Mickey Mantle was born on October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, OK. Mickey was an all American baseball player who pitched with his right hand. He was known for throwing the pitchers off by switching from left to right when batting. Mickey was put into the Hall of Fame in 1974. When Mickey was in high school he did not just play baseball, he also played football and basketball. He was injured while playing football and he almost lost his leg. This specific injury is believed to be the cause of many of his other injuries through out his life.

Mickey overcame his injuries and played his first game as a Yankee on April 17, 1951. He became the Yankees right fielder and he did not see much of the infield until his last two seasons where he played first base. Some of his records still stand today in the World Series, such as, eighteen home runs, forty-two runs, forty-three walks and many more. His career total home runs is 536 and a batting average of .298. During Mickey's years in baseball he became known as the fastest man to first base.

Mickey Mantle was actually named after a man by the name of Mickey Cochrane who was a Hall of Fame catcher. Mickey's number was retired on June 8, 1969, he was also given a plaque that hangs on the center field wall. Then in 1999 Mickey was placed number seventeen on a list of one hundred greatest players. Unfortunately, Mickey died August 13, 1995 at the age of sixty-three. The rest of the 1995 season was played in honor of him.