Mickey Mantle beats Willie Mays in World Wide Election

Mickey Mantle beats Willie Mays in World Wide Election

The voting ends in a ā€˜world-wide election’ to settle the question who is the better superstar, New York’s Mickey Mantle or San Francisco’s Willie Mays. The Sport magazine poll, inspired by Bill Hoebler, a young baseball fan, and reader from Pittsburgh, puts the Yankee center fielder ahead of the Giants’ Say Hey Kid by more than 500 votes, after the tallying the seventeen pounds of postcards from all 50 states and several countries.

1961 – Al KalineĀ plays 3B for the first time in his career. His two hits and two RBIs lead theĀ TigersĀ to a 5 – 4 win over theĀ Senators. Kaline will return to the OF and play 3B just once more in his career, inĀ 1965.

On June 20, 1961 – Al KalineĀ plays 3B for the first time in his career. His two hits and two RBIs lead theĀ TigersĀ to a 5 – 4 win over theĀ Senators. Kaline will return to the OF and play 3B just once more in his career, inĀ 1965.