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Mickey Mantle was listed as a baseball player. Mickey Mantle was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, United States on October 20, 1931. Death is recorded on August 13, 1995, at the age of 63. Listed accolades include Rawlings Gold Glove Award, Associated Press Athlete of the Year (1956), Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (1956, 1957, 1962) and 1 more. The listed height was 181 cm.
My Take
Mickey Mantle is genuinely one of those figures where the legend is so big it almost gets in the way of appreciating the actual man. A kid from tiny Spavinaw, Oklahoma, he arrived at Yankee Stadium in 1951 and just never left — spending his entire career in pinstripes, which says something about loyalty that feels almost quaint now. Three MVP awards, a Triple Crown in 1956, 536 home runs hit with that enormous switch-hitting swing, and the kind of raw athleticism that had people whispering he might be the greatest ever if his knees hadn't kept betraying him. That's the part that gets me — watching Mantle play through injury after injury, and still putting up numbers most healthy players could never dream of. He was voted into the Hall of Fame in 1974 and passed away in 1995, and honestly the game has never quite found another personality that fills that particular center-field-sized hole he left behind.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mickey Mantle
- Name (Japanese)
- ミッキー・マントル
- Reading
- みっきー・まんとる
- Born
- October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Goat
- Origin
- Spavinaw, Oklahoma, United States
- Height
- 181 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- Rawlings Gold Glove Award
- 1956 Associated Press Athlete of the Year
- 1962 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
- 1957 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
- 1956 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
- 1974 National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
3. Links
4. About this entry
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- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Mickey Mantle born?
Born October 20, 1931.
When did Mickey Mantle die?
Died August 13, 1995, aged 63.
Where was Mickey Mantle from?
Mickey Mantle was from Spavinaw, Oklahoma, United States.
What did Mickey Mantle do?
Mickey Mantle worked as baseball player.
How tall was Mickey Mantle?
Mickey Mantle was 181 cm.
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