Today in Mickey Mantle History
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Events in Sport
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1951-04-17 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4
1951-04-18 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle goes 1-for-4 in his 1st game
1951-05-01 - Mickey Mantle's 1st HR
1952-07-26 - Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer
1953-04-17 - Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Wash DC's Griffith Stadium
1953-10-04 - Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam in World Series
1954-09-26 - Yogi Berra plays his only game at 3rd & Mickey Mantle plays shortstop
1955-05-13 - Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive HRs of at least 463'
1955-06-05 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce
1955-06-19 - Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100
1955-09-16 - Yankee Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring muscle running out a bunt
1956-05-18 - Mickey Mantle hits HR from both sides of plate for record 3rd time
1956-05-30 - Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st HR out of Yankee Stadium
1956-05-31 - Mickey Mantle HR just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof
1956-06-20 - At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there)
1956-09-18 - Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 HRs in a seaon
1956-09-29 - "I Love Mickey" by Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer peaks at #87
1956-09-29 - Yanks Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd HR of season
1957-07-26 - Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200
1957-11-22 - Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP
1960-07-04 - Mickey Mantle is 18th to hit 300 HRs
1960-09-10 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field roof in Detroit
American Baseball Player Roger Maris
1960-11-02 - Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222
1961-09-10 - Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit HR # 400
1962-04-10 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th HR
1962-11-20 - Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP
1963-02-27 - Mickey Mantle of NY Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000
1963-05-22 - Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade
1964-08-12 - Mickey Mantle switch-hits HR record 10th & final time in a game
1964-08-29 - On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330)
1964-09-17 - Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 & 2001 & his 450th HR
1964-10-14 - Roger Maris & Mickey Mantle hit HRs runs on back-to-back pitches
1965-04-09 - 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun
1965-09-18 - Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game
1967-05-13 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Stu Miller
1967-05-14 - Mickey Mantle's 500th HR off Oriole's Stu Miller
1968-09-19 - Denny McLain's 31st win & Mickey Mantle's 535th HR
1968-09-20 - Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536
1969-03-01 - NY Yankees' Mickey Mantle retires
1969-06-08 - Mickey Mantle Day, 60,096 saw #7 retired (I was there-BTG)
1970-04-12 - Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio
1974-01-16 - NY Yankees Mickey Mantle & Whitey Ford elected to Hall of Fame
1974-08-12 - Yankees Mickey Mantle & Whitey Ford become 1st teammates elected to hall of fame on same day
1983-02-08 - Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino
1985-03-18 - Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays & Mickey Mantle
1986-05-14 - Reggie Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place
1988-07-14 - Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place
1990-06-09 - Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with baseball's switch hit HRs in 10 games
Birthdays in Sport
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1931-10-20 - Mickey Mantle, NY Yankee, home run slugger (1956 Triple Crown)
Deaths in Sport
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1995-08-13 - Mickey Mantle, baseball great (NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 63
