I'm 74 years old and Mickey was the best player I ever saw. I grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, about 60 miles from Cleveland and my Father took me to see the Yankees vs Cleveland at least twice a year. Mickey could hit, field, throw, and run. One game Mickey came up to bat in the 9th inning with runners on base and the Indians leading by one run. He had been to bat three times already and struck out each time looking bad. He hit the first pitch over the right field wall by a mile. My Father looked at me and said, "He must have sobered up!"
You were on the wrong end of a LEGEND who was not flawless ... though talented and THEE BEST PLAYER ever for me as well - a Yankee Fan for 68 years now. God bless, jj
He also won one of the rarest feats in major league baseball, the triple crown. His 1956 triple crown numbers were incredible. Batting average .353, home runs 52, RBIs 130.
That is incredible. I wonder if anyone knows a triple better than Mantle ? I just did a quick internet query and could not find any better than this. Really not even close.
The last player to lead both leagues in all three categories in a single season. Mantle wrote in one of his books "I blew God-given talent to be the best" and that "because of the way I lived, I was over the hill at 33."
Takes a strong man to admit all his flaws and be that brutally honest about his life in front of a camera for the whole world to see. I’m sure he wishes he had done some things different throughout his life but don’t we all? Rip🖤
Every time I went to Yankee Stadium in the 60’s, I would look up at the right field facade. Mantle hit 2 or 3 that hit it and came within a couple of feet of going out of the stadium. Incredible power for his size
@@brucedeerhaven Boy do I remember those days. It was something, also because my brother was a big Dodgers fan we would also watch Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and co. Baseball was sure fun back then.
@@coleparker Mickey was the best all-around talent of all time - Dimaggio the best all-around player. The take on Dimaggio is in lockstep agreement with Stan Musial and Ted Williams.
i grew up in Cocoa Beach Florida (Pop was an Engineer out at The Cape) in the fifties and sixties and football was king with all the boys, we played it in our sandlots and open fields (the sandspurs were particularly painful if you went down) pretty much 365 days a year. I wasn't much of a baseball fan (though I did play little league), but one day I was watching one of the rare baseball games we got on our TV and I saw a center fielder make a running athletic play on a ball and I said, Wow that guy is fast, who is that Dad? My Dad said "that is Mickey Mantle and you should have seen him run when he had two good legs". From that moment on i was a Mickey Mantle fan.
Wish I was born in the 50's and 60's and see Mickey Mantle in his prime. With two good knees, how many more years could he have played. I can't think of any player in the history of the game who could drag a bunt better than Mickey Mantle. There will never be another like him.
Sure, Mickey could have surpassed Ruth if he hadn't been injured. Mays, too, if he didn't play in the Polo Grounds and Candlestick and missed two years for military service. Mantle was extremely fast as a runner and Billy Martin claimed he was GOAT. Still, Mays had higher BA and hit more hrs. Mays was also a great defensive player and Mickey played shortstop until his first major injury. Two all-time greats playing in NY during the same years and both following DiMaggio.
I was so blessed to have seen Mickey and he was my all time favorite baseball player. Also seeing the other NY Yankee players. One thing I treasure is my autographed photo of Yogi Berra. Wish I had thought to try to get Mickey's picture and autograph. What a switch hitter and the power, what power. He hit a homer out of Griffin stadium in DC.
Mickey was the greatest player of all time. Period ! I saw him hit the first homerun in the astrodome in a pre season game. I was lucky enough to see Mantle and all the other greats of the time. Rose , Yaz, stan the man, kaline, Mays, all the great Yankee teams. Mantle was the best of all them
Mantle was so good one season he hit .353 and if that weren't enough, the following season he hit.365. Only hitters like Carew, Boggs and Gwynn put up numbers like that and they didn't lead the league in homeruns while doing it.
Mickey Mantle was my idol when I was a kid. I grew up in New Jersey, 10 miles from NYC and for several years attended at least 20 games a year at the old Yankee Stadium. Comparing him to Mays is interesting, Mickey's personality was enormous and made everything look easy. Mays, on the other hand was very Introverted. I'm 74 now and after moving to southern California many years ago became an Angels fan so your comparison between Mickey and Trout is spot on except as far as strike outs are concerned most power hitters today strike out far more than they did in Mickey's time. My favorite quote of his was when he was asked by a sportswriter if he ever went up to bat intentionally trying to hit a home run and he relied, " yeah, every time".
Just imagine the home runs he would have hit if there playoff games before the World Series. Then again there weren’t that many teams as opposed to today .
Mickey Mantle was truly one of the greats. My favorite memory was the massive home runs he would hit. He hit some tape measure shots that were unbelievable. He hit one that was measured at 565 ft.!
It was Jesu measured longer that but they settled at 565. Do you remember his reaction to Canseco starting the 40/40 club? He said he would have done it when he was playing if he knew it would be so popular
One of the greatest players ever was Mickey Mantle. The enormous home runs he would smash are my favorite recollection of him. Nobody in the history of the sport could drag a bunt better than Mickey Mantle, in my opinion. Thank you for providing this useful information.
As you pointed out, he still has a 110 Career WAR. Yes there was always a what-if factor with his injuries/alcoholism but even still was a top 10 player of all time in my opinion.
It was definitely injuries more than alcoholism that limited his career. The alcoholism limited his life. I suspect he could have drank the way he did with minimal effects. Plenty of elite athletes can during their competitive years. He was out of the line up with legit physical injuries. He hit homes with hangovers. But his knees hobbled him at times. I would guess the physical pain of the injuries contributed somewhat to crushing brews and shots after a game.
WE'VE ALL HEARD THE STORIES -- FROM EX TEAMMATES ETC. OF HOW HE PLAYED HURT ALL THE TIME, PLAYED BOTH ENDS OF DOUBLE HEADERS , TAPED UP FROM ANKLE TO HIP , SACFRICING PERSONAL STATISTICS BECAUSE THE TEAM NEEDED HIM !!! -- UNLIKE TODAY!!!!!
We’ll never know, but without the injuries and alcohol there may have never been anyone any better than Mantle. Remember, his injuries started early in his career and he still put up those numbers.
Just consider these two facts: 1) During Mantle's playing days, there were NO "maple bats" which, without a doubt, add pop, frequency and distance to HRs over the past 3-plus decades; 2) Mantle's backhanded catch during Don Larsen's perfect game in the '56 WS was as great or better than Mays' catch in the '54 World Series (Mantle ran a greater distance than Mays and on a sideways and slight diagonal path, but without the throw at the end like Mays).
I grew up in Commerce, Ok. I was in high school when Mickey was with the Yankees. I didn't see him play there but did see him in Joplin, Mo. He was our home town hero. When he was home he was just like the other guys. I saw him play a basketball game along with Billy Martin. I don't remember who won but my brother was on the opposing team.
Mantle was arguably the greatest right-handed hitter who ever played the game...i was in the stands at the old Yankee Stadium in 1968 when Mantle hit his last triple...he was batting left-handed and hit a shot that rolled to the monuments 450 feet away ....it was the first inning, and after he got to 3rd base he was removed for a pinch runner...as the small crowd roared!!
Mickey Mantle could do everything exceptionally well. The greatest switch hitter with amazing power to all fields. Great fielder, and base runner, with incredible speed.
I saw him play one time in the '50s at old Comisky Park. He hit a homerun in the top of the 9th to tie the game, and then, he hit a homerun in the top of the 12th that ended up winning the game. Both were monstrous upper deck shots. Still in my memory after almost 70 years!
Mickey is such a good player. He is a legend and so professional in his baseball career. His success is undeniable by his talent skills. Thank you for sharing this.
The point you're ignoring is he was not "so professional" in his baseball career. Even Mickey in his last years admitted he was not someone to idolize and emulate. You missed his point.
I'm a lifelong Dodger Fan growing up in the 50's and 60's with the Yankee's being the enemy - Sandy Koufax was my Hero. That said I saw Mantle play 2 times. He is the Best home run hitter I ever saw. I will always wonder what He would have done on 2 good legs.
I’m 78 years old and was a preteen during Mickey Mantle’s prime. We all loved and idolized him and tried to imitate him and like trying to be switch hitters just like him. We didn’t know about his lifestyle or about his many injuries then but I believe he could have been even greater than he was. A great, great player!
im 75 now watched mickey Mantle play, the greatest power hitter l ever saw even until this day,he still owns the record for most homeruns hit in world series play 18 and alot of those were game winners.
the only idol i ever had and the only person i wanted to follow Mickey Mantle played a huge role in my life growing up.....i used to carry around a tiny transistor radio that only picked up the game 50% of the time...in order to hear his at bats
What most people don't know is he played in Yankee Stadium that had the deepest center field, over 460, and Mickey hit 15 or 20 home runs that would have been home runs in another stadiums, which means if you take 15 times 15 you get 300, which added to his 536 equals 836, and his batting average would have been well above 300. And don't forget his walks?
When listing the pitchers Mantle and Mays faced, he mentioned Sam McDowell but showed a picture of Oddibe McDowell in his Arizona State Sun Devil days in the 1980's. Lol.
I got to meet him at a baseball camp in 1980. I had always admired him even though I was a life long Tigers fan. I also got to see him play once in the old Tiger Stadium. He didn't hit a home run but just getting to see a legend play was fun.
Mantle won the Major League Triple Crown, meaning he led both leagues in HR, RBI and batting average. That feat has only been accomplished four other times in MLB history: Ty Cobb (1909), Rogers Hornsby (1924), Lou Gehrig (1934), Ted Williams (1942). All other triple crown winners are the winners in their respective leagues.
Humble man? He was a womanizer had a mistress a terrible father and took his son to a bar and got in a fight. Put his wife through unnecessary nonsense and infidelity..you dont know what you are talking about
One thing that absolutely blows you away is that insanely good on base percentage. In a time long before advanced analytics, he was a perfect Saber player.
Most popular player of all time in my opinion.! Playing hurt took tremendous courage and magnified his talent even more a natural! 🇺🇸👍🏻😎🎯💗RIP MICKEY 😪 .
heard a lot of great things about this guy but never knew much about him. Thanks for making this video, dude indeed was an absolute beast - very unlucky with the injuries tho :(
I have NO doubt whatsoever that he would've been the best ever!!! Even with his drinking, I feel that it was his injuries that held him back. Btw... the tape measure home run was because of Mantle. However, it was not only the distance of his home runs, the the tremendous VELOCITY as the ball left the bat!!! I can remember seeing him in Baltimore in the mid sixties, on the downside of his career, and he hit a shot that, if I remember correctly, cleared the upper deck and went out of the stadium... and that ball showed NO sign of slowing down!! INCREDIBLE!!!!
Honestly I didn’t mention his record of 18 homers in the World Series, all-time leader for homers as a switch hitter. Triple crown winner ( when he won the triple crown he actually lead both leagues in all 3 categories) 1 of the few switch hitters to have equal power from both sides. There is a lot of what ifs but there is a lot of facts there too
Mantel said during an interview that Hank Aaron was the best...emphaticly.With him having so many injuries,drinking was the best pain relief he could get.Been there.
The narrator keeps saying that Mantle's drinking led to "Psoriasis" (a skin disease), but I'm pretty sure that he means "Cirrhosis", which is a liver disease often caused by heavy drinking.
I decided to leave this when you started trying to compare Mike Trout to Mickey Mantle because Mantle was in a league of his own and he hit from both sides!!!
How good was he? He was the best. I'm not even a Yankees fan. I'm a Reds fan. Mantle could have been, yes that's true. What he could have been just adds to the legend that he is.
Please mention that Mickey won the Triple Crown, at a time when there was only one single winner in all of baseball, rather than possibly one in each League
Mantle was the best in World Series play hands down. He still holds 7 World Series records, 18 HR, 40 RBIs, 42 runs scored, 43 walks, 26 extra-base hits, 123 total bases, and the highest on-base slugging percentage. He also still holds the record for running from home plate to first the fastest, 3.1 seconds.
you also must includes his ws stats....most hrs 18.....most rpi's and most runs scored. mickey answered the call in the ws like no other player. he also saved larsen's perfect game with a great running catch in left center. oh that great speed. major barry ret. usaf
One thing I know is that struggling with an addiction most times module us into better people if eventually make it through. Mickey didn't let alcoholism keep his greatness down. His career life was amazing.
yeah, in Bouton's book he told of Stengle calling on Mantle to pinch hit late in one game. Mickey was hungover. Mantle hit a Homer to win the game! after crossing home plate, with a toothy grin Mantle said, "The fans don't know how hard that was!"
I really hope Trout stays relatively healthy for the remainder of his career. He’s basically lost 1.75 years so far is his prime and I’m not sure he’s going to reach the career stats he was originally projected to eclipse. I know Mantle is great and was victim of injuries for most of his career but a lot of that was self inflicted. I’d love to see what he could have accomplished if he had the focus and benefit of our modern era. I’d also love to see what Trout would have done statistically if he played back in the golden era of offense in the 50s and 60s
Mantle had damage from osteomyelitis, but possibly the worst was that apparently he had torn his ACL and it wasn't repaired the way they routinely can now. Funny yet emblematic of so much of what was bad and amazing about him : One day he came to the ballpark badly hung over. Manager Casey Stengel was annoyed enough to bench him, and Mantle spent at least part of the game lying down. In a later inning, the Yanks trailing, Stengel told Mantle to pinch hit. Mantle felt rotten but went up to bat, hit a home run, came back to the dugout and said, "You don't know how hard that was!"
If I remember correctly you're right except it wasn't Casey Stengel - it was Ralph Houk. It was June 5th, 1963 in Baltimore. Mantle was chasing a drive from Brooks Robinson in deep center. The ball was a home run and as Mickey leaped at full speed trying to catch it his left foot got caught in the wire mesh and was fractured. On August 4th, 1963 Mantle was reactivated and had a bad hangover - he never thought he would be asked to play. It was a doubleheader at Yankee stadium. The Yanks lost the first game and were losing in the second game 10-9 in the bottom of the 7th inning. Ralph Houk sent up Mantle to pinch hit against Oriole lefty George Brunet. Batting right handed, Mantle hit the second pitch for a homer to left - tying the game which the Yanks went on to win. “Gives you chills standing over there at first base,” Boog Powell said. As Mantle rounded third, Brooks Robinson thought, “That’s why he’s Mickey Mantle.” Mantle's quote, as I remember it - was "Those people don't know how tough that really was."
yeah, my ex couldn't understand why anyone would want a picture of a guy in uniform that wasn't in the Army, Navy, Marine Corp, Air Force, or Coast Guard!
@@baseballplus the 1952 Mantle rookie card is the most valuable card in existence, surpassing the Holy Grail, Honus Wagner. One Mantle rookie card sold for over $5 million
@@scottodonnell7121 I had a chance in 1980 to buy a Mantle rookie card for $1800 but my wife threw a fit so I didn't. Now, whenever I see how much one sells for at auction, I make sure to show her! LOL
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what? that he was on ROIDS?!?
@@bishlap No, just raw power. He was better than Josh Gibson :)
@@johnharris8191 HA HA - open your eyes son.
@@bishlap No, you open yours, kid.
Gibson has no World Series records and you just can't award them to someone.
I'm 74 years old and Mickey was the best player I ever saw. I grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, about 60 miles from Cleveland and my Father took me to see the Yankees vs Cleveland at least twice a year. Mickey could hit, field, throw, and run. One game Mickey came up to bat in the 9th inning with runners on base and the Indians leading by one run. He had been to bat three times already and struck out each time looking bad. He hit the first pitch over the right field wall by a mile. My Father looked at me and said, "He must have sobered up!"
You were on the wrong end of a LEGEND who was not flawless ... though talented and THEE BEST PLAYER ever for me as well - a Yankee Fan for 68 years now. God bless, jj
He also won one of the rarest feats in major league baseball, the triple crown. His 1956 triple crown numbers were incredible. Batting average .353, home runs 52, RBIs 130.
That is incredible. I wonder if anyone knows a triple better than Mantle ? I just did a quick internet query and could not find any better than this. Really not even close.
this guy has got is on base precentage listed twice whats with that and you are right triple crown 1956 l remember it.
The last player to lead both leagues in all three categories in a single season. Mantle wrote in one of his books "I blew God-given talent to be the best" and that "because of the way I lived, I was over the hill at 33."
It wasn't as rare back the. Not putting down the achievement. It was just a really long time between Yaz and Cabrera
Followed up '56 by hitting .365 in '57. Not much of a drop off.
Takes a strong man to admit all his flaws and be that brutally honest about his life in front of a camera for the whole world to see. I’m sure he wishes he had done some things different throughout his life but don’t we all? Rip🖤
Thanks Vitalia!
I didn’t know Chris griffin was into baseball
Well stated.
I was born in 1953, so I was lucky enough to see him play between 1959 to his retirement. He was my childhood baseball idol.
Same here! I got to see a lot of his games on tv back then. Remember those Saturday afternoon games with Dizzy Dean on black & white tv!!!
Every time I went to Yankee Stadium in the 60’s, I would look up at the right field facade. Mantle hit 2 or 3 that hit it and came within a couple of feet of going out of the stadium. Incredible power for his size
@@brucedeerhaven Boy do I remember those days. It was something, also because my brother was a big Dodgers fan we would also watch Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and co. Baseball was sure fun back then.
@@coleparker Mickey was the best all-around talent of all time - Dimaggio the best all-around player. The take on Dimaggio is in lockstep agreement with Stan Musial and Ted Williams.
@@yankee2666 That is the good thing about Baseball or really any other sport. The best players are always the ones we remember from when we were kids.
i grew up in Cocoa Beach Florida (Pop was an Engineer out at The Cape) in the fifties and sixties and football was king with all the boys, we played it in our sandlots and open fields (the sandspurs were particularly painful if you went down) pretty much 365 days a year. I wasn't much of a baseball fan (though I did play little league), but one day I was watching one of the rare baseball games we got on our TV and I saw a center fielder make a running athletic play on a ball and I said, Wow that guy is fast, who is that Dad? My Dad said "that is Mickey Mantle and you should have seen him run when he had two good legs". From that moment on i was a Mickey Mantle fan.
Oh Steve!!! That is such a great story! Thanks for sharing it! ⚾️⚾️⚾️
An absolute legend. I'd always stack Mantle's career up there with just about any of the greats!!
That is for sure
With good health, could have been the best. If only.
He ow many homeruns would
Ted willi hit if not for two wars more then Ruth how many homeruns would Ruth hit if not for his drinking and chasing woman
Clemente always keep on shape didn't drink and Joe l brown said he was smartest athlete he ever meet
Barry Bonds was a 5 tool player also, if only he went for home runs earlier in career he quite possibly hit over 900 hrs
Mickey had Olympic sprinter speed but his health and injuries kept him from showcasing his incredible running .
"The Commerce Comet"
Incorrect sir he was fast but no sprinter
Keep in mind he almost lost his leg in highschool from an injury, years before his 1951 injury. So even when he ran a 3.1 ,he wasnt healthy.
@@JesseCulp-vd8cd -Did you ever see him run?
@@jerrybrownell3415many times... have you?
Wish I was born in the 50's and 60's and see Mickey Mantle in his prime. With two good knees, how many more years could he have played. I can't think of any player in the history of the game who could drag a bunt better than Mickey Mantle. There will never be another like him.
Hey Jhon - yeah he was amazing ⚾️⚾️⚾️. Thanks for the reminder about the drag bunt -- so true!
You were born in both the 50s AND the 60s...neat trick.
I wish he wasn't such a heavy drinker. It ruined his longevity.
Sure, Mickey could have surpassed Ruth if he hadn't been injured. Mays, too, if he didn't play in the Polo Grounds and Candlestick and missed two years for military service. Mantle was extremely fast as a runner and Billy Martin claimed he was GOAT. Still, Mays had higher BA and hit more hrs. Mays was also a great defensive player and Mickey played shortstop until his first major injury. Two all-time greats playing in NY during the same years and both following DiMaggio.
@@JoeKoOhNo Taking both Mantle and May at their very best, it's Mantle.
I was so blessed to have seen Mickey and he was my all time favorite baseball player. Also seeing the other NY Yankee players. One thing I treasure is my autographed photo of Yogi Berra. Wish I had thought to try to get Mickey's picture and autograph. What a switch hitter and the power, what power. He hit a homer out of Griffin stadium in DC.
That’s terrific Cranston. And that Yogi autograph is pretty cool.
the best switch hitter absolutely
Mickey was the greatest player of all time. Period ! I saw him hit the first homerun in the astrodome in a pre season game. I was lucky enough to see Mantle and all the other greats of the time. Rose , Yaz, stan the man, kaline, Mays, all the great Yankee teams.
Mantle was the best of all them
Mantle was so good one season he hit .353 and if that weren't enough, the following season he hit.365. Only hitters like Carew, Boggs and Gwynn put up numbers like that and they didn't lead the league in homeruns while doing it.
Gehrig, Ruth, Williams... Other guys did it too. The really impressive thing with Mantle is he did it all on messed up knees that never got repaired.
Mickey Mantle is one of the greatest of all time, so amazing seeing his career highlights!
glad you enjoyed it
Mickey Mantle was my idol when I was a kid. I grew up in New Jersey, 10 miles from NYC and for several years attended at least 20 games a year at the old Yankee Stadium. Comparing him to Mays is interesting, Mickey's personality was enormous and made everything look easy. Mays, on the other hand was very
Introverted. I'm 74 now and after moving to southern California many years ago became an Angels fan so your comparison between Mickey and Trout is spot on except as far as strike outs are concerned most power hitters today strike out far more than they did in Mickey's time. My favorite quote of his was when he was asked by a sportswriter if he ever went up to bat intentionally trying to hit a home run and he relied, " yeah, every time".
I think alot of people underestimate how great Mickey Mantle was during his prime, great video showcasing him!
Thanks Lang ⚾️
yeah, and Mantle hit 18 Home Runs in the WORLD SERIES!!! I would like to see the last one!
@@samuelmoulds1016 He also played in a lot of World Series.
@@samuelmoulds1016 I saw it. It was off Bob Gibson in 1964.
Just imagine the home runs he would have hit if there playoff games before the World Series. Then again there weren’t that many teams as opposed to today .
At his best, Mickey was one of the ten best non pitchers who ever breathed.
Thanks for watching Francis ⚾️
A Bob Costas quote from the documentary on him
easily
Mickey Mantle was truly one of the greats. My favorite memory was the massive home runs he would hit. He hit some tape measure shots that were unbelievable. He hit one that was measured at 565 ft.!
He could really hit the long ball -- I mean... 565 is OUT THERE!!
It was Jesu measured longer that but they settled at 565. Do you remember his reaction to Canseco starting the 40/40 club? He said he would have done it when he was playing if he knew it would be so popular
@@jasonk2518 what's the 40/40 club? Like 40 hr and 40 doubles? Or?
Came the closer to ever get one out Yankee stadium.
@@taylorjensen2787 40 HRs and 40 stolen bases
One of the greatest players ever was Mickey Mantle. The enormous home runs he would smash are my favorite recollection of him. Nobody in the history of the sport could drag a bunt better than Mickey Mantle, in my opinion. Thank you for providing this useful information.
Thanks
It's said that if all he wanted to do was bunt, he would have hit well over 500!
Overated
So are you
Mickey Mantle was an absolute legend! I love seeing his highlights!
Glad you enjoyed it
As you pointed out, he still has a 110 Career WAR. Yes there was always a what-if factor with his injuries/alcoholism but even still was a top 10 player of all time in my opinion.
Appreciate you watching ⚾️ -- Certainly one of the greatest ever!
That's what's so impressive about Mantle. He is on basically every bodies top ten list and he's also a "what if?" player.
Dear lord all those achievements and trophies and it still it feels like he had much more.Such a great athletics. RESPECT!!!!!!
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It was definitely injuries more than alcoholism that limited his career. The alcoholism limited his life. I suspect he could have drank the way he did with minimal effects. Plenty of elite athletes can during their competitive years. He was out of the line up with legit physical injuries. He hit homes with hangovers. But his knees hobbled him at times. I would guess the physical pain of the injuries contributed somewhat to crushing brews and shots after a game.
Informative video about how great Mickey Mantle was. Truly a legend.
A LEGEND indeed!
Got hurt constantly, but played through his injuries like a man. These guys nowadays are riding the pine for a splinter and wonder how they got it.
They were tough as nails back then
That's the agent's contribution to the game of baseball.
Tough and dumb.
WE'VE ALL HEARD THE STORIES -- FROM EX TEAMMATES ETC. OF HOW HE PLAYED HURT ALL THE TIME, PLAYED BOTH ENDS OF DOUBLE HEADERS , TAPED UP FROM ANKLE TO HIP , SACFRICING PERSONAL STATISTICS BECAUSE THE TEAM NEEDED HIM !!! -- UNLIKE TODAY!!!!!
We’ll never know, but without the injuries and alcohol there may have never been anyone any better than Mantle. Remember, his injuries started early in his career and he still put up those numbers.
Just consider these two facts: 1) During Mantle's playing days, there were NO "maple bats" which, without a doubt, add pop, frequency and distance to HRs over the past 3-plus decades; 2) Mantle's backhanded catch during Don Larsen's perfect game in the '56 WS was as great or better than Mays' catch in the '54 World Series (Mantle ran a greater distance than Mays and on a sideways and slight diagonal path, but without the throw at the end like Mays).
A legend of the game! Enjoy watching highlights of him playing from time to time
Glad you enjoyed it Tony ⚾️
I grew up in Commerce, Ok. I was in high school when Mickey was with the Yankees. I didn't see him play there but did see him in Joplin, Mo. He was our home town hero. When he was home he was just like the other guys. I saw him play a basketball game along with Billy Martin. I don't remember who won but my brother was on the opposing team.
.381 Ba at Joplin
Mantle was arguably the greatest right-handed hitter who ever played the game...i was in the stands at the old Yankee Stadium in 1968 when Mantle hit his last triple...he was batting left-handed and hit a shot that rolled to the monuments 450 feet away ....it was the first inning, and after he got to 3rd base he was removed for a pinch runner...as the small crowd roared!!
What an amazing player. No wonder he's one of the most popular Yankees
For sure!
It also helped that the Yankees won almost every year until the last few years of his career.
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Mickey Mantle could do everything exceptionally well. The greatest switch hitter with amazing power to all fields. Great fielder, and base runner, with incredible speed.
Mickey Mantle was an absolute LEGEND!
LEGEND indeed!
To See Mickey Mantle Back In The 50's Would've Been A Sight To See!! One Of The Fastest Players Ever Of His Time!
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I saw him play one time in the '50s at old Comisky Park. He hit a homerun in the top of the 9th to tie the game, and then, he hit a homerun in the top of the 12th that ended up winning the game. Both were monstrous upper deck shots. Still in my memory after almost 70 years!
@@sjjcws They didn't call him the Commerce Comet for nothing! ☄️
@@badcornflakes6374 Yes. He was a 'generational' talent.
Mickey Mantle one of the best players. His moves were incredible smart.
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if anybody ever goes back in time please remove the drain in right field before that game, replace it after, no one will ever know
LOL and make sure to pick up some of his rookie card while you're there!
Mickey is such a good player. He is a legend and so professional in his baseball career. His success is undeniable by his talent skills. Thank you for sharing this.
You are welcome
The point you're ignoring is he was not "so professional" in his baseball career. Even Mickey in his last years admitted he was not someone to idolize and emulate. You missed his point.
I'm a lifelong Dodger Fan growing up in the 50's and 60's with the Yankee's being the enemy - Sandy Koufax was my Hero. That said I saw Mantle play 2 times. He is the Best home run hitter I ever saw. I will always wonder what He would have done on 2 good legs.
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So nice of you
Mickey Mantle was my favorite player, but I. Couldn’t tell anyone because I was a RedSox fan!
In 1961, I had both Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle's baseball cards, for me this was the best of the best. Both very good baseball players.
I’m 78 years old and was a preteen during Mickey Mantle’s prime. We all loved and idolized him and tried to imitate him and like trying to be switch hitters just like him. We didn’t know about his lifestyle or about his many injuries then but I believe he could have been even greater than he was. A great, great player!
Such a great video
Glad you enjoyed it
He was so special and so dangerous! Terrific player, I was blessed to grow up with him! I hated the Yankees but routed for him every at bat!
Mickey Mantle was a great player. He's reached many achievements in life, as a great player he emphasizes achievement in baseball.
Appreciate it George
im 75 now watched mickey Mantle play, the greatest power hitter l ever saw even until this day,he still owns the record for most homeruns hit in world series play 18 and alot of those were game winners.
the only idol i ever had and the only person i wanted to follow Mickey Mantle played a huge role in my life growing up.....i used to carry around a tiny transistor radio that only picked up the game 50% of the time...in order to hear his at bats
What most people don't know is he played in Yankee Stadium that had the deepest center field, over 460, and Mickey hit 15 or 20 home runs that would have been home runs in another stadiums, which means if you take 15 times 15 you get 300, which added to his 536 equals 836, and his batting average would have been well above 300. And don't forget his walks?
Mickey Mantle is such a great personality and human being!
Yes he was Bhavna
Learned a few good things about Mickey Mantle here -- great video!
Awesome! Thank you!
I appreciate the objectivity of this video. Very interesting!
Glad you enjoyed it Andy ⚾️
When listing the pitchers Mantle and Mays faced, he mentioned Sam McDowell but showed a picture of Oddibe McDowell in his Arizona State Sun Devil days in the 1980's. Lol.
Great great player and great achievements! Awesome video!
Thanks for the visit
I got the chance to meet Mantle in 1993. He couldn't have been more friendly to a wide-eyed 15 year-kid that was meeting one of the best of all time.
I got to meet him at a baseball camp in 1980. I had always admired him even though I was a life long Tigers fan. I also got to see him play once in the old Tiger Stadium. He didn't hit a home run but just getting to see a legend play was fun.
An absolute legend of the game
LEGEND ⚾️⚾️⚾️
Mantle won the Major League Triple Crown, meaning he led both leagues in HR, RBI and batting average. That feat has only been accomplished four other times in MLB history: Ty Cobb (1909), Rogers Hornsby (1924), Lou Gehrig (1934), Ted Williams (1942). All other triple crown winners are the winners in their respective leagues.
this man is a legend dude i love the video thanks....
Very kind of you Colin!
another great video, made me learn some things about mickey mantle i didn't know for sure !
Glad to hear it!
Legend 👊 another great story, thanks 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
My idol. A complete player. A humble man. A brave man. The Great #7, Mickey Mantle.
Humble man? He was a womanizer had a mistress a terrible father and took his son to a bar and got in a fight. Put his wife through unnecessary nonsense and infidelity..you dont know what you are talking about
@@jessculp7943 thanks for the input, Jess. Did you ever see Mickey on an interview later in his life? Perhaps you should watch some
Mantle Rocked.
Mickey Mantle is a legend he reach great heights in his career
Yes he did Faith ⚾️
Mantle hit a home run in Yankee Stadium, the house that Ruth built, that came within 18 inches of being the only person to ever hit one out of it.
One thing that absolutely blows you away is that insanely good on base percentage. In a time long before advanced analytics, he was a perfect Saber player.
When healthy the best player from 1951 to196
Thanks for tuning in ⚾️
good video, the information is excellent, it has helped me a lot, I will recommend it
Glad it was helpful!
Most popular player of all time in my opinion.! Playing hurt took tremendous courage and magnified his talent even more a natural! 🇺🇸👍🏻😎🎯💗RIP MICKEY 😪 .
heard a lot of great things about this guy but never knew much about him. Thanks for making this video, dude indeed was an absolute beast - very unlucky with the injuries tho :(
Thanks for watching John ⚾️
He was a alcoholic
I have NO doubt whatsoever that he would've been the best ever!!! Even with his drinking, I feel that it was his injuries that held him back. Btw... the tape measure home run was because of Mantle. However, it was not only the distance of his home runs, the the tremendous VELOCITY as the ball left the bat!!! I can remember seeing him in Baltimore in the mid sixties, on the downside of his career, and he hit a shot that, if I remember correctly, cleared the upper deck and went out of the stadium... and that ball showed NO sign of slowing down!! INCREDIBLE!!!!
Honestly I didn’t mention his record of 18 homers in the World Series, all-time leader for homers as a switch hitter. Triple crown winner ( when he won the triple crown he actually lead both leagues in all 3 categories) 1 of the few switch hitters to have equal power from both sides. There is a lot of what ifs but there is a lot of facts there too
WOW! I didn't know 'The Mick's' 1956 stats were BETTER THAN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE STATS, TOO!!! thanks!
No he was the number one power hitter as a switch hitter and the only one to hit more than 150 home runs from either side of the plate .
Famous quote from Mickey. “ if I’d known I would have lived this long, I would have taken better care of myself “
Mantel said during an interview that Hank Aaron was the best...emphaticly.With him having so many injuries,drinking was the best pain relief he could get.Been there.
he is a great player. He's reached many achievements in life, as a great player he emphasizes achievement in baseball.
Thanks Bernice
I have always wondered how Mantle stacked up against other baseball greats. Now I know how to compare his career to other greats.
Thanks Kevin!
This was a great video for my favorite player of all time. Really in depth.
Glad to hear!
The narrator keeps saying that Mantle's drinking led to "Psoriasis" (a skin disease), but I'm pretty sure that he means "Cirrhosis", which is a liver disease often caused by heavy drinking.
Thanks for the feedback Greg - you are 100% right.
Mickey is an all time great. Period.
His "greatest Yankees moment" made him legendary 😂
What a great video very interesting
the fastest man ever timed from box to first base. While wearing heavy wool uniform and metal spikes.
Excellent point Gary - thanks ⚾️
I decided to leave this when you started trying to compare Mike Trout to Mickey Mantle because Mantle was in a league of his own and he hit from both sides!!!
1:35 man, Mantles on-base was so great, he did it twice!
😂 I noticed that too
Great, high-quality information, you have an interesting video with useful content, which my friends should listen to, I will share it.
Awesome, thank you!
Amazing story. One of the greats!
Absolutely!
Love Mickey cant beat classic players!
Thanks Jack ⚾️
How good was he? He was the best. I'm not even a Yankees fan. I'm a Reds fan. Mantle could have been, yes that's true. What he could have been just adds to the legend that he is.
Please mention that Mickey won the Triple Crown, at a time when there was only one single winner in all of baseball, rather than possibly one in each League
No, you're talking about the Cy Young award for the best pitcher.
@@scottodonnell7121 You are right. To clarify, in 1956, Mantle won the Triple Crown, when he led both leagues in Avg (.353), HR (52), and RBI.Thx.
Mantle was the best in World Series play hands down. He still holds 7 World Series records, 18 HR, 40 RBIs, 42 runs scored, 43 walks, 26 extra-base hits, 123 total bases, and the highest on-base slugging percentage. He also still holds the record for running from home plate to first the fastest, 3.1 seconds.
He didn’t have psoriasis (a skin disease), he had cirrhosis (alcohol related damage to his liver).
Why are you putting Jackson in the same sentence as RUTH, GERICH,AND JOE D
Great video! My Dad's favorite player of all time!
Very cool!
you also must includes his ws stats....most hrs 18.....most rpi's and most runs scored. mickey answered the call in the ws like no other player. he also saved larsen's perfect game with a great running catch in left center. oh that great speed. major barry ret. usaf
One thing I know is that struggling with an addiction most times module us into better people if eventually make it through. Mickey didn't let alcoholism keep his greatness down. His career life was amazing.
Thanks for watching ⚾️
yeah, in Bouton's book he told of Stengle calling on Mantle to pinch hit late in one game. Mickey was hungover. Mantle hit a Homer to win the game! after crossing home plate, with a toothy grin Mantle said, "The fans don't know how hard that was!"
Nice work.
My favorite memory from MIckey Mantle was when he was introduced to the temple!! He deserved it so much!!
Thanks Johnny ⚾️
I really hope Trout stays relatively healthy for the remainder of his career. He’s basically lost 1.75 years so far is his prime and I’m not sure he’s going to reach the career stats he was originally projected to eclipse. I know Mantle is great and was victim of injuries for most of his career but a lot of that was self inflicted. I’d love to see what he could have accomplished if he had the focus and benefit of our modern era. I’d also love to see what Trout would have done statistically if he played back in the golden era of offense in the 50s and 60s
Mantle had damage from osteomyelitis, but possibly the worst was that apparently he had torn his ACL and it wasn't repaired the way they routinely can now. Funny yet emblematic of so much of what was bad and amazing about him : One day he came to the ballpark badly hung over. Manager Casey Stengel was annoyed enough to bench him, and Mantle spent at least part of the game lying down. In a later inning, the Yanks trailing, Stengel told Mantle to pinch hit. Mantle felt rotten but went up to bat, hit a home run, came back to the dugout and said, "You don't know how hard that was!"
If I remember correctly you're right except it wasn't Casey Stengel - it was Ralph Houk. It was June 5th, 1963 in Baltimore. Mantle was chasing a drive from Brooks Robinson in deep center. The ball was a home run and as Mickey leaped at full speed trying to catch it his left foot got caught in the wire mesh and was fractured. On August 4th, 1963 Mantle was reactivated and had a bad hangover - he never thought he would be asked to play. It was a doubleheader at Yankee stadium. The Yanks lost the first game and were losing in the second game 10-9 in the bottom of the 7th inning. Ralph Houk sent up Mantle to pinch hit against Oriole lefty George Brunet. Batting right handed, Mantle hit the second pitch for a homer to left - tying the game which the Yanks went on to win. “Gives you chills standing over there at first base,” Boog Powell said. As Mantle rounded third, Brooks Robinson thought, “That’s why he’s Mickey Mantle.” Mantle's quote, as I remember it - was "Those people don't know how tough that really was."
muy buen video me ayudo mucho lo encontre supre util y educativo me encanto
thx
I used to have one of his BB cards. Should have NEVER let the ex have that. Live & Learn!
Mantle has some of the most iconic cards in the industry ⚾️
yeah, my ex couldn't understand why anyone would want a picture of a guy in uniform that wasn't in the Army, Navy, Marine Corp, Air Force, or Coast Guard!
@@baseballplus the 1952 Mantle rookie card is the most valuable card in existence, surpassing the Holy Grail, Honus Wagner. One Mantle rookie card sold for over $5 million
@@scottodonnell7121 I had a chance in 1980 to buy a Mantle rookie card for $1800 but my wife threw a fit so I didn't. Now, whenever I see how much one sells for at auction, I make sure to show her! LOL