September 20, 1968
It was on this day in 1968 that
New York Yankees’ slugger Mickey Mantle, hit the final home run of his career.
In a 4-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, Mantle’s homer was his
536th and came off of Boston starting pitcher Jim Lonborg.
Mantle would play in 2401 games
during his career, all with the Yankees, collecting 2415 hits, 1509 RBIs, 153
stolen bases and have a lifetime batting average of .298. In later years, he
would say one of his regrets would be not getting his career batting average to
.300.
The Mick would play in the World
Series with the Yankees twelve times, with the team winning the championship
seven of those years. His 18 all-time World Series home runs is still the
record, as is his 42 runs scored, 40 RBI and 43 walks. He was inducted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
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