Mickey Mantle batting only righty: .971 OPS

Mickey Mantle might have reduced his On Base Percentage (OBP) plus Slugging average (SLG) (OPS) from .977 to .971 had he batted only right handed instead of switch hitting.

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Mickey in the Twilight Zone (TZ) of batting only righty against righty pitchers was calculated by simply adding TZ Mickey's OBP and TZ Mickey's SLG.

Real Mickey led the league in OPS in 1952, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1964.

TZ Mickey would still have led in 1952, 1955, 1960, 1964 but not 1956 and not 1962.  TZ Mickey would have also led in 1958.

Real Mickey's career splits by how the pitcher throws:
Where throws OPS
home L   .966
home R 1.014
road         L 1.034
road         R   .926



Year     TZ   Real    TZ-Real


1951 0.551 0.792 -0.241
1952 0.969 0.924 0.045
1953 1.000 0.895 0.105
1954 0.891 0.934 -0.043
1955 1.038 1.041 -0.003
1956 1.062 1.171 -0.109
1957 1.156 1.179 -0.023
1958 1.090 1.034 0.056
1959 0.779 0.905 -0.126
1960 1.122 0.959 0.163
1961 1.124 1.138 -0.014
1962 0.872 1.092 -0.220
1963 1.196 1.065 0.131
1964 1.262 1.017 0.245
1965 0.834 0.832 0.002
1966 0.842 0.930 -0.088
1967 0.773 0.827 -0.054
1968 0.640 0.784 -0.144
0.971 0.977 -0.006
Year     TZ   Real    TZ-Real