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Mickey Mantle was an all-around athlete at Commerce High School, playing Basketball, football, and Baseball. Yankees scout Tom Greenwade signed Mickey Mantle after he graduated in 1949. Mickey Mantle signed a minor league contract with the Yankees Class D team in Independence.
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BlakeMickey Mantle did not go to College. Mickey attended Commerce High School, and the Yankees signed him on his graduation day in 1949.
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Did Mickey Mantle go to grade school?
Of course he did..and high school too.
Did Mickey Mantle own a 1959 to 1968 McLain High School Tulsa OK Balfour 10K ring?
yes
What team was Mickey Mantle playing for in 1948?
In 1948, Mickey played high school ball at Commerce High School in Commerce, Oklahoma and then semi-pro ball with the Baxter Springs Whiz Kids in Baxter Springs, Kansas. He signed with the Yankees in 1949 and played for the Independence Yankees of the Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League.
How did Mickey Mantle make it into Major League Baseball?
Mickey Mantle was an all-around athlete at Commerce High School, playing basketball, football, and baseball. In 1948 playing semi-pro Ball as a shortstop in Baxter Springs (KS) Yankees' scout Tom Greenwade came to Baxter Springs to watch Mickey's teammate, third baseman Billy Johnson. During the game Mickey Mantle hit two homers, one right handed, and one left handed into a river well past the ballpark's fences. Greenwade wanted to sign Mickey on the spot but, upon finding out that he was only sixteen and still in high school, told him he would come back to sign him with the Yankees on his graduation day in 1949. Good to his word, Greenwade was there right on schedule, signing Mickey Mantle to a minor league contract with the Yankees Class D team in Independence. April 17, 1951 the 19 year old Mickey Mantle broke into the big leagues with the New York Yankees. See Related Links for more on Mickey Mantle.
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