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Mickey Mantle:
The American
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Answers to Questions 141-150 (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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Home run number 16 hit on October 10, 1964 in the 1964 World Series at Yankee Stadium. |
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Knuckleball pitcher Barney Schultz of the St. Louis Cardinals. |
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In the pre-game meeting, the Yankees' scouts told the players that Cardinals' reliever Barney Schultz usually tried to throw his first pitch across the plate to try to get ahead in the count. When the Cardinals brought Schultz in to pitch to Mickey in the bottom of the ninth inning, Mickey told catcher Elston Howard, the next hitter after Mickey, that he might as well go on into the clubhouse and get dressed because he was going to hit Schultz' first pitch for a home run. Moments later that's exactly what he did, winning the game and breaking the record. It was Mickey's "called shot." |
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Mickey drove in 40 runs in World Series competition, still a record. |
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Mickey referred to Don Larsen's Perfect Game on October 8, 1956 in the 1956 World Series as "probably the biggest game I ever played in." |
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Mickey called the 1960 World Series against Pittsburgh his "most disappointing loss ever." |
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Mickey said that allowing his career batting average to drop below .300 was his "greatest regret." |
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#535: Denny McLain
(Cy Young - 1968, 1969).
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Mickey hit two home runs in All-Star games. |
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Left-handed: One.
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