pursue Babe Ruth's hallowed single-season home run record is chronicled by a 13-year-old boy from the Bronx, whose. He was selected an All-Star for the eleventh consecutive season and played in the first game,[3] but because of a recurrence of an old injury, he did not play in the second game. The doctor bluntly told Mantle that the damage to his system was so severe that "your next drink could be your last." copyright=new Date(); You can work back down there." Pride of October: What It Was to Be Young and a Yankee. The second, he always will be. From 1959 through 1962, two All-Star Games were played each of those years, and The Commerce Comet was sent to all eight of those Midsummer Classics! Scores from any date in Major League history, Minor, Foreign, College, & Black Baseball, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball, Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE. [66][67][68] In July, he had recovered enough to deliver a press conference at Baylor, and addressed fans that had looked to him as a role model. [15] Mantle won the Western Association batting title, with a .383 average. Mantle had his first 100 plus RBI year, in 1954, in a full season and regained .300 status. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. After the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995, Mantle joined with fellow Oklahoman and Yankee Bobby Murcer to raise money for the victims. Mantle was a prized guest at baseball-card shows, commanding fees far in excess of those of any other player for his appearances and autographs. Estimated PSA 8 Value: $400,000. He had the highest stolen-base percentage in history at the time of his retirement. Do you remember who it was? He was of at least partial English ancestry; his great-grandfather George Mantle left Brierley Hill, in England's Black Country, in 1848. [8] Despite his accolades on the field, Mantle's private life was plagued with tumult and tragedy, including a well-publicized bout with alcoholism that led to his death from liver cancer. Mantle was the starting center fielder in the second All-Star Game's lineup, getting a single and a walk in four at bats. The 1952 Topps #311 is by far Mantle's most popular baseball card and one of the most recognizable in the entire hobby. All rights reserved. The next was arguably his first great year, as he concluded with 37 home runs and a .306 batting average. Canale, Larry. Dave Kingman has power. Thirty, of the fifty-four, were hit on the road, which is also in the record books for most home runs in a single season hit on the road by a switch hitter. [66] In eulogizing Mantle, sportscaster Bob Costas described him as "a fragile hero to whom we had an emotional attachment so strong and lasting that it defied logic. He homered for the third Yankee run in a 32 Game 6 win and he knocked in the winning runs in the 42 Game 7 win, with a homer in the sixth inning and an RBI single in the seventh inning. Author. "No boy ever loved his father more," he said. Asked what he was doing, Mantle's father told him, "Your're going home. [43][44], As a 19-year-old rookie playing right field in his first World Series, Mantle tore the cartilage in his right knee on a fly ball hit by Willie Mays. Some now call this his last home run at Yankee Stadium. Mantle homered off 224 different pitchers during his career, connected most often while batting third in the lineup, and drove in 859 total runs when he went deep! Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1974. [16] Mantle hit his first professional home run on June 30, 1949, at Shulthis Stadium. Mantle became the highest-paid active player of his time. 6th inning (58), Major League Baseball batters who have won the, Major leagues, New York Yankees (19511968), Song and film appearances, depictions, and references. Topps said in a Press Release, "After more than twenty years, we wanted to offer the spot of card number seven to a young, emerging star, but we also wanted it to still be a New York Yankee. Shocked, Mantle bounced back out of his slump, hitting .360 for Kansas City and returning to the Yankees. A statue of Mantle is located at Mickey Mantle Plaza at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, the home stadium of the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers, 2 South Mickey Mantle Drive in Oklahoma City. During the game, Mantle hit three home runs. Mickey Charles Mantle Nickname: The Commerce Comet Born: 10/20/1931 in Spavinaw, OK High School: Commerce, Commerce, OK Debut: 4/17/1951 Hall of Fame: 1974 Died: 8/13/1995 Relationship (s): cousin of Ryan Mantle Follow mlb Stats Career Game Logs Splits Batter vs. Pitcher MLB Minors Batting Fielding Regular Season Career Stats Advanced Career Stats 52 - Mickey Mantle hit 52 home runs in 1956, a total that led every hitter from both leagues. Total: Left-handed - 1 / Right-handed - 1. A history of the Sports Reference Sponsorship System. The Cardinals won the World Series in seven games. Six decades after Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle dueled for Babe Ruth's hallowed single-season home run record, the legacies of that 1961 season endure and its scars remain. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. However, even "Muscles" once had a brief slump early in his career which was described in Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes (Fadiman, Clifton. Mantle, who was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma,. [40] His 372 to-164 home run disparity was due to Mantle having batted left-handed much more often, as the large majority of pitchers are right-handed. Mantle's cards, especially his 1952 Topps rookie card, are extremely popular and valuable among card collectors. How is that possible? You can work back down there." Mickey Mantle had 536 home runs over his career. [Answer]. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Mays's fly was hit to shallow center, and as Mantle came over to back up DiMaggio, Mantle's spikes caught a drainage cover in the outfield grass. var pfHeaderImgUrl = '';var pfHeaderTagline = '';var pfdisableClickToDel = 0;var pfHideImages = 0;var pfImageDisplayStyle = 'right';var pfDisablePDF = 0;var pfDisableEmail = 0;var pfDisablePrint = 0;var pfCustomCSS = 'https://www.baseball-almanac.com/css/print.css';var pfBtVersion='2';(function(){var js,pf;pf=document.createElement('script');pf.type='text/javascript';pf.src='//cdn.printfriendly.com/printfriendly.js';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(pf)})(); Mickey Charles Mantle was a Major League Baseball player who spent his entire 18-year career playing for the New York Yankees (1951-1968). Do you remember what player hit the first regular season / official home run ( April 12, 1965) in the Astrodome? 12 - Mickey Mantle is often associated with home runs, but on July 23, 1957, he showed his ability to hit singles, doubles, triples and home runs, completing the twelfth cycle in franchise history for the New York Yankees. Then when you're talking about Mickey Mantle it's an altogether different level. The New York press was harsh in its treatment of Mantle in his early years with the team, emphasizing that he struck out frequently, was injury-prone, was a rube from Oklahoma, and was perceived as inferior to his predecessor in center field, Joe DiMaggio. (Voted by BBWAA on 322/365 ballots) Because of these comparatively low numbers, he took a salary cut of 10,000 dollars, down to 60,000 dollars. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Mickey Mantle 2006 Topps Multi-Year Issue Home Run History #MHR293 New York at the best online prices at eBay! [Mickey Mantle Quotes] Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. 1961 Home Run Race Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris Day-By-Day Scorecard. He spent his final two seasons at first base. Two Armed Forces physicals were ordered, including a highly publicized exam on November 4, 1952, which was brought on by his All-Star selection, that ended in a final rejection. Mantle was able to hit for both average and power,[4] especially tape-measure home runs,[5] a term that was born when a play-by-play caller reacted to one of Mantle's 1953 home runs. Looking back years later, he said, "That was the turning point of my life. In 1958, The Mick hit an inside the park home run on May 9, 1958, another on May 20, 1958, and a third on June 5, 1958. Mickey Mantle played for 1 team, the New York Yankees. On August 28, 2011, Derek Jeter passed The Mick and finished his career the new all-time leader with 2,747 regular season games played the most in New York Yankees' history. How many home runs did Willie Mays have? How is that possible? [13], When Mantle was four years old, his family moved to the nearby town of Commerce, Oklahoma, where his father worked in lead and zinc mines. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. [ Answer] In 2006, Mantle was featured on a United States postage stamp,[85] one of a series of four including fellow baseball legends Mel Ott, Roy Campanella, and Hank Greenberg. The first, he often was not. The home run was his 16th in a World Series, breaking Babe Ruth's record of 15. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. 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