Mickey Mantle, and Roger Maris were known as the M & M boys
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Yes, they were. In 1961 Roger Maris and Bob Cerv asked Mickey Mantle to be their roommate. This was done to keep Mickey out of trouble. They lived in Queens and Mickey was not allowed to bring women home to the apartment.
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Mickey Mantle played his entire career for the New York Yankees, 18 seasons from 1951 -1968.
There are many New York Yankees that played with both Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris on the same team. Mantle and Maris played together from 1960 -1966. You could visit BaseballAlmanac.co to see the rosters for each year. Some of the great players that played with the M&M boys included Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Bobby Richardson, Elston Howard, Mel Stottlemyre and even Bobby Murcer made an aperance with the two.
The 1961 Yankees - Roger Maris had 61 and Mickey Mantle had 54.