Wednesday, June 4, 2008

1959 Home Run Derby: Mantle vs. Mays


The youtube film entry says 1959 but according to tv.com the first episode (above) didn't air until 1/9/60
Mays vs. Mantle
Episode Number: 1 Season Num: 1 First Aired: January 9, 1960
Say-Hey starts out strong, with 4 homers in the top of the 1st, and leads Mantle 8 to 2, after 5 complete. But Mantle overtakes Mays with a total of 7, in the final 4 innings, to come out on top 9 to 8.
Star: Mark Scott (Himself / Host)
Recurring Role: Art Passarella (Head Umpire)
APPEARANCES: Hank Aaron – 7 (Games 7-13)
MOST WINNINGS: Hank Aaron – $13,500
MOST HOMERS – SINGLE INNING: Jackie Jensen – 6 (B4, Game 26)
MOST HOMERS – GAME: Jackie Jensen – 14 – Game 24
MOST HOMERS – SERIES: Mickey Mantle – 44
HIGHEST PER-APPEARANCE HR AVERAGE: Mickey Mantle – 8.8
MOST CONSECUTIVE INNINGS SCORED: Ernie Banks – 5 (Game 24, Innings 2-6)
TEAM WITH MOST PARTICIPANTS: The Washington Senators – 3 (Killebrew, Lemon, Allison)
TEAM WITH MOST HOMERS: The New York Yankees – 44 (All Mantle)
AMERICAN LEAGUE HOMERS: 131
NATIONAL LEAGUE HOMERS: 164 (edit)
CONTEST STATISTICS –
NATIONAL LEAGUE PARTICIPANTS:
(Appearances – Total Homers – Per-Appearance Average)
Willie Mays* – San Francisco Giants – (5 - 35 - 7.0)
Ernie Banks* – Chicago Cubs – (3 - 25 - 8.3)
Ken Boyer – St. Louis Cardinals – (2 - 9 - 4.5)
Hank Aaron* – Milwaukee Braves – (7 - 34 - 4.9)
Jim Mathews* – Milwaukee Braves – (1 - 3 - 3.0)
Duke Snider* – Los Angeles Dodgers – (1 - 1 - 1.0)
Wally Post – Philadelphia Phillies – (2 - 16 - 8.0)
Dick Stuart – Pittsburgh Pirates – (3 - 21 - 7.0)
Frank Robinson* – Cincinnati Reds – (1 - 7 - 7.0)
Gil Hodges – Los Angeles Dodgers – (2 - 13 - 6.5)
AMERICAN LEAGUE PARTICIPANTS:
(Appearances – Total Homers – Per-Appearance Average)
Mickey Mantle* – New York Yankees – (5 - 44 - 8.8)
Jackie Jensen – Boston Red Sox – (4 - 29 - 7.25)
Harmon Killebrew* – Washington Senators – (4 - 23 - 5.75)
Rocky Colavito – Cleveland Indians – (2 - 7 - 3.5)
Jim Lemon – Washington Senators – (2 - 6 - 3.0)
Al Kaline* – Detroit Tigers – (1 - 1 - 1.0)
Bob Allison – Washington Senators – (3 - 9 - 3.0)
Gus Triandos – Baltimore Orioles – (1 - 1 - 1.0)
Bob Cerv – Kansas City Athletics – (2 - 11 - 5.5)

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