Mickey Mantle Career Highlights
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Mickey Mantle Career Highlights

Mickey Mantle Career Highlights Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman Bats: Both  •  Throws: Right 5-11, 195lb (180cm, 88kg) Born: October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, OK Died: August 13, 1995  in Dallas, TX Buried: Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX High School: Commerce HS (Commerce, OK) Debut: April 17, 1951 (8,352nd in MLB history) vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB Last Game: September 28, 1968 vs. BOS 1 AB, 0…

Mickey Mantle barely edges Ted Williams in the 1957 AL MVP

Mickey Mantle barely edges Ted Williams in the 1957 AL MVP

    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…