Mickey Mantle

Mickey Mantle.

Born	October 20, 1931 Spavinaw, Oklahoma
Died	August 13, 1995 Dallas, Texas

Hall of Fame centerfielder for the New York Yankees 1951-1969. Hit 536 home runs, most ever by a switch hitter.

The repository contains two quotes from Mickey Mantle.

Death

I never knew how someone dying could say he was the luckiest man in the world. But now I understand.

Miscellaneous

On the ovation he received on Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium in 1969:

I felt like Dolly Parton’s baby: “Is all this for me?”