Quotes by Mickey Mantle

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.
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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.

Mickey Mantle

Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.

Mickey Mantle

Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good a player I might have been.

Mickey Mantle

Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball.

Mickey Mantle

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

Mickey Mantle

Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.

Mickey Mantle

I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.

Mickey Mantle

Author Bio

  • NameMickey Mantle
  • DescriptionProfessional baseball player
  • BornOctober 20, 1931
  • DiedAugust 13, 1995
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBaseball Player
  • AwardsRawlings Gold Glove Award