1995 Death Mickey Mantle, baseball great, New York Yankees, dies of cancer at 63 1990 Event Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with switch hit home runs in 10 games 1988 Event Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th home run into 7th place 1986 Event Reggie Jackson hit his 537th home run passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place 1985 Event Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle 1983 Event Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino 1974 Event Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford become 1st teammates elected to hall of fame on same day 1974 Event New York Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford elected to Hall of Fame 1970 Event Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio 1969 Event Mickey Mantle Day, 60,096 saw #7 retired (I was there-BTG) 1969 Event New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle retires 1968 Event Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536 1968 Event Denny McLain's 31st win and Mickey Mantle's 535th home run 1967 Event Mickey Mantle's 500th home run off Oriole's Stu Miller 1967 Event New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career home run #500 off Stu Miller 1965 Event Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game 1965 Event 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun 1964 Event Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs runs on back-to-back pitches 1964 Event Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 and 2001 and his 450th home run 1964 Event On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330) 1964 Event 10th time Mantle switch-hits home run in a game, one goes 502 feet 1964 Event Mickey Mantle switch-hits home run record 10th and final time in a game 1963 Event Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade 1963 Event Mickey Mantle of New York Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000 1962 Event Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP 1962 Event Mantle hits his 3rd and 4th consecutive homer 1962 Event Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers 1962 Event New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th home run 1961 Event Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit home run # 400 1960 Event Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222 1960 Event New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' home run over right field roof in Detroit 1960 Event Mickey Mantle is 18th to hit 300 home runs 1957 Event Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP 1957 Event Mickey Mantle hits career home run # 200 1956 Event "I Love Mickey" by Mickey Mantle and Teresa Brewer peaks at #87 1956 Event New York Yankees Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd home run of season 1956 Event Yankees set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway 1956 Event Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 home runs in a seaon 1956 Event Yankees clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of year 1956 Event At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there) 1956 Event Mickey Mantle home run just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof 1956 Event Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st home run out of Yankee Stadium 1956 Event Mickey Mantle hits home run from both sides of plate for record 3rd time 1955 Event Yankee Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring muscle running out a bunt 1955 Event Mickey Mantle hits career home run # 100 1955 Event New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' home run off Chicago Billy Pierce 1955 Event Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive home runs of at least 463' 1954 Event Yogi Berra plays his only game at 3rd and Mickey Mantle plays shortstop 1953 Event Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam in World Series 1953 Event Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) home run in Washington D.C.'s Griffith Stadium 1952 Event Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer 1951 Event Mickey Mantle's 1st home run 1951 Event New York Yankee Mickey Mantle goes 1-for-4 in his 1st game 1951 Event New York Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4 1931 Birthday Mickey Mantle, New York Yankee, home run slugger, 1956 Triple Crown
