Editing Mickey Mantle (section)

====Retirement====

Mantle announced his retirement at the age of 37 on March 1, 1969.<ref name=retire>{{cite news |last1=Vecsey |first1=George |title=Mantle Retires from Baseball after 18 years |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/03/02/archives/mantle-retires-from-baseball-after-18-years-hitting-art-gone.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 2, 1969 |url-access=subscription |via=TimesMachine}}</ref> He delivered a farewell speech on Mickey Mantle Day, June 8, 1969, at Yankee Stadium. Mantle's wife, mother, and mother-in-law were in attendance and received recognition at the ceremony held in his honor.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vecsey |first1=George |title=61,157 Hearts Here Throb for Mantle as No. 7 Joins 3, 4 and 5 in Retirement |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/06/09/archives/61157-hearts-here-throb-for-mantle-as-no-7-joins-3-4-and-5-in.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 9, 1969 |url-access=subscription |via=TimesMachine}}</ref> When he retired, Mantle was third on the all-time home-run list with 536, and he was the Yankees' all-time leader in [[games played]] with 2,401, a record that would be broken by [[Derek Jeter]] on August 29, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Matthews |first1=Wallace |title=Derek Jeter passes Mickey Mantle |url=https://www.espn.in/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/6903829/derek-jeter-passes-mickey-mantle-new-york-yankees-leader-games-played |website=[[ESPN]] |date=August 28, 2011}}</ref>