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b. July 20, 1942 · Detroit Tigers 1964–1978

Mayo Smith needed Al Kaline's bat in the 1968 World Series and had nowhere to put him, so he took his Gold Glove center fielder and played him at shortstop. Stanley had appeared there nine times all season. He started all seven games at the position, made two errors, and Detroit beat St. Louis. Managers have not tried it since.

Fifteen seasons gave him 1,243 hits, 201 doubles, 117 home runs, 500 runs batted in and a .248 average, all of it for Detroit, with four Gold Gloves in center field between 1968 and 1973. He hit 16 home runs in 1969 and 17 in 1971.

He played 1,516 games in a Detroit uniform and never played for anyone else. The 1984 ballot gave him two votes of 403.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Gold Glove	4	1968, 1969, 1970, 1973

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1964	DET	4	11	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.273
1965	DET	30	117	14	28	6	0	3	13	3	12	1	.239
1966	DET	92	235	28	68	15	4	3	19	17	20	2	.289
1967	DET	145	333	38	70	7	3	7	24	29	46	9	.210
1968	DET	153	583	88	151	16	6	11	60	42	57	4	.259
1969	DET	149	592	73	139	28	1	16	70	52	56	8	.235
1970	DET	142	568	83	143	21	11	13	47	45	56	10	.252
1971	DET	139	401	43	117	14	5	7	41	24	44	1	.292
1972	DET	142	435	45	102	16	6	14	55	29	49	1	.234
1973	DET	157	602	81	147	23	5	17	57	48	65	0	.244
1974	DET	99	394	40	87	13	2	8	34	26	63	5	.221
1975	DET	52	164	26	42	7	3	3	19	15	27	1	.256
1976	DET	84	214	34	55	17	1	4	29	14	19	2	.257
1977	DET	75	222	30	51	9	1	8	23	18	30	0	.230
1978	DET	53	151	15	40	9	0	3	8	9	19	0	.265
Career	—	1516	5022	641	1243	201	48	117	500	371	564	44	.248

On this day & linked events

1942

Born July 20, 1942

Grand Rapids, MI, USA

1964

Major-league debut: Mickey Stanley

Mickey Stanley made a major-league debut on September 13, 1964.

1978

Final major-league game: Mickey Stanley

Mickey Stanley played a final major-league game on September 28, 1978.

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