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Mickey Mantle: We Finally Learned How Mantle Did in a ‘Bad’ Season of 1959

watched Mickey Mantle's complete career. After having a fairly poor season in his rookie season of 1951, Mantle had some very good seasons. Then it happened.

It 1956, Mantle reached what most thought was the apex. He won the Triple Crown and became the best player in the game.

The next season, in 1957, Mantle did well, batting .365. In 1958, he hit "only" .304, but he led the league with 42 home runs.

Then he had a bad season, at least it seemed to be an off-season, in 1959. 

After five consecutive .300-plus seasons, Mantle finally hit below .300. He hit only 31 home runs. It was considered a terrible season. Today, we know that Mantle did better than we thought.

Mantle's .285 was 10th-best in the league. Rocky ...

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