Mickey Mantle
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Mickey Charles Mantle, nicknamed "the Mick" and "the Commerce Comet", was an American professional baseball player who played his entire Major League Baseball career with the New York Yankees, primari
Mantle in 1957
Mantle's boyhood home in Commerce, Oklahoma
Mantle as a 19-year-old rookie in 1951
Bowman's Mantle trading card, 1954
Spavinaw, Oklahoma
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Spavinaw is a town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 350 at the 2020 census, down from 437 in 2010. The town is best known as the birthplace of baseball player Mickey Mantle
Mickey Mantle
…sluggers of all time. He was an American League (AL) Most Valuable Player three times and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. Born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, Mantle was raised by his father to become a baseball player and was trained early on to become a switch hitter. Despite a career plagued with injuries…
Downtown Spavinaw in August of 2026
Spavinaw, Oklahoma
Sign at Spavinaw State Park, August 2026. The tiny blue sign in the background is the Welcome sign for the town.
Spavinaw Community Center, as seen in August of 2026