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Mickey Mantle was an American baseball player who served as a center fielder for the New York Yankees. Born on October 20, 1931, in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, he was a switch-hitter who recorded 2,415 hits in 8,102 at-bats. His career accolades include the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, the Associated Press Athlete of the Year, and the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award. He was also inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Mantle passed away on August 13, 1995, in Spavinaw due to liver cancer. He was named after Mickey Cochrane. Beyond his athletic career, he is associated with several published works, including *Grand Slam* and *Mickey Mantle, the American dream comes to life*.
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Spavinaw, Oklahoma, USA
Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995), nicknamed "the Mick" and "the Commerce Comet", was an American professional baseball player. Mantle played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career (1951–1968) with the New York Yankees, primarily as a center fielder. Mantle is regarded by many as being one of the best players and sluggers of all time. He was an American League (AL)…
Known for
- MLB Vintage World Series Films: New York Yankees — Self (archive footage)2006
- Mantle — Self (archive footage)2005
- Baseball — Self1994
- Super Stars of Sports: Baseball — Self (archive footage)1991
- The Best of ABC's Wide World of Sports: The 60's — Self1990
- Billy Martin: The Man, the Myth, the Manager — Self1990
- Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed — Self1990
- Feeling Good With Arthritis — Self1989
- The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast — Self1989
- Grand Slam! — Self1988
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Key facts
- Batting average
- .298
- Hits
- 2,415
- Runs batted in
- 1,509
- Vote
- 88.2% (first ballot)
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Baseball
- Position
- Center Fielder
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Named after
- Mickey Cochrane
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Spavinaw
- Place of death
- Spavinaw
- Occupation
- baseball player
- Sport
- baseball
- Member of team
- New York Yankees
- Position played
- center fielder
- League
- Major League Baseball
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 90
- Image
- 1954 Bowman Mickey Mantle.jpg
- Height
- 181
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- Commons category
- Mickey Mantle
- date of birth
- 1931-10-20
- date of death
- 1995-08-13
- cause of death
- liver cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- handedness
- switch-hitter
- number of at bats
- 8102
- number of hits
- 2415
- bases on balls
- 1733
- runs batted in
- 1509
- stolen bases
- 153
- doubles hit
- 344
- triples hit
- 72
- partner in business or sport
- Roger Maris
- name in native language
- Mickey Mantle
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Encyclopedic overview
Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995), nicknamed "the Mick" and "the Commerce Comet", was an American professional baseball player who played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career (1951–1968) with the New York Yankees, primarily as a center fielder. Mantle is regarded by many as one of the best players and sluggers of all time. He was an American League (AL) Most Valuable Player three times and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
Born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, Mantle was raised by his father to become a baseball player and was trained early on to become a switch hitter. Despite a career plagued with injuries, beginning with his knee injury in the 1951 World Series, he became one of the greatest offensive threats in baseball history, and was able to hit for both average and power. He is the only player to hit 150 home runs from each side of the plate. Mantle hit 536 career home runs while batting .300 or more ten times; he is 16th all-time in home runs per at-bat and 17th in on-base percentage.
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