Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life® - Big Mac vs. The Mick: A Side-by-Side Comparison

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"Big Mac" Takes On "The Mick"
A Side by Side Comparison
by Lewis Early

Big Mac (Mark McGwire)	Category	The Mick (Mickey Mantle)
Pomona, California	Birthplace	Spavinaw, Oklahoma
October 1, 1963	Birth Date	October 20, 1931
1987 - 2001 (15 years)	Career	1951-1968 (18 Years)
6 ft. 5 in.	Height	5 ft. 11 ½ in.
250 pounds	Weight	195 pounds
Right	Bats	Switch-Hitter
Right	Throws	Right
Southern Calif. Suburbanite, "Laid Back"	Personality	Oklahoma country boy, "Soft-Spoken"
Back	"Achilles Heel"	Legs
Rawlings "Big Stick"	Bat Model	*H&B "Louisville Slugger"* M110 ¹**
34 ½ in., 33-33 ½ oz.	Bat Size	35 in, 33 oz.
Rawlings	Ball Manufacturer	Spalding
Dedicated weight training	Training Method	Smashing rocks with a sledge hammer all-day at the Oklahoma lead mines, farm chores, running for the fun of it
Defense: Mark was one of the best first-basemen in the game	Lesser Known Skill	Speed: Mickey was one of the fastest players in history
Career: 1 HR per 10.63 at-bats 1998: 1 HR per 7.27 at-bats	Home Run Frequency Career Best Year	Career: 1 HR run per 15.12 at-bats 1961: 1 HR per 9.52 at-bats
Career: 9.4 per 100 at-bats 1998: 13.75 per 100 at-bats	Home Run Percentage Career Best Year	Career: 6.6 per 100 at-bats 1961: 10.5 per 100 at-bats
0	4-Homer Games	0
5	3-Homer Games	1
62 (2^nd All-Time)	2-Homer Games	45 (8^th All-Time)
0	Hit for Cycle	1
9	Grand Slams	9
1	World Series Home Runs	18 (All-Time World Series Record)
1	World Championships	7
Footnote: 1. Mickey often used any bat that was handy - some of his most famous home runs were hit with other player's bats. For example, he hit his 500^th home run with Joe Pepitone's bat.

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