Mickey Mantle barely edges Ted Williams in the 1957 AL MVP

Mickey Mantle barely edges Ted Williams in the 1957 AL MVP

ByThis Day in Baseball

    On November 22, 1957, Mickey Mantle barely edges Ted Williams in the American League’s MVP voting. Mantle gains 233 votes to Williams’ 209 tallies. Mantle batted .365 with 34 home runs for the first-place New York Yankees, while Williams batted .388 with 38 home runs for the third-place Boston Red Sox. Red Sox…

After 22 seasons, Larry Goetz is unwillingly “retired” as a National League umpire by Warren Giles

ByTom

1957 – After 22 seasons, Larry Goetz is unwillingly “retired” as a National League umpire by Warren Giles. The discharged arbiter had been critical of the Senior Circuit because of the league’s refusal to include umpires in the players’ pension fund.