BASEBALL PLAYER

Mickey Mantle

1931 - 1995

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Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995), nicknamed "the Mick" and "the Commerce Comet", was an American professional baseball player who played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career (1951–1968) with the New York Yankees, primarily as a center fielder. Mantle is regarded by many as being one of the best players and sluggers of all time. He was an American League (AL) Most Valuable Player three times and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. Born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, Mantle was raised by his father to become a baseball player and was trained early on to become a switch hitter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mickey Mantle is the 13th most popular baseball player (up from 14th in 2019), the 5,054th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,397th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Mickey Mantle ranks 13 out of 91. Before him are Hank Aaron, Alexander Cartwright, Ty Cobb, Ichiro Suzuki, Willie Mays, and Ted Williams. After him are Barry Bonds, Yogi Berra, Roberto Clemente, Sandy Koufax, Nolan Ryan, and Randy Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Mickey Mantle ranks 257. Before him are Willie Mays, Richard Ratsimandrava, Hana Brady, David Wilkerson, David Cooper, and Dino da Costa. After him are Allen Klein, Bob Anderson, Duško Gojković, Nílton de Sordi, Vance D. Brand, and Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk. Among people deceased in 1995, Mickey Mantle ranks 161. Before him are Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Oles Honchar, Dany Robin, Jerry Garcia, Burl Ives, and Ioannis Alevras. After him are Nicolas Slonimsky, Robert Monroe, Annie M. G. Schmidt, James Samuel Coleman, Willem Frederik Hermans, and Jüri Järvet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mickey Mantle ranks 5,054 out of 20,380. Before him are Roy E. Disney (1930), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), Don Adams (1923), Gerard K. O'Neill (1927), Eve Arnold (1912), and Harry Stenqvist (1893). After him are Edgar Leonard (1881), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981), 2 Chainz (1977), Fred MacMurray (1908), Mary Agnes Chase (1869), and Herbert Mullin (1947).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Mickey Mantle ranks 11. Before him are Cy Young (1867), Hank Aaron (1934), Alexander Cartwright (1820), Ty Cobb (1886), Willie Mays (1931), and Ted Williams (1918). After him are Barry Bonds (1964), Yogi Berra (1925), Sandy Koufax (1935), Nolan Ryan (1947), Randy Johnson (1963), and Roger Maris (1934).

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