Mantle's cards, especially his 1952 Topps, are extremely popular and valuable among card collectors. Many argue that he was the greatest baseball player ever, and were it not for the almost constant menace of alcohol and health-related maladies during his long and successful career as a New York Yankee, chances are there would be no argument. Billy Mantle is survived by his parents, Mickey and Merlyn Mantle; and three brothers, Mickey Jr., David and Danny, all of Dallas. Founded in 1935, it coordinates its programs with USA Baseball and the American Baseball Coaches Association. His rationale was that the men in his family had all died young, so he expected to die young as well. [1] The couple had four sons: Mickey, Jr. ((1953-04-12)April 12, 1953 – December 20, 2000), David (born (1955-12-26)December 26, 1955), Billy ((1957-12-05)December 5, 1957 – March 12, 1994), and Danny (born (1960-03-19)March 19, 1960). [49] In an autobiography, Mantle said he married Merlyn not out of love, but because he was told to by his domineering father. "I'm not gonna be cheated", he would say. The Yankees and Mantle were slowed down by injuries during the 1965 season, and they finished in sixth place, 25 games behind the Minnesota Twins. And the aforementioned home run, following his long rehabilitation. Please reorganize this content to explain the subject's impact on popular culture. On December 20, 2000, Mickey Jr. died of liver cancer. Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968, and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. Cochrane was considered one of the best catchers in baseball history and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. For the second year in a row, he narrowly missed winning his third MVP award, finishing four points behind repeat winner, Roger Maris. The two sides reached a settlement, ensuring the sale of some of Mickey Mantle's belongings for approximately $500,000. The Cardinals ultimately won the World Series in 7 games. [2] Another son, Mickey Jr., died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2000, aged 47. Greenwade returned in 1949, after Mantle's high school graduation, to sign Mantle to a minor league contract. His knee twisted awkwardly and he instantly fell. Mantle's son, David, said his family wants the paintings to stay in Mickey Mantle's Restaurant in Manhattan. Billy Mantle was born on December 5, 1957 in the USA as William Giles Mantle. Mays' fly was hit to shallow center, and as Mantle came over to back up DiMaggio, Mantle's spikes caught a drainage cover in the outfield grass. "[70] In response, DiMaggio's plaque was hung one inch higher than Mantle's. [51] He batted left-handed hitting while Paul Simon pitches left-handed. Hall of Famer Willie Mays, who had taken a similar position, had already had action taken against him. He also hit 26 home runs and recorded 136 runs batted in. He later wrote a book (My Favorite Summer 1956) about his best year in baseball. Mantle's popularity led to controversy over his liver transplant. After the 1966 season, he was moved to first base with Joe Pepitone taking over his place in the outfield. [2], Merlyn Mantle was treated for alcoholism at the Betty Ford Clinic, a disease which also afflicted her husband and three of her sons. In 1960 Mantle started in both All-Star games, getting two walks in the first and a single in the second game. [10] Mickey Mantle's salary for the 1951 season was $7,500. Applying thick wraps to both of his knees became a pre-game ritual, and by the end of his career simply swinging a bat caused him to fall to one knee in pain. During Game 5 of the 1956 World Series—Don Larsen's perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers—Mantle kept the perfect game alive by making a running catch of a deep fly ball off the bat of Gil Hodges, and provided the first of the two runs the Yankees would score with a fourth-inning home run off Brooklyn starter Sal Maglie. Mantle appeared in 12 World Series including seven championships, and he holds World Series records for the most home runs (18), RBIs (40), extra-base hits (26), runs (42), walks (43), and total bases (123). Kuhn warned Mantle before he accepted the position that he would be placed on the list if he went to work there. Mantle was one of the greatest offensive threats of any center fielder in baseball history. 37 on its "50 Greatest Athletes" series. [citation needed]. He is the only player in history to hit 150 home runs from both sides of the plate. None made the major leagues like their father, but all inherited his lust for liquor. Mantle was selected an AL All-Star again, as a reserve player, but did not make the 28-player squad for the second and last time due to an injury and was replaced by Tony Oliva. Mantle served as a part-time color commentator on NBC's baseball coverage in 1969, teaming up with Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek to call some Game of the Week telecasts as well as that year's All-Star Game. During the 1961 season, Mantle and teammate Roger Maris, known as the M&M Boys, chased Babe Ruth's 1927 single-season home run record. Merlyn Mantle and Greer Johnson, Mickey Mantle's agent and former live-in aide, became involved in a legal dispute over the rights to auction off Mickey Mantle's possessions in 1997. “People come up to me and ask if I know who I look like. Over the course of time, however, Mantle (with a little help from his teammate Whitey Ford, a native of New York's Borough of Queens) had gotten better at "schmoozing" with the New York media, and had gained the favor of the press. Nephew of Larry Mantle, and Barbara Delise. Mickey Mantle with U.S. Mantle had another "off year", Mutt drove up to Kansas City that day. At the time, Mantle did not know that most of the men in his family had inhaled lead and zincdust in the mines, which contribute to Hodgkin's and ot… [10] Mantle hit .313 for the Independence Yankees. Late in the season, Guerrero became the 12th player to hit his 300th home run before the age of 30 (along with Hank Aaron, Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Mantle, Eddie Mathews, Harmon Killebrew, Mel Ott, Frank Robinson, Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr., Juan González, and Andruw Jones, who achieved the mark about the same time as Guerrero). He was selected an All-Star for the eleventh consecutive season and played in the first game,[29] but due to an old injury acting up, he did not play in the second All-Star game. [66], After Mantle's death, his family pursued a federal lawsuit against Greer Johnson, his agent and live-in aide during the last decade of his life, to stop her from auctioning many of Mantle's personal items, including a lock of hair, a neck brace, and expired credit cards. Mantle reached base more times than he made outs (319 to 312), one of two seasons in which he achieved the feat. He was one … After fouling a few off, he belted a towering home run over the 402 foot sign by the bullpen. In 1963 he batted .314 in 65 games. [63] The same poem (God's Hall of Fame), which was written by a baseball fan, was recited by Richardson for Roger Maris during Maris' funeral. 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During the final years of his life, Mantle purchased a condominium on Lake Oconee near Greensboro, Georgia, near Greer Johnson's home, and frequently stayed there for months at a time. (Another story says, he was badly injured playing touch football , at home , in the late summer of that year). He was carried off the field on a stretcher and watched the rest of the World Series on TV from a hospital bed. Mickey Mantle Jr., who struggled with the expectations accompanying the son of a baseball icon and the travails that afflicted his family far from the … [12] Mantle spoke warmly of his father and said he was the bravest man he ever knew. His grandfather died at the age of 60 in 1944, and his father died of Hodgkin's disease at the age of 40 on May 7, 1952. [1] She was interred next to her husband and two sons at Dallas's Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Mostly he represented the Claridge in golf tournaments and other charity events. "To Fans of 40 Years, Teresa Brewer Meant 'Music! Mantle, playing right field, raced for the ball together with center fielder Joe DiMaggio, who called for the ball (and made the catch). [6] He hit 536 MLB career home runs, batted .300 or more ten times, and is the career leader (tied with Jim Thome) in walk-off home runs, with 13—twelve in the regular season, one in the postseason. Mickey Mantle. Among his many accomplishments are all-time World Series records for home runs (18), runs scored (42), and runs batted in (40). It became one of New York's more popular restaurants. [69] The plaque was officially presented to Mantle by Joe DiMaggio. "[19] Bill Dickey called Mantle "the greatest prospect [he's] seen in [his] time. It also was perhaps his only "called shot", as he told on deck hitter Elston Howard, "he might as well return to the dugout ...this game is over!" In 1972 he was a part-time TV commentator for the Montreal Expos. Mantle had his breakout season in 1956 after showing progressive improvement each of his first five years. [59][60] In July, he had recovered enough to deliver a press conference at Baylor, and addressed fans that had looked to him as a role model. [2] Mantle was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974[3] and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999. Also helping Mantle decide to go to the Betty Ford Clinic was sportscaster Pat Summerall, who had played for the New York Giants football team at Yankee Stadium, by then a recovering alcoholic and a member of the same Dallas-area country club as Mantle. The words were indeed carved on the plaque marking his resting place at the family mausoleum in Dallas. [10] He hit .267 with 13 home runs and 65 RBI in 96 games. In the second game of the 1951 World Series, New York Giants rookie Willie Mays hit a fly ball to right-center field. Merlyn Mantle (née Johnson; January 28, 1932 – August 10, 2009) was an American author and widow of New York Yankees outfielder Mickey Mantle. Brother of Mickey Mantle Jr., Billy Mantle, and David Mantle. 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With 37 homers, he was now a home run hitter, not just an all-around player with tremendous power. He played halfback and Oklahoma offered him a football scholarship. His accolades and numbers are as good as any player to ever play baseball. [72], In 1969, Mantle received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.[73]. [39] In roughly 25% of his total at-bats he hit .330 right-handed to .281 left. He is known for his work on 61* (2001). "[5], In 1996, Merlyn co-wrote a memoir of Mickey Mantle's life entitled Hero All His Life. Advertisement Continue reading the main story [42] There are no other power hitters in the top ten. On December 23, 1951, Mantle married Merlyn Johnson (1932–2009) in Picher, Oklahoma; they had four sons. Buried: Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX High School: Commerce HS (Commerce, OK) After the failure of Mickey Mantle's Country Cookin' restaurants in the early 1970s, Mickey Mantle's Restaurant & Sports Bar opened in New York at 42 Central Park South (59th Street) in 1988. When Mantle finally fell short, finishing with 54, there seemed to be a collective sigh of relief from the New York traditionalists. [43][44], As a 19-year-old rookie playing right field in his first World Series, Mantle tore the cartilage in his right knee on a fly ball hit by Willie Mays. In spite of short foul pole dimension of 296 feet (90 m) to left and 301 feet (92 m) to right in original Yankee Stadium, Mantle gained no advantage there as his stroke both left and right-handed drove balls there to power alleys of 344' to 407' and 402' to 457' feet (139 m) from the plate. Mantle hit some of the longest home runs in Major League history. ]photodanny turner[see caption above. I'll swear I expect to see that boy just take off and fly any time. Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995), nicknamed The Commerce Comet and The Mick,[1] was an American professional baseball player. Mickey’s namesake, Mickey Jr., died from cancer in 2000. Joe DiMaggio, in the last year of his career, was playing center field. Mantle played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career (1951–1968) with the New York Yankees as a center fielder, right fielder, and first baseman. [16] Mantle hit his first professional home run on June 30, 1949 at Shulthis Stadium. He is known for his work on 61* (2001). [2] In an interview with the New York Daily News shortly after her husband's death in 1995, Merlyn Mantle spoke of the negative impact that alcohol had over her family's life: "I was in there partying and doing the same thing as Mick. Mickey Mantle — Hall-of-Famer, 20-time All-Star and one of the most famous ballplayers to ever wear New York's pinstripes — worried that he wasn't doing a good enough job raising his sons. ‘The Mick’ played 18 seasons with the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968. It is now called "his last home run at Yankee Stadium". 1931-1995. He was of at least partial English ancestry; his great-grandfather, George Mantle, left Brierley Hill, in England's Black Country, in 1848. During this time, Mantle lived with his agent, Greer Johnson, who was not related to Mantle's wife. Merlyn died of Alzheimer's disease on August 10, 2009. When he arrived, he started packing his son's clothes and, according to Mantle's memory, said "I thought I raised a man. Mantle's top salary was $100,000, which he reached for the 1963 season. Mantle was not entirely discreet about them, and at his retirement ceremony in 1969, he brought his mistress along with his wife. His football playing nearly ended his athletic career. "[18], After a brief slump, Mantle was sent down to the Yankees' top farm team, the Kansas City Blues. He died on December 20, 2000 in Dallas, Texas, USA. On January 16, 1961, Mantle became the highest-paid player in baseball by signing a $75,000 (equivalent to $640,000 in 2019) contract. [2] The two sides reached a settlement, ensuring the sale of some of Mickey Mantle's belongings for approximately $500,000. His original Yankee Stadium Monument Park plaque is displayed at the front entrance. 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"[65] Richardson obliged in reading the poem at Mantle's funeral, which he described as being extremely difficult. Mantle finished with 54 home runs while leading the American league in runs scored and walks. Photo, Martin Blumenthal, SPORT magazine. Music! You can come back to Oklahoma and work the mines with me. It ruins families. AABC has eight (8) age-range divisions in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada. [10], Mantle began his professional baseball career in Kansas with the semi-professional Baxter Springs Whiz Kids. The ball went over the center field fence, which was 460 feet from home plate. He did, however, regain his status, hitting .330 in the second half of 1958, and leading his team back to the Series. [2], Merlyn Mantle's last public appearance was on August 5, 2008, at a dinner for the memorial service of former Yankees player Bobby Murcer. He admitted he had often been cruel and hurtful to family, friends, and fans because of his alcoholism, and sought to make amends. [71] When Yankee Stadium was reopened in 1976 following its renovation, the plaques and monuments were moved to a newly created Monument Park behind the left-center field fence,[71] which has since been replaced by a new Monument Park at the current Yankee Stadium, which opened in 2009. Mantle became a Christian when his former teammate Bobby Richardson, a Baptist, shared his faith with him. Retrieved December 9, 2012. Mantle's original plaque, along with DiMaggio's, are now on display at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, with the DiMaggio plaque still hung higher than Mantle's. [26] Mantle made the AL All-Star team as a reserve player in 1959, as his numbers had tailed off from previous seasons, he was used as a pinch runner for Baltimore Orioles catcher Gus Triandos and replacement right fielder for Cleveland Indians Rocky Colavito in the first game with Detroit Tigers Al Kaline playing the center field position. Like his parents, he also spent time at the Betty Ford Center. Having reached that pinnacle in his 13th season, he never asked for another raise.[28]. While his drinking became public knowledge during his lifetime, the press kept quiet about his many marital infidelities. The first, he often was not. Mantle's doctors insisted that the transplant was based solely on medical criteria, but acknowledged that the very short wait created the appearance of favoritism. Overall, he hit slightly more home runs away (270) than home (266).[41]. But I didn't think it would be this soon." The doctor bluntly told Mantle that the damage to his system was so severe that "your next drink could be your last." His batting average in mid-season had climbed as high as .392. Mickey Mantle Jr. (1953–2000) Mickey Mantle Jr. Mickey Mantle Jr. was born on April 12, 1953 in Joplin, Missouri, USA. [36] When he retired, Mantle was third on the all-time home run list with 536,[34] and he was the Yankees all-time leader in games played with 2,401, which was broken by Derek Jeter on August 29, 2011.[37]. Mantle hit the park's first home run. [27] DiMaggio, Hank Greenberg, and Ted Williams, who had just retired, had been paid over $100,000 in a season, and Ruth had a peak salary of $80,000. [citation needed]. He homered for the third Yankee run in a 3–2 Game 6 win and he knocked in the winning runs in the 4–2 Game 7 win, with a homer in the sixth inning and an RBI single in the seventh inning. Deducting for bounces,[5] there is no doubt that both landed well over 500 feet (152 m) from home plate. In getting out of DiMaggio's way, Mantle tripped over an exposed drain pipe and severely injured his right knee. He won the MVP Award three times, came in second three times, and came within nine votes of winning five times. [46] Over the next decade, Mantle experienced increasing difficulty hitting from his left side. "I'm not gonna be cheated", he would say. "Mickey Mantle, Great Yankee Slugger, Dies at 63." He said, "When I die, I wanted on my tombstone, 'A great teammate.' Music! Mantle was called up to the Yankees after 40 games with Kansas City, this time wearing uniform #7. [79], "He's the greatest prospect I've seen in my time, and I go back quite a ways. ESPN's SportsCentury series that ran in 1999 ranked him No. [11], Mutt named his son in honor of Mickey Cochrane, a Hall of Fame catcher. He checked into the Betty Ford Clinic on January 7, 1994, after being told by a doctor that his liver was so badly damaged from almost 40 years of drinking that it "looked like a doorstop." [8], Despite his accolades on the field, Mantle's private life was plagued with tumult and tragedy, including a well-publicized bout with alcoholism that led to his death from liver cancer. The Daily News reported it as a 502-foot homer. In 1983 Mantle worked at the Claridge Resort and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as a greeter and community representative. Son of Mickey Mantle and Merlyn Mantle. Despite missing 41 games, he was selected as MVP for the third time, beating out teammate Bobby Richardson in the voting. Mickey Elvin Mantle Jr. (1953-2000) - Find A Grave Memorial [55] His father died of Hodgkin's disease at age 40 in 1952, and his grandfather also died young of the same disease. He is in 10th place in number of bases-empty bunt singles for his career, with 80 in only 148 at-bats. The resemblance to his father, Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle, is uncanny. Mickey Mantle played in twenty All-Star games, and he holds the record for most … It was the closest any hitter came to hitting a fair ball out of the park. In the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 3 of the 1964 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, Mantle hit Barney Schultz's first pitch into the right field stands at Yankee Stadium, which won the game for the Yankees 2–1. (, "Merlyn Mantle, widow of Mickey, dies at 77", "Cheers, Tears Ring For Mantle As Uniform No. [1] Mickey was a baseball player at Commerce High School, while Merlyn was a cheerleader at the rivaling Picher High School. During the game, Mantle hit three home runs. in' 64; with grown golfers mickey jr., david and danny last month.photoossie teviness[see caption above. Mickey Mantle, in full Mickey Charles Mantle, byname the Mick, (born October 20, 1931, Spavinaw, Oklahoma, U.S.—died August 13, 1995, Dallas, Texas), professional American League baseball player for the New York Yankees (1951–68), who was a powerful … [7] He was an All-Star for 16 seasons, playing in 16 of the 20 All-Star Games that were played during his career. [24][35], Mantle announced his retirement at the age of 37 on March 1, 1969. It was reported to have traveled 502 feet. Mantle signed for $140 per month (equivalent to $1,600 in 2019) with a $1,500 signing bonus (equivalent to $16,100 in 2019). He broke his foot and did not play again until August 4, when he hit a pinch-hit home run against the Baltimore Orioles in Yankee Stadium. Mickey Mantle, in an interview for Ken Burns' 1994 Baseball documentary series, related that Don Larsen, famed for his 1956 World Series perfect game, tried to talk about his no-hitter throughout the contest but much to his chagrin his Yankee teammates avoided his conversation and maintained the superstition. He spent his final two seasons at first base. Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman Bats: Both • Throws: Right 5-11, 195lb (180cm, 88kg) Born: October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, OK us. 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