After its presentation by Joe DiMaggio, Mantle gave a similar plaque to DiMaggio, telling the crowd, "Joe DiMaggio's deserves to be higher." [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. In both 1953 and 1961, he hit into only two double plays, over the course of 1,186 plate appearances. 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. Then when you're talking about Mickey Mantle it's an altogether different level. Page 369): The son of a miner from Oklahoma, Mantle was led to baseball at an early age by his father. Retrieved December 9, 2012. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. His on-base percentage at one point, reached .537. However, as the team slumped overall, he was still the team leader in several departments, for example in base stealing (23), runs scored (104), on-base average /percentage (.399) and fielding (.995). Who did Topps select? Author. 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), No man. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball." Maris did not follow suit, and many in the press viewed him as surly. Not one Yankee player since Mantle, has hit three inside the park home runs in the same season! [66] The Yankees played the Indians that day and honored him with a tribute. Proud sponsor of this page. Find out more. 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. 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. [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. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. Mutt drove up to Kansas City that day. Mantle's wife, mother, and mother-in-law were in attendance and received recognition at the ceremony held in honor of him. 20 June 2011, Page 150. He played the rest of his career with a torn ACL. He hit one over the right center field roof at Briggs Stadium, which is said to have traveled 643 feet. [ Answer] That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball." - Mantle, Mickey. 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. Or write about sports? [48] In 1972 he served as a part-time television commentator for the Montreal Expos. The Cardinals won the World Series in seven games. I see I raised a coward instead. . 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. . No player, except Mantle himself, was featured in a regular set on card number seven until the release of the 2017 Topps Baseball Card set. Mantle was also known for his incredible ability to avoid grounding into double plays. 5th inning (44), As a teammate, he never complained about his injuries and always tried to lead by example. Mantle was one of the best players and sluggers of all time, and is regarded by many as the greatest switch hitter in baseball history. He won 3 MVP Awards and was selected to play in 20 All-Star Games. Mantle had his breakout season in 1956 after showing progressive improvement each of his first five years. Willie Mays had power. Mantle was the uncle of actor and musician Kelly Mantle. 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. [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. [10] In 1948, Yankees scout Tom Greenwade came to Baxter Springs to watch Mantle's teammate, third baseman Willard "Billy" Johnson. Do you have a sports website? 52 - Mickey Mantle hit 52 home runs in 1956, a total that led every hitter from both leagues. copyright=new Date(); [10] He hit .267 with 13 home runs and 65 RBI in 96 games. [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. [30] In 1964, Mantle hit .303 with 35 home runs and 111 RBIs, and played center field in the All-Star game. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. 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. July 22, 1955, County Stadium, Milwaukee - Pitcher Robin Roberts 2. [6] He hit 536 career home runs, batted .300 or more ten times, and is the career leader (tied with Jim Thome) in walk-off home runs, with 13: 12 in the regular season and one in the postseason. 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)! Click Here to learn more about it. 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. The Mickey Mantle All-Star stats seen below include his All-Star year-by-year hitting stats, All-Star fielding stats, and All-Star pitching stats (where applicable). Mantle played center field full-time for the Yankees until 1965, when he was moved to left field. Willie Mays played for 4 teams; the Birmingham Black Barons, New York Giants, San Francisco Giants and New York Mets. 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. Mantle's top salary was $100,000, which he reached for the 1963 season. He is 17th in on-base percentage. . Mantle signed for $140 per month (equivalent to $1,600 in 2021) with a $1,500 signing bonus (equivalent to $17,100 in 2021). [15] Mantle won the Western Association batting title, with a .383 average. What was Willie Mays' average? 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! One Yankee, in 2018, collected two inside the parkers do you remember who it was? 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. Mickey Mantle Memories and Memorabilia. Roger Maris became the ninth player in the club with his record 61 long balls in 1961 - the same season . The Mick,The Commerce Comet,Muscles are nicknames for Mickey Mantle. Center fielder Mickey Mantle played 18 seasons for the Yankees. ", Mickey Mantle Rookie Card | 1951 Bowman Baseball Card (#253 | Checklist)Baseball Almanac Research Library. [10] However, Mantle struggled defensively at shortstop.[10]. The couple's four sons were Mickey Jr. (19532000), David (born 1955), Billy (19571994), whom Mickey named for Billy Martin, his best friend among his Yankee teammates, and Danny (born 1960). Mickey Mantle Memories and Memorabilia. Frank Robinson tied them next, but all four were passed in 2012, when a player became the first with thirteen walk-offs. 1. [58] Excerpts from the book have been published in Sports Illustrated. [24][35], Mantle announced his retirement at the age of 37 on March 1, 1969. [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. In that season, he also hit another long home run at Yankee Stadium to left-center field that was reported to have traveled 502 feet. Also, twelve of Mantle's 536 career regular season home runs were walk-offs, tying Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Stan Musial. Centerfielder and First Baseman, Born: While his drinking became public knowledge during his lifetime, the press kept quiet about his many marital infidelities. "[66] Richardson read the poem at Mantle's funeral, which he described as being extremely difficult. 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. Among his many accomplishments are all-time World Series records for home runs (18), runs scored (42), and runs batted in (40).[21]. 91 - Mickey Mantle was the ninety-first ballplayer from the state of Oklahoma. Looking back years later, he said, "That was the turning point of my life. Longest Home Runs The following information regarding Mickey's longest home runs was provided by Bruce Orser. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. Frequently, he would dump ice water on those who were showering. [Answer]. Mantle desired to be remembered as a stellar teammate. With two outs in the ninth, Bob Lemon comes on to relieve Johnny Allen with the score 4-4. 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. Copyright 1999- Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. 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. Mickey Mantle (Photo By Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports) Home run total: 536. Mantle was reinstated on March 18, 1985 by Kuhn's successor Peter Ueberroth. 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." [10] Mantle hit .313 for the Independence Yankees. On May 22, 1963, Mickey Mantle of the Yankees hit perhaps his most impressive home run. Author. 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. 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. Estimated PSA 8 Value: $400,000. Page 369): The son of a miner from Oklahoma, Mantle was led to baseball at an early age by his father. [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. [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. 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. Asked what he was doing, Mantle's father told him, "Your're going home. Plagued by leg and knee pain for the majority of his career, the 37-year-old Yankee icon wasn't getting any younger in the spring of 1969. . [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]. inDallas,TX, Buried: The next closest switch hitter had a career WAR of 85.3. In January 1959, the New York Times reported Mantle sought a contract raise to 85,000 dollars but he settled for 70,000. 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). 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 had his first 100 plus RBI year, in 1954, in a full season and regained .300 status. "This is a role model: Don't be like me," a frail Mantle said. The distance: 656 feet to the point where it first landed! [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. [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. [10] Later in his life, Mantle expressed relief that his father had not known Cochrane's true first name because he would have hated to be named Gordon. [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. MLB held two All-Star Games from 1959 through 1962. How is that possible? [62][47] His father died of Hodgkin's disease at age 40 in 1952, and his grandfather also died young of the same disease. The second, he always will be. Prior year, August 1960: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle await . You can come back to Oklahoma and work the mines with me. 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. A settlement was reached allowing for the sale of some of Mantle's belongings for approximately $500,000. In 2020, the #7 card was issued to right fielder Aaron Judge. 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. He also had an excellent .984 fielding percentage when playing center field. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. [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. "During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. Because of these comparatively low numbers, he took a salary cut of 10,000 dollars, down to 60,000 dollars. [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. In getting out of DiMaggio's way, Mantle tripped over an exposed drain pipe and severely injured his right knee. [34] He was selected an AL All-Star and pinch-hit at the All-Star Game on July 11. He was a huge star, but he never treated you like he was better than you. 19-year-old Mickey Mantle had just hit the longest home run in baseball history! 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. 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 one of the greatest offensive threats in baseball history and is considered to be one of the best baseball players of all time. Mantle made an appearance in the music video for "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" by Paul Simon in 1988. Shocked, Mantle bounced back out of his slump, hitting .360 for Kansas City and returning to the Yankees. A quote there says, "No man in the history of baseball had as much power as Mickey Mantle. (Another story says, he was badly injured playing touch football, at home, in the late summer of that year). [citation needed], Joe DiMaggio retired from baseball following the 1951 World Series. Author. However, even "Muscles" once had a brief slump early in his career which was described in Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes (Fadiman, Clifton. [citation needed] He outlived all the men in his family by several years. Maris hit 26. Did you know that Mickey Mantle once said, "Hitting the ball was easy. Separates the men from the boys." 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. 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. 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. 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. He slugged 536 home runs with a .298 batting average and 1,509 RBI in his . 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.". 52 - Mickey Mantle hit 52 home runs in 1956, a total that led every hitter from both leagues. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KSWO) - On this day in Oklahoma History, Oklahoma native Mickey Mantle announced his retirement from baseball in 1969. 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. 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. "[77] In response, DiMaggio's plaque was hung one inch higher than Mantle's. The Daily News reported it as a 502-foot homer. During the final years of his life, Mantle purchased a condominium on Lake Oconee near Greensboro, Georgia, near Greer Johnson's home, and frequently stayed there for months at a time. Mantle's monument now stands at the current Monument Park. 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. Mantle was interred in the Mantle Family Mausoleum, located in the St. Matthew Section of the Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Dallas. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Part of the Baseball Almanac Family, Last-Modified: December 4, 2022 5:28 AM EST. 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. The Epic Battle to Beat Babe Ruth's Home Run Record In a pressure-packed 1961 season, Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, outdueling his more famous New York Yankees teammate, Mickey. Oklahoma Heritage Society: Oklahoma Hall of Fame. 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. 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. Mantle was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 17, 1951, with the New York Yankees. 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! 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. Miami Hurricanes basketball stars Haley and Hanna Cavinder in images. How many home runs did Willie Mays have? 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. Rookie Status: [31] Mantle hit .255 with 19 home runs and 46 RBI in 361 plate appearances. [39] In roughly 25% of his total at-bats he hit .330 right-handed to .281 left. Do you remember what player hit the first regular season / official home run ( April 12, 1965) in the Astrodome? His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Mickey Mantle baseball stats page. 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. [Answer] Or 1967? Fairchild's poetry celebrates gritty lives in small towns", "Catch me if you can(2002) - You know why the yankees always win? 15 hours. "He's the greatest prospect I've seen in my time, and I go back quite a ways. 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. 20 June 2011, Page 150. Running around the bases was the hard part?" 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. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. Do you know who said this quote about Mickey Mantle? [29] On June 5, he tried to prevent a home run by Brooks Robinson in Baltimore when his shoe spikes were caught in the center field chain-link fence as he leaped against the fence for the ball and was coming down. 2006 Topps Mickey Mantle Home Run History Mickey Mantle RC New York Yankees. | Movieclip(2) |", "Tom Russell's Talents Still Shine Through", "Mantle, Yanks' Rookie, Loses Duel With Sun", "Mickey Mantle Inherits Baseball's Biggest Job", American League Most Valuable Player Award, American League season runs batted in leaders, American League Outfielder Gold Glove Award, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning, Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series home run, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mickey_Mantle&oldid=1142182139, Major League Baseball players with retired numbers, American League Most Valuable Player Award winners, Burials at Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, United Service Organizations entertainers, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2021, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2013, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2021, Articles needing additional references from September 2016, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2015, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2011, Articles with trivia sections from October 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, September 28,1968,for theNew York Yankees, 1956 - Mantle made a (talking) cameo appearance in, 1962 - Mantle and Maris starred as themselves in the film, 1988 - Mantle appeared in the official video for, 1993 and 1996 - References are made to Mantle in the sitcom, Career statistics and player information from, This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 23:52. 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