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...article, Gould uses the art of baseball number-crunching, which he calls sabermatrics, to prove Mantle was the most well-rounded player of the era. But Gould also emphasizes the dichotomy between Mantle the common man and the public's glorified portrait of Mantle the legend...
...Gould's array of baseball statistics indicates that Mantle was the man who dominated the 1950s and 1960s Yankees, which the professor calls "probably the greatest teams of all time...
...Gould writes of the excitement of growing up in New York City during its reign of baseball glory. "The fifties were the greatest baseball years that any single city ever experienced. We had three great teams and seven subway Series in the 10 years between 1947 and 1956," he said...
...even in the modern era, Gould says "Mantle's 1957 season is unsurpassed." Gould cites Mantle's on-base percentage of .512, which no player since Mantle in 1957 has come close to beating. "Willie Mays only reached .425 in his best year," he says...
...Mantle would have hit 100 home runs at Fenway park," says Gould, adding that if he had played for the Red Sox they would have come home with a World Series victory...