MICKEY MANTLE
Born: October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, Oklahoma
Died: August 13, 1995 in Dallas, Texas
Full name Mickey Charles Mantle
Born October 20, 1931,
Spavinaw, Oklahoma
Died August 13, 1995, Dallas, Texas
Buried at
Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas (Mausoleum-St. Mark
NE-N-C-13-A)
First Game: April 17, 1951; Final Game: September 28,
1968
Bat: Both Throw:
Right Height: 5' 11.5" Weight: 195
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1974
Named AL Most
Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1956 to 1957 and
1962)
Named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News
(1956)
Named AL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1956 and
1962)
Named outfielder on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1952
and 1956 to 1957)
Named outfielder on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team
(1961 to 1962 and 1964)
Won AL Gold Glove as outfielder (1962)
MICKEY
MANTLE
This article was written by James Lincoln Ray and is presented in part, courtesy of the Society for American Baseball Research
Even before he was born into this world, Mickey Mantle
was being prepared for life as a future big-league baseball player. His father,
Elvin "Mutt" Mantle, a former semipro player and a lifelong baseball fanatic,
proclaimed that if his first child turned out to be a boy, he would name him
Mickey, in honor Mickey Cochrane, who was the best catcher in baseball at the
time.
And so, when Mutt's wife, Lovell, delivered a boy on
October 20, 1931, in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, they named the little slugger-to-be
Mickey Charles Mantle. What the elder Mantle didn't know at the time was that
Cochrane's actual first name was Gordon, and Mickey was just a nickname. Years
later, the younger Mantle expressed relief that his father had not known
Cochrane's true first name, saying derisively, "I would have hated to be named
Gordon."i
By the time Mickey was 3 years old, the country was mired
in the Great Depression. Like so many other able-bodied men, Mutt Mantle found
himself unemployed and nearly broke when he moved the family to Commerce,
Oklahoma, in 1934. Mutt had been lucky enough to land a job working in the
Eagle-Picher company's lead and zinc mines. The work was exhausting, dirty, and
dangerous. Those who worked for many years at the plant were at risk for lung
disease, heart ailments, and cancer. In fact, cancer had been the grim reaper of
the Mantle family, claiming among others, Mickey's uncle, his grandfather, and a
couple of other relatives, all in their 40s or younger.
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Film Credits
2012 10 Things You Don't Know About (Other), 2010 A Hall for Heroes: The Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction of 1939 (Other), 2010 30 for 30 (Other), 2009-2011 Prime 9 (Other), 2009 Rescue Me (Other), 2008 The O'Reilly Factor (Other), 2008 Bigger Stronger Faster* (Other), 2006 DHL Presents Major League Baseball Hometown Heroes (Other), 2006 Costas Now (Other), 2005 Mantle (Other), 2004 Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino (Other), 2003 ESPN SportsCentury (Other), 2003 100 Years of the World Series (Other), 2001 The Greatest Summer of My Life: Billy Crystal and the Making of (Other), 2001 Boston Red Sox: 100 Years of Baseball History (Other), 2000 Joe DiMaggio: The Final Chapter (Other), 1998 Race for the Record (Other), 1994 Baseball (in person), 1992 The 50 Greatest Home Runs in Baseball History (Other), 1992 Diamonds on the Silver Screen (in person), 1991 When It Was a Game (Other), 1990 The Arsenio Hall Show (in person), 1990 Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed (in person), 1989 The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast (in person), 1989 Mr. Belvedere (in person), 1987 New York Yankees The Movie (in person), 1986 Pinstripe Power: The Story of the 1961 New York Yankees (Other), 1986 Baseball Tips for Kids of All Ages (in person), 1985 Late Night with David Letterman (in person), 1984 Remington Steele (in person), 1980 The White Shadow (in person), 1980 It's My Turn (in person), 1980 Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the (Other), 1975-1976 The Way It Was (in person), 1975 1975 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1971 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (in person), 1971 Hee Haw (in person), 1970 The Mike Douglas Show (in person), 1970 The Merv Griffin Show (in person), 1970 1970 World Series (in person), 1970 1970 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1969 The Joey Bishop Show (in person), 1969 The Joe Namath Show (in person), 1969 Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America (Other), 1969 1969 World Series (in person), 1969 1969 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1968 The Match Game (in person), 1968 1968 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1967 Today (in person), 1967 1967 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1964 1964 World Series (in person), 1964 1964 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1963 1963 World Series (in person), 1962 Safe at Home! (in person), 1962 1962 World Series (in person), 1961 The Perry Como Show (in person), 1961 1961 World Series (in person), 1960 Home Run Derby (in person), 1960 Candid Camera (in person), 1960 1960 World Series (in person), 1958 Omnibus (in person), 1958 Damn Yankees! (Other), 1958 1958 World Series (in person), 1958 1958 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1957 1957 World Series (in person), 1957 1957 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1956 The Steve Allen Show (in person), 1956 The Bob Hope Show (in person), 1956 1956 World Series (in person), 1956 1956 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1955 1955 World Series (in person), 1955 1955 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1954 1954 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1953 What's My Line (in person), 1953 The Name's the Same (in person), 1953 The Jackie Gleason Show (in person), 1953 The Arthur Murray Party (in person), 1953 1953 World Series (in person), 1953 1953 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1952-1963 Toast of the Town (in person), 1952 The Winning Team (Other), 1952 I've Got a Secret (in person), 1952 1952 World Series (in person), 1951 1951 World Series (in person)
TED WILLIAMS
Born: August 30, 1918 in San Diego, California
Died: July 5, 2002 in Inverness, Florida
Full name Theodore Samuel Williams
Born August 30, 1918, San Diego,
California
Died July 5, 2002, Inverness, Florida
Frozen
First Game:
April 20, 1939; Final Game: September 28, 1960
Managed First Game: April 7,
1969; Managed Final Game: October 4, 1972
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6'
3" Weight: 205
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1966
Named AL Most Valuable Player by
Baseball Writers' Association of America (1946 and 1949)
Named Major League
Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1941 to 1942, 1947, 1949 and
1957)
Named AL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1949 and
1957)
Named outfielder on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1939
to 1942, 1946 to 1949, 1951 and 1955 to 1958)
Film Credits
2010 The Golden Greek: The Harry Agganis Story (in person), 2010 A Hall for Heroes: The Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction of 1939 (Other), 2009-2011 Prime 9 (Other), 2009 Ted Williams (Other), 2008 I Love the New Millennium (Other), 2006 War Stories with Oliver North (Other), 2006 DHL Presents Major League Baseball Hometown Heroes (Other), 2004 Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino (Other), 2004 Faith Rewarded: The Historic Season of the 2004 Boston Red Sox (Other), 2004 ESPN 25: Who's #1 (in person), 2004 2004 World Series (Other), 2003 The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship (Other), 2003 100 Years of the World Series (Other), 2001 Korean War Stories (in person), 2001 Boston Red Sox: 100 Years of Baseball History (in person), 2000-2003 ESPN SportsCentury (in person), 1999 1999 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1998 Up Close Primetime (in person), 1998 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Performer), 1994 Baseball (in person), 1993 Late Night with David Letterman (in person), 1992 When It Was a Game 2 (Other), 1992 The 50 Greatest Home Runs in Baseball History (Other), 1991 When It Was a Game (Other), 1991 The Story of America's Classic Ballparks (in person), 1990 The Howard Stern Show (in person), 1986 1986 World Series (in person), 1985 Greatest Sports Legends (in person), 1975 Ted Williams & The Atlantic Salmon (in person), 1974 The Science of Hitting by Ted Williams (in person), 1973 Sports Challenge (in person), 1972 Mulligan Stew (in person), 1971 The Red Fisher Show (in person), 1958 1958 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1957 Lineup for Today: Ted Williams and Friend (in person), 1957 1957 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1956 1956 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1955 1955 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1954 What's My Line (in person), 1954 1954 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1953 The Joe DiMaggio Show (in person), 1953 1953 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1951 Ted Williams (in person), 1951 1951 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1950-1962 Toast of the Town (in person), 1950 1950 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1949 1949 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1947 Style of the Stars (in person), 1939 Touching All Bases (in person)
JOE DIMAGGIO
Born: November 25, 1914 in Martinez, California
Died: March 8, 1999 in Hollywood, Florida
Full name Joseph Paul DiMaggio
Born November 25, 1914, Martinez,
California
Died March 8, 1999, Hollywood, Florida
Buried at Holy Cross
Cemetery, Colma, California (Section I, Row 11, Lot 6/7)
First Game: May 3,
1936; Final Game: September 30, 1951
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 193
Brother of Vince DiMaggio
Brother of Dom DiMaggio
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1955
Named AL Most Valuable Player by
Baseball Writers' Association of America (1939, 1941 and 1947)
Named AL Most
Valuable Player by The Sporting News (1939 and 1941)
Named Major League
Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1939)
Named outfielder on The Sporting News Major
League All-Star Team (1937 to 1942 and 1947 to 1948)
Film Credits
2013 Marilyn Monroe: Murder on Fifth Helena Drive (Other), 2011 Moneyball (Other), 2010-2011 Prime 9 (in person), 2010 Marilyn Monroe - Tod einer Ikone (Other), 2010 Marilyn Monroe - Ich möchte geliebt werden (Other), 2010 HBO Boxing After Dark (Other), 2010 A Hall for Heroes: The Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction of 1939 (Other), 2010 30 for 30 (Other), 2009-2011 Prime 9 (Other), 2009 Ted Williams (Other), 2008 The O'Reilly Factor (Other), 2006-2009 20 to 1 (Other), 2006 War Stories with Oliver North (Other), 2006 Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard (Other), 2006 La imagen de tu vida (Other), 2006 E! True Hollywood Story (Other), 2006 DHL Presents Major League Baseball Hometown Heroes (Other), 2006 American Masters (Other), 2005 Mantle (Other), 2005 ESPN 25: Who's #1 (Other), 2005 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest (Other), 2004 Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino (Other), 2004 2004 World Series (Other), 2003 The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship (Other), 2003 100 Years of the World Series (Other), 2002 The Biographer (Other), 2001 Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (Other), 2001 Boston Red Sox: 100 Years of Baseball History (Other), 2000-2003 ESPN SportsCentury (Other), 2000 Joe DiMaggio: The Final Chapter (Other), 2000 Backstory (Other), 1999 The Sweet Science (Other), 1999 The Robert MacNeil Report (Other), 1999 The First of May (in person), 1999 The Charlie Rose Show (Other), 1999 The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (Other), 1999 Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (Other), 1999 Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox (Other), 1998 The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (Other), 1998 Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a (Other), 1998 Italians in America (Other), 1997 Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio (in person), 1996 We Remember Marilyn (Other), 1996 Intimate Portrait (Other), 1994 Golf: The Greatest Game (in person), 1994 Biography (Other), 1994 Baseball (Other), 1992 When It Was a Game 2 (Other), 1991 When It Was a Game (Other), 1990 Night of 100 Stars III (in person), 1989 Hollywood Remembers Marilyn Monroe (Other), 1987 New York Yankees The Movie (in person), 1987 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (Other), 1983 Zelig (Other), 1977 1977 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1975-1977 The Way It Was (in person), 1972 The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (in person), 1966 The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (Other), 1957 Toast of the Town (in person), 1955 What's My Line (in person), 1952 Four Star Revue (in person), 1951 World's Middleweight Championship: Sugar Ray Robinson vs. (in person), 1951 Angels in the Outfield (in person), 1951 1951 World Series (in person), 1950 The Joe DiMaggio Show (in person), 1950 1950 World Series (in person), 1950 1950 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1949 The Stratton Story (Other), 1949 1949 World Series (in person), 1949 1949 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1947 Style of the Stars (in person), 1947 1947 World Series (in person), 1941 Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 4 (in person), 1940 Two of a Kind (in person), 1939 Touching All Bases (in person), 1938 Sport Thrills: Play Ball (in person), 1937 Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (in person), 1937 Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (Sound)
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