{"id":71445,"date":"2025-06-20T07:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=71445"},"modified":"2025-06-20T07:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:21:19","slug":"juan-soto-joins-mickey-mantle-in-mlb-history-with-1000-hit-achievement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=71445","title":{"rendered":"Juan Soto joins Mickey Mantle in MLB history with 1,000-hit achievement"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Juan-Soto_95431e.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Jun 17, 2025; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; New York Mets right fielder Juan Soto (22) celebrates after a home run against the Atlanta Braves in the first inning at Truist Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images\" \/><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On Wednesday, New York Mets outfielder <\/span>Juan Soto closed in on joining Mickey Mantle <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in the history books. On Thursday, the book was open, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Soto&#8217;s name was written<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in, and the ink was dry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Soto <\/span>picked up <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> his 1,000 career hit in the Mets game against the Atlanta Braves. It came in the form of a line drive single to right field in the top of the first inning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Not only that, Soto is <\/span>part of a special class <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, including Mantle and Mel Ott as the only players with 1,000 hits, 200 home runs, and 700 walks before the age of 27, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This season, Soto is batting .248 with 65 hits, 14 home runs, and 37 RBIs. In addition, Soto has 61 walks and an OBP of .387.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Meanwhile, the Mets are 45-29 with a one-game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East.\u00a0 As for Soto, this isn&#8217;t his first time chasing The Mick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In late May, <\/span>Soto came close to Mantle in a unique category <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> after the Mets defeated the Colorado Rockies 8-2. In that game, he went 1 for 3 with a home run and a walk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Article Continues Below<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As a result, Soto rose to 5th on the all-time list for players with 103 games of having at least one home and a walk in a game before age 27.\u00a0 He was eight games behind Mantle, who had 115 games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Juan Soto and the comparisons to Mickey Mantle<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As hard as it is to compare anyone to Mantle, Soto does show a few similarities. Mantle was one of the best to hit both for average and power during his heyday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Soto has those same qualities with his ability to hit home runs and get on base. Furthermore, Mantle was known for being aggressive on the base paths and possessing quite a bit of speed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Soto can do the same on the base paths, whereas Mantle&#8217;s ability <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was often hampered<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> by his long battle with injuries. Not only that, but Soto and Mantle are fan favorites and have a charismatic personality that makes them lovable players.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Mets outfield Juan Soto joins alongside Mickey Mantle in a special category of players to do things before age 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":71453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[25,23,1045],"class_list":["post-71445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-juan-soto","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Juan Soto joins Mickey Mantle in MLB history with 1,000-hit achievement - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=71445\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Juan Soto joins Mickey Mantle in MLB history with 1,000-hit achievement - 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