How Mickey Mantle's Singles Compares to Similar Players

Mickey Mantle totaled 1,463 career Singles, well above the league average of 344.9 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Singles season came in 1956, posting 109, well above the league average of 33.4 that year. The lowest point came in 1963 at 31, below the league average of 34.9 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The Singles total went from 60 in 1966 to 69 in 1967 and 70 in 1968, rising over the span. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 18 seasons.

Mickey Mantle Lifetime Singles

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Mickey Mantle Singles Per Season

Mickey Mantle's Singles for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mickey Mantle Singles per season line chart

Mickey Mantle Singles by Team

Mickey Mantle's career Singles totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mickey Mantle career Singles by team bar chart

Mickey Mantle Cumulative Singles — Career Progression

A running total of Mickey Mantle's career Singles, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Mickey Mantle Singles year-over-year waterfall chart

Mickey Mantle Singles Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mickey Mantle's seasonal Singles alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Mickey Mantle Singles distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mickey Mantle Singles — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mickey Mantle's MLB career with Singles alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Mickey Mantle Singles season-by-season breakdown table