About Mickey Mantle:
Mickey Charles Mantle is regarded by many to be 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 League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999. Mantle was arguably the greatest offensive threat of any center fielder in baseball history. He has the highest career OPS+ of any center fielder and he had the highest stolen base percentage in history at the time of his retirement. In addition, compared to the four other center fielders on the all-century team, he had the lowest career rate of grounding into double plays (by far) and he had the highest World Series on-base percentage and World Series slugging percentage. He also had an excellent 0.984 fielding percentage when playing center field.
To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.
Mickey MantleThe only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.
Mickey MantleA team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
Mickey Mantle