Great info on this piece Matt! This was great and you have great stat details! The Commerce Comet was hands down the greatest switch hitter ever! one stat i always find neat is that in 1961 Mantle was intentionally walked 127 times and Roger Maris got no respect never getting intentionally walked once! It was unfortunate that Mantle got hurt at the end of that season because it would of been great if the HR chase came down to game 162! and one of my favorite Mantle all time moments was the walk off HR vs. the Cardinals in game 3 of the 1963 WS.
Goodness, Mantle's July numbers -- can we retroactively call him "Mr. July," to go with the other nicknames? Great article, Matt!
Haha, I say yes we can. Thanks, man!
Great info on this piece Matt! This was great and you have great stat details! The Commerce Comet was hands down the greatest switch hitter ever! one stat i always find neat is that in 1961 Mantle was intentionally walked 127 times and Roger Maris got no respect never getting intentionally walked once! It was unfortunate that Mantle got hurt at the end of that season because it would of been great if the HR chase came down to game 162! and one of my favorite Mantle all time moments was the walk off HR vs. the Cardinals in game 3 of the 1963 WS.
Thanks for reading! Interesting wrinkle about the intentional walks — I didn’t know that!