On ,December 13 1961 — Mickey Mantle signs a 1962 contract for $82,000. Only Joe DiMaggio has been paid more by the Yankees.
Roy Harney, after signing Mantle for an estimated $82,000 Wednesday, a raise of $10.000. Mantle signed after a brief meeting with Harney, who said. “Mickey has reached Babe Ruth’s figure.”, he admitted, a “little over $80,000. Mantle thus became the second highest-paid player in Yankee history. Joe DiMaggio received 1$00,000 in 1951. Ruth got his $80,000 In 1932. .’ “It’s the best contract I ever got,” Mickey beamed. “I only hope I can live up to it. I’ll be satisfied if I have “another year like the last one,” Mantle had 54 homers, .finishing second to Maris.’ He drove in 1M runs and his .317 batting average was the fourth- highest In the American League.
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