On October 20, 1931, Mickey Charles Mantle was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. ... In April of 1953 Mickeys first son was born, Mickey Mantle Jr. ... September 18, was Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium. ... On March 1, 1969 Mickey Mantle retired from baseball. ... On August 13, 1995 Mickey Mantle died of liver cancer. ...
In every era there is a role model; in the 50's and 60's it was Mickey Mantle. Mickey Mantle was that baseball hero. ... Mickey Mantle hit the furthest home run of 565 feet. Mickey played 2,401 games, won three Most Valuable Player awards, won the Triple Crown in 1956 with a .353 batting average, 52 home runs 130 RBI, and hit 536 career home runs. Mickey Mantle also won seven World Championships. ...
He grew up watching all of the great Yankee ball players like Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, and Joe DiMaggio who are all in the Hall of Fame. ... One memorable story is the following; Mickey Mantle described himself the luckiest man on the face of the earth being a Yankee when he knew that he was going to die. That takes a lot of heart and desire for the game, and that really caught my attention when my dad had told me about Mantle's speech. Mickey explains in his speech that parents should have the main responsibility-teaching children. ... Mantle said, "I wasn't even like a fathe...
