Mickey Mantle batting average in 1966
.2881966 Regular Season
Mickey Mantle posted a .288 batting average in the 1966 regular season.
- 12th-best of Mickey Mantle's 18 seasons on file; the high is .365 in 1957.
- Up .033 from .255 in 1965.
Average of 18 regular seasons, 1951 through 1968. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  NYY | 96 | 341 | 61 | 91 | 13 | 65 | 8 | .267 | .349 | .443 | .792 |
| 1952 | NYY | 142 | 549 | 94 | 171 | 23 | 87 | 4 | .311 | .394 | .530 | .924 |
| 1953 | NYY | 127 | 461 | 105 | 136 | 21 | 92 | 8 | .295 | .398 | .497 | .895 |
| 1954 | NYY | 146 | 543 | 129 | 163 | 27 | 102 | 5 | .300 | .408 | .525 | .933 |
| 1955 | NYY | 147 | 517 | 121 | 158 | 37 | 99 | 8 | .306 | .431 | .611 | 1.042 |
| 1956 | NYY | 150 | 533 | 132 | 188 | 52 | 130 | 10 | .353 | .464 | .705 | 1.169 |
| 1957 | NYY | 144 | 474 | 121 | 173 | 34 | 94 | 16 | .365 | .512 | .665 | 1.177 |
| 1958 | NYY | 150 | 519 | 127 | 158 | 42 | 97 | 18 | .304 | .443 | .592 | 1.035 |
| 1959 | NYY | 144 | 541 | 104 | 154 | 31 | 75 | 21 | .285 | .390 | .514 | .904 |
| 1960 | NYY | 153 | 527 | 119 | 145 | 40 | 94 | 14 | .275 | .399 | .558 | .957 |
| 1961 | NYY | 153 | 514 | 132 | 163 | 54 | 128 | 12 | .317 | .448 | .687 | 1.135 |
| 1962 | NYY | 123 | 377 | 96 | 121 | 30 | 89 | 9 | .321 | .486 | .605 | 1.091 |
| 1963 | NYY | 65 | 172 | 40 | 54 | 15 | 35 | 2 | .314 | .441 | .622 | 1.063 |
| 1964 | NYY | 143 | 465 | 92 | 141 | 35 | 111 | 6 | .303 | .423 | .591 | 1.015 |
| 1965 | NYY | 122 | 361 | 44 | 92 | 19 | 46 | 4 | .255 | .379 | .452 | .831 |
| 1966 | NYY | 108 | 333 | 40 | 96 | 23 | 56 | 1 | .288 | .389 | .538 | .927 |
| 1967 | NYY | 144 | 440 | 63 | 108 | 22 | 55 | 1 | .245 | .391 | .434 | .825 |
| 1968 | NYY | 144 | 435 | 57 | 103 | 18 | 54 | 6 | .237 | .385 | .398 | .782 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS