Mickey Mantle Trivia [Archive]

mikeymussina35

02-21-2007, 06:37 AM

What team did Mickey Mantle play against on his Yankee debut???

:lookitup :lookitup :lookitup :lookitup :atthepc :atthepc

Brooklyn

02-21-2007, 07:18 AM

Red Sox...

mikeymussina35

02-21-2007, 07:22 AM

Yep!!!

Mickey Mantle is placed what on the All time Home run list?

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :clapping

Old Sweater

02-21-2007, 07:23 AM

Of Mickey Mantle's 536 hr's, how many did he hit right handed?

mikeymussina35

02-21-2007, 08:54 AM

Of Mickey Mantle's 536 hr's, how many did he hit right handed?

Wait, you never answered mine!!!!! :grouchy :grouchy :grouchy :grouchy :grouchy

Its okay, The Mick hit 164 homers right handed!!

Brooklyn

02-21-2007, 09:03 AM

Yep!!!

Mickey Mantle is placed what on the All time Home run list?

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :clapping

13th.

But where was he when he retired??

mikeymussina35

02-21-2007, 09:13 AM

13th.

But where was he when he retired??

Didn't he found Mickey Mantles Sports Bar and he became a business man or something?????

:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :eek: :noidea :noidea

mikeymussina35

02-21-2007, 09:19 AM

Who did Mantle Hit his 10th home run against? This is tough!

P.S Nice job on the first post.

You started a great thread!!!!!
:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:

mikeymussina35

02-21-2007, 10:38 AM

What player was Mickey Mantle named after? And what team did he catch for?????
:D ;) ;)

Utter Chaos

02-21-2007, 11:01 AM

13th.

But where was he when he retired??He was 4th behind Ruth, Mays and Aaron when he retired.

Killebrew passed him in 1972
Robinson in 1973
Reggie in 1986
Schmidt in 1988
McGwire in 2000
Bonds in 2001
Sosa in 2003
Pameiro in 2004
and Griffey in 2006

Utter Chaos

02-21-2007, 11:03 AM

What player was Mickey Mantle named after? And what team did he catch for?????
:D ;) ;)Mickey Cochrane of the A's. He later played for the Tigers after Mantle was born.

Brooklyn

02-21-2007, 11:31 AM

He was 4th behind Ruth, Mays and Aaron when he retired.

Killebrew passed him in 1972
Robinson in 1973
Reggie in 1986
Schmidt in 1988
McGwire in 2000
Bonds in 2001
Sosa in 2003
Pameiro in 2004
and Griffey in 2006

Actually, through 1968, Aaron only had 510 homeruns. He didn't pass Mantle until the following year. Mantle was third when he retired.

Utter Chaos

02-21-2007, 11:37 AM

Actually, through 1968, Aaron only had 510 homeruns. He didn't pass Mantle until the following year. Mantle was third when he retired.You're right. I have Mickey's 1969 baseball card and keep thinking he retired after the '69 season when in fact it was during spring training in '69 when he retired.

brett

02-21-2007, 02:20 PM

What was the highest that Mantle ever ranked on the all time list of right handed home-runs?

Utter Chaos

02-21-2007, 02:45 PM

What was the highest that Mantle ever ranked on the all time list of right handed home-runs?

Mickey Mantle on the Right Handed Home Run List

YEAR HR PLACE
1964 133 73rd
1965 143 69th (tie)
1966 152 68th (tie)
1967 157 68th
1968 164 62nd (tie)
1969 164 63rd (tie)
1970 164 65th (tie)
So his highest ranking was after the 1968 season when he was tied for 62nd with Jim Lemon, Chick Hafey, Hank Bauer, Andy Seminick, and Al Smith.

hellborn

02-21-2007, 03:22 PM

Who further damaged Mantle's bad leg by running it over with a golf cart?

Old Sweater

02-21-2007, 04:26 PM

Who further damaged Mantle's bad leg by running it over with a golf cart?

Billy Martin?

mrjimerson

02-21-2007, 05:08 PM

Hey, thanks for answering, you got it right, wow! you know a lot more trivia than me!

Westlake

02-21-2007, 05:09 PM

Hey, thanks for answering, you got it right, wow! you know a lot more trivia than me!

He wrote the book on it.

brett

02-21-2007, 07:08 PM

Mickey Mantle on the Right Handed Home Run List

YEAR HR PLACE
1964 133 73rd
1965 143 69th (tie)
1966 152 68th (tie)
1967 157 68th
1968 164 62nd (tie)
1969 164 63rd (tie)
1970 164 65th (tie)
So his highest ranking was after the 1968 season when he was tied for 62nd with Jim Lemon, Chick Hafey, Hank Bauer, Andy Seminick, and Al Smith.

And left handed only?

mikeymussina35

02-22-2007, 06:43 AM

Mickey hit his 500th home run in 1967. What other Hall of Famer hit his 500th home run in 1967? And what pitcher did Mantle hit his home run off of????

:laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :coffee :coffee :lookitup :lookitup :atthepc

Bigrcube

02-22-2007, 09:37 AM

Mickey Cochrane of the A's. He later played for the Tigers after Mantle was born.

And he was named Mickey after Mickey Cochrane because that was Mantle's
father Mutt's favorite player.

hellborn

02-22-2007, 09:41 AM

Billy Martin?
Who else?
I could ask who shot some cows on one of Mantle's friends' farm during a hunting trip with the Mick, but the answer is the same.
If you haven't heard that story, it's a great one that Mantle told on Carson years ago.
Mantle probably could have reached 600HR if he hadn't hung around with Billy...
I still remember when I lived in Dallas and Billy took a beating in a bathroom at a strip club in Arlington. While he was managing the Yankees. And Mickey was there with him. Just the kind of publicity they both needed...some reporter asked Billy if he had a drinking problem after that, and Billy hollered, "Drinking problem? I haven't had a drink in TWO DAYS!!!"

hellborn

02-22-2007, 09:43 AM

And he was named Mickey after Mickey Cochrane because that was Mantle's
father Mutt's favorite player.
What position did Mutt play?

Old Sweater

02-22-2007, 10:57 AM

ironman

02-22-2007, 02:39 PM

Actually it was Eddie Matthews and Stu Miller of the O's gave up Mantle's HR at Yankee Stadium

mikeymussina35

02-22-2007, 03:43 PM

Actually it was Eddie Matthews and Stu Miller of the O's gave up Mantle's HR at Yankee Stadium

Sorry Old Sweater, but Iron man is correct!!

:laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh

mikeymussina35

02-23-2007, 10:05 AM

What 3 high school sports did Mickey play????

mikeymussina35

03-10-2007, 05:40 AM

WILL SOMEONE PLEASE ANSWER THIS HEARTBREAKING EASY QUESTION????????????

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Mariano_Rivera

03-10-2007, 05:53 AM

What 3 high school sports did Mickey play????

Baseball, Football, and basketball? It might have been track instead of basketball though.

mikeymussina35

03-10-2007, 12:09 PM

Baseball, Football, and basketball? It might have been track instead of basketball though.

No, you got it!!!!!!!!!

mikeymussina35

03-10-2007, 04:09 PM

Who taught Mickey Mantle how to become a switch hitter????? :lookitup :lookitup

Mariano_Rivera

03-10-2007, 04:11 PM

Who taught Mickey Mantle how to become a switch hitter????? :lookitup :lookitup
Mutt Mantle?

mikeymussina35

03-10-2007, 04:17 PM

Yep, Good old pappa!!!!!!

Poor guy died of cancer at 39!!! :( :( :( :( :( :(

Bigrcube

03-12-2007, 09:58 AM

Yep, Good old pappa!!!!!!

Poor guy died of cancer at 39!!! :( :( :( :( :( :(

And it was his father, Elvin "Mutt" Mantle, who foresaw the age of platooning
and a manager having his righthanded batters face lefthanded pitchers,
and vice versa. So if you could hit from both sides of the plate, you could play more.
And then Mickey's manager, the Ol' Perfessor Casey Stengel,
started utilizing the lost art of platooning players, and used it to great success.
And the rest, as they say.....is history.

RuthMayBond

03-12-2007, 02:46 PM

And it was his father, Elvin "Mutt" Mantle, who foresaw the age of platooning
and a manager having his righthanded batters face lefthanded pitchers,
and vice versa.Supposedly, Ned Hanlon started it, and Indianapolis had a platoon in 1887 :eek:

hellborn

03-12-2007, 03:24 PM

Yep, Good old pappa!!!!!!

Poor guy died of cancer at 39!!! :( :( :( :( :( :(

Mutt was also a semipro catcher.

Bigrcube

03-14-2007, 05:54 AM

Mutt was also a semipro catcher.

That must explain his favorite player being Mickey Cochrane,
a fellow catcher, who as someone earlier mentioned, was born:
Gordon Stanley Cochrane and nicknamed "Black Mike".....?!
Good thing he didn't name his son Gordon or Stanley?!
Could you imagine, Gordon Mantle (Gordy) or Stanley Mantle?!
He would have never been a star with a name like that, ay?!
That would have made him Stan "The Man" Mantle, and that name was already taken?!

mikeymussina35

03-17-2007, 09:44 AM

What year did Mickey walked the most by pitchers??? This year was also the year when he hit 28 doubles which was his 2nd most in his career.

:clapping

Old Sweater

03-17-2007, 05:09 PM

What year did Mickey walked the most by pitchers??? This year was also the year when he hit 28 doubles which was his 2nd most in his career.

:clapping

1956 ?

mikeymussina35

03-18-2007, 06:20 AM

No, your wrong

mikeymussina35

03-18-2007, 06:50 AM

C'Mon this one is actually really easy if you are resourceful!!!!!!!!!! ;) ;)

Old Sweater

03-18-2007, 07:58 AM

1957? If not I'll cheat and look next time.

mikeymussina35

03-18-2007, 10:26 AM

Yep, your right

mikeymussina35

03-18-2007, 10:54 AM

What cemetery was Mickey Mantle put to rest in? What city was the cemetery in???? :D

RuthMayBond

03-18-2007, 12:19 PM

What cemetery was Mickey Mantle put to rest in? What city was the cemetery in???? :D

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