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Yankees: Why Mickey Mantle was the Best Switch Hitter of All-Time

Some of the greatest baseball players of all-time have played for the Yankees, even if it was just for a short stint in their career. Mickey Mantle played in Yankee Stadium for his entire career. Why does this matter? What importance does it make? So did Derek Jeter, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig and Don Mattingly. Well, Mickey Mantle hit more home runs than all of those guys, while hitting from both sides of the plate. He also did it in the same gigantic ballpark as DiMaggio and Gehrig, but DiMaggio never hit a home run over the left-center wall.