BASEBALL PLAYER
Mickey Mantle (1931–1995) dominated major league baseball in the 1950s, winning the Triple Crown in 1956 for his amazing batting average of .353, with 130 runs batted in (RBI) and 52 home runs. Archive Photos, Inc. Reproduced by permission.
Career Summary.
A brief summary of Mickey Mantle's record would read something like this: New York Yankee outfielder who was one of the dominant power hitters of the 1950s and early 1960s. Blended a rare combination of speed and switch-hitting power. Won the American League Triple Crown in 1956, was three-time American League Most Valuable Player (1956, 1957, 1962), led the league in home runs four times, and played on seven World Series winning teams.
The Best.
This summary, however, would not tell the whole story....
Source: American Decades: 1950-1959, ©1994 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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