How many years did Mickey Mantle play baseball? How many hits did Mickey Mantle have?

Mickey Mantle was an American professional baseball player who played baseball for 18 years.

Mickey Mantle had 2,415 hits in his career. Mantle spent his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees, where he played centre field, right field, and first base.

Mantle was a great player and slugger, and many consider him to be the greatest switch-hitter in baseball history.

Mantle was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999 after being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.

Mantle was one of the most dangerous offensive threats in baseball history. He retired with the highest stolen-base percentage in history and the second-highest career OPS+ among centre-fielders.

In terms of home runs per at-bat, Mantle ranks 16th all-time. In terms of on-base percentage, he ranks 17th. He was safe three of the four times he tried to steal a base. He received the MVP award three times, finished second three times, and was nine votes away from winning five times.