Mickey Mantle: starting lineups when he played shortstop, second, third.

Mickey Mantle

Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Both  •  Throws: Right

5-11, 195lb (180cm, 88kg)

Born: October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, OK us

Mickey Mantle played shortstop and second in 1954 and 1955 in important games. Saturday, March 23, 2024

Casey Stengel managed the Yankees 1949-1960. Pennants with World Series win bold: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, ..., 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, ..., 1960.

St. Louis Browns became the Baltimore Orioles.

Philadelphia Athletics moved to Kansas City and then to Oakland...

Stengel may have outsmarted himself as the Yanks won only one of 8 games.

Note that Mantle hit a 10th inning walk off home run July 22, 1954 after switching to SS.

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For the eight games when Mickey Mantle played SS or 2B or 3B; one game (6) was entirely at SS:

								Wins	Wins
				NY	Opp	Yanks	Opp	Yanks	Opp
1	Tue, May 13, 1952	@	Cle	5	10	11-12	18-8	95	93	3B
2	Wed, Sep 16, 1953		StL	3	5	95-47	52-94	99	54	SS
3	Thu, Jul 22, 1954		Chi	4	3	63-30	58-35	103	94	SS
4	Sat, Jul 24, 1954		Cle	4	5	64-32	65-28	103	111	SS, 2B
5	Sun, Aug 22, 1954	@	Bos	2	8	83-40	53-67	103	69	SS
6	Sun, Sep 26, 1954		Phi	6	8	103-51	51-103	103	51	SS
7	Tue, May 10, 1955		Cle	6	8	14-9	18-7	96	93	SS
8	Wed, Jul 27, 1955		Chi	4	7	60-38	58-38	96	91	SS

Team records are after the game. Wins are season totals; bold is first place, red is last.

Starting lineups; Mantle did not start the first two games but:

1. Replaced the third baseman Brown.

2. Pinch hit for the second baseman Coleman who had replaced Martin (Mantle then played SS). Really.

Game six is the last game of 1954 and the Yankees had been eliminated by Cleveland. Manager Casey Stengel started Berra and Skowron out of position, not just Mantle who played the whole game at SS.

	Tue, May 13, 1952				Wed, Sep 16, 1953
1	Hank Bauer	RF		1	Andy Carey	3B
2	Phil Rizzuto	SS		2	Irv Noren	CF
3	Irv Noren	CF		3	Hank Bauer	RF
4	Yogi Berra	C		4	Johnny Mize	1B
5	Johnny Mize	1B		5	Gene Woodling	LF
6	Gene Woodling	LF		6	Billy Martin	2B
7	Gil McDougald	2B		7	Phil Rizzuto	SS
8	Bobby Brown	3B		8	Charlie Silvera	C
9	Bill Miller	P		9	Eddie Lopat	P
	Thu, Jul 22, 1954				Sat, Jul 24, 1954
1	Gil McDougald	2B		1	Irv Noren	LF
2	Joe Collins	1B		2	Bill Skowron	1B
3	Mickey Mantle	CF		3	Mickey Mantle	CF
4	Yogi Berra	C		4	Yogi Berra	C
5	Irv Noren	RF		5	Hank Bauer	RF
6	Gene Woodling	LF		6	Andy Carey	3B
7	Andy Carey	3B		7	Jerry Coleman	2B
8	Willy Miranda	SS		8	Phil Rizzuto	SS
9	Bob Grim	P		9	Allie Reynolds	P
	Sun, Aug 22, 1954				Sun, Sep 26, 1954
1	Andy Carey	3B		1	Hank Bauer	RF
2	Joe Collins	1B		2	Eddie Robinson	1B
3	Mickey Mantle	CF		3	Mickey Mantle	SS
4	Yogi Berra	C		4	Yogi Berra	3B
5	Enos Slaughter	RF		5	Irv Noren	CF
6	Irv Noren	LF		6	Bill Skowron	2B
7	Jerry Coleman	2B		7	Bob Cerv	LF
8	Willy Miranda	SS		8	Lou Berberet	C
9	Harry Byrd	P		9	Tommy Byrne	P
	Tue, May 10, 1955				Wed, Jul 27, 1955
1	Hank Bauer	RF		1	Irv Noren	LF
2	Joe Collins	1B		2	Joe Collins	RF
3	Mickey Mantle	CF		3	Gil McDougald	2B
4	Yogi Berra	C		4	Yogi Berra	C
5	Irv Noren	LF		5	Mickey Mantle	CF
6	Andy Carey	3B		6	Bill Skowron	1B
7	Gil McDougald	2B		7	Andy Carey	3B
8	Billy Hunter	SS		8	Billy Hunter	SS
9	Don Larsen	P		9	Eddie Lopat	P

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