What was Mickeys first season with the Yankees?
Mickey’s first season with the Yankees was 1951. After a terrific spring training in Arizona (the Yankees, who regularly trained in Florida, traded spring training camps with the NY Giants), Casey Stengel talked owners Del Webb and Dan Topping, and General Manager George Weiss, into signing Mantle. He even convinced them to pay Mantle a $7,500 salary, $2,500 above the minimum.
