Danny later battled prostate cancer. 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. The decision still didn't sit well with Mickey Mantle, even 25 years later. All rights reserved. Mickey Mantle had 536 home runs over his career. A settlement was reached allowing for the sale of some of Mantle's belongings for approximately $500,000. He is bringing that magic and mystique back to the team, and was a natural fit for card number seven." (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Aberback, Brian (September 7, 2017). You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. Willie Mays had power. 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. [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. ( Getty Images) More . Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 August 13, 1995), nicknamed "the Commerce Comet" and "the Mick",[1] was an American professional baseball player. [10] He hit .267 with 13 home runs and 65 RBI in 96 games. Too easy? Mutt drove to Independence, Kansas, and convinced Mantle to keep playing. [10] In 1948, Yankees scout Tom Greenwade came to Baxter Springs to watch Mantle's teammate, third baseman Willard "Billy" Johnson. [33], Mantle hit .237 with 18 home runs and 54 RBI during his final season in 1968. After an impressive spring training, Yankees manager Casey Stengel decided to promote Mantle to the majors as a right fielder instead of sending him to the minors. Data Provided By [Answer]. copyright=new Date(); Shortly after Mantle completed treatment, his son Billy died on March 12, 1994 at age 36 of heart problems brought on by years of substance abuse. He has the third highest career OPS+ among MLB players who played the majority of their career after 1950, behind only Barry Bonds and Mike Trout. He slugged 536 home runs with a .298 batting average and 1,509 RBI in his . 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. The next day his father appearead unannounced in Mantle's hotel room and started packing a suitcase, jamming Mantle's clothes into it. [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. Not one Yankee player since Mantle, has hit three inside the park home runs in the same season! Mantle had another "off year"indeed, the first week of June saw his batting average drop to .228but by mid-August, he was back in his prime, leading the team to another World Series. The doctor bluntly told Mantle that the damage to his system was so severe that "your next drink could be your last." He still holds World Series records for home runs (18), RBIs (40), runs (42), walks (43), extra-base hits (26), and total bases (123). Prior year, August 1960: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle await . Copyright 1999- 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. In 1957, Mantle had a career high .521 OBP, the Major League record for highest on-base percentage by a switch hitter in a single season. document.write(update); The town respected Mantle's privacy, refusing either to talk about him to outsiders or to direct fans to his home. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses, Note, this is done in an automated way, so we apologize for any errors, & please. He was well-liked by the citizens of Greensboro, and seemed to like them in return. 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. He admitted that he had often been cruel and hurtful to family, friends, and fans because of his alcoholism, and sought to make amends. [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 played halfback and Oklahoma offered him a football scholarship. Author. Do you remember who it was? 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. Running around the bases was the hard part?" He also hit 26 home runs and recorded 136 runs batted in. The second, he always will be. [66], Mantle's popularity led to controversy over his liver transplant. Own This Day - https://thebaseballpage.comSeptember 10, 1960 - Mickey Mantle unloads a cannon shot clearing the RF roof in Detroit and landing in Brooks Lumb. Author. Mantle's wife, mother, and mother-in-law were in attendance and received recognition at the ceremony held in honor of him. 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. us, Died: [53], In 1992, Mantle wrote My Favorite Summer 1956 about his 1956 season.[54]. His grandfather died at the age of 60 in 1944, and his father died of Hodgkin's disease at the age of 40 on May 7, 1952. 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. Mantle was also known for his incredible ability to avoid grounding into double plays. Baseball scholars often ponder "what if" had he not been injured, and had been able to lead a healthy career. [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. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. He returned to the center field position on September 2. Out of frustration, he called his father one day and told him, "I don't think I can play baseball anymore." ESPN's SportsCentury series that ran in 1999 ranked him No. You can come back to Oklahoma and work the mines with me. During Game 5 of the 1956 World SeriesDon Larsen's perfect game against the Brooklyn DodgersMantle kept the perfect game alive by making a running catch of a deep fly ball off the bat of Gil Hodges, and provided the first of the two runs the Yankees would score with a fourth-inning home run off Brooklyn starter Sal Maglie. He is in 10th place in number of bases-empty bunt singles for his career, with 80 in only 148 at-bats. Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX, High School: Commerce HS (Commerce, OK), Debut: 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. (Age 19-179d, On May 22, 1963, Mickey Mantle of the Yankees hit perhaps his most impressive home run. Too easy? In the 1960 season, he hit what is still believed to be the longest home run in history. Mickey Mantle was 19 years young when he played his first game for the New York Yankees. Join our linker program. As a teammate, he never complained about his injuries and always tried to lead by example. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. The hardest ball Mickey Mantle ever hit happened 50 years ago. Mickey Mantle had 2,415 hits over his career. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. 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. Although the Yankees had won the pennant in 1960, and were favored to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series, . Mantle was hospitalized with an abscessed hip resulting from a flu shot that he had received late in the season, leaving Maris to break the record (he finished with 61). 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 was interred in the Mantle Family Mausoleum, located in the St. Matthew Section of the Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Dallas. 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. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. 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). [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. Mickey Mantle had a .298 average over his career. In the second game of the 1951 World Series, New York Giants rookie Willie Mays hit a fly ball to right-center field. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball." - Mantle, Mickey. How is that possible? Page 369): The son of a miner from Oklahoma, Mantle was led to baseball at an early age by his father. October 20, 1931 [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). He always had that country boy attitude that made you feel at ease. Frequently, he would dump ice water on those who were showering. 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), Five years earlier, in 1956, Mantle had challenged Ruth's record for most of the season, and the New York press had been protective of Ruth on that occasion also. No man. "Sixty! Willie Mays had a .301 average over his career. [79], In 1969, Mantle received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.[80]. 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. [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. Do you know who it is? [75], On Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium, June 8, 1969, Mantle's number 7 was retired and he was a awarded a bronze plaque to be hung on the center field wall near the monuments to Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Miller Huggins. 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). making a donation to Baseball Almanac : 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. After its presentation by Joe DiMaggio, Mantle gave a similar plaque to DiMaggio, telling the crowd, "Joe DiMaggio's deserves to be higher." I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. [58] Excerpts from the book have been published in Sports Illustrated. 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 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]. Little, Brown & Company. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Described by him as his "favorite summer", his major league-leading .353 batting average, 52 home runs, and 130 runs batted in brought home both the Triple Crown and first of three Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Awards. Did you know that Mickey Mantle appeared in 74 games at home, had 230 at-bats, drove in 59 runs, scored 63 times, had 76 hits (8 doubles / 6 triples / 24 home runs), walked 66 times (6 intentional), struck out 44 times, was hit by a pitcher 0 times, sacrificed 3 times (1 hits & 2 flies), and finished at home with a .330 batting average, .476 on 2nd inning (20), Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. [24][35], Mantle announced his retirement at the age of 37 on March 1, 1969. 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]. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. Although he was a feared power hitter from either side of the plate and hit more home runs batting left-handed than right, Mantle considered himself a better right-handed hitter. [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. [44] Dr. Stephen Haas, medical director for the National Football League Players Association, has speculated that Mantle tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during the incident and played the rest of his career without having it properly treated since ACLs could not be repaired with the surgical techniques available in that era. 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. "No boy ever loved his father more," he said. In 1973, at the Old-Timers Game at Yankee Stadium, Mantle, batting right handed, faced old friend Whitey Ford. [65] He said that he was telling the same old stories, and realizing how many of them involved being drunk, including at least one drunk-driving accident, he decided they were not funny any more. 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. Although his injury affected his upper cut from the right side, it still can be said he was not injured in 1958. Who did Topps select? How is that possible? A quote there says, "No man in the history of baseball had as much power as Mickey Mantle. "Jack Antonoff's Shadow of the City Festival Showcases N.J. Despite missing 41 games, he was selected as MVP for the third time, beating out teammate Bobby Richardson in the voting. The Yankees and Mantle were slowed by injuries during the 1965 season, and they finished in sixth place, 25 games behind the Minnesota Twins. [12] Mantle spoke warmly of his father and said that he was the bravest man whom he had ever known. Author. 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. The team played the rest of the season with black mourning bands topped by a number 7 on their left sleeves. In response, Joltin Joe's plaque was hung one inch higher than Mantle's. [62][47] His father died of Hodgkin's disease at age 40 in 1952, and his grandfather also died young of the same disease. [47] Joe Collins, who played with him from 1951 through 1957, recalled that "Mickey was the type of guy who cared about you as a person. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball." [10] He was selected an "All-Star" for the first time and made the AL team, but did not play in the five-inning All-Star game that had Boston Red Sox Dom DiMaggio at center field. Asked what he was doing, Mantle's father told him, "Your're going home. Basketball. [42], Mantle's career was plagued with injuries. Mantle's cards, especially his 1952 Topps rookie card, are extremely popular and valuable among card collectors. Few of them are likely to be broken; it is unlikely that. 1 - Mickey Mantle hit the first home run in the Astrodome on April 9, 1965, crushing a Turk Farrell fastball over the 406-feet sign in center field; however, that was actually an exhibition game, and did not spastically count. 1 September 2000. Count 'em . 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. And, in the end, people got it. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. He said, "When I die, I wanted on my tombstone, 'A great teammate.' [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. Mickey Mantle Memories and Memorabilia. [30] In 1964, Mantle hit .303 with 35 home runs and 111 RBIs, and played center field in the All-Star game. 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. He was carried off the field on a stretcher and watched the rest of the World Series on TV from a hospital bed. 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. Babe Ruth (AP Photo) . Retrieved December 9, 2012. 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. However, even "Muscles" once had a brief slump early in his career which was described in Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes (Fadiman, Clifton. 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. Summerall himself had been treated at the clinic in 1992.[64]. .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. During the 1961 season, Mantle and teammate Roger Maris, known as the M&M Boys, chased Babe Ruth's 1927 single-season home run record. Mickey Mantle played for 1 team, the New York Yankees. Willie Mays had power. [45] Still, Mantle was known as the "fastest man to first base" and won the American League triple crown in 1956. [a] He was an American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times and a Gold Glove winner once. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 1:07PM. [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. 7 - Mickey Mantle wore #6 when he made his big league debut with the Bronx Bombers, changed to #7, and on Mickey Mantle Day, at Yankee Stadium, June 8, 1969, The Mick's #7 was retired and he was a given a bronze plaque to be hung on the center field wall near the monuments to Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Miller Huggins. At Mantle's funeral, Eddie Layton played "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on the Hammond organ because Mickey had once told him that it was his favorite song. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KSWO) - On this day in Oklahoma History, Oklahoma native Mickey Mantle announced his retirement from baseball in 1969. The next closest switch hitter had a career WAR of 85.3. He missed several weeks, so his numbers were modest but respectable, especially with 92 RBIs. [citation needed], Joe DiMaggio retired from baseball following the 1951 World Series. Find out more. No man. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. 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. 91 - Mickey Mantle was the ninety-first ballplayer from the state of Oklahoma. [Mickey Mantle Quotes], Mickey Mantle Career Home Runs | Research by Baseball Almanac. 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. 7th inning (53), As the years passed, Mantle frequently used a line popularized by football legend Bobby Layne, a Dallas neighbor and friend who also died in part from alcohol abuse: "If I'd known I was gonna live this long, I'd have taken a lot better care of myself. [10] 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just hit the longest home run in baseball history! [23][24] Mantle had high hopes that 1953 would be a breakout year but his momentum was stopped by an injury. 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 His rationale was that the men in his family had all died young, so he expected to die young as well. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. He won the MVP award three times, finished second three times, and finished within nine votes of winning five times. [10] Mantle hit .313 for the Independence Yankees. Music! When Mantle finally fell short, finishing with 52, many of the traditionalists were relieved. In 2020, the #7 card was issued to right fielder Aaron Judge. In getting out of DiMaggio's way, Mantle tripped over an exposed drain pipe and severely injured his right knee. He delivered a farewell speech on Mickey Mantle Day, June 8, 1969, at Yankee Stadium. On August 25, 1996, about a year after his death, Mantle's Monument Park plaque was replaced with a monument bearing the words "A great teammate" and keeping a phrase that had been included on the original plaque: "A magnificent Yankee who left a legacy of unequaled courage." Copyright 1999- Music! He occasionally attended the local Methodist church, and sometimes ate Sunday dinner with members of the congregation. Positions: Free shipping. He is the only player to win a league Triple Crown as a switch hitter. The Mick, The Commerce Comet or Muscles, View Player Bio For the second consecutive year, he narrowly missed winning his third MVP award, finishing four points behind repeat winner Maris. Did you know that Mickey Mantle once said, "Hitting the ball was easy. 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