Mantle moves ahead of Lou Gehrig into 6th place on the homer list

On July 29, 1966 — At Comiskey Park, The New York Yankees edge the Chicago White Sox, 2 – 1, on Mickey Mantle’s 14th homer in 24 games. Mick moves ahead of Lou Gehrig into 6th place on the homer list with the blast. It was Mantles, 21st of the season and it came off White Sox Starter and loser Bruce Howard in the 4th inning. Al Downing goes 8+ for the Yankees picking up the win. The Yankees are however in the unaccustomed territory, this was their 47th win vs 52 defeats.

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