Beautifully Presented 26 x 32 Picture With Rare Authentic Encapsulated Autograph By Mickey Mantle.  Piece is Framed and is Matted in Navy Blue Suede.  This is a Fantastic Opportunity For a Piece of Baseball History!

Mickey Charles Mantle  # 7 New York Yankees

“The Commerce Comet"  (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995)

 Height: 5’11” Weight: 195             Position: Center Field

 Batted: Switch Threw: Right          Hall of Fame: 1974

Career Statistic: Batting Avg. 298 – Home Runs: 536 – Hits: 2,415 – RBI’s 1,509

7 World Series Championship

12 American League Pennant Winners

16 All-Star game Appearances                            

Major League Baseball All-Century Team

Gold Glove Winner (1962)                                 

3 Time American League MVP (1956, 57 & 62)

Triple Crown Winner in (1956)

New York Yankees Retired #7

Mickey Mantle was the son of Elvin Charles Mantle, a coal miner, and Lovell Mantle. He was named in honor of Mickey Cochrane, the Hall of Fame catcher from the Philadelphia Athletics. Mickey also played football as well as baseball and it nearly ended his athletic career, and indeed his life. Kicked in the shin during a game, Mantle's leg soon became infected with osteomyelitis, a crippling disease that would have been incurable just a few years earlier. A midnight drive to Tulsa, Oklahoma, enabled Mantle to be treated with newly available penicillin, saving his leg from amputation. He suffered from the effects of the disease for the rest of his life.

Mickey played his storied 18-year major-league professional career all for the New York Yankees. He still holds the records for most World Series home runs (18), RBIs (40), runs (42), walks (43), extra-base hits (26), and total bases (123). He is also the career leader in walk-off home runs, with (12 regular, 1 postseason). He is regarded by many to be the greatest switch hitter of all time, and one of the greatest players in baseball history. Mantle also hit some of the longest home runs in Major League history. He hit a ball left-handed that cleared the right-field roof at Tiger Stadium in Detroit and it was estimated to have traveled 643 feet. Another Mantle homer, hit right-handed in Washington, D.C. was measured by Yankees traveling secretary Red Patterson (hence the term "tape-measure home run") to have traveled 565 feet. Mantle twice hit balls off the third-deck facade at Yankee Stadium. Mickey also hit the first Home Run in an exhibition game in 1965 in what was touted as the “Eighth Wonder of the World” the Houston Astrodome. In 1956, Mantle won the Hickok Belt as top professional athlete of the year. This was his "favorite summer," a year that saw him win the Triple Crown, leading the majors with a .353 batting average, 52 HR, and 130 RBI, and his first of three MVP awards. Mantle remains the last man to win the Major League Triple Crown by leading both leagues in all three categories. He is also the last player to win a single league Triple Crown as a switch hitter.