Mantle: The Best There Ever Was

Mickey Mantle is one of baseball's all-time greats, named to the All-Star team for 11 consecutive seasons, won three MVP awards, and was a seven-time World Series champion. Tony Castro's book Mantle: The Best There Ever Was argues that he was the greatest ballplayer of all time, based on hundreds of interviews with ex-teammates, friends, and family. Castro masterfully blends Mantle's public and private selves to present a fully rounded portrait of this complex, misunderstood national hero.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 280 pages
Publication date: 23 April 2022
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Mickey Mantle, one of baseball's all-time greats, had a remarkable career with the New York Yankees. He was named to the All-Star team for 11 consecutive seasons, won three MVP awards, and was a seven-time World Series champion. Despite playing through injuries for most of his career, Mantle achieved hero status and became an icon. In Mantle: The Best There Ever Was, Tony Castro argues that Mickey Mantle truly was the greatest ballplayer of all time. Castro, a renowned biographer of baseball's fabled number 7, shares personal conversations with Mantle, demystifying the legend and revealing intimate details from his personal life. He also offers new insights into Mantle's extraordinary career, including the conclusion that he may have fulfilled the expectation of being even greater than Babe Ruth. Castro's book draws from hundreds of interviews with ex-teammates, friends, and family, presenting a fully rounded portrait of this complex, misunderstood national hero.

Weight: 458g
Dimension: 237 x 162 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538159064