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Although Mantle was a feared power hitter from either side of the plate and hit more home runs batting left-handed than right, he was a better hitter overall right-handed: roughly 25% of his total at-bats were from the right side, producing a batting average of .330 as opposed to .281 when batting from the left side.
Mickey Mantle* .4205 21 Mickey Cochrane* .4192 22 Frank Thomas* .4192 23 Edgar Martínez* .4178 24 ... List of Major League Baseball career batting average leaders;
The "M&M Boys" were the duo of New York Yankees baseball players Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, who were teammates from 1960 to 1966. [a] They gained prominence during the 1961 season, when Maris and Mantle, batting third and cleanup (fourth) in the Yankee lineup respectively, both challenged Babe Ruth's 34-year-old single-season record of 60 ...
It's been 20 years since baseball legend Mickey Mantle left us on Aug. 13, 1995. At 63, he died too soon, of liver cancer that spread throughout his body. But the on-field legacy he left behind is ...
The 1961 season was notable for the race between center fielder Mickey Mantle and right fielder Roger Maris to break Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in a season (set in 1927). Maris eventually broke the record, hitting his 61st home run on October 1, the season's final day.
Mickey Mantle* 1,710 42 Harmon Killebrew* 1,699 43 Chili Davis: 1,698 44 Dwight Evans: 1,697 45 Evan Longoria: 1,696 46 Rickey Henderson* 1,694 47 Dave Winfield* 1,686 48 Matt Kemp: 1,641 49 Joey Votto: 1,640 50 Freddie Freeman (0) 1,635
Mickey Mantle – The all-time home run leader among switch-hitters, a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Chipper Jones – Also a first-ballot Hall of Famer, and the most recent of only two switch-hitters with extended MLB careers (5,000 at-bats or more) to have a career batting average of .300 from each side of home plate.
Mickey Mantle is the most recent MLB batting Triple Crown winner to lead both leagues in all three categories, achieving the feat in 1956. Miguel Cabrera is the most recent AL batting Triple Crown winner, achieving it in 2012; the first since 1967.