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Legend has Mantle at 3.1 from home to first. We know that Ichiro, considered the fastest in the game today has been timed at 3.7 so few believe Mantle could have been this fast. Unfortunately we do not have any solid evidence from the Mantle period to corroborate the 3.1 reports.
This is supposedly true! But I personally heard Mantle being interviewed and asked about that 3.1 speed from home to first. And his answer was (paraphrasing) "yeah, but you gotta remember it was while I was drag bunting." In other words he sort of had a running start to begin with. I also remember from the interview how he downplayed that 565' home run by reminding the interviewer that (paraphrase) "yeah but that included the ball rolling on the ground to a stop." He was a real honest guy! He was my favorite! Wayne Arthur
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