Mickey Mantle

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season Full Name: Mickey Charles Mantle Nicknames: The Mick, The Commerce Comet or Muscles.

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Mickey Mantle, in full Mickey Charles Mantle, byname the Mick, (born October 20, 1931, Spavinaw, Oklahoma, U.S.—died August 13, 1995, Dallas, Texas), professional American League baseball player for the New York Yankees (1951–68), who was a powerful switch-hitter (right- and left-handed) and who hit 536 home runs.

He played much of his career heavily taped because of his earlier After his retirement as a player Mantle coached for the Yankees and sold

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He played with them mainly as an outfielder until he went to first base in 1967.

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Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Mantle played as an outfielder on Yankee farm clubs (1949–50) and joined the Yankees in 1951. 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 Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription.

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Mickey Mantle is laid to rest in Dallas after his passing two days prior.

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Year Team League; 1951: New York Yankees: AL: 1952: New York Yankees: AL: 1953: New York Yankees

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