Mickey Mantle Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
Died: August 13, 1995 in Dallas, Texas
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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MICKEY MANTLE. Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Steve &/Barbara/Mickey Mantle". Blue-tinted b/w, 8½x11 overall, image 4¼x3¼ (one surface). Flyer advertising a series of Mantle autograph signings, sponsored by Lee Jeans. read more...
Sale Price $252.00
$280.00
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MICKEY MANTLE. Baseball signed: "Mickey Mantle". Rawlings Official American League baseball, Bobby Brown President. Mantle accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. read more...
Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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MICKEY MANTLE. Photograph signed: "Mickey Mantle". Color, 10x8. Photo of Mantle memorabilia. Mantle (1931-1995) accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. The switch-hitting "Commerce Comet" won three MVP awards and a Triple Crown (1956). read more...
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MICKEY MANTLE Large 9¼x13¼ color bust photograph of a young Mickey Mantle with a bat on his shoulder, signed in blue ink by Mantle Photograph signed "Mickey Mantle" in blue ink. Color, 9¼x13¼ overall, 8½x12½ image, one surface. read more...
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MICKEY MANTLE. Photograph signed: "Mickey/Mantle". Color, 7½x9½. Legendary Yankee slugger Mickey Mantle (1931-1995) accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. read more...
Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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MICKEY MANTLE. Photograph signed: "Mickey Mantle". Color, 8x10. Mantle (1931-1995) accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. The switch-hitting "Commerce Comet" won three MVP awards and a Triple Crown (1956). read more...
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MICKEY MANTLE. Photograph signed: "Mickey Mantle". Color, 8x10. Mantle (1931-1995) accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. The switch-hitting "Commerce Comet" won three MVP awards and a Triple Crown (1956). read more...
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MICKEY MANTLE. Photograph signed: "Mickey Mantle". Color, 8x10. Mantle accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. The switch-hitting "Commerce Comet" won three MVP awards and a Triple Crown (1956). read more...
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MICKEY MANTLE. Photograph signed: "Mickey Mantle". Color, 9½x7½. Legendary Yankee slugger Mickey Mantle (1931-1995) accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. read more...
Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
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MICKEY MANTLE. Photograph signed: "Mickey Mantle". Color, 10x8. Mantle accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. The switch-hitting "Commerce Comet" won three MVP awards and a Triple Crown (1956). read more...
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MICKEY MANTLE. Photograph signed: "Mickey Mantle". B/w, 10x8. Shown with Ted Williams. Mantle (1931-1995) accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. The switch-hitting "Commerce Comet" won three MVP awards and a Triple Crown (1956). read more...
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MICKEY MANTLE. Photograph signed: "Mickey Mantle". B/w, 4¾x7 on paper. Mantle (1931-1995) accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. The switch-hitting "Commerce Comet" won three MVP awards and a Triple Crown (1956). read more...
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MICKEY MANTLE. Photograph of an illustration signed: "Mickey Mantle". Color, 8x10. Mantle accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. The switch-hitting "Commerce Comet" won three MVP awards and a Triple Crown (1956). read more...
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MICKEY MANTLE Color photograph of an illustration signed. Photograph signed: "Mickey Mantle". Color, 8x10 overall, image 5¾x8 (one surface). Mantle accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. read more...
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MICKEY MANTLE. Photograph signed: "Best Wishes/Mickey Mantle". Color, 5½x7. Mantle accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. The switch-hitting "Commerce Comet" won three MVP awards and a Triple Crown (1956). read more...
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MICKEY MANTLE Color publicity photograph signed of Mickey Mantel in his Ney York uniform. Photograph signed: "Mickey/Mantle". Color, 8x10. Mantle accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. read more...
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MICKEY MANTLE Color publicity photograph of Mickey Mantle preparing to bat. Photograph signed: "Mickey Mantle". Color, 8x10. Mantle accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. read more...
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MICKEY MANTLE. Photograph signed: "Mickey/Mantle". Color, 4x5½. Mantle accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. The switch-hitting "Commerce Comet" won three MVP awards and a Triple Crown (1956). read more...
Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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MICKEY MANTLE. Photograph signed: "Mickey Mantle". B/w, 10x8. Mantle accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. The switch-hitting "Commerce Comet" won three MVP awards and a Triple Crown (1956). read more...
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MICKEY MANTLE. Photograph signed: "Best Wishes/Mickey Mantle/No. 7". B/w, 8x10. Mantle (1931-1995) accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. The switch-hitting "Commerce Comet" won three MVP awards and a Triple Crown (1956). read more...
Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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MICKEY MANTLE Number 7's opinion of Number 5. Photograph signed: "Joe D./Sucks/Mickey Mantle". Color, 8x10. On October 25, 2000, Richard Ben Cramer, author of Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's read more...
Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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MICKEY MANTLE 11x14 photo of the Hall of Fame slugger, who has signed with his uniform number (7). Photograph signed: "Best Wishes/Mickey Mantle/No. 7". B/w, 11x14. Mantle accumulated a long list of accomplishments, finishing his 18-year career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average. read more...
Sale Price $850.00
$1,000.00
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Large 10¾x13¾ full-length sepia-toned photo of Mickey Mantle waiting for a pitch. Signed by Mantle with his jersey number (retired by the Yankees in 1969), the three years he was named MVP and his year of induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. read more...
Sale Price $850.00
$1,000.00
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MICKEY MANTLE 11x14 sepia photo, showing Mantle in a batting stance at a spring training site, signed in blue sharpie Photograph signed: "Mickey Mantle". Sepia, 11x14. read more...
Sale Price $850.00
$1,000.00
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MICKEY MANTLE 14x11 photo of Mantle, dressed in sport coat and tie, receiving an award Photograph signed: "Mickey Mantle". B/w, 14x11. Mantle (1931-1995), a New York Yankees slugger from 1951 to 1968, won the Triple Crown in 1956 and a World Series Grand Slam in 1953. read more...
Sale Price $850.00
$1,000.00
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MICKEY MANTLE, WILLIE MAYS and HARMON KILLEBREW Three All-Star Hall of Famers are shown standing together. Photograph signed: "Mickey/Mantle", "Willie Mays" and "Harmon Killebrew". Color, 10x8. The three home run sluggers are pictured at an All-Star Game in the 1960s. read more...
Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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ROGER MARIS and MICKEY MANTLE Very rare matted and signed color photo of Maris and Mantle - two of the greatest players ever in the Yankees lineup - together and in Yankee away uniforms Photograph signed: "Roger Maris" and "Mickey Mantle" in blue ink. read more...
Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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MICKEY MANTLE and STAN MUSIAL The two baseball legends pen their names on this black and white photo Photograph signed: "Mickey Mantle" and "Stan Musial". B/w, 8x10. read more...
Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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MICKEY MANTLE, STAN MUSIAL and TED WILLIAMS Black and white photograph of the perennial All-Stars discussing baseball Photograph signed: "Ted Williams", "Stan Musial" and "Mickey Mantle". B/w, 10x8. The three Hall of Famers talk baseball. read more...
Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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BASEBALL: MICKEY MANTLE, STAN MUSIAL and TED WILLIAMS The perennial all-stars pen their names on this black and white photo Photograph signed: "Ted Williams", "Best Wishes/Stan Musial" and "Mickey Mantle/No. read more...
Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00