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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
The old guys that saw him break into the league said he was easily the fastest guy they ever saw. He lost a few steps when he tore the knee up, IIRC in the 1951 series he caught a spike in a drain in the outfield.
When Canseco was hitting HRs and stealing bases for Oakland, Mantle qupped 'if I thought stealing bases was going to be important I'd have done it more'. lol
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The Mick was once clocked running from home to first in 3.1 seconds. From what I know that record still stands.
After he stepped in the drain, that injury plagued the rest of his career and he would have to wrap his leg from the hip to his ankle before every game, and even still he played at a level far above other players of the time.