Biography of mickey mantle

Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995) was an Americanbaseball centerfielder.

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He played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (from 1951 to 1968) for the New York Yankees. Mantle is considered to be the greatest switch hitter of all time.^[1] He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.^[2] He was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma.

He played on 7 champion Yankees teams. He also hit 16 World Series home runs, and held the record for most home runs in Yankee Stadium for many years. He was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999. His three closest teammates were Billy Martin , Roger Maris and Whitey Ford.

He was an alcoholic, by the time he retired at age 37.

He had hepatitis C and died in Dallas, Texas from liver cancer.

His nicknames included The Mick, The Commerce Comet, and Muscles. "The Commerce Comet" is a reference to Mantle's days spent working in the coal mines of Commerce, Okla