Mickey Mantle

Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995), nicknamed "the Mick" and "the Commerce Comet", was an American professional baseball player. Mantle played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career (1951–1968) with the New York Yankees, primarily as a center fielder. Mantle is regarded by many as being one of the best players and sluggers of all time. He was an American League (AL) Most Valuable Player three times and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. He was raised by his father to become a baseball player and was trained early on to become a switch hitter. Despite a career plagued with injuries, beginning with his knee injury in the 1951 World Series, he became one of the greatest offensive threats in baseball history, and was able to hit for both average and power. He is the only player to hit 150 home runs from both sides of the plate. Mantle hit 536 career home runs while batting .300 or more ten times. Mantle is 16th all-time in home runs per at-bat and 17th in on-base percentage. He won the Triple Crown in 1956, when he led the major leagues in batting average (.353), home runs (52), and runs batted in (RBI) (130). He was an All-Star for 16 seasons, playing in 16 of the 20 All-Star Games that he was selected for. He also had an excellent .984 fielding percentage when playing center field, winning a Gold Glove in that position. Mantle appeared in 12 World Series, winning seven championships, and holds World Series records for the most home runs (18), RBIs (40), extra-base hits (26), runs (42), walks (43), and total bases (123), and he has the highest World Series on-base and slugging percentages. After retirement, Mantle briefly worked as sports commentator for NBC and later as a part-time coach in the Yankees farm system. Despite being one of the best paid athletes of his era, he was a poor businessman and suffered financial setbacks from business failures. His private life was plagued by tumult and tragedy. His marriage fell apart due to his alcoholism and infidelity, and three of his sons became alcoholics, two of them dying from it. Towards the end of his life, he came to regret his hard lifestyle and the damage he had inflicted on his family. In his final year, he was treated for alcoholism, later warning others of the dangers of hard drinking and telling fans: "Don't be like me." He died from liver cancer brought on by years of alcohol abuse in Dallas, Texas, aged 63. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Spavinaw, Oklahoma, USA, 1931-10-20

Died: 1995-08-13

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1958	Dancing, a Man's Game - Gene Kelly	Self	0
2	1962	Safe at Home!	Mickey Mantle	38
3	1962	That Touch of Mink	Self	64
4	1980	It's My Turn	Self	56
5	1987	New York Yankees: The Movie	Self	0
6	1988	Grand Slam!	Self	0
7	1989	Feeling Good With Arthritis	Self	0
8	1989	The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast	Self	0
9	1990	The Best of ABC's Wide World of Sports: The 60's	Self	0
10	1990	Billy Martin: The Man, the Myth, the Manager	Self	0
11	1990	Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed	Self	70
12	1991	Super Stars of Sports: Baseball	Self (archive footage)	0
13	2005	Mantle	Self (archive footage)	70
14	2006	MLB Vintage World Series Films: New York Yankees	Self (archive footage)	0
15		Mickey Mantle: In His Own Words	Himself	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1950	What's My Line?	Self	69
3	1952	Omnibus		60
4	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Guest	56
5	1960	Home Run Derby	Self	100
6	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
7	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
8	1973	The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts	Self	54
9	1982	Remington Steele	Mickey Mantle	71
10	1994	Baseball	Self	73

Mickey Mantle

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