MLB / Players

Mickey Mantle

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 195 lb

BornOctober 20, 1931 · Spavinaw, OK, USA

MLB debutApril 17, 1951

Final gameSeptember 28, 1968

Seasons18 (1951–1968)

New York Yankees 1951–1968

Percentile snapshot

1968 season — qualified batters

144

20.5

547

435

1.1

35.2

103

5.7

10.2

4.5

72.7

RBI

48.9

106

98.9

21.6

40.9

77.3

.237

14.8

OBP

.385

96.6

SLG

.398

OPS

.782

79.5

wRC+

152.0

86.4

OPS+

141.8

wOBA

.370

sWAR

3.9

62.5

of 89 qualified 1968 batters (min 508 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

174.8

99.7

OPS+

173.7

99.6

sWAR

121.8

100

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1951	96	386	341	61	91	11	5	13	65	43	74	8	7	.267	.349	.443	.792	116.5	118.6	.366	1.6
1952	142	626	549	94	171	37	7	23	87	75	111	4	1	.311	.394	.530	.924	164.3	165.4	.422	7.1
1953	127	540	461	105	136	24	3	21	92	79	90	8	4	.295	.398	.497	.895	147.9	146.8	.409	5.2
1954	146	651	543	129	163	17	12	27	102	102	107	5	2	.300	.408	.525	.933	164.6	162.2	.425	7.6
1955	147	638	517	121	158	25	11	37	99	113	97	8	1	.306	.431	.611	1.042	182.2	183.4	.465	8.8
1956	150	652	533	132	188	22	5	52	130	112	99	10	1	.353	.464	.705	1.169	208.8	213.6	.509	11.1
1957	144	623	474	121	173	28	6	34	94	146	75	16	3	.365	.512	.665	1.177	226.0	225.5	.512	11.6
1958	150	654	519	127	158	21	1	42	97	129	120	18	3	.304	.443	.592	1.035	190.3	189.8	.453	9.6
1959	144	639	541	104	154	23	4	31	75	93	126	21	3	.285	.390	.514	.904	152.4	152.1	.403	6.5
1960	153	644	527	119	145	17	6	40	94	111	125	14	3	.275	.399	.558	.957	163.5	164.4	.422	7.5
1961	153	646	514	132	163	16	6	54	128	126	112	12	1	.317	.448	.687	1.135	202.1	208.6	.484	10.5
1962	123	502	377	96	121	15	1	30	89	122	78	9	0	.321	.486	.605	1.091	200.4	199.3	.477	7.9
1963	65	213	172	40	54	8	0	15	35	40	32	2	1	.314	.441	.622	1.063	200.6	198.9	.459	3.4
1964	143	567	465	92	141	25	2	35	111	99	102	6	3	.303	.423	.591	1.015	180.4	179.7	.436	7.3
1965	122	435	361	44	92	12	1	19	46	73	76	4	1	.255	.379	.452	.831	141.5	137.4	.377	3.1
1966	108	393	333	40	96	12	1	23	56	57	76	1	1	.288	.389	.538	.927	170.7	168.3	.408	4.9
1967	144	553	440	63	108	17	0	22	55	107	113	1	1	.245	.391	.434	.825	154.7	148.2	.382	4.2
1968	144	547	435	57	103	14	1	18	54	106	97	6	2	.237	.385	.398	.782	152.0	141.8	.370	3.9

Career totals

2,401

89th-most career G

9,909

91st-most career PA

8,102

144th-most career AB

1,677

30th-most career R

2,415

124th-most career H

344

331st-most career 2B

362nd-most career 3B

536

18th-most career HR

RBI

1,509

56th-most career RBI

1,733

8th-most career BB

1,710

43rd-most career SO

153

.2981

246th-highest career batting average

OBP

.4205

22nd-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.5568

23rd-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.9773

15th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1955-05-13	DET @ NYY Gameday	4	3	4	0	0	3	5	0	13
1968-05-30	TEX @ NYY Gameday	5	3	5	1	0	2	5	0	12
1956-05-18	NYY @ CWS Gameday	4	4	4	1	0	2	3	1	11
1961-08-06	MIN @ NYY Gameday	6	3	4	1	0	2	3	2	11
1959-06-22	NYY @ ATH Gameday	5	3	3	0	1	2	6	0	11

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1951-06-06	NYY @ BAL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951-06-19	CWS @ NYY Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951-07-15	NYY @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951-07-15	NYY @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951-07-16	NYY @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1974 (BBWAA)

3× Most Valuable Player1× Triple Crown1× Gold Glove16× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.