Joe DiMaggio was playing center field. Mantle was invited to the Yankees instructional camp before the 1951 season. Mickey Mantle was an American professional baseball player who had a net worth of $10 million at the time of his death. "He's the greatest prospect I've seen in my time, and I go back quite a ways. Mantle is 60 years old and white-headed with a familiar face. Although his batting average was his lowest since his rookie year, his league-leading 40 home runs and 94 runs batted in, saw him come in a close second to Roger Maris's MVP award. A 1952 Topps Mikey Mantle card with a 9.5 grade more than doubled the all-time record for a sports card, selling for $12.6 million. His football playing nearly ended his athletic career. This is based on data from the 2016 book The New York Times Best Seller List for Books About Money - published annually by the New York Times Magazine. He was selected an All-Star for the eleventh consecutive season and played in the first game,[3] but because of a recurrence of an old injury, he did not play in the second game. In 1974 Mantle was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot. At the time, Mantle did not know that most of the men in his family had inhaled lead and zinc dust in the mines, which can cause Hodgkin's disease and other cancers. While Mantle was a hero on the field, he had his own struggles off of it battling alcoholism much of his life. His annual salary was around $7,500 during his rookie year in 1951 and during his final playing years, his annual salary was estimated to around $ 100,000. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Mantle won his second consecutive MVP in 1957[25] behind league leads in runs and walks, a career-high .365 batting average (second to Ted Williams's .388), and hitting into a league-low five double plays. He died on August 13, 1995, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX. That's how I signed with the Yankees.". Mantle's doctors insisted that the transplant was based solely on medical criteria, but acknowledged that the very short wait created the appearance of favoritism. In 1974, Mantle was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Eventually, you'll need a new liver. During their empire years, the Yankees built on the mountains of success they had fashioned in the days since Ruth joined them in 1920. [76] The plaque was officially presented to Mantle by Joe DiMaggio. His last contract paid him $100,000 per season (the same as $800,000 after adjusting for inflation). He hit one over the right center field roof at Briggs Stadium, which is said to have traveled 643 feet. On Aug. 9, the hospital said the cancer had spread to his abdomen. Mickey Mantle married Merlyn Johnson in 1951, and they had four children together. [79], In 1969, Mantle received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.[80]. He was 63. In 2017, Topps began including #7 cards in its main sets again, with Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez the first player other than Mickey Mantle to appear in the #7 slot since 1995. He hit 344 doubles, 72 triples and 536 home runs (373 left-handed, 163 right-handed), and he knocked in 1,509 runs. "When I was a kid," Mantle remembered a few years after he retired, "I used to work in the mines with my dad for $35 a week. Mickey Mantle Net Worth is $3 Million Mickey Mantle Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018. . That amount combined with his restaurant business and endorsements deals after he retired, Mantles net worth was $10 million when he died in 1995. People chose instead to remember his baseball feats, unforgettably part of the heroic character he portrayed. He also had an excellent .984 fielding percentage when playing center field. Mantle was so insecure that he remembered later how he had ducked DiMaggio, even though he was playing his final season in center field and Mantle, who had been converted from shortstop to the outfield, was playing alongside him in right. Submit a correction suggestion and help us fix it! Mantle broke many records and made many accomplishments throughout his career. Beginning in high school, he suffered both acute and chronic injuries to bones and cartilage in his legs. Some now call this his last home run at Yankee Stadium. A Mickey Mantle baseball card from 1952 sold for a jaw-dropping $12,600,000 early Sunday morning, according to a news release from Heritage. [66] In eulogizing Mantle, sportscaster Bob Costas described him as "a fragile hero to whom we had an emotional attachment so strong and lasting that it defied logic. [10] In total, Mickey earned $1,128,000 during his career. When Mantle was 4 years old, his father would come home from work and teach him how to swing the bat from both sides of the plate while his mother held dinner for them until there was no more daylight. However, Mantle still died on August 13, 1995 at Baylor University Medical Center. Three years later, he reached his peak salary of $100,000 and never asked for another raise again. Once, he put a live snake in Marshall Bridges's uniform, and another time he released a live mongoose into the visitors clubhouse at Tiger Stadium.[47]. He did, however, regain his status, hitting .330 in the second half of 1958, and leading his team back to the Series. "[66] Richardson read the poem at Mantle's funeral, which he described as being extremely difficult. To inaugurate the Astrodome, the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium, the Houston Astros and the New York Yankees played an exhibition game on April 9, 1965. Mickey and his team have already made an enormous impact by increasing the awareness of organ donation. Mantle was born on October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, Oklahoma to parents Lovell and Elvin "Mutt" Mantle. Aug 13, 2015. "Joe DiMaggio was my hero," Mantle said, "but he couldn't talk to me because I wouldn't even look at him, although he was always nice and polite." Mantle's monument now stands at the current Monument Park. He commanded the biggest stage in sports as the center fielder for the most successful team in baseball, and he did it at a time when New York was blessed with three great center fielders renowned as "Willie, Mickey and the Duke," home run hitters who captivated the public in the 1950's as the leaders of memorable teams: Willie Mays of the Giants, Mantle of the Yankees and Duke Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Mickey attended Commerce High School and was an all-around athlete. [34] He was selected an AL All-Star and pinch-hit at the All-Star Game on July 11. Death Date: Aug 13, 1995 (age 63) Age: . [citation needed] Another Mantle homer, hit right-handed off Chuck Stobbs at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. on April 17, 1953, was measured by Yankees traveling secretary Red Patterson (hence the term "tape-measure home run") to have traveled 565 feet (172m). Mickey Mantle, the most powerful switch-hitter in baseball history and the successor to Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio as the symbol of the long reign of the New York Yankees, died of cancer yesterday in Dallas. Two Armed Forces physicals were ordered, including a highly publicized exam on November 4, 1952, which was brought on by his All-Star selection, that ended in a final rejection. [10] Later in his life, Mantle expressed relief that his father had not known Cochrane's true first name because he would have hated to be named Gordon. A year later, his salary bumped up to $100,000 per year. He was a center fielder who was a switch-hitter and threw right handed. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. "Mick was never a contrived person, he was a genuine person. Mickey Mantle was an American professional baseball player. Among his many accomplishments are all-time World Series records for home runs (18), runs scored (42), and runs batted in (40).[21]. Mantle hit some of the longest home runs in Major League history. His wife, Merlyn, and son David were at his bedside. Well, collectors find a value that goes beyond the edges of those baseball cards. Mickey Mantle passed away on August 13, 1995 at 63 years old. In fact, if it weren't for the injuries that nagged him, he might've been able to contend for GOAT status. But he became wildly famous for his strength, his dash, his laconic manner and, somewhat like Joe Namath in football, for his heroic performances on damaged knees. 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The hit is said to have traveled 643 feet. 37 in its "50 Greatest Athletes" series. He is 17th in on-base percentage. He checked into the Betty Ford Clinic on January 7, 1994 after being told by a doctor that his liver was so badly damaged from almost 40 years of drinking that it "looked like a doorstop". 1959 was the first of four consecutive seasons that two All-Star games were played and Mantle played in seven of these games. Hall of Famer Willie Mays, who had taken a similar position, had already had action taken against him. Net Worth: $10 Million Date of Delivery: Oct 20, 1931 - Aug 13, 1995 (63 years previous) Place of Delivery: Spavinaw Gender: Male Top: 5 ft 11 in (1.82 m) Career: Baseball participant Nationality: United States of America What was Mickey Mantle's Net Worth? Mantle's cards, especially his 1952 Topps rookie card, are extremely popular and valuable among card collectors.