It is not 7
2007-02-07 12:21:51 · 7 answers · asked by e/eelviselvius 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
They started out by giving him #6 (the next "in-line" with the greats) and he didn't play well at all. It was quoted that he couldn't handle the pressure of being the next great hitter. So they sent him to the minors and he came back wearing #7. The rest is history.
2007-02-07 16:18:56 · answer #1 · answered by sweetie_tdp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is both #6 and #7. In his debut at the beginning of the 1951 season, Mantle wore #6. Due to a poor start he was sent back down to the minors, but later that year returned to the Yankees and then wore #7.
2007-02-07 12:29:58 · answer #2 · answered by Besser 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was #6
2007-02-07 12:25:28 · answer #3 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always appreciate the questions about me....yes, it was #6 and ended up #7 when I came back and the rest is history!!!.......seriously, still believe him to have been the greatest power hitter of all time.....my son's middle name is Mantle....what would he have accomplished if he had not got hurt or taken on the drinking and hard life thinkng that he would die young like his father and uncles.......GO YANKEES! STINKIN RED SOX!!
2007-02-08 04:20:46 · answer #4 · answered by Mickey Mantle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup it was #6..The Yanks figured he was the next great in line behind Ruth #3,Gherig #4 and Joe D #5.
He considered quiting and his father basically shamed him into giving it another go,he came back up got # 7 and the rest is history.
2007-02-07 13:09:31 · answer #5 · answered by DL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When he first came up it was 6
2007-02-07 13:10:02 · answer #6 · answered by blueyeznj 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wore #6.
2007-02-08 05:14:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋