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Mickey Mantle FAQs
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Part Three
(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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21. Off of which pitcher did Mickey hit the most home runs?
Mickey's favorite pitcher for home runs was Early Wynn. The Mick belted 13 career homers off Wynn, followed by Pedro Ramos (12), Camilo Pascual (11), Frank Lary (9) and Chuck Stobbs, Billy Pierce, Dick Donovan and Gary Bell, each of whom gave up 8 homers to Mickey.

22. Which team was Mickey's favorite team for home runs?
The Washington Senators (both the old and new Senators) allowed a total of 80 career Mantle home runs. Following the Senators were the Detroit Tigers (74), the Chicago White Sox (73), the Boston Red Sox (69) and the Cleveland Indians (64).

23. How many career regular season home runs did Mickey hit at Yankee Stadium?
Mickey hit 266 regular season career home runs at Yankee Stadium.

24. Yankee Stadium had a short fence in right field (296 feet). How many extra homers did Mickey gain because of this?
It is unlikely that Mickey gained any home runs at all because of the short right-field fence in Yankee Stadium because his home runs tended to be hit very well and certainly far enough beyond the 296 mark to have been homers in almost any ball park. However, there is no question that the extremely deep dimension in Yankee Stadium's center-field (461 feet) cost Mickey numerous shots that would have homers in most other ball parks. It is estimated that Mick lost between 10 and 20 homers a year at Yankee Stadium, which would compute to at least 200 additional career home runs over his 18 year career.

25. After Yankee Stadium, where did Mickey hit the most career home runs?
At Tiger Stadium in Detroit (known earlier as Briggs Stadium) Mickey hit a total of 42 career home runs. Other favorite parks were Boston's Fenway Park (38), Cleveland's Municipal Stadium (36), Chicago's Comiskey Park (30) and Washington's Griffith Stadium (29).

26. How many ballparks did Mickey homer in during regular season games in his career?
Mickey homered in 16 different ballparks during the regular season (including Yankee Stadium).

27. How many career grand slams did Mickey hit?
Mickey hit nine career grand slam homers and one World Series grand slam.

28. How many career inside-the-park homers did Mickey hit?
Mickey hit six inside-the-park homers during his career.

29. How many career pinch-hit homers did Mickey hit?
Mickey hit seven pinch-hit homers during his career.

30. How many times did Mickey homer in both games of a doubleheader during his career?
Mickey homered in both games of a doubleheader 11 times in his career.

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