Beginning in high school, he suffered both acute and chronic injuries to bones and cartilage in his legs. April 17, 1951 [15] Mantle won the Western Association batting title, with a .383 average. His lifestyle was restored to its former luxury by his leadership in the sports-memorabilia craze that swept the U.S. beginning in the 1980s. All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. Mickey Mantle 1967 - 500th Home Run as aired on WPIX-TV, 5/14/1967 YanksAtShea 6.23K subscribers Subscribe 12K 2.4M views 10 years ago YanksAtShea is very proud to present on its 45th. Mantle won his second consecutive MVP in 1957[25] behind league leads in runs and walks, a career-high .365 batting average (second to Ted Williams's .388), and hitting into a league-low five double plays. In 1949, he received a draft-examine notice and was about to be drafted by the US Army but failed the physical exam and was rejected as unqualified and was given a 4-F deferment for any military service.[22][23]. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. Mickey Mantle Memories and Memorabilia. In 2017, Topps began including #7 cards in its main sets again, with Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez the first player other than Mickey Mantle to appear in the #7 slot since 1995. [Answer]. At the time, Mantle did not know that most of the men in his family had inhaled lead and zinc dust in the mines, which can cause Hodgkin's disease and other cancers. If you have additional information on these homers, you can mail Bruce at 2130 Martha Washington Rd, Clarkrange, TN 38553. http://www.courtsidetweets.comMickey Mantle of the New York Yankees may have been on the other side of his career in 1965, but that didn't stop him from bein. 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. In both 1953 and 1961, he hit into only two double plays, over the course of 1,186 plate appearances. 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Over the course of time, however, Mantle (with a little help from his teammate Whitey Ford, a native of Queens) had learned to deal with the New York media and had gained the favor of the press. How many teams has Willie Mays played for? [30] In 1964, Mantle hit .303 with 35 home runs and 111 RBIs, and played center field in the All-Star game. Do you know who it is? Mutt drove up to Kansas City that day. [citation needed] The 1958 season started slowly for Mantle; the first half saw him at the .274 mark, as a shoulder injury from a collision with Braves' Red Schoendienst in the 1957 World Series left him with permanent struggles in his uppercut from the left side. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) (Age 19-179d, [Answer], 3 - Mickey Mantle was not just incredibly strong, but he was also incredibly fast. 15 hours. [16] Mantle hit his first professional home run on June 30, 1949, at Shulthis Stadium. His batting average in mid-season had climbed as high as .392. [9], Mantle was born on October 20, 1931, in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, the son of Lovell (ne Richardson) Mantle (19041995)[10] and Elvin Charles "Mutt" Mantle (19121952). [citation needed] He outlived all the men in his family by several years. 146 - Mickey Mantle was walked 146 times in 1957, the most bases on balls awarded a switch-hitter during a single season in Major League history. "[19] Bill Dickey called Mantle "the greatest prospect I've seen in my time. "[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. In 1973, at the Old-Timers Game at Yankee Stadium, Mantle, batting right handed, faced old friend Whitey Ford. (Voted by BBWAA on 322/365 ballots) On May 14, 1967, Mickey Mantle hit career home run number 500 and became the first switch-hitter to join the 500 Home Runs Club. Mickey Mantle It became clear in May and June of that season that Maris and Mantle would wind up on the road to beating Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in a single season. "During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. Copyright 1999- The Mick,The Commerce Comet,Muscles are nicknames for Mickey Mantle. 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just hit the longest home run in baseball history! 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! In getting out of DiMaggio's way, Mantle tripped over an exposed drain pipe and severely injured his right knee. Canale, Larry. [Answer] Or 1967? A quote there says, "No man in the history of baseball had as much power as Mickey Mantle. A history of the Sports Reference Sponsorship System. [73], After Mantle's death, his family pursued a federal lawsuit against Greer Johnson, his agent and live-in aide during the last decade of his life, to prohibit her from auctioning many of Mantle's personal items, including a lock of hair, a neck brace, and expired credit cards. [Answer]. 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. One Yankee, in 2018, collected two inside the parkers do you remember who it was? Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1974. Author. [17] In 1950, Mantle was promoted to the Class-C Joplin Miners of the Western Association. 901 - Mickey Mantle appears on page 901, in one of favorite baseball books of all time (The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball), in a section called Strongest Players. 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. 20 June 2011, Page 150. Do you know who preceded him in 1952? Greenwade returned in 1949, after Mantle's high school graduation, to sign Mantle to a minor league contract. And that has driven up prices making . Some would argue it has even overtaken the T206 Honus Wagner as the face of the baseball card world. Mickey Mantle (Photo By Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports) Home run total: 536. [51], Mantle worked as a customer-relations representative for the Dallas Reserve Life Insurance Company. Too easy? 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. He did, however, regain his status, hitting .330 in the second half of 1958, and leading his team back to the Series. [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. 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. Total: Left-handed - 1 / Right-handed - 1. He could also move with lightening speed running the bases and in the outfield, especially in his early years. Who did Topps select? Do you know who preceded him in 1952? His football playing nearly ended his athletic career. Mickey Mantle had 2,415 hits over his career. Centerfielder and First Baseman, Born: Mantle, playing right field, raced for the ball together with center fielder Joe DiMaggio, who called for the ball (and made the catch). update=copyright.getFullYear(); Asked what he was doing, Mantle's father told him, "Your're going home. In 2019, the #7 card was issued to Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres. Some now call this his last home run at Yankee Stadium. Do you remember what player hit the first regular season / official home run (April 12, 1965) in the Astrodome? When he arrived, he started packing his son's clothes and, according to Mantle's memory, said "I thought I raised a man. Separates the men from the boys." Join Baseball Almanac as we take a look at some additional numbers of interest as they relate to the most prolific switch hitter in baseball history: .421 - Mickey Mantle finished his career with a .421 on-base percentage, the Major League record for highest on-base percentage by a switch hitter in a career. He called his father saying, "I don't think I can play baseball anymore." 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. Mickey Mantle Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman Bats: Both Throws: Right 5-11 , 195lb (180cm, 88kg) Born: October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, OK us More bio, uniform, draft, salary info Hall of Fame 3x MVP Triple Crown 20x All-Star 7x World Series Gold Glove Batting Title ML PoY 6 7 Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Do you remember what player hit the first regular season / official home run (April 12, 1965) in the Astrodome? [34] He was selected an AL All-Star and pinch-hit at the All-Star Game on July 11. Mickey Mantle Memories and Memorabilia. He checked into the Betty Ford Clinic on January 7, 1994 after being told by a doctor that his liver was so badly damaged from almost 40 years of drinking that it "looked like a doorstop". Mickey Mantle was born on Tuesday, October 20, 1931, in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. 10,775th in major league history) "[47][63], Mantle's wife and sons all completed treatment for alcoholism and told him that he needed to do the same. Not one Yankee player since Mantle, has hit three inside the park home runs in the same season! document.write(update); The New York Yankees' list of all-time home run leaders reads like a who's who of baseball sluggers . That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball." Many thanks to him. Frequently, he would dump ice water on those who were showering. "[66] Richardson read the poem at Mantle's funeral, which he described as being extremely difficult. Mantle two times hit balls off the third-deck facade at Yankee Stadium, nearly becoming the only player to hit a fair ball out of the stadium during a game. (Age 36-344d) All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. After fouling off a few pitches, he hit a towering home run over the 402-foot sign by the bullpen. On May 22, Mantle hit a line-drive home run off the third-tier facade at Yankee Stadium, the closest that any hitter had come to hitting a fair ball out of the park. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1974, Mantle was the third player from Oklahoma sent to Cooperstown! [Answer]. In the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 3 of the 1964 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, Mantle hit Barney Schultz's first pitch into the right field stands at Yankee Stadium, which won the game for the Yankees 21. Babe Ruth (AP Photo) . And, in the end, people got it. [57] He batted left-handed hitting while Simon pitched left-handed. [10] However, Mantle struggled defensively at shortstop.[10]. [23][24] Mantle had high hopes that 1953 would be a breakout year but his momentum was stopped by an injury. The osteomyelitic condition of Mantle's left leg had exempted him from being drafted for military service since he was 18 in 1949,[22][23] but his emergence as a star center fielder in the major leagues during the Korean War in 1952 led baseball fans to question his 4-F deferment. Mantle let others run the business but made frequent appearances. You can come back to Oklahoma and work the mines with me. Retrieved December 9, 2012. The next day his father appearead unannounced in Mantle's hotel room and started packing a suitcase, jamming Mantle's clothes into it. Mantle's original plaque, along with DiMaggio's, are now on display at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, with the DiMaggio plaque still hung higher than Mantle's. [66] Doctors observed that it was among the most aggressive cancers that they had ever treated, attributing the antirejection drugs administered to Mantle for his liver transplant with helping the cancer spread so quickly. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. [86], In August 2022, a 1952 Topps baseball card (Topps; 1952; #311; SGC MT 9.5) in mint condition sold for $12.6 million, a record for sports memorabilia at the time. Mantle, who was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma,. "During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. The town respected Mantle's privacy, refusing either to talk about him to outsiders or to direct fans to his home. Positions: Rookie Status: Madden, Bill. [Answer], 110.2 - Mickey Mantle finished his career with a Wins Above Replacement (WAR) of 110.2. the highest in baseball history by a switch hitting position player. Page 369): The son of a miner from Oklahoma, Mantle was led to baseball at an early age by his father. All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. Joe DiMaggio was playing center field. [27] DiMaggio, Hank Greenberg, and Ted Williams, who had just retired, had been paid over $100,000 in a season, and Ruth had a peak salary of $80,000. Mantle had his breakout season in 1956 after showing progressive improvement each of his first five years. Season / official home run over the 402-foot sign by the bullpen about him outsiders. 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