The Commerce Comet — seven World Series titles, three AL MVP awards and the most celebrated tape-measure home runs in baseball history, limited by injuries from even greater heights.
Mickey Mantle won seven World Series championships and three AL MVP awards across a 18-year career with the New York Yankees. His combination of switch-hitting power (536 home runs) and extraordinary speed made him the most complete player of the 1950s and early 1960s. Chronic knee injuries — which he played through for his entire career — prevented him from reaching even greater statistical heights.
His knee injuries — which plagued him from the age of 19 — were so severe that doctors later said a healthy Mantle would almost certainly have broken Ruth's home run record.
Did You Know?Career Honours
- World Series Champion 7x
- 3x AL MVP
- Triple Crown 1956
- 536 career home runs