Mickey Mantle

Mickey Mantle was an American center fielder who played all 18 of his Major League seasons with the New York Yankees and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1956 World Series: The seven-game championship series in which the New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers. Mantle hit three home runs and won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award.
Center fielder: An outfielder positioned in the middle of the defensive outfield. Mantle played center field for much of his Yankees career.
Roger Maris: An American baseball outfielder who set a Major League single-season home-run record with 61 in 1961. Maris and Mantle competed for the home-run record as teammates on the Yankees.
1961 Major League Baseball home-run record chase: The season-long competition between Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle to surpass Babe Ruth’s 60 home runs in a season. Mantle’s pursuit alongside Maris made the 1961 season a national sporting story.
1956 Major League Baseball season: The 1956 baseball season, in which Mickey Mantle won the American League Triple Crown and Most Valuable Player Award. Mantle’s Triple Crown season stands as the statistical peak of his career.
New York Yankees: A professional baseball team based in the Bronx, New York City, competing in Major League Baseball’s American League. The Yankees were Mantle’s only major-league team and the setting for his entire career.
Joe DiMaggio: An American center fielder who played for the New York Yankees from 1936 to 1951. Mantle succeeded DiMaggio as the Yankees’ celebrated center fielder.
New York Yankees dynasty: A series of periods in which the New York Yankees repeatedly won championships and dominated Major League Baseball. Mantle’s teams won seven World Series titles during his playing career.
Mickey Mantle's 565-foot home run: A home run Mantle hit at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 1953, with its distance estimated at 565 feet. The celebrated blast became a measure of Mantle’s exceptional power.
American League: One of Major League Baseball’s two leagues, established in 1901. Mantle spent his career competing in the American League.

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Lou GehrigCompared with: Mantle later became the Yankees’ defining home-run star, offering a later-era counterpart to Gehrig.