By rss@youtube.com (BocaJuniorsFan) Long time NY Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard introduces Derek Jeter. He's been the public address announcer for the Yankees since 1951! The first Yankee lineup Sheppard announced contained 5 future Hall of Famers: Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Johnny Mize, Yogi Berra, an...

CATCHERS: Johnny Bench, Yogi Berra OUTFIELDERS: Henry Aaron, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Ken Griffey, Jr. Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Pete Rose, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams John Lackey Matt Holliday Jason Bay Johnny Damon Hideki Matsui Chone Figgins

By Cliff Eastham In 2000, Pedro Martinez posted a blinding 0.737 while with the Boston Red Sox. What American League Player was on the most All-Star teams? Mickey Mantle was on 20, though there was two games each season from 1959 until 1962. Baseball-Reference

By Administrator In 1961, Roger Maris was named American League MVP for the second consecutive year… the new single-season home run record holder with 61 edged his Yankee teammate Mickey Mantle by four votes, 202-198. In 1988, Dodgers World Series hero Kirk Gibson edged out Met outfielders Darryl Strawb...

By Ash Marshall He finished third in the AL in home runs, second in runners batted in, and he lost out in the MVP race to a pair of Yankees called Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle who hit 115 jacks between them. Robinson led the American League in home runs (49), RBI (122), runs (122), average (.316), on-base perce...

By Administrator In 1953, Ernie Banks of the Cubs hit his first Major League home run. In 1968, Mickey Mantle hit the 536th and final home run of his major league career… his last home run was given up by Jim Lonborg in a 4-3 loss to the Red Sox at the Yankee Stadium.

By Administrator In 1956, Mickey Mantle hit his 50th home run, making him only the eighth player in major league history to do so… Mantle would go on to win the Triple Crown with a .353 batting average, 52 home runs and 130 RBI. In 1996, Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens equaled his own Major League record by striking...

By Administrator In 1955, future Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson got two hits in his major league debut as the Orioles top the Senators 3-1. In 1964, Mickey Mantle got his 2,000th career hit and 450th career home run. In 1984, Reggie Jackson hit his 500th career home run.

By Administrator In 2007, Yankee infielder Alex Rodriguez hit his 50th and 51st HR of the season, joining Roger Maris (1961, 61) and Mickey Mantle (1956, 52 and 1961, 54) as only the third player in NY Yankees history to hit 50 or more homers in a single season… The second home run broke the major league mark fo...

By patrick bohn Derek Jeter is on the verge of becoming the New York Yankees' all-time hits leader, topping Lou Gehrig, a statistic that isn't so much incredible as it is slightly hard to believe. Mickey Mantle averaged a mere 135 games played as a Yankee, and his career average of .298 didn't help. But like Ge...

By pkatcher Murcer, the only man to have played with both Mickey Mantle and Don Mattingly, spent the last 25 years of his baseball career in the broadcast booth, proving that an Oklahoma drawl can succeed on New York airwaves if mixed with the right amount of charm, wit and genuine love for the Yankees.