He retired after the 1997 season with 504 home runs ; as of 2011, Mickey Mantle is the only switch-hitter who has hit more home runs ( 536 ).

In 1982, Wilson bounced back to bat. 332 and win the AL batting title, the first switch-hitter to do so since Mickey Mantle in 1956.

Later in his life, Mantle expressed relief that his father had not known Cochrane's true first name, as he would have hated to be named Gordon.

Five years earlier, in 1956, Mantle had challenged Ruth's record for most of the season, and the New York press had been protective of Ruth on that occasion also.

Nor had the New York press been all that kind to Mantle in his early years with the team: he struck out frequently, was injury-prone, was a " true hick " from Oklahoma, and was perceived as being distinctly inferior to his predecessor in center field, Joe DiMaggio.

Over the course of time, however, Mantle ( with a little help from his teammate Whitey Ford, a native of New York's Borough of Queens ) had gotten better at " schmoozing " with the New York media, and had gained the favor of the press.

Although he was a feared power hitter from either side of the plate, Mantle considered himself a better right-handed hitter even though he had more home runs from the left side of the plate: 372 left-handed, 164 right-handed.

On December 23, 1951, Mantle married Merlyn Johnson in Commerce, Oklahoma ; they had four sons.

Well before he finally sought treatment for alcoholism, Mantle admitted his hard living had hurt both his playing and his family.

Mantle did not know at the time that most of the men in his family had inhaled lead and zinc dust in the mines, which contribute to Hodgkins ' and other cancers.

" Also helping Mantle to make the decision to go to the Betty Ford Clinic was sportscaster Pat Summerall, who had played for the New York Giants football team while they played at Yankee Stadium, by then a recovering alcoholic and a member of the same Dallas-area country club as Mantle ; Summerall himself had been treated at the clinic in 1992.

In eulogizing Mantle, sportscaster Bob Costas described him as " a fragile hero to whom we had an emotional attachment so strong and lasting that it defied logic.

Mantle also had multiple references in the sitcom Seinfeld, specifically the episodes " The Visa " where Kramer punches him while at a baseball fantasy camp and " Seven " where George Costanza wants to name his future baby as ' Seven ' based on Mickey Mantle's uniform number.

They were not allowed passage until the ferry had serviced all others wishing to cross and were forced to take shelter under " Mantle Rock ," a shelter bluff on the Kentucky side, until " Berry had nothing better to do ".

McLain had grown up idolizing New York Yankee center fielder, Mickey Mantle, who entered the game tied with Jimmie Foxx for third place in the major league career home runs list.

After the game, McLain smilingly denied that he had served up an easy pitch for Mantle to hit, however, he was later reprimanded by Major League Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn.

Micky and Merlyn Mantle had four sons, who Stewart watched and organized birthday parties for.

Theater critic and historian Burns Mantle cited a letter he received from Woolf saying “ Mamzelle Champagne was my Columbia Varsity Show, and was transported by a manager, Henry Pincus, to the open Madison Square Roof with a professional cast .” However, The Varsity Show ’ s own website disputes this “ legend ”, saying Mam ’ zelle was Woolf ’ s first professional show and not the one he had written as a student in the class of 1901.

Despite not making the team, Killebrew's home run total continued to climb, and by the end of July he had Jimmie Foxx and Mickey Mantle career marks in his sights ; he went on to pass both in August.

In the DVD documentary about the making of the film, production designer Rusty Smith revealed that he believed no accurate representation of the exact shade of green existed until someone in the Yankees organization said that director Billy Crystal, a diehard New York Yankees fan who idolized Mickey Mantle, had a wooden seat from the old stadium.

With Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra both out of action due to injuries, the American League champs still mounted a 15-hit attack against a parade of eight Cincinnati pitchers, the most ever used by one team in a series game.

But one thing is for certain: There is no dissension between Mantle, the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1956 and 1957, and Maris, the MVP in 1960.

Mantle, Maris, and Cerv probably share one major-league record already: Among them, they have fifteen children -- eight for Cerv, four for Mantle, and three for Maris.

Yet with all their skills, the appeal of Mantle and Maris in 1961 comes down to one basic: The home run.

The stamp is one of a block of four honoring " baseball sluggers ", the others being Mickey Mantle, Mel Ott, and Roy Campanella.

Jean Warboys ( Doreen Mantle ) – Mrs Warboys is a friend of Margaret ( and a rather annoying one in Victor's eyes ) who attached herself to the Meldrews, accompanying them on many of their exploits.

On August 7,, after Williams was booed for dropping a fly ball from Mickey Mantle, Williams spat at one of the fans that was taunting him on the top of the dugout.

Mantle is regarded by many to be the greatest switch hitter of all time, and one of the greatest players in baseball history.

Mantle reached base more times than he made outs ( 319 to 312 ), one of two seasons in which he achieved the feat.

Mantle insisted that the promoters of baseball card shows always include one of the lesser-known Yankees of his era, such as Moose Skowron or Hank Bauer so that they could earn some money from the event.

The stamp is one of a block of four honoring baseball sluggers, the others being Mickey Mantle, Hank Greenberg, and Mel Ott.

His father, Ricky Mantle, owns a newspaper-publishing company with varying names, one of which is The Riverdale Gazette.

In one story, Archie Andrews and Reggie Mantle go to the school office, where a woman tells them that Jughead's real first name is Steve.

In current stories, this relationship is increasingly being portrayed as symbiotic, with Dilton standing up in favour of Moose — in one story, he even pounces on Reggie Mantle in defense of Moose, when the latter was insulting Moose.

According to the Opies, Jack's magical accessories – the cap of knowledge, the cloak of invisibility, the magic sword, and the shoes of swiftness – could have been borrowed from the tale of Tom Thumb or from Norse mythology, however older analogues in British Celtic lore such as Y Mabinogi and the tales of Gwyn Ap Nudd, cognate with the Irish Fionn Mac Cumhaill, suggest that these represent attributes of the earlier Celtic gods such as the shoes associated with triple-headed Lugus ; Welsh Lleu Llaw Gyffes of the Fourth Branch, Arthur's invincible sword Caledfwlch and his Mantle of Invisibility Gwenn one of the Thirteen Treasures of Britain mentioned in two of the branches ; or the similar cloak of Caswallawn in the Second Branch.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest second basemen of all time, during his career Gehringer, who batted left-handed and threw with his right, compiled a. 320 batting average and had seven seasons with more than 200 hits – a hit total never reached in a season by Ted Williams or Mickey Mantle and reached only once by Willie Mays.

Mantle plumes were originally postulated to rise from this layer because the " hot spots " that are assumed to be their surface expression were thought to be fixed relative to one another.

Mathews was regarded as one of the strongest power hitters of his time, often being compared to American League contemporary Mickey Mantle, in terms of power hitting strength.

" Action All-Star " were not the standard 2½ " by 3½ " card size, rather 3½ " by 5 " and included a 63-piece Mickey Mantle puzzle ( eight cards per pack and three pieces on one card per pack ).

On April 17, 1953, Mantle hit one off Chuck Stobbs that was so impressive that someone tried to determine its flight with some precision, thus popularizing the term " Tape Measure Home Run.

Maris and teammate / roommate Bob Cerv invite Mantle to move in with them in a modest apartment in Queens to stay out of trouble, with one condition: no women.

The legend claims that one can see Green Mantle when looking into the mist of Kakabeka Falls, a monument to the princess that gave her life to save her people.