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Mickey Mantle

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Subject(s): Mickey Mantle
Sport: Baseball

Location: OKC Redhawks, Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City, OK
Unveiled: 16/4/1998
Sculptor: Blair Buswell
Material: Bronze
Status: In Situ

Inscription(s):
Inscribed on plinth, side 1: MICKEY MANTLE. 1931 - 1995. DEDICATED APRIL 16th, 1998.

Inscribed on plinth, side 2: MICKEY CHARLES MANTLE. BORN ON OCTOBER 20, 1931 IN STAVINAW OKLAHOMA AND RAISED IN COMMERCE OKLAHOMA. THE COMMERCE COMET WAS THE EPITOME OF A BASEBALL HERO CHARACTERIZED BY A RARE COMBINATION OF GRACE, BLAZING SPEED, AND TAPE MEASURE HOME RUNS. THE MOST NOTABLE SAILED 565 FEET ON APRIL 17, 1953 IN GRIFFITH STADIUM, WASHINGTON, DC. MANTLE'S PERSONALITY AND ABILITY CREATED AN AMERICAN ICON TRANSCENDING SEVERAL GENERATIONS. HE PLAYED IN 240 GAMES OVER 18 YEARS FROM 1950-1968, A NEW YORK YANKEE RECORD. MICKEY MANTLE DEFINED INDIVIDUAL BASEBALL PERFECTION BY WINNING THE TRIPLE CROWN (52 HOME RUNS, 130 RUNS BATTED IN, AND .353 BATTING AVERAGE) BEING NAMED THE AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP THREE TIMES AND TO THE ALL STAR GAME 13 STRAIGHT YEARS FROM 1952-1965. MANTLE'S RARE SWITCH HITTING PROWESS WAS DEMONSTRATED WHEN HE HIT 536 HOMERS DURING HIS CAREER, INCLUDING HOME RUNS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE PLATE IN TEN DIFFERENT GAMES. MANTLE WAS THE CONSUMMATE TEAM AND BIG GAME PLAYER. HE LED THE NEW YORK YANKEES TO 12 WORLD SERIES BERTHS AND SEVEN WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIPS. MANTLE SET THE STANDARD FOR THRIVING UNDER PRESSURE BY SETTING FOUR WORLD SERIES RECORDS, MOST HOME RUNS (18), MOST RUNS SCORED (42), MOST RUNS BATTED IN (40), AND MOST WALKS (43). MANTLE'S PLAYING ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE REWARDED ON JUNE 8TH 1969 WHEN HIS #7 JERSEY WAS RETIRED AT YANKEE STADIUM AND IN JULY 1974 WHEN HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME. ALTHOUGH MANTLE ATTAINED THE PINNACLE OF HIS PROFESSION BY BREAKING RECORDS AND ACHIEVING UNPARALLELED SUCCESS, MICKEY SIMPLY WANTED TO BE REMEMBERED AS A GREAT TEAMMATE. MICKEY MANTLE PASSED AWAY IN AUGUST 1, 1995, HOWEVER THE SPIRIT OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE FIELD AND THE COURAGE HE DISPLAYED PRIOR TO HIS DEATH WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

Inscribed on plinth, side 3: SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR MAKING THIS TRIBUTE POSSIBLE. EXPRESS PERSONNEL SERVICES. SOUTHWESTERN BELL. ANGUS AND REVAN MCQUEEN. BILL, DEBRA, RYAN & BRANDON WINKLER. KERR MCGEE CORPORATION. THE CLAYTON BENNETT FAMILY.

Inscribed on plinth, side 4: BLAIR BUSWELL. SCULPTOR. HIGHLAND UTAH. OKLAHOMA REDHAWKS. CARLA & RICHARD ELLIS. THE GENE TORBETT FAMILY. THE LEE ALLAN SMITH FAMILY.

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