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Mickey Mantle

Mickey Charles Mantle (The Mick, The Commerce Comet or Muscles)

Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, OK
High School: Commerce HS (Commerce, OK)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1951
Team: Yankees 1951-1968

Final Game: September 28, 1968
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1974 (322/365 ballots).
View Mickey Mantle Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: August 13, 1995 in Dallas, TX
Buried: Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX
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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1951	NYY	AL	19	OF	86	83	57	702.1	145	135	4	6	1	.959			1.78	1.62	.977	2.45	2.44
1951	NYY	AL	19	RF	84	81	55	678.1	135	125	4	6	1	.956			1.71	1.54	.978	2.06	2.05
1951	NYY	AL	19	CF	3	2	2	24.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000			1.50	1.33	.980	2.85	2.83
1952	NYY	AL	20	OF	141	140	137	1253.0	374	347	15	12	5	.968			2.60	2.57	.980	2.40	2.40	AS,MVP-3
1952	NYY	AL	20	CF	121	120	118	1069.1	332	308	14	10	4	.970			2.71	2.66	.983	2.91	2.91	AS,MVP-3
1952	NYY	AL	20	RF	20	20	19	183.2	32	28	2	2	1	.938			1.47	1.50	.976	1.91	1.91	AS,MVP-3
1952	NYY	AL	20	3B	1	0	0	4.0	4	1	1	2	0	.500			4.50	2.00	.952	3.38	3.30	AS,MVP-3
1953	NYY	AL	21	OF	121	119	109	1055.1	338	322	10	6	2	.982	1	1	2.83	2.74	.981	2.43	2.41	AS,MVP-22
1953	NYY	AL	21	CF	114	112	105	998.1	324	309	9	6	2	.981	6	7	2.87	2.79	.984	2.96	2.95	AS,MVP-22
1953	NYY	AL	21	RF	6	6	3	49.0	12	11	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.20	2.00	.984	2.09	2.08	AS,MVP-22
1953	NYY	AL	21	LF	1	1	1	8.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-150	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.20	AS,MVP-22
1953	NYY	AL	21	SS	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		5.40	5.10	AS,MVP-22
1954	NYY	AL	22	OF	144	142	132	1242.1	356	327	20	9	5	.975	-0	-0	2.51	2.41	.979	2.39	2.37	AS,MVP-15
1954	NYY	AL	22	CF	143	142	132	1239.1	356	327	20	9	5	.975	-0	-0	2.52	2.43	.983	2.85	2.83	AS,MVP-15
1954	NYY	AL	22	SS	4	1	1	13.0	10	5	5	0	1	1.000	-1	-55	6.92	2.50	.960	4.98	4.97	AS,MVP-15
1954	NYY	AL	22	2B	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-240	18.00	2.00	.975	5.40	5.30	AS,MVP-15
1954	NYY	AL	22	RF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.10	2.00	AS,MVP-15
1955	NYY	AL	23	CF	145	144	141	1277.1	384	371	11	2	2	.995	10	9	2.69	2.63	.985	2.87	2.85	AS,MVP-5
1955	NYY	AL	23	OF	145	144	141	1277.1	385	372	11	2	2	.995	10	9	2.70	2.64	.982	2.40	2.38	AS,MVP-5
1955	NYY	AL	23	SS	2	0	0	2.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	60	18.00	2.00	.960	4.95	4.90	AS,MVP-5
1956	NYY	AL	24	CF	144	144	132	1261.2	381	367	10	4	3	.990	5	5	2.69	2.62	.984	2.79	2.77	AS,MVP-1
1956	NYY	AL	24	OF	144	144	132	1261.2	384	370	10	4	3	.990	5	5	2.71	2.64	.979	2.34	2.32	AS,MVP-1
1957	NYY	AL	25	CF	139	139	127	1224.2	339	326	6	7	1	.979	1	1	2.44	2.39	.983	2.71	2.72	AS,MVP-1
1957	NYY	AL	25	OF	139	139	127	1224.2	337	324	6	7	1	.979	1	1	2.43	2.37	.980	2.24	2.25	AS,MVP-1
1958	NYY	AL	26	CF	150	150	142	1310.0	341	329	4	8	2	.977	-5	-4	2.29	2.22	.985	2.68	2.65	AS,MVP-5
1958	NYY	AL	26	OF	150	150	142	1310.0	344	331	5	8	2	.977	-5	-4	2.31	2.24	.982	2.27	2.25	AS,MVP-5
1959	NYY	AL	27	CF	143	143	134	1257.2	378	369	7	2	3	.995	4	4	2.69	2.63	.983	2.72	2.70	AS,MVP-17
1959	NYY	AL	27	OF	143	143	134	1257.2	375	366	7	2	3	.995	4	4	2.67	2.61	.980	2.22	2.21	AS,MVP-17
1960	NYY	AL	28	CF	150	150	133	1280.0	335	324	8	3	1	.991	-1	-1	2.33	2.21	.987	2.66	2.65	AS,MVP-2
1960	NYY	AL	28	OF	150	150	133	1280.0	338	326	9	3	1	.991	-1	-1	2.36	2.23	.982	2.25	2.25	AS,MVP-2
1961	NYY	AL	29	CF	150	149	133	1294.0	360	348	6	6	0	.983	1	1	2.46	2.36	.982	2.60	2.56	AS,MVP-2
1961	NYY	AL	29	OF	150	149	133	1294.0	363	351	6	6	0	.983	1	1	2.48	2.38	.977	2.25	2.22	AS,MVP-2
1962	NYY	AL	30	OF	117	117	74	934.2	223	214	4	5	1	.978	-15	-19	2.10	1.86	.980	2.19	2.18	AS,MVP-1,GG
1962	NYY	AL	30	CF	94	94	69	763.2	193	185	4	4	1	.979	-11	-17	2.23	2.01	.986	2.58	2.57	AS,MVP-1,GG
1962	NYY	AL	30	RF	23	23	5	171.0	30	29	0	1	0	.967	-4	-28	1.53	1.26	.979	2.00	1.99	AS,MVP-1,GG
1963	NYY	AL	31	CF	52	52	27	381.2	104	101	2	1	0	.990	0	2	2.43	1.98	.986	2.58	2.58	AS
1963	NYY	AL	31	OF	52	52	27	381.2	102	99	2	1	0	.990	0	2	2.38	1.94	.981	2.16	2.16	AS
1964	NYY	AL	32	OF	132	132	48	1058.1	225	217	3	5	1	.978	-14	-16	1.87	1.67	.980	2.04	2.03	AS,MVP-2
1964	NYY	AL	32	CF	102	102	38	819.1	185	179	1	5	1	.973	-13	-19	1.98	1.76	.981	2.45	2.44	AS,MVP-2
1964	NYY	AL	32	LF	17	17	5	136.0	28	27	1	0	0	1.000	1	7	1.85	1.65	.975	1.81	1.80	AS,MVP-2
1964	NYY	AL	32	RF	13	13	5	103.0	15	14	1	0	0	1.000	-3	-30	1.31	1.15	.984	1.88	1.87	AS,MVP-2
1965	NYY	AL	33	LF	108	107	39	806.1	170	161	3	6	0	.965	-6	-8	1.83	1.52	.979	1.87	1.86	AS,MVP-25
1965	NYY	AL	33	OF	108	107	39	806.1	174	165	3	6	0	.966	-6	-8	1.88	1.56	.978	2.04	2.03	AS,MVP-25
1966	NYY	AL	34	OF	97	97	38	703.1	174	172	2	0	0	1.000	-8	-14	2.23	1.79	.982	2.10	2.10	MVP-19
1966	NYY	AL	34	CF	93	93	36	677.1	166	164	2	0	0	1.000	-8	-14	2.21	1.78	.986	2.52	2.52	MVP-19
1966	NYY	AL	34	LF	4	4	2	26.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-23	1.04	0.75	.980	1.83	1.82	MVP-19
1967	NYY	AL	35	1B	131	130	87	1063.2	1188	1089	91	8	82	.993	-4	-5	9.98	9.01	.991	9.53	9.55	AS
1968	NYY	AL	36	1B	131	130	105	1087.1	1286	1195	76	15	91	.988	-10	-11	10.52	9.70	.989	9.59	9.54	AS
	16 Seasons			OF	2019	2008	1603	17042.2	4637	4438	117	82	27	.982	-26	-2	2.41	2.26	.980	2.27	2.26
	15 Seasons			CF	1743	1736	1469	14878.1	4182	4011	104	67	25	.984	-10	-1	2.49	2.36	.984	2.72	2.71
	2 Seasons			1B	262	260	192	2151.0	2474	2284	167	23	173	.991	-14	-8	10.26	9.35	.990	9.56	9.55
	6 Seasons			RF	147	143	87	1188.0	224	207	8	9	2	.960	-7	-7	1.63	1.46	.979	2.01	2.01
	4 Seasons			LF	130	129	47	976.1	201	191	4	6	0	.970	-6	-8	1.80	1.50	.978	1.86	1.85
	3 Seasons			SS	7	1	1	16.0	14	9	5	0	1	1.000	-1	-38	7.88	2.00	.960	5.01	4.97
	1 Season			3B	1	0	0	4.0	4	1	1	2	0	.500			4.50	2.00	.952	3.38	3.30
	1 Season			2B	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-240	18.00	2.00	.975	5.40	5.30
	18 Seasons			TOT	2290	2269	1796	19214.2	7131	6734	290	107	201	.985	-41	-3	3.29	3.07	.983	3.09	3.10
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1951	NYY	AL	19	RF
1951	NYY	AL	19	CF
1952	NYY	AL	20	CF
1952	NYY	AL	20	RF
1952	NYY	AL	20	3B
1953	NYY	AL	21	CF	6	7	3	2	1		3
1953	NYY	AL	21	RF	0	0	-1	0	-1		1
1953	NYY	AL	21	LF	-1	-150	-1	0	-1		0
1953	NYY	AL	21	SS	0	0	0	0	0
1954	NYY	AL	22	CF	-0	-0	-11	-6	-6		11
1954	NYY	AL	22	SS	-1	-55	-1	-1	0	0
1954	NYY	AL	22	2B	-0	-240	-0	-0	0	0
1954	NYY	AL	22	RF	0	0	0	0	0		0
1955	NYY	AL	23	CF	10	9	8	8	-0		2
1955	NYY	AL	23	SS	0	60	0	0	0	0
1956	NYY	AL	24	CF	5	5	-1	-0	-1		6
1957	NYY	AL	25	CF	1	1	-0	0	-0		1
1958	NYY	AL	26	CF	-5	-4	-6	-7	2		1
1959	NYY	AL	27	CF	4	4	3	3	1		1
1960	NYY	AL	28	CF	-1	-1	-2	5	-8		1
1961	NYY	AL	29	CF	1	1	1	5	-4		0
1962	NYY	AL	30	CF	-11	-17	-10	-5	-4		-1
1962	NYY	AL	30	RF	-4	-28	-2	-2	-0		-2
1963	NYY	AL	31	CF	0	2	0	3	-2		0
1964	NYY	AL	32	CF	-13	-19	-8	-4	-4		-5
1964	NYY	AL	32	LF	1	7	1	0	1		0
1964	NYY	AL	32	RF	-3	-30	-2	-2	0		-1
1965	NYY	AL	33	LF	-6	-8	-2	-2	0		-4
1966	NYY	AL	34	CF	-8	-14	-4	-0	-4		-4
1966	NYY	AL	34	LF	-0	-23	-0	0	-0		0
1967	NYY	AL	35	1B	-4	-5	-4	-2	-2	0
1968	NYY	AL	36	1B	-10	-11	-9	-3	-6	-1
	15 Seasons			CF	-10	-1	-26	4	-29		16
	2 Seasons			1B	-14	-8	-13	-4	-9	-1
	6 Seasons			RF	-7	-7	-5	-3	-1		-2
	4 Seasons			LF	-6	-8	-2	-2	-1		-4
	3 Seasons			SS	-1	-38	-1	-1	0	0
	1 Season			2B	-0	-240	-0	-0	0	0
	1 Season			3B
	18 Seasons			TOT	-41	-3	-46	-6	-40	-1	6
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1951	NYY	AL	19	96	83	96	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	84	86	0	10	2
1952	NYY	AL	20	142	140	142	142	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	121	20	141	0	1	0
1953	NYY	AL	21	127	119	127	122	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	114	6	121	0	8	0
1954	NYY	AL	22	146	143	146	145	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	143	1	144	0	2	0
1955	NYY	AL	23	147	144	147	145	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	145	0	145	0	3	0
1956	NYY	AL	24	150	144	150	144	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	144	0	144	0	6	0
1957	NYY	AL	25	144	139	144	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	139	0	139	0	5	0
1958	NYY	AL	26	150	150	150	150	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	150	0	150	0	0	0
1959	NYY	AL	27	144	143	144	143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	143	0	143	0	1	0
1960	NYY	AL	28	153	150	153	150	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	150	0	150	0	3	0
1961	NYY	AL	29	153	149	153	150	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	150	0	150	0	3	0
1962	NYY	AL	30	123	117	123	117	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	94	23	117	0	6	0
1963	NYY	AL	31	65	52	65	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	0	52	0	13	0
1964	NYY	AL	32	143	132	143	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	102	13	132	0	11	0
1965	NYY	AL	33	122	107	122	108	0	0	0	0	0	0	108	0	0	108	0	15	0
1966	NYY	AL	34	108	97	108	97	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	93	0	97	0	11	0
1967	NYY	AL	35	144	130	144	131	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
1968	NYY	AL	36	144	130	144	131	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
	18 Seasons			2401	2269	2401	2284	0	0	262	1	1	7	130	1743	147	2019	0	126	2
Lg				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1951	NYY	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	86	65%	79%	28%	5	80%
1952	NYY	AL	20	8	0	8	0	2	13	0	4	4	3	74	46	4	37	6	1	5	2	0	15	3	3	22	20	1	153	77	50.3%	66	9	5.9%	4	4011	59%	80%	28%	520	57%
1953	NYY	AL	21	6	0	5	1	1	9	0	3	1	3	50	29	2	29	6	1	4	2	0	17	4	1	30	25	0	130	66	50.8%	60	4	3.1%	5	3967	66%	82%	30%	495	61%
1954	NYY	AL	22	9	0	6	3	2	19	0	8	7	2	83	58	3	50	11	0	6	1	1	19	5	1	41	35	4	199	110	55.3%	80	9	4.5%	10	5145	67%	80%	29%	611	55%
1955	NYY	AL	23	2	0	2	0	0	11	0	4	4	2	89	57	5	37	4	0	8	5	0	21	9	1	30	17	1	185	92	49.7%	87	7	3.8%	4	5412	69%	77%	29%	634	60%
1956	NYY	AL	24	4	0	4	0	2	10	0	2	1	6	82	53	1	45	8	3	9	3	0	26	7	2	31	25	1	193	96	49.7%	90	7	3.6%	3	5418	63%	78%	27%	657	57%
1957	NYY	AL	25	7	0	4	3	3	6	0	2	1	2	68	38	0	38	8	1	5	3	0	18	5	0	30	24	0	159	78	49.1%	80	1	0.6%	5	5114	66%	78%	26%	604	55%
1958	NYY	AL	26	8	0	6	2	4	4	0	3	0	0	78	47	0	44	5	0	7	3	0	18	6	0	32	27	1	179	88	49.2%	90	1	0.6%	3	5528	67%	78%	27%	617	53%
1959	NYY	AL	27	2	0	2	0	2	7	0	0	1	4	89	50	1	52	6	3	6	2	0	23	3	1	41	32	0	211	93	44.1%	113	5	2.4%	2	5374	64%	78%	26%	669	56%
1960	NYY	AL	28	3	0	3	0	1	8	0	0	4	3	87	49	5	43	3	0	7	4	2	14	2	0	32	23	1	183	81	44.3%	94	8	4.4%	0	5410	67%	80%	29%	631	52%
1961	NYY	AL	29	6	0	6	0	2	6	0	3	2	0	82	42	1	57	10	0	13	4	0	14	2	0	38	30	0	204	88	43.1%	115	1	0.5%	5	5416	69%	79%	28%	695	51%
1962	NYY	AL	30	4	0	3	1	2	4	0	2	0	0	54	24	1	27	4	0	4	3	0	8	1	0	19	13	1	112	45	40.2%	66	2	1.8%	2	3212	64%	81%	28%	347	54%
1963	NYY	AL	31	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	19	6	1	11	3	1	3	1	0	5	2	0	7	6	0	45	18	40.0%	26	2	4.4%	0	1559	61%	78%	28%	175	59%
1964	NYY	AL	32	5	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	53	22	1	22	1	0	6	2	0	3	1	0	14	9	0	98	35	35.7%	62	1	1.0%	0	3408	65%	78%	27%	368	49%
1966	NYY	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	44	15	0	23	3	0	2	0	0	7	1	0	14	9	0	90	28	31.1%	62	0	0.0%	2	2789	69%	81%	26%	326	51%
	15 Seasons			65	0	53	12	22	102	0	33	25	26	952	536	25	515	78	10	85	35	3	208	51	9	381	295	10	2141	995	46.5%	1091	57	2.7%	45	61849	66%	79%	28%	7354	55%
	MLB Averages																														42.7%			2.5%			63%	80%	29%		57%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1967	NYY	AL	35	4495	67%	81%	28%	204	89%	3	1094	30	1047	16	71	96	74	9	2	3	8	0	8	0	6	83	1	0	2	79	3	4	1	3	16	81%
1968	NYY	AL	36	4501	63%	81%	31%	202	91%	1	1187	32	1144	11	78	80	69	4	0	4	15	3	9	3	9	92	0	0	0	80	1	12	3	9	20	90%
	2 Seasons			8996	65%	81%	30%	406	90%	4	2281	62	2191	27	149	176	143	13	2	7	23	3	17	3	15	175	1	0	2	159	4	16	4	12	36	86%
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	27%		93%																											86%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1951	NYY	AL	19	6	0	6	0	4	4	0	1	2	1	36	19	2	13	2	0	7	4	0	10	3	1	14	14	0	80	42	52.5%	35	3	3.8%	1	2761	59%	80%	29%	231	53%
1952	NYY	AL	20	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	9	3	1	3	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	5	4	1	21	9	42.9%	10	2	9.5%	0	691	62%	78%	26%	62	47%
1953	NYY	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	14	8	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	21	11	52.4%	9	1	4.8%	0	242	64%	79%	25%	32	38%
1954	NYY	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	10	60%	90%	30%	1	0%
1962	NYY	AL	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	3	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	6	3	0	22	7	31.8%	15	0	0.0%	0	734	62%	79%	26%	63	46%
1964	NYY	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	10	1	10.0%	8	1	10.0%	0	412	64%	76%	25%	31	48%
	6 Seasons			9	0	8	1	6	8	0	2	3	1	73	32	5	25	2	0	14	8	0	14	4	1	28	24	1	154	70	45.5%	77	7	4.5%	1	4850	60%	79%	28%	420	50%
	MLB Averages																														41.4%			3.2%			63%	80%	29%		54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1953	NYY	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	33	79%	88%	30%	4	0%
1964	NYY	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	10	9	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	21	14	66.7%	7	0	0.0%	1	564	67%	78%	24%	63	44%
1965	NYY	AL	33	6	0	6	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	50	36	1	24	2	0	12	5	0	11	2	0	12	10	0	109	55	50.5%	53	1	0.9%	2	3361	67%	78%	24%	366	45%
1966	NYY	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	66.7%	1	0	0.0%	0	118	82%	72%	16%	15	20%
	4 Seasons			6	0	6	0	3	4	0	2	1	0	63	48	1	29	2	0	15	7	0	13	2	0	15	13	0	135	72	53.3%	62	1	0.7%	3	4076	68%	78%	24%	448	44%
	MLB Averages																														58.2%			2.6%			63%	80%	29%		48%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1953	NYY	AL	21	5	80%	60%	40%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	NYY	AL	22	63	89%	78%	27%	5	80%	0	2	0	2	0	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1955	NYY	AL	23	11	55%	73%	27%	2	100%	0	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			79	84%	76%	28%	7	86%	0	5	1	4	0	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	27%		91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1954	NYY	AL	22	6	50%	83%	0%	2	50%	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			6	50%	83%	0%	2	50%	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	27%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1952	NYY	AL	20	20	65%	80%	25%	4	50%	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
	1 Season			20	65%	80%	25%	4	50%	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	27%		89%																								63%

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1974 BBWAA (88.2%) Selected to HOF in 1974 by BBWAA	All-Star Games 1952 1953 (CF) 1954 (CF) 1955 (CF) 1956 (CF) 1957 (CF) 1958 (CF) 1959-1 * 1959-2 (CF) 1960-1 (CF) 1960-2 (CF) 1961-1 (CF) 1961-2 (CF) 1962-1 (RF) 1962-2 1963 1964 (CF) 1965 1967 * 1968 *	Awards (yr lg award) 1956 ML Major League Player of the Year 1956 AL MVP 1956 AL Triple Crown 1957 AL MVP 1962 AL MVP 1965 ML Hutch Award	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1952 AL (3, 43%) 1953 AL (22, 1%) 1954 AL (15, 5%) 1955 AL (5, 34%) 1956 AL (1, 100%) 1957 AL (1, 69%) 1958 AL (5, 38%) 1959 AL (17, 4%) 1960 AL (2, 66%) 1961 AL (2, 71%) 1962 AL (1, 84%) 1964 AL (2, 61%) 1965 AL (25, 1%) 1966 AL (19, 2%) 3 MVPs 5.79 Career Shares (6th)
Gold Gloves 1962 AL (OF)	Putouts† s c a p y 1968 AL 1,195 (3rd)	Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1967 AL 131 (5th) 1968 AL 131 (3rd)	Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1968 AL 1,195 (3rd)
Assists as 1B s c a p y 1967 AL 91 (4th) 1968 AL 76 (4th)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1968 AL 15 (2nd)	Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1965 AL 6 (3rd)	Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1954 AL 143 (4th) 1955 AL 145 (4th) 1956 AL 144 (2nd) 1957 AL 139 (2nd) 1958 AL 150 (1st) 1959 AL 143 (2nd) 1960 AL 150 (1st) 1961 AL 150 (2nd) Career 1,743 (15th)
Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1954 AL 327 (5th) 1955 AL 371 (4th) 1956 AL 367 (3rd) 1957 AL 326 (3rd) 1958 AL 329 (3rd) 1959 AL 369 (2nd) 1960 AL 324 (5th) 1961 AL 348 (3rd) Career 4,011 (25th)	Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1952 AL 14 (1st) 1954 AL 20 (1st) 1955 AL 11 (2nd) 1956 AL 10 (2nd) 1959 AL 7 (4th) 1960 AL 8 (3rd) 1961 AL 6 (5th) Career 104 (26th)	Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1952 AL 10 (1st) 1953 AL 6 (2nd) 1954 AL 9 (1st) 1956 AL 4 (4th) 1957 AL 7 (1st) 1958 AL 8 (1st) 1961 AL 6 (2nd) 1962 AL 4 (4th) 1964 AL 5 (4th) Career 67 (33rd)	Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1951 AL 6 (1st)
Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1952 AL 141 (5th) 1957 AL 139 (5th) 1958 AL 150 (2nd) 1960 AL 150 (2nd) 1961 AL 150 (5th) Career 2,019 (50th)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 1952 AL 347 (5th) 1955 AL 372 (4th) 1956 AL 370 (3rd) 1957 AL 324 (3rd) 1958 AL 331 (3rd) 1959 AL 366 (2nd) 1960 AL 326 (5th) 1961 AL 351 (5th) Career 4,438 (46th)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1952 AL 15 (3rd) 1954 AL 20 (1st)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1952 AL 12 (1st) 1954 AL 9 (2nd) 1957 AL 7 (4th) 1958 AL 8 (2nd)
Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y 1967 AL 9.98 (3rd) 1968 AL 10.52 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1967 AL 9.01 (4th) 1968 AL 9.70 (2nd)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1967 AL .993 (3rd)	Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y 1965 AL 1.83 (5th)
Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1965 AL 1.52 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1953 AL 6 (3rd) 1955 AL 10 (2nd) 1956 AL 5 (3rd) 1959 AL 4 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1952 AL 2.66 (5th) 1953 AL 2.79 (5th) 1955 AL 2.63 (4th) 1956 AL 2.62 (4th) 1959 AL 2.63 (3rd)	Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1955 AL .995 (1st) 1956 AL .990 (2nd) 1959 AL .995 (1st) 1960 AL .991 (2nd) 1966 AL 1.000 (1st)
Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y 1955 AL 10 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y 1959 AL 2.67 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1952 AL 2.57 (5th) 1953 AL 2.74 (5th) 1955 AL 2.64 (4th) 1956 AL 2.64 (3rd) 1959 AL 2.61 (3rd) 1960 AL 2.23 (5th)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1955 AL .995 (2nd) 1956 AL .990 (5th) 1959 AL .995 (1st) 1960 AL .991 (5th) 1966 AL 1.000 (1st)
Oldest s c a p y 1968 AL born 1931-10-20 (8th)	Youngest s c a p y 1951 AL born 1931-10-20 (1st) 1952 AL born 1931-10-20 (8th) 1953 AL born 1931-10-20 (8th)

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