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Ted ZanidakisMantle started slow 1951; but after all he was only 19.
And, Stengel brought him up from Joplin of old Western
league (definitely not much Minor Lge groming) a little
too soon. And, at 5:11 and 170 lbs, he was no "King Kong".
But, by 1952 he was in full swing.
But, let us extrapolate what his numbers could have been
if he used steroids:
700 Ft....Home Runs (instead of 565 Ft)
70+ ......Single season HRs (multi years)
700+ .....Career total HRs (instead of 537)
Incidently, I fully agree with John G. and Anson that this
author's analysis is BS.