Mitchell Jack "Mickey" Stanley (born July 20, 1942) is an American former professional baseball player. A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Stanley signed with the Detroit Tigers organization in 1960. After four years in the Tigers' minor league organization, he made his major league debut in September 1964. He remained with the Tigers for 15 years from 1964 to 1978. He appeared in 1,516 games with the Tigers, 1,175 of them as a center fielder. He won four American League Gold Glove Awards (1968, 1969, 1970, and 1973) and ranked among baseball's all-time leaders in career fielding percentage by an outfielder. For the 1968 World Series, Detroit manager Mayo Smith moved Stanley to shortstop, a move that has been ranked as one of the gutsiest coaching decisions in sports history. After retiring from baseball, Stanley became a builder and real estate developer in Livingston County, Michigan. He was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame in 1996. Early life Stanley was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1942. His father, James, drove a truck at night for the Oven Fresh Bakery. He attended Ottawa Hills High School in Grand Rapids where he played baseball, basketball, and football. He played in the infield and pitched for Ottawa Hills. He led the Grand Rapids city league with a .524 batting average in 1959, and compiled a .373 batting average as a senior in 1960. In football, he played at the halfback and end positions. Professional baseball Minor leagues In June 1960, Stanley signed for a reported $12,000 to play for the Detroit Tigers organization during the 1961 season. Stanley spent four years in the Tigers' minor league organization. In 1962, he played for the Duluth Dukes in the outfield with Jim Northrup and Willie Horton—a trio that later played together in Detroit for more than a decade. Stanley's speed and fielding talents impressed, but his failure to hit for average delayed his progress to the big league roster. He hit .252 with the Knoxville Smokies at Double-A level in 1963. He began the 1964 with the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs, but he hit only .160 in 19 games and was sent back to Knoxville 50 at bats with Syracuse where he hit a career high .304 in 90 games. In mid-September 1964, Stanley was called up by the Tigers, making his major