The Bay Area native went to Tamalpais High in Mill Valley then College of Marin before becoming the 10,823rd major league player when he debuted on July 16, 1951.
Mickey Mantle was a baseball legend, and his story with the New York Yankees started here in Phoenix... Because of the Giants.
Art Schallock, a left-handed pitcher who in 1951 replaced future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle on the Yankees’ roster and had been the oldest living former major leaguer, has died.
Schallock, a left-hander, began his baseball career in 1947 at 23 when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent. He was dealt to the Yankees on July 12, 1951, and was called up four days later, prompting New York to demote Mickey Mantle, who at the time, was a 19-year-old rookie batting .260.