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Mickey Mantle

New York Yankees · OF · 1951-1968
Baseball1951-19681951 rookie year
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About Mickey Mantle

Mickey Mantle was a switch-hitting center fielder whose entire Major League career was spent with the New York Yankees. A three-time American League MVP and Baseball Hall of Fame member, he became one of baseball’s defining stars of the postwar era.

Mickey Mantle played 18 seasons for the New York Yankees from 1951 through 1968, primarily as a center fielder. A switch hitter with notable power from both sides of the plate, he became a central figure in the Yankees’ championship teams of the 1950s and 1960s. Mantle won three American League Most Valuable Player Awards, captured the 1956 Triple Crown, and finished his career with 536 home runs. He helped New York win seven World Series titles and was selected for 20 All-Star Games. Mantle was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974, his first year of eligibility. His cards remain especially important to collectors because they span the growth of the postwar baseball-card market and document a career built around sustained excellence.

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Mickey Mantle was a switch-hitting center fielder whose entire Major League career was spent with the New York Yankees. A three-time American League MVP and Baseball Hall of Fame member, he became one of baseball’s defining stars of the postwar era.

1951
Major League debutMantle reached the Yankees as a 19-year-old and began an 18-season career with the club.
1956
First MVP and Triple CrownHe won his first American League MVP Award and led the league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in.
1961
Historic home-run seasonMantle hit 54 home runs and finished second in the American League MVP voting during the Yankees’ celebrated 1961 season.
1968
Final seasonMantle completed his Major League career after 18 seasons, all with New York.
1974
Hall of Fame electionHe was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.

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