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Articles related to "Mickey Mantle"
Mantle Loses Holdout Mickey would accept a salary cut of $2,000, but not more. He made $72,000, not $75,,000 in 1959. The Yankees' offer of $55,000, made Mickey livid. mantle loses holdout • mickey mantle refuses pay cut • mickey pay cut • mickey mantle season • trade mickey mantle
Mantle's Early Injuries Mickey Mantle's left ankle was hurt while he was in high school. His right leg was damaged in the 1951 World Series. They made him more susceptible to further injuries. mickey mantle's injuries • mickey mantle's legs • 1951 world series • yankees' scout tom greenwade • mickey mantle great centerfielder
Mickey Mantle's Bad Season Mickey Mantle had a pretty good 1959 season --pretty good for most players, but not for him. How ironic so many "experts" thought there would be another Triple Crown. mickey mantle's bad season • new york yankees slump • casey stengel managed mickey mantle • yankees world series • mickey mantle triple crown
Mickey Mantle: Yankee Legend A look into the life, times and death of one of the greatest baseball players of all time. mickey mantle • the new york yankees • baseball hero • world series • major league baseball
The 1967 Yankees: An Underrated Team? Comparing teams from different seasons is subjective because the statistics are based upon a comparison between and among teams in a specific league in a specific year. One can compare the 1967 Yankees to any 1967 American League team and reach objective conclusions but one cannot objectively compare the 1967 Yankees to the 1965 Red Sox because they played in different leagues against different opponents. yankees • 1967 american league • mickey mantle • apba baseball
Top Baseball Hitters of the 1950s After a decade interrupted by war, baseball returned to its full glory during the 1950s. Here are the very best hitters from the Rock n' Roll decade. best hitters of 1950s • top hitters of 1950s • best 1950s hitters • mickey mantle • willie mays
Under Forty is Not Bad Joe DiMaggio. That’s it. The team that has won more World Championships and lost more World Championships has had only one right handed hitter who hit at least 40 home runs in a single season. In 1937, Joe DiMaggio hit 46 home runs. dimaggio • yankees • right handed • 40 • babe ruth
Who Was Mickey Mantle? Mickey Mantle was one of the all-time greats in baseball history. As great as he was, some say he never reached his full potential. Here's a part of his story. mickey mantle • new york yankees • triple crown • roger maris • single season home run record
Baseball's Batting Triple Crown It's tough to win a batting title, a home run crown, or an RBI championship, but it's much harder to win all three in one season. Here are the 12 players who've done it. baseball triple crown • baseball triple crown winners • major league triple crown • national league triple crown • american league triple crown
Mickey's Hardest HIt Ball On May 22, 1963 Mickey Mantle came within six feet of hitting a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium. Mickey hit a 2-2 Bill Fischer pitch off the upper facade in right field. mickey mantle • hardest hit ball • mantle home run • yankee stadium • enemy territory
1961 World Series: Yankees v Reds The 1961 Yankees won the World Series in five games. Many fans believe that it had been an easy series. Beating the Cincinnati Reds was extremely difficult. new york yankees • 1961 world series • 1961 new york yankees • 1961 cincinnati reds • mickey mantle
61* - How about that... The usually cynical critic gets all sentimental about Billy Crystal's new baseball film 61*. He is truly sorry. movie • film • cinema • baseball • billy crystal
Baseball and Autumn in New York For ten straight years the World Series was played in New York City, usually between two New York teams. DiMaggio, Robinson, Mays and Mantle were among the heroes. world series • dominant new york teams • baseball championships • new york baseball teams • casey stengel
Batting Average is Still the Best One of the most basic, informative, and useful of all baseball statistics is a player’s batting average. For almost a century, batting average was the primary statistic used to measure a hitter’s ability but for some “experts,” that is no longer true. Batting average is sneered at by most “sabermetricians” because it is too simple and easy to comprehend. batting average • mickey mantle • willie mays • sabermetrician • baseball fans
Clumped Together to Confuse Us Yes, Bernie Williams has hit the most "postseason" home runs, John Smoltz has won the most “postseason” games, and Tom Glavine has the most “postseason” losses, but Barry Bonds has hit .245 in nine “postseason” series, yet he has a .471 World Series batting average, which is the highest lifetime batting average in World Series history. Who is confused? How about most of the fans. No, make that those who blend all the records after the regular season ends together. american • american league • national • national league • championship
Elston Howard's Great Catch Elston Howard, a great catcher, made an outstanding catch playing left field for the Yankees in the 1958 World Series. It led to the World Championship. series • howard • he • yankees • world
He Was a Better Player Than We Bleeps Thought He Was He was a fine player who is almost always overlooked when discussing Yankees second baseman. He was a sure handed fielder who led American League second baseman in fielding with a .990 mark in his first full season and he set a league record by leading second basemen in assists for six consecutive seasons and in put outs for four consecutive seasons. yankees • horace clarke • world series • whitey ford • american
How Necessary is the Groom? Twenty first century baseball has devolved into the era of the specialist. It is not unusual for a manager to bring in a pitcher to face one batter, which would be Buddy Groom?s role if he makes the Yankees. But once upon a time, a long time ago, it was quite different. yankees • world series • brooklyn • dodgers • new york
Mantle Fields $165K A small portion of a single owner baseball card collection brings $1.6million at Mastro Auctions April Sale. highest price mickey mantle card • 1951 bowman mantle • lionel carter • lionel carter baseball card collection • mastro carter baseball card auction
Mantle, Rose, Giambi and Hutch Mickey Mantle had problems with alcohol, Pete Rose bet on baseball games, and Jason Giambi took performance enhancing substances. All received the Hutch Award. mickey mantle • pete rose • jason giambi • hutch award • fred hutchinson
Poor Us Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle faced great difficulties during the 1961 season, yet it was Roger who passed the greatest test. roger maris • mickey mantle • 1961 • mark mcgwire • barry bonds
Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey & 600 HRs Not long after Sammy Sosa became just the fifth member of the 600 home run club, everybody turned their eyes to the next man up: Ken Griffey, who now needs just 16 more. ken griffey • 600 home runs • sammy sosa • 600 home run club • 600 career home runs
Sports Cards and Memorabilia Marry Patches of game-used jerseys and equipment on sports cards offer collectors and investors alike the chance to acquire pieces of sports history at a very reasonable price. game-used memorabilia • sports cards • sports memorabilia • sports autographs • baseball cards
The Better Catch Willie Mays made a great catch against Vic Wertz in the 1954 World Series, but he made an even better one against Carl Furillo in 1951. willie mays • joe dimaggio • mickey mantle • yankees • giants
The Mentality of Mediocrity: A Chance to Win After Al Leiter, formerly of New York’s other team and most recently of the team that defeated a somnambulant Yankees team in the 2003 World Series faced fifteen Indians and walked five of them a few nights ago, allowing five runs in two innings, the lead story in the New York taboids bemoaned the fact that the veteran lefty didn’t give his team a chance to win against the Indians. yankees • world series • baseball • al leiter • joe torre
The Nineteen Sixty-One Yankees: They Also Served Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris each had an outstanding season in 1961, but there were many others on the team who helped the Yankees win. This article points out some of their contributions against the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series 1961 • world series • yankees • cincinnati reds • mickey mantle
The Trial of Pete Rose Is Cooperstown in Pete Rose's future, or are the transgressions of his past inescapable? pete rose • baseball • bart giamatti • hall of fame • gambling
Whatever You Say It has been claimed that one cannot compare baseball players from different eras, which is a claim that is absolutely correct, but it goes much further. Not only can’t we accurately compare players from different eras, we can’t even compare players from the same era or from the same season. All we can do is draw imprecise conclusions that are full of variables that cannot be controlled. baseball • variable • metrodome • safeco • a.j. pierzynski
World Series Perfection A mediocre Yankees righthander, in full view of America's baseball fans, makes history by retiring every batter in a World Series game. perfect game • world series • baseball history • no-hit game • don larsen
A-Rod's' Incentives Are Wrong Alex Rodriguez's contract is merely another example of the disingenuousness that exists in society. Baseball is a reflection of society. a-rod's incentives • rodriguez contract • baseball reflection of society • a-rod historical milestones • championship season
A-Rod, Ruth and Great Seasons In 2007, Alex Rodriguez had an outstanding season that compares favorably with the best of Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, DiMaggio, Mattingly, and Dickey. alex rodriguez 2007 season • yankees' best • best of ruth • outstanding yankees • mattingly batting average
Barry's Great World Series Bonds batted 30 times as his Giants battled the Angels in a memorable seven game set. Barry had 8 hits, including 4 home runs and 13 walks. He hit .471 with a .700 OBA. great world series • only babe ruth • bonds performance • giants angels • losing world series
Baseball's Top 5 Pitchers Here are the statistics and biographical sketches of the final five of the Top 10 MLB pitchers since 1950. These are some of the truly great MLB pitchers of all time. best mlb pitchers • great mlb pitchers • mlb's top 5 pitchers • baseball's top 5 pitchers • baseball's top five pitchers
Bill Skowron and Team Loyalty Was there more team loyalty before free agency? Not according to former Yankees' first base star Bill "Moose" Skowron, who played in the 1950s and 1960s. bill skowron yankees first baseman • team loyalty • done same thing • autograph show • played for yankees
Casey Wanted Mickey to Bat Second During his career, Mickey batted primarily third or fourth, but he also hit first, second, and fifth in the Yankees' batting order. mickey mantle batted second • mickey batted third or fourth • mantle injured • casey stengel batted mickey second • yankees were struggling
Chase Utley and Ryan Howard The Phillies haven't been in the playoffs for almost fifteen years. Superstars Chase Utley and Ryan Howard may be just what the Team and the City of Philadelphia need. ryan howard • chase utley • phillies • world series • champions
Cleveland, Not Boston: Part 3 Want some more interesting information? Guess who hit a home run off Ralph Branca in Game 1. Right. Robert Brown Thomson, the Staten Island Scot. Thomson and Monte Irvin hit home runs, Jim Hearn pitched a complete game, giving up only an Andy Pafko home run, and the Giants won, 3-1. giants • dodgers • brooklyn • yankees • ebbets field
DiMaggio Was Better Than Mantle Both are among the greatest of all players, but Joe DiMaggio was a better hitter and a clearly superior fielder compared to Mickey. The facts support that contention. mickey mantle • joe dimaggio • mantle's speed • superior fielder • mickey had raw power
Five Best World Series Since 1950 These five championship series were the best since the dawn of baseball's television age. best world series games • best world series ever • great world series games • 1991 world series smoltz morris • 1975 world series fisk homer
Forgotten Seasons Many players, some famous stars and some little known, have had a great season that is rarely remembered. The following are a few players who had such a season. willie mays • paul o'neill • mickey mantle • ted williams • rogers hornsby
Further History of Baseball Cards Manufacturers of baseball cards target a new market segment by combining cards with products that kids love- ice cream, candy bars, and bubblegum. bubblegum cards • playball cards • o-pee-chee cards • goudy puzzlebacks • goudy gum company
Injuries Hampered Maris Too Often Mickey Mantle has become synonymous with injuries. Roger Maris and 61 home runs are also synonymous, but fans and the media rarely remember how often Roger was injured. injuries hampered maris • roger was healthy in 1961 and 1962 • roger maris bone chip • mickey mantle and roger maris • american league single season home run record
It Wasn't That Easy But winning teams do what is necessary to win and that is just what the 1961 Yankees did. Not only wasn’t it as easy as some make it appear to have been---it wasn’t easy at all. It never is. new york yankees • world series • casey stengel • mickey mantle • roger maris
MLB Baseball Home Run Records The Home Run is Baseball's Ultimate Moment. Here are the all of the numbers and records that you need to know about the long ball. home runs records • most home runs career • most home runs game • most home runs series • most home runs by decade
MLB Career World Series Records It's been said that truly great baseball players excel in the World Series. These players are the real cream of the crop among Fall Classic participants. career world series records • world series hitting records • world series pitching records • world series most wins • world series most rbi
Murcer, Munson, and Michael Homer On August 10, 1969, Bobby Murcer, Thurman Munson, and Gene Michael Hit Consecutive Home Runs. It was the highlight of the Yankees' season and will never be forgotten. munson murcer and michael homer • successive yankees home runs • consecutive home runs • highlight of yankees season • mickey mantle and roger maris
New York Yankees Retired Numbers With so many retired numbers, the New York Yankees may someday be the first team to have a player wear number 100. yankees number 6 retire • jorre torre number retire • joe torre number 6 retire • yankees retired numbers • new york yankees retired numbers
Rickey Henderson's Yankees' Career Henderson played for the Yankees from 1985-1989. He was a fine player, but the Yankees have had many outfielders who had better Yankee careers. henderson's yankees career • rickey all time great • henderson yankees • ruth • dimaggio
Say Hey If Willie Mays played today, he would be the best player in the game. Virtually every day he played, Mays demonstrated how great he was, greatness that no statistical formulas can ever reveal. willie mays • mickey mantle • babe ruth • ty cobb • jackie robinson
Spud Chandler: The Commerce Yankee Spud Chandler won 71.7% of his decisions, which is the highest winning percentage of any pitcher with at least 100 victories. He never had a losing season. spud chandler yankees • commerce yankee • chandler winning percentage • highest winning percentage • mickey mantle commerce comet |
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