Statistical Comparisons

Three Big Apple Centerfielders

Throughout the 1950s, New Yorkers in all five boroughs argued over which team had the best centerfielder: Dodgers' Duke Snider, Giants' Willie Mays, or Yankees' Mickey Mantle.

All are secure in the Hall of Fame. Our usual stat compare of putting all the statistics for each player in one column would make it too easy to figure out who's who. So we'll have you pick stat by stat.

So pair the CFs, Snider, Mays, or Mantle, with their career stats in each category below.

Category
Highest
Middle
Lowest
Answers for
each category
ML Seasons 22 18 18
Batting Avg. .302 .298 .295
Hits 3283 2415 2116
HR 660 536 407
RBI 1903 1509 1333
OBP .421 .384 .380
Slugging % .557 .557 .540
OPS .977 .941 .919