Kuhn warned Mantle before he accepted the position that he would be placed on the list if he took the job. Do you know who said this quote about Mickey Mantle? 52 - Mickey Mantle hit 52 home runs in 1956, a total that led every hitter from both leagues. Mantle was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 17, 1951, with the New York Yankees. With Joe D.'s . Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. 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. (Voted by BBWAA on 322/365 ballots) Free shipping. He is in 10th place in number of bases-empty bunt singles for his career, with 80 in only 148 at-bats. It was originally purchased for $50,000 in 1991. In the 1960 season, he hit what is still believed to be the longest home run in history. Click Here to learn more about it. Oklahoma Heritage Society: Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Greenwade returned in 1949, after Mantle's high school graduation, to sign Mantle to a minor league contract. [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). With two outs in the ninth, Bob Lemon comes on to relieve Johnny Allen with the score 4-4. [57] He batted left-handed hitting while Simon pitched left-handed. "[77] In response, DiMaggio's plaque was hung one inch higher than Mantle's. 15 hours. 20 June 2011, Page 150. If you find this type of "free" data useful please consider How is that possible? 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. 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] Richardson read the poem at Mantle's funeral, which he described as being extremely difficult. The second, he always will be. [47] In 1980, Mantle separated from his wife, and while the two lived apart for the rest of Mantle's life, they never filed for divorce. The next closest switch hitter had a career WAR of 85.3. Beginning in high school, he suffered both acute and chronic injuries to bones and cartilage in his legs. 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), His original Yankee Stadium Monument Park plaque is displayed at the front entrance. "This is a role model: Don't be like me," a frail Mantle said. 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After the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995, Mantle joined with fellow Oklahoman and Yankee Bobby Murcer to raise money for the victims. His knee twisted awkwardly and he instantly fell. [53], In 1992, Mantle wrote My Favorite Summer 1956 about his 1956 season.[54]. It was later estimated by some that the ball could have traveled 504 feet (154m)[38] had it not been blocked by the ornate and distinctive facade. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. [82] Topps unretired the #7 in 2006 to use exclusively for cards of Mantle in the current year's design. Among his many accomplishments are all-time World Series records for home runs (18), runs scored (42), and runs batted in (40).[21]. 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. He was selected an All-Star as the starting center fielder, but for the first time he could not make the 25-man roster because of the foot injury. Copyright 1999- 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. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. Krause Publications. [7] He was an All-Star for 16 seasons, playing in 16 of the 20 All-Star Games that were played during his career. Mickey Mantle weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing. In addition, compared to the other four center fielders on the All-Century team, he had the lowest career rate of grounding into double plays, and he had the highest World Series on-base percentage and World Series slugging percentage. [66] He established the Mickey Mantle Foundation to raise awareness for organ donations. One Yankee, in 2018, collected two inside the parkers do you remember who it was? 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. He slugged 536 home runs with a .298 batting average and 1,509 RBI in his . In 2020, the #7 card was issued to right fielder Aaron Judge. 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. 20 June 2011, Page 150. inDallas,TX, Buried: He is the only player in history to hit 150 home runs from both sides of the plate. Part of the Baseball Almanac Family, Last-Modified: December 4, 2022 5:28 AM EST. [Mickey Mantle Quotes] 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. 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 Frank Robinson tied them next, but all four were passed in 2012, when a player became the first with thirteen walk-offs. The first main series #7 card not issued to Mantle or a Yankee was to shortstop Orlando Arcia of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2021. His job mostly involved representing the Claridge in golf tournaments and at other charity events, but Mantle was suspended from baseball by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn because any affiliation with gambling was viewed as grounds for placement on the "permanently ineligible" list. [New York Yankees Records], Mickey Mantle | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1974 (HOF). Mantle was invited to the Yankees instructional camp before the 1951 season. Mantle appeared in 12 World Series including seven championships, and he holds World Series records for the most home runs (18), RBIs (40), extra-base hits (26), runs (42), walks (43), and total bases (123). He is bringing that magic and mystique back to the team, and was a natural fit for card number seven." He was well-liked by the citizens of Greensboro, and seemed to like them in return. in Spavinaw, OK I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. 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. 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. Mantle finished with 54 home runs while leading the American league in runs scored and walks. Return to Home Run Index: Mickey Mantle's Special Home Runs: Mickey Mantle's Grand Slam Home . 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. [citation needed], Joe DiMaggio retired from baseball following the 1951 World Series. His football playing nearly ended his athletic career. 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. 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! [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. Mantle was the uncle of actor and musician Kelly Mantle. [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. August 13, 1995 He was safe 8 out of 10 times in which he attempted to steal a base.