[11] Mutt named his son in honor of Mickey Cochrane, a Hall of Fame catcher. [66] He established the Mickey Mantle Foundation to raise awareness for organ donations. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. [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). This was the first of numerous injuries that plagued his 18-year career with the Yankees. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball." - Mantle, Mickey. The next day his father appearead unannounced in Mantle's hotel room and started packing a suitcase, jamming Mantle's clothes into it. Mantle finished in second place in MVP voting for 1964, as Baltimore's Brooks Robinson won the award. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) After its presentation by Joe DiMaggio, Mantle gave a similar plaque to DiMaggio, telling the crowd, "Joe DiMaggio's deserves to be higher." 37 in its "50 Greatest Athletes" series. 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. 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. He returned to the center field position on September 2. In his first complete World Series (1952), Mantle was the Yankees hitting star, with an on-base percentage above .400 and a slugging percentage above .600. [50], After the failure of Mickey Mantle's Country Cookin' restaurants in the early 1970s, the popular Mickey Mantle's Restaurant & Sports Bar opened in New York at 42 Central Park South (59th Street) in 1988. Mickey Mantle played for 1 team, the New York Yankees. After the 1966 season, Mantle was moved to first base, with Joe Pepitone taking his place in the outfield. [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. Separates the men from the boys." He broke his foot and did not play again until August 4, when he hit a pinch-hit home run against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium. Mantle served as a part-time color commentator on NBC's baseball coverage in 1969, teaming with Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek to call some Game of the Week telecasts as well as that year's All-Star Game. [Mickey Mantle Quotes], Mickey 'The Commerce Comet' Mantle Autograph on a 1983 Donruss Hall of Fame Heroes Baseball Card (#43), Mickey Mantle Miscellaneous Items of Interest. He occasionally attended the local Methodist church, and sometimes ate Sunday dinner with members of the congregation. 8th inning (63), I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. Also, twelve of Mantle's 536 career regular season home runs were walk-offs, tying Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Stan Musial. Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 August 13, 1995), nicknamed "the Commerce Comet" and "the Mick",[1] was an American professional baseball player. 10/10/64: Mickey Mantle takes Barney Schultz deep, giving the Yankees the Game 3 win with a walk-off home runCheck out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full ar. The town respected Mantle's privacy, refusing either to talk about him to outsiders or to direct fans to his home. He spent his final two seasons at first base. The next was arguably his first great year, as he concluded with 37 home runs and a .306 batting average. Mantle had his breakout season in 1956 after showing progressive improvement each of his first five years. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Page 369): The son of a miner from Oklahoma, Mantle was led to baseball at an early age by his father. 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. Center fielder Mickey Mantle played 18 seasons for the Yankees. Mantle had a .298 batting average with 2,415 hits, 536 home runs, 1,509 runs batted in, and 1,676 runs scored. Mantle reached base more times than he made outs (319 to 312), one of two seasons in which he achieved the feat. And, in the end, people got it. Shortly before his death, Mantle videotaped a message to be played on Old-Timers' Day, which he was too ill to attend. Return to Home Run Index: Mickey Mantle's All-Star Game Home Runs (2) 1. Do you know who said this quote about Mickey Mantle? Mantle had his first 100 plus RBI year, in 1954, in a full season and regained .300 status. "[77] In response, DiMaggio's plaque was hung one inch higher than Mantle's. MLB held two All-Star Games from 1959 through 1962. In the 1961 season, the press appeared to view the Yankees as Mantle's team, with Maris often belittled and ostracized as an outsider and not a true Yankee. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. Mantle was invited to the Yankees instructional camp before the 1951 season. Who did Topps select? Danny later battled prostate cancer. Then when you're talking about Mickey Mantle it's an altogether different level. Or write about sports? 2006 Topps Mickey Mantle Home Run History Mickey Mantle RC New York Yankees. He was a huge star, but he never treated you like he was better than you. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. 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. [Mickey Mantle Quotes], Mickey Mantle Career Home Runs | Research by Baseball Almanac. 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. 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. Mantle hit the park's first home run. Author. [82][87][88] This card is sometimes erroneously referred to as Mantle's rookie card, though Mantle had in fact appeared in the 1951 Bowman Baseball set.[89]. July 22, 1955, County Stadium, Milwaukee - Pitcher Robin Roberts 2. He won 3 MVP Awards and was selected to play in 20 All-Star Games. "Jack Antonoff's Shadow of the City Festival Showcases N.J. Mickey Mantle Memories and Memorabilia. 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! [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. He always had that country boy attitude that made you feel at ease. [71], Mantle died at 2:10a.m. on August 13, 1995 at Baylor University Medical Center with his wife at his side, five months after his mother had died at age 91. Join our linker program. (Voted by BBWAA on 322/365 ballots) 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). [citation needed] He outlived all the men in his family by several years. .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. Mickey Mantle (Photo By Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports) Home run total: 536. Do you know who said this quote about Mickey Mantle? Following a two-year stint in the minors for the Independence (KS) Yankees, Mantle was promoted to the big league club as a right fielder in 1951. . To inaugurate the Astrodome, the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium, the Houston Astros and the New York Yankees played an exhibition game on April 9, 1965. He won the MVP award three times, finished second three times, and finished within nine votes of winning five times. Talent". The decision still didn't sit well with Mickey Mantle, even 25 years later. In his sophomore year, he was kicked on the left shin during a practice game, and he developed osteomyelitisan infectious disease that was incurable just a few years earlierin his left ankle. However, he was not able to find the power he once had in the lower minors. 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. He is 17th in on-base percentage. 91 - Mickey Mantle was the ninety-first ballplayer from the state of Oklahoma. 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'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. Although his batting average was his lowest since his rookie year, his league-leading 40 home runs and 94 runs batted in, saw him come in a close second to Roger Maris's MVP award. Willie Mays played for 4 teams; the Birmingham Black Barons, New York Giants, San Francisco Giants and New York Mets. Do you remember who it was? View Mickey Mantle's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). 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. He was selected an AL All-Star again, but as a reserve player, and he did not make the 28-player team for the second and last time because of an injury. 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. We present them here for purely educational purposes. 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. [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. [15] Mantle won the Western Association batting title, with a .383 average. 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). Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. [New York Yankees Records], Mickey Mantle | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1974 (HOF). 52 - Mickey Mantle hit 52 home runs in 1956, a total that led every hitter from both leagues. He slugged 536 home runs with a .298 batting average and 1,509 RBI in his . [62][47] His father died of Hodgkin's disease at age 40 in 1952, and his grandfather also died young of the same disease. Estimated PSA 8 Value: $400,000. Mutt drove to Independence, Kansas, and convinced Mantle to keep playing. 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. You're not talking about ordinary power. Frank Robinson tied them next, but all four were passed in 2012, when a player became the first with thirteen walk-offs. [66], Mantle's popularity led to controversy over his liver transplant. He called his father saying, "I don't think I can play baseball anymore." [49], Although he was among the best-paid players of the pre-free-agency era, Mantle was a poor businessman and did not invest well. He is the only player to win a league Triple Crown as a switch hitter. The home run was his 16th in a World Series, breaking Babe Ruth's record of 15. In response, Joltin Joe's plaque was hung one inch higher than Mantle's. Rookie Status: Mickey Mantle (1951) Mantle as a 19-year-old rookie Mantle baseball card Mantle was invited to the Yankees instructional camp before the 1951 season. 4th inning (69), Mantle joined Babe Ruth (who reached the 50-homer plateau four times), Jimmie Foxx (two times), Ralph Kiner (two times), Hack Wilson, Hank Greenberg, Johnny Mize and Willie Mays as the only players to record at least 50 homers in one year. Canale, Larry. He was of at least partial English ancestry; his great-grandfather George Mantle left Brierley Hill, in England's Black Country, in 1848. [48] In 1972 he served as a part-time television commentator for the Montreal Expos. 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), [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. After the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995, Mantle joined with fellow Oklahoman and Yankee Bobby Murcer to raise money for the victims. [New York Yankees Records], Mickey Mantle | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1974 (HOF). [32] In 1966, his batting average increased to .288 with 23 home runs and 56 RBI in 333 at-bats, in large part because of very strong June and July, when he returned to his 1964 form until he was sidelined with another injury. Mantle and former teammate Whitey Ford were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame together in 1974, Mantle's first year of eligibility, Ford's second.[81]. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball." 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. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1974, Mantle was the third player from Oklahoma sent to Cooperstown! 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. 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. Krause Publications. 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. Music! 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. The first, he often was not. Mickey Mantle was a Centerfielder and First Baseman. "[18], After a brief slump, Mantle was sent down to the Yankees' top farm team, the Kansas City Blues. During the 1957 World Series, Milwaukee Braves second baseman Red Schoendienst fell on Mantle's left shoulder in a collision at second base. Dave Kingman has power. 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. Miami Hurricanes basketball stars Haley and Hanna Cavinder in images. 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. And that has driven up prices making . Mickey Jr. later died of liver cancer on December 20, 2000 at age 47. [citation needed], On January 16, 1961, Mantle became the highest-paid player in baseball by signing a $75,000 (equivalent to $680,000 in 2021) contract. [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. 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. In spite of short foul pole dimension of 296 feet (90m) to left and 301 feet (92m) to right in original Yankee Stadium, Mantle gained no advantage there as his stroke both left and right-handed drove balls there to power alleys of 344' to 407' and 402' to 457' feet (139m) from the plate. Greenwade returned in 1949, after Mantle's high school graduation, to sign Mantle to a minor league contract. The 1959 season was another frustrating situation; this time the first half of his season was good and his second-half comparatively bad. Mantle's peak years were 1955-1958 in which his OPS was consistently above 1.0, he won two MVP's (followed by a 3rd MVP in 1962), and won the triple crown in 1956, leading the league in batting average at .353, in RBI's with 130, and in home runs wi Continue Reading 9 Sponsored by Sane Solution Throat phlegm? Positions: Babe Ruth (AP Photo) . He hit one over the right center field roof at Briggs Stadium, which is said to have traveled 643 feet. [70], During Mantle's final days he made peace with his estranged wife Merlyn and repeated a request that he expressed decades earlier for Richardson to read a poem at his funeral. Author. [Answer]. making a donation to Baseball Almanac : During the game, Mantle hit three home runs. Part of the Baseball Almanac Family, Last-Modified: December 4, 2022 5:28 AM EST, record for highest on-base percentage by a switch hitter in a career, record for highest on-base percentage by a switch hitter in a single season, record for highest slugging average by a switch hitter in a career, record for highest slugging average by a switch hitter in a single season, most home runs in a single season by a switch-hitter, most home runs in a single season hit on the road by a switch hitter, most bases on balls awarded a switch-hitter during a single season, record for most bases on balls by a switch hitter, most total bases in a season by a switch hitter, Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball." The Yankees defeat the Kansas City Athletics 7-4 in a game that lasts only 95 minutes because of rain delays. When he arrived, he started packing his son's clothes and, according to Mantle's memory, said "I thought I raised a man. 1 September 2000. SUMMARY Career In both 1953 and 1961, he hit into only two double plays, over the course of 1,186 plate appearances. [53], In 1992, Mantle wrote My Favorite Summer 1956 about his 1956 season.[54]. 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! Did you know that Mickey Mantle once said, "Hitting the ball was easy. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. Mantle gave a similar plaque to DiMaggio, telling the huge crowd in Yankee Stadium, "Joe DiMaggio's deserves to be higher. Asked what he was doing, Mantle's father told him, "Your're going home. 376 - Mickey Mantle had a league leading 376 total bases in 1956, setting the American League (and Major League) record for most total bases in a season by a switch hitter. Free shipping for many products! Mantle hit some of the longest home runs in Major League history. Roger Maris became the ninth player in the club with his record 61 long balls in 1961 - the same season . Madden, Bill. Mantle's top salary was $100,000, which he reached for the 1963 season. "Sixty! 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. Do you remember what player hit the first regular season / official home run (April 12, 1965) in the Astrodome? He also had an excellent .984 fielding percentage when playing center field. But I didn't think it would be this soon." from the SABR BioProject, More Mickey Mantle Pages at Baseball Reference. I'll swear I expect to see that boy just take off and fly any time. In one interview, Mantle stated that the people of Greensboro had "gone out of their way to make me feel welcome, and I've found something there I haven't enjoyed since I was a kid.". I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. Also, twelve of Mantle's 536 career regular season home runs were walk-offs, tying Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Stan Musial. Did you know that when Mick, his nickname, made his big league debut on April 17, 1951, he became the first Commerce High School (Commerce, Oklahoma) graduate to play in the majors? 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. No man. 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. 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. [74], Mantle was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1964. He could also move with lightening speed running the bases and in the outfield, especially in his early years. Copyright 1999- Mantle's monument now stands at the current Monument Park. Author. 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! 3rd inning (65), Click Here to learn more about it. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. Did you know that Mickey Mantle once said, "Hitting the ball was easy. 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The Daily News reported it as a 502-foot homer. Mantle's off-field behavior is the subject of the book The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood, written in 2010 by sports journalist Jane Leavy. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. "No boy ever loved his father more," he said. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Mantle took the home run title that year with 40, along with 94 RBIs and a .275 average. Do you know who preceded him in 1952? [24][35], Mantle announced his retirement at the age of 37 on March 1, 1969. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. [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. Mickey Mantle Memories and Memorabilia. 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Because of these comparatively low numbers, he took a salary cut of 10,000 dollars, down to 60,000 dollars. [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. Oklahoma Heritage Society: Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Joe DiMaggio was playing center field. He still holds World Series records for home runs (18), RBIs (40), runs (42), walks (43), extra-base hits (26), and total bases (123). August 13, 1995 Also, twelve of Mantle's 536 career regular season home runs were walk-offs, tying Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Stan Musial. [45] Still, Mantle was known as the "fastest man to first base" and won the American League triple crown in 1956. Pride of October: What It Was to Be Young and a Yankee. In 1962, Mantle batted .321 in 121 games. (Age 19-179d, The 1952 Topps #311 is by far Mantle's most popular baseball card and one of the most recognizable in the entire hobby. How is that possible? Also helping Mantle decide to enter the clinic was sportscaster Pat Summerall, who had played for the New York Giants football team at Yankee Stadium, by then a recovering alcoholic and a member of Mantle's Dallas-area country club. In 1998, The Sporting News placed Mantle at 17th on its list of baseball's 100 greatest players. Prior year, August 1960: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle await . Mickey Mantle was born on Tuesday, October 20, 1931, in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. [10] As a teenager, Mantle rooted for the St. Louis Cardinals. Although the Yankees had won the pennant in 1960, and were favored to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series, . The following year, Mantle moved to center field. 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. Mantle's career total, 1733 walks, are also still a Major League record for most bases on balls by a switch hitter. You can work back down there." [10] In 1948, Yankees scout Tom Greenwade came to Baxter Springs to watch Mantle's teammate, third baseman Willard "Billy" Johnson. 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 The ball went over the center field fence, which was 460 feet from home plate. 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