SportsCentury - Mickey Mantle

Notable Achievements: 16-time AL All-Star (1952-1965, 1967 & 1968) 3-time AL MVP (1956, 1957 & 1962) AL Triple Crown (1956) AL Gold Glove Winner (1962) AL Batting Average Leader (1956) 3-time AL On-Base Percentage Leader (1955, 1962 & 1964) 4-time AL Slugging Percentage Leader (1955, 1956, 1961 & 1962) 6-time AL OPS Leader (1952, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1962 & 1964) 5-time AL Runs Scored Leader (1954, 1956-1958 & 1960) 3-time AL Total Bases Leader (1956, 1958 & 1960) AL Triples Leader (1955) 4-time AL Home Runs Leader (1955, 1956, 1958 & 1960) AL RBI Leader (1956) 5-time AL Bases on Balls Leader (1955, 1957, 1958, 1961 & 1962) 20-Home Run Seasons: 14 (1952-1962, 1964, 1966 & 1967) 30-Home Run Seasons: 9 (1955-1962 & 1964) 40-Home Run Seasons: 4 (1956, 1958, 1960 & 1961) 50-Home Run Seasons: 2 (1956 & 1961) 100 RBI Seasons: 4 (1954, 1956, 1961 & 1964) 100 Runs Scored Seasons: 9 (1953-1961) Won seven World Series with the New York Yankees (1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961 & 1962) Baseball Hall of Fame: Class of 1974 Records Held: Home runs, switch hitter, career, 536 Home runs, switch hitter, season, 54, 1961 Home Runs, World Series, career, 18 On base percentage, switch hitter, career, .421 On base percentage, switch hitter, season, .512, 1957 Slugging average, switch hitter, career, .557 Slugging average, switch hitter, season, .705, 1956 On base plus slugging percentage, switch hitter, career, .978 On base plus slugging percentage, switch hitter, season, 1.177, 1957 Total bases, switch hitter, season, 376, 1956 Total average, switch hitter, career, 1.091 Strikeouts, switch hitter, career, 1710 Walks, switch hitter, career, 1733 Walks, switch hitter, season, 146, 1957