Mickey Mantle
Mickey Mantle
Mickey Charles Mantle, nicknamed "The Commerce Comet" and "The Mick", was an American professional baseball player. Mantle played his entire Major League Baseballcareer with the New York Yankees as a center fielder and first baseman, from 1951 through 1968. Mantle was one of the best players and sluggers, and is regarded by many as the greatest switch hitter in baseball history. Mantle was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 and was elected to the Major...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 October 1931
CitySpavinaw, OK
CountryUnited States of America
I never understood how someone who was dying could say he was the luckiest man in the world, but now I understand.
Well, I beat my man. Now it's up to you to beat yours.
Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
Hey man! Get away from me!
Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.
No man in the history of baseball had as much power as . No man.
I've often wondered how a man who knew he was going to die could stand here and say he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth, but now I guess I know how he felt.
There's nobody like him, ... He has one plan, and that's to go up with the idea of getting a hit.
But god-damn, to think you're a .300 hitter and end up at .237 in your last season, then find yourself looking at a lifetime .298 average - it made me want to cry.
I was prepared to pay $15,000 for the passport. ... He was the greatest guy in the world. When you met him, everyone loved him. He was a fun guy.
Mr. Mantle, do you have any observations with reference to the application of antitrust laws to baseball?
My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me everyday after school in the back yard. I batted lefty against my dad and righty against my granddad.
Whenever someone says something Billy doesn't agree with, he doesn't listen very long.
I could never be a manager. All I have is natural ability.