Characterization - Sports - Baseball Player Mickey Mantle 01

Mickey Charles Mantle was born October 20, 1931 and passed away on August 13, 1995.

He was an American baseball player who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.

He played his entire 18-year major-league professional career for the New York Yankees, winning 3 American League MVP titles and playing for 16 All-Star teams.

Mantle had a batting average of .298 and 536 home runs with 1,509 runs batted in.

Mantle played on 12 pennant winners and 7 World Championship clubs.

He still holds records for most World Series home runs (18), RBIs (40), runs (42), walks (43), extra-base hits (26), and total bases (123).

Mantle's New YorK Yankees Major League debut was on April 17, 1951 and his last was on September 28, 1968.

Mickey Mantle was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. He was named in honor of Mickey Cochrane, the Hall of Fame catcher from the Philadelphia Athletics, by his father, Mutt, who was an amateur player and fervent fan.

Mantle was an all-around athlete at Commerce High School. He playedbasketball as well as football; and, he was offered a football scholarship by the University of Oklahoma.

His football playing nearly ended his athletic career, and indeed his life.
He was kicked in the shin during a game and his leg soon became infected with osteomyelitis, a crippling disease. It was penicillin that saved his leg from amputation.

Mantle played center field full-time until 1965, when he was moved to left field. His final two seasons were spent at first base. Among Mantle's many accomplishments are all-time World Series records for home runs (18), runs scored (42), and runs batted in (40).

Mantle also hit some of the longest home runs in Major League history.

Mantle announced his retirement on March 1, 1969.

In 1974, as soon as he was eligible, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame; and his uniform Number 7 was retired by the Yankees. (Note: He had briefly worn uniform Number 6).

Mantle died from Liver cancer even though he had a liver transplant.

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