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Mickey Mantle:
The American
Dream
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Answers to Questions 111-120 (Excerpted from the award-winning DVD, Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life®- The Lost Stories Special Edition. Click Here to learn more about it. Click Here to see an outline of the contents of the DVD.) |
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Mickey is one of six players to receive the Most Valuable Player award three times. |
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1956, 1957 and 1962. |
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Surprisingly, Mickey received only one Gold Glove Award during his career. |
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Mickey was awarded a Gold Glove in 1962. |
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Mickey won the Triple Crown once. He is the only switch-hitter to do so. |
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Mickey won the Triple Crown in 1956. |
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Mickey won the Triple Crown with 52 home runs, 130 rbi, and a .353 batting average, the tops in the major leagues in 1956. |
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Mickey won only one batting title. |
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Mickey's batting title came in 1956. |
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Mickey hit .365 in 1957, the year after he won the batting title. He lost out to Ted Williams, who hit .388. |
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