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Mantle

1995 Mickey Mantle, baseball great (New York Yankees), dies of cancer at 63 1990 Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with switch hit home runs in 10 games 1988 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place 1986 Reggie Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place 1985 Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle 1983 Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino 1974 Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford become 1st teammates elected to hall of fame on same day 1974 New York Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford elected to Hall of Fame 1970 Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio 1969 Mickey Mantle Day, 60,096 saw #7 retired (I was there-BTG) 1969 New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle retires 1968 Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536 1968 Denny McLain's 31st win and Mickey Mantle's 535th HR 1967 Mickey Mantle's 500th HR off Oriole's Stu Miller 1967 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Stu Miller 1965 Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game 1965 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun 1964 Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs runs on back-to-back pitches 1964 Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 and 2001 and his 450th HR 1964 On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330) 1964 10th time Mantle switch-hits HR in a game, one goes 502 feet 1964 Mickey Mantle switch-hits HR record 10th and final time in a game 1963 Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade 1963 Mickey Mantle of New York Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000 1962 Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP 1962 Mantle hits his 3rd and 4th consecutive homer 1962 Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers 1962 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th HR 1961 Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit HR # 400 1960 Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222 1960 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field roof in Detroit 1960 Mickey Mantle is 18th to hit 300 HRs 1957 Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP 1957 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200 1956 "I Love Mickey" by Mickey Mantle and Teresa Brewer peaks at #87 1956 Yanks Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd HR of season 1956 Yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway 1956 Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 home runs in a seaon 1956 Yanks clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of year 1956 At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there) 1956 Mickey Mantle HR just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof 1956 Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st HR out of Yankee Stadium 1956 Mickey Mantle hits HR from both sides of plate for record 3rd time 1955 Yankee Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring muscle running out a bunt 1955 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100 1955 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce 1955 Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive home runs of at least 463' 1954 Yogi Berra plays his only game at 3rd and Mickey Mantle plays shortstop 1953 Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam in World Series 1953 Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Washington D.C.'s Griffith Stadium 1952 Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer 1951 Mickey Mantle's 1st HR 1951 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle goes 1-for-4 in his 1st game 1951 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4 1931 Mickey Mantle, New York Yankee, home run slugger, 1956 Triple Crown

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