Mickey Mantle

Hall of Fame

Center Field

1951—1968

Player LeveL

Legend

Top 100 Rank

Center Field RANK

Player Detail

Mickey Charles

GIVEN NAME

Mantle

SURNAME

October 20, 1931, in Spavinaw, OK

BORN

August 13, 1995, in Dallas, TX, USA

DIED

1951—1968

Playing Career

Played from 19-36

PLAYING AGE

New York Yankees

Teams Played For

Center Field

PRIMARY POSITION

New York Yankees

PRIMARY TEAM

1951-53, 1956, 1958, 1961-62

World Series titles

The Mick, The Commerce Comet, Muscles

NICKNAME

7 UNIFORM NUMBER

#3 IN LINEUP

BATTING ORDER

5-11 / 195

HEIGHT / WEIGHT

Both / Right

BATTED / THREW

April 17, 1951

Major League Debut

September 28, 1968

FINAL GAME

— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —

WHO IS Mickey Mantle?

The gool ol’ country boy slugger that personified the Yankee dynasty.

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80

HITTING

80

POWER

70

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

60

THROWING

20 = NOT MLB CALIBER

30 = WELL BELOW AVG

40 = Below Average

50 = MLB AVERAGE

60 = ABOVE AVG

70 = EXCELLENT

80 = RARE, ELITE

When he was only three years old, Mickey Mantle’s grandfather (a southpaw) and father (a righty) took turns pitching to the young boy so he could learn to be a switch-hitter.

Career Stats

GAMES	HITS	HR	RBI	AVG
2401	2415	536	1509	.298

19 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

1956, 1957, 1962 AL MVP

All-Century Team

Teammate Team

CATCHER:

First Base:

Second Base:

Shortstop:

Third Base:

Left Field:

Center Field:

Right Field:

Pitcher:

pitcher:

manager:

Whitey Ford

Allie Reynolds

Casey Stengel

BEST SEASON

1957 Yankees

25 Years Old

.365

AVG

HR

RBI

121

RUNS

.512

OBP

173

HITS

2B

3B

.665

SLG

146

BB

SB

11.3

WAR

Ranks slightly ahead of his tremendous 1956 season.

SLASH LINE

AVG	OBP	SLG
.298	.421	.557

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

VERSUS HIS PEERS

OPS	LG OPS	COMP
.977	.741	132.2

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

Hall of Fame Worthy?

JAWS	JAWS BY HOFER
87.5	60.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

One Degree Of Separation

Contemporaries

Mickey Mantle Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

	AB	H	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB	TRB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Mantle	491	146	102	21	4	32	91	105	104	9	273	252	.298	.421	.557	977
AVG CF	531	140	75	22	5	14		57	75	10	214	200	.263	.337	.404	.741

Mickey Mantle Rankings

AT Center Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG	HALL OF STATS	BASEBALL SCHOLAR	JAWS	BILL JAMES
2	4	3	4	4

Updated THRU 2021

UPDATED THRU 2021

Updated THRU 2021

UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Center Field BY VALUE

CAREER	LONG PEAK	PRIME	SHORT PEAK
4	4	2	1

CAREER WAR

WAR7

WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE

WAR3

Mickey Mantle PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	WAR PER SN
110.2	64.8	47.7	33.1	7.43
74.6	45.7	33.5	22.8	5.28

BLUE = Mickey Mantle

GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER	WIN SHARES 7	WIN SHARES 5C	WIN SHARES 3	WS PER SN
564.0	300.1	216.9	147.0	38.0
373.6	214.5	156.7	102.8	28.1

BLUE = Mickey Mantle

GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF

— Explanation of Advanced Statistics —

WINS ABOVE REPLACEMANT

Wins Above Replacement is a non-standardized sabermetric statistic developed to sum up a player’s total contributions to his team. A player’s WAR value is claimed to be the number of additional wins his team has achieved above the number of expected team wins if that player were substituted with a replacement-level player:

WAR7

A player’s best seven seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called LONG PEAK.

WAR5C

A player’s best five consecutive seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called PLAYER PRIME.

WAR3

A player’s best three seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called SHORT PEAK.

WAR PER SN

A player’s Wins Above Replacement (WAR) per season (calculated for 162 games).

WIN SHARES

Advanced statistical method devised by Bill James. A Win Share represents one-third of a team win, by definition, and takes into account defense, offense, baserunning, park effects, and level of competition, era, and many other factors.

WS7

A player’s best seven seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of LONG PEAK.

WS5C

A player’s best five consecutive seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of a player’s PRIME.

WS3

A player’s best three seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of a player’s SHORT PEAK.

WS PER SN

A player’s Win Shares per season (calculated for 162 games).