Mickey Mantle -vs- Willie Mays

[Billy Costigan]

Mantle

Mays

Who do you think was better and why?

 

[TBrown]

Billy C or Jerry from Bull's Gap - Who do you think has more brain cells and why?

 

[Billy Costigan]

Billy C or Jerry from Bull's Gap - Who do you think has more brain cells and why?

Who the heck is that? Does he not have very many brain cells?

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Mantle

Mays

Who do you think was better and why?

you couldnt find pics of them with their shirts off?

 

[Billy Costigan]

you couldnt find pics of them with their shirts off?

Mays

Mantle

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Lol

 

[005]

Mays. That was fun.

 

[YankeeVol]

Mantle

 

[Thrasher865]

Willie Mays here with another fantastic product!

 

[TBrown]

Willie Mays here with another fantastic product!

Too soon

 

[golfballs]

Willie Mays

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

In before Billy post a shirtless picture of Billy Mays

 

[OrangeDog]

Which one has the most Sandwiches named after them?

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Which one has the most Sandwiches named after them?

Mickey Mantle has a restaurant, im sure there's a Mickey in there somewhere

 

[VolsFan4Ever-11]

Too soon

Never too soon when a druggie kills himself

 

[Thrasher865]

Never too soon when a druggie kills himself

Terrible.

 

[Thrasher865]

RIP Billy!

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

Never too soon when a druggie kills himself

:ermm:

I bet people hate being around you

 

[VolsFan4Ever-11]

I don't feel sorry at all for a druggie that kills their self because of drugs. You chose that lifestyle, you know what can happen.

 

[VolsFan4Ever-11]

:ermm:

I bet people hate being around you

Probably not as much as people hate being around you tho.

 

[GahLee]

Mantle

Shocked you picked the Yankee.

 

[GahLee]

Two great players.

I'd go with Mays though.

Imagine if Mays played in Yankee stadium, he would have the all-time HR record.

 

[volger]

Mays

Mantle

Well played Grant, well played

 

[005]

Two great players.

I'd go with Mays though.

Imagine if Mays played in Yankee stadium, he would have the all-time HR record.

Imagine if Bonds did.

I would love to go back and see either one of these guys play. Would be awesome.

 

[zjcvols]

Career slash line

Mantle: .298/.412/.557

Mays: .302/.384/.557

Their ten years prime slash lines:

Mantle: .312/.440/.605

Mays: .318/.409/.605

So basically the same player, although the Mick was better at getting on base (though .384 career is nothing to sneeze at). Mays was a better defender, while Mantle was a great switch hitter. I think you have to give it to Mays because Mantle might have been a tad better in his prime, Mays led the league in OBP at age 40, while Mickey was basically done at 34.