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- American League All-Star
- and was named the
- leagueΓÇÖs Most Valuable
- Player in 1956, 1957, and
- 1962.
-
- MickeyΓÇÖs greatest year was 1956, when he
- became one of only 14 players to hit for the
- Triple Crown -- leading the league in home
- runs (52), RBIs (130), and batting average
- (.353). He retired in 1969 and was elected to
- the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
-
- As great a ballplayer as Mickey was, he
- might have been even better had he not
- been slowed by a serious drinking problem.
- Looking back, Mickey blamed alcohol for
- cutting his career short. He believed
- that if he had taken better care of his
-