Baseball Almanac - Box Score of 500th Home Run by Mickey Mantle

Box Score of 500th Home Run by Mickey Mantle

Mickey Mantle drove in his five hundredth home run during the seventh inning versus the Baltimore Orioles and provided the New York Yankees with another game winning run.

"You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth." - Mickey Mantle

500th Home Run Box Score
May 14, 1967
Yankee Stadium

Name Pos AB R H RBI

Mark Belanger 2b-ss 5 1 1 1

Russ Snyder cf 4 0 0 0

Curt Blefary lf 3 1 0 0

Frank Robinson rf 4 2 2 0

Boog Powell 1b 4 1 2 1

Brooks Robinson 3b 2 0 0 0

Woodie Held ss 2 0 0 0

Charlie Lau ph 1 0 1 2

Stu Miller p 0 0 0 0

Paul Blair ph 1 0 0 0

Eddie Fisher p 0 0 0 0

Andy Etchebarren c 4 0 0 0

Steve Barber p 0 0 0 0

Wally Bunker p 1 0 0 0

Sam Bowens ph 1 0 0 0

Dave Johnson 2b 2 0 0 0

Totals 34 5 6 4

Name Pos AB R H RBI

Horace Clarke 2b 3 1 0 0

Dick Howser 3b 4 1 1 0

Mickey Mantle 1b 4 2 2 1

Elston Howard c 4 0 0 0

Tom Tresh lf 3 1 0 1

Steve Whitaker rf 3 0 1 2

Bill Robinson cf 2 0 0 0

Joe Pepitone cf 2 1 2 2

Ruben Amaro ss 4 0 2 0

Mel Stottlemyre p 2 0 0 0

Dooley Womack p 2 0 0 0

Totals 33 6 8 6

Hitting & Fielding Notes

Double Play: Baltimore 2.
Doubles: Powell, Lau.
Errors: B.Robinson, Belanger, Powell, Amaro, Mantle.
Home Runs: Belanger, Pepitone, Mantle.
Left on Base: Baltimore 5, New York 6.

Line Score
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	5	6	3
New York	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	x	6	8	2

Name IP H R ER BB SO

Steve Barber 0.1 2 3 2 1 1

Wally Bunker 4.2 2 0 0 0 2

Stu Miller 2.0 3 3 1 0 2

Eddie Fisher 1.0 1 0 0 1 0

Name IP H R ER BB SO

Mel Stottlemyre 5.2 5 4 4 3 6

Dooley Womack 3.1 1 1 0 0 2

Pitching Notes

Losing Pitcher: Miller.
Winning Pitcher: Womack.

Hit By Pitcher: Tresh (by Barber).

Game Notes

Attendance: 18,872.
Length of Game: 2:38.
Umpires: HP: Flaherty, 1B: Rice, 2B: DiMuro, 3B: Ashford.

Did you know that the home run hit by Mark Belanger during this game was the first of his major league career?

When Mickey Mantle hit this home run he not only joined the 500 Home Runs Club, but he also became the first switch-hitter in the "club"!

Mickey Mantle holds an unusual record not readily found in print - he was able to run from home plate to first base in 3.1 seconds which is the fastest time for any player in history!

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