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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. 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 was safe 8 out of 10 times in which he attempted to steal a base. We present them here for purely educational purposes. "No boy ever loved his father more," he said. Mantle's doctors insisted that the transplant was based solely on medical criteria, but acknowledged that the very short wait created the appearance of favoritism. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. 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. . Mantle was reinstated on March 18, 1985 by Kuhn's successor Peter Ueberroth. Mutt drove to Independence, Kansas, and convinced Mantle to keep playing. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. [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. copyright=new Date(); That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball." - Mantle, Mickey. 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. Frank Robinson tied them next, but all four were passed in 2012, when a player became the first with thirteen walk-offs. Copyright 1999- [52] In 1983, he worked at the Claridge Resort and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey as a greeter and community representative. .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. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. 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. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. 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. 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. [Answer], 2017 - Mickey Mantle passed away in 1995, prompting Topps Baseball Cards to "retire" #7 in their base card sets (excluding inserts). Running around the bases was the hard part?" [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. Mantle finished in second place in MVP voting for 1964, as Baltimore's Brooks Robinson won the award. After fouling off a few pitches, he hit a towering home run over the 402-foot sign by the bullpen. Mantle was the starting center fielder in the second All-Star Game's lineup, getting a single and a walk in four at bats. Shocked, Mantle bounced back out of his slump, hitting .360 for Kansas City and returning to the Yankees. Mickey Mantle was a Centerfielder and First Baseman. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. 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. Mantle played in 96 games that season and batted .267 with 13 home runs and 65 RBI. His original Yankee Stadium Monument Park plaque is displayed at the front entrance. 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. Those words were carved on the plaque marking his resting place at the family mausoleum in Dallas. [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. Page 369): The son of a miner from Oklahoma, Mantle was led to baseball at an early age by his father. How many teams has Willie Mays played for? 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. [31] Mantle hit .255 with 19 home runs and 46 RBI in 361 plate appearances. 2 years. Music! [citation needed], Early in 1995, doctors discovered that Mantle's liver had been severely damaged by both alcohol-induced cirrhosis and hepatitis C. They also discovered that he had an inoperable liver cancer known as undifferentiated hepatocellular carcinoma, which further necessitated a liver transplant. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. The season was bad for the Yankees, too, as they finished third. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. He also hit his second All-Star Game home run that season. He was well-liked by the citizens of Greensboro, and seemed to like them in return. [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 also had an excellent .984 fielding percentage when playing center field. July 22, 1955, County Stadium, Milwaukee - Pitcher Robin Roberts 2. 37 in its "50 Greatest Athletes" series. Mickey Mantle had a .298 average over his career. On December 23, 1951, Mantle married Merlyn Johnson (19322009) in Picher, Oklahoma; they had four sons. Canale, Larry. 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). However, even "Muscles" once had a brief slump early in his career which was described in Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes (Fadiman, Clifton. Do you know who preceded him in 1952? He called his father saying, "I don't think I can play baseball anymore." 3rd inning (65), 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. 20 June 2011, Page 150. 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.". It's also available for football, basketball and hockey. Mantle was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 17, 1951, with the New York Yankees. Estimated PSA 8 Value: $400,000. 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! In 1973, at the Old-Timers Game at Yankee Stadium, Mantle, batting right handed, faced old friend Whitey Ford. 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. 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. 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. [2] Mantle was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974[3] and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999. 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. [82] Topps unretired the #7 in 2006 to use exclusively for cards of Mantle in the current year's design. Do you remember what player hit the first regular season / official home run ( April 12, 1965) in the Astrodome? Aberback, Brian (September 7, 2017). 1961 Home Run Race Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris Day-By-Day Scorecard. 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. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. $2.19. Do you know who preceded him in 1952? 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. [23][24] Mantle had high hopes that 1953 would be a breakout year but his momentum was stopped by an injury. Free shipping. [74], Mantle was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1964. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. [53], In 1992, Mantle wrote My Favorite Summer 1956 about his 1956 season.[54]. He later wrote a book (My Favorite Summer 1956) about his best year in baseball. 20 June 2011, Page 150. 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. Mantle spoke with remorse about his drinking in a 1994 Sports Illustrated cover story. 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. Mantle had his breakout season in 1956 after showing progressive improvement each of his first five years. Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season, Nicknames: document.write(update); Mickey Mantle's Career Home Runs Year by Year List plus World Series and All-Star Game (Excerpted from the award-winning DVD, Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life - The Deluxe Lost Stories Edition. [36] When he retired, Mantle was third on the all-time home-run list with 536,[34] and he was the Yankees' all-time leader in games played with 2,401, a record that would be broken by Derek Jeter on August 29, 2011.[37]. 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." (His batting average closed 61 points lower than the previous year). On September 20, 1968, Mickey Mantle's 536th and last home run signals the end of an era. 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? He played the rest of his career with a torn ACL. 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! All rights reserved. Miami Hurricanes basketball stars Haley and Hanna Cavinder in images. 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. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. copyright=new Date(); 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. Positions: 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. 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. His son David was also present. Shortly before his death, Mantle videotaped a message to be played on Old-Timers' Day, which he was too ill to attend. 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