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Mickey Quiz
Answers to Questions 11-20

(Excerpted from the award-winning DVD, Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life®- The Lost
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To put it bluntly, Mickey wasn't a very good shortstop. He made a lot of errors.


 


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Mickey appeared at shortstop for the Yankees in seven games: one in 1953, four in 1954 and two in 1955. 


 


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Besides playing in the outfield, Mickey also played one game at third base, one game at second base, and 262 games at first base. 


 


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Mickey jumped from the class "C" Joplin Miners directly to the Yankees, the first player in Yankees' history to do that.


 


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Mickey's first season with the Yankees was 1951. 


 


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Mickey received $7,500, $2,500 above the major league minimum, provided he remained with the team the entire season.


 


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Casey Stengel advocated that Mickey stay with the team in 1951. On the train from New York to Washington for opening day Casey negotiated with Dan Topping and George Weiss, insisting that Mickey receive $2,500 above the minimum. 


 


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Mickey's teammate second baseman Gil McDougald.


 


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Mickey's first number with the Yankees was "6." He wore #6 for the first half of his rookie year.


 


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Mickey's first major league game was scheduled to be in Washington, DC against the Washington Senators. However, the series was rained out and the Yankees opened at Yankee Stadium on April 17, 1951. 

 

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