Mickey C Mantle was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1974 along with Cool Papa Bell, James Bottomley, Jocko Conlan, Whitey Ford and Samuel Thompson. Mantle was an OF\1B with 18 seasons MLB experience playing all with the New York Yankees (1951-1968). For his MLB career he hit .298/.421/.557 with 536 HR, 1509 RBI, 1676 R, 153 SB in 2401 games.
I believe his three best seasons were 1956 when he hit .353/.464/.705 with 52 HR, 130 RBI, 132 R, 10 SB in 150 games, 1961 when he hit .317/.448/.687 with 54 HR, 128 RBI, 131 R, 12 SB in 153 games and 1957 when he hit .365/.512/.665 with 34 HR, 94 RBI, 121 R, 16 SB in 144 games.
He won the American League MVP three times in 1956, 1957 and 1962 when he hit .321/.486/.605 with 30 HR, 89 RBI, 96 R, 9 SB in 123 games. He was second in AL MVP voting in 1960, 1961 and 1962.
Mantle was the American League batting champ in 1956. He led the AL in triples in 1955 (11). He led the AL in home runs in 1955 (37), 1956, 1958 (42) and 1960 (40). He led the AL in RBI in 1956. He led the AL in runs in 1954 (129), 1956, 1957, 1958 (127) and 1960 (119).
He was selected to the All Star game 20 times (1952-1965, 1967-1968). He won a Gold Glove in 1962. Mantle won the World Series Championship seven times with the Yankees in 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961 and 1962.
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