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YANKEES, Mickey Mantle Hand Signed, RARE TRIPLE CROWN
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MICKEY MANTLE HAND SIGNED PLAQUE TRIPLE CROWN WINNER AND HALL OF FAMER The greatest switch-hitter in history, Mantle combined power and speed unlike any other man before him in baseball annals. He followed Joe DiMaggio in the procession of Yankee heroes. He overcame injuries to play more than 2,000 games and hit 536 home runs. He played in twelve World Series and won three MVP awards. In 1956 he won the Triple crown.Position Center field. Mantle played 262 games at first base, in the final two years of his career. He logged seven games at shortstop and one each at second and third, primarily in the last day or days of the season when Stengel would juggle his lineup. Major League Debut: April 17, 1951 Mantle played and partied like t was no tomorrow, believing he would fail to escape the fate of the men in his family who rarely lived to see 40. He was friend and teammate to Whitey Ford and Billy Martin, often getting into off-the-field troubles. An entire generation of New York baseball fans grew up idolizing the blond-haired, muscular center fielder. In the city the debate raged as to who was better - Willie (Mays), Mickey, or the Duke (Snider). Few argued that any player was more talented than Mantle. He battled injuries throughout his career: chronic bone infections, broken foot, shoulder separations, knee problems, torn hamstrings. Despite the setbacks, he played more than 140 games twelve times and led his league in major batting categories on on twenty-five occasions. His finest season was 1956, when at the age of 24, he won the Triple Crown, batting .353 with 52 home runs and 130 RBI. It was the only time he would lead in RBI, but he would garner four homer titles. Many of his home runs were of legendary proportion, such as his blast into the façade at Yankee Stadium. He hit a home run in Washington that observers estimated went 565 feet. Mantle holds career records for most home runs, runs scored, and RBI in World Series play. He was a World Series champion seven times. Condition: Great except a small chip missing on the bottom left hand corner. CERTICATE OF COLLECTIBLE: LIMITED EDITION SIGNATURE SERIES 1763 of 5000 Please refer to picture for issuer 
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