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
We know you can bunt, Mick. You're not down here to bunt. You're here to get some hits and get your swing back.
I expected him to say, 'Hang in there' or something like that. It took me an hour to talk him into giving me another chance!
It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face.
A body came flying out and landed at my feet. At first I thought it was Billy so I picked him up. But when I saw it wasn't I dropped him back down.
If I send the ball home, I know what will happen to it. My twin brothers will take it out on the lot, like any 20-cent rocket.
The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
There were things that would irritate Casey, but trying too hard or getting mad at sitting on the bench weren't among them.
It's what you're worth.
Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century.
I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.
The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.
Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
In 1960 when Pittsburgh beat us in the World Series, we outscored them 55-27. It was the only time I think the better team lost. I was so disappointed I cried on the plane ride home.
All I had was natural ability.