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Don Mueller
Donald Frederick Mueller (Mandrake The Magician)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut August 2, 1948
Final Game May 2, 1959
Born April 14, 1927 in St. Louis, MO
Son of Walter Mueller

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 21 NYG NL  36   81   12   29   4  1   1    9   0      0   3  .358  .358  .469  121   38   1           0   3
 1949 22 NYG NL  51   56    5   13   4  0   0    1   0      5   6  .232  .295  .304   61   17   0           0   7
 1950 23 NYG NL 132  525   60  153  15  6   7   84   1     10  26  .291  .309  .383   80  201   1           3   9
 1951 24 NYG NL 122  469   58  130  10  7  16   69   1  1  19  13  .277  .307  .431   95  202   4           1   4
 1952 25 NYG NL 126  456   61  128  14  7  12   49   2  1  34  24  .281  .333  .421  107  192   4           2   8
 1953 26 NYG NL 131  480   56  160  12  2   6   60   2  0  19  13  .333  .360  .404   97  194   2           1   7
 1954 27 NYG NL 153  619   90  212  35  8   4   71   2  3  22  17  .342  .363  .444  109  275   7   8       2  19 MVP-12,AS
 1955 28 NYG NL 147  605   67  185  21  4   8   83   1  2  19  12  .306  .326  .393   90  238   5   7   4   3  13 AS
 1956 29 NYG NL 138  453   38  122  12  1   5   41   0  1  15   7  .269  .290  .333   68  151   2   4   2   0  18
 1957 30 NYG NL 135  450   45  116   7  1   6   37   2  0  13  16  .258  .280  .318   61  143   1   1   3   1   7
 1958 31 CHW AL  70  166    7   42   5  0   0   16   0  0  11   9  .253  .298  .283   62   47   2   1   3   0   2
 1959 32 CHW AL   4    4    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500  .500  178    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1245 4364  499 1292 139 37  65  520  11  8 167 146  .296  .322  .390   89 1700  29  21  12  13  97
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        568   65  168  18  5   8   68   1  1  22  19  .296  .322  .390   89  221   4   3   2   2  13
 Career High    153  619   90  212  35  8  16   84   2  3  34  26  .342  .363  .444  109  275   7   8   4   3  19

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 21 NYG NL   82   56   14   6.6   103| .358  .270| .358  .345| .469  .400| .827  .744| 121  .675   1.9   0.2     
 1949 22 NYG NL   61   50    5   2.7   104| .232  .270| .295  .344| .304  .405| .599  .749|  61  .273  -3.0  -0.3     
 1950 23 NYG NL  539  382   61   4.3   109| .291  .271| .309  .348| .383  .420| .692  .768|  80  .453 -18.0  -1.8     
 1951 24 NYG NL  493  348   61   4.7   104| .277  .269| .307  .343| .431  .407| .738  .750|  95  .519  -6.5  -0.7  50%
 1952 25 NYG NL  496  341   63   4.9    98| .281  .263| .333  .336| .421  .391| .754  .727| 107  .579   2.6   0.3  66%
 1953 26 NYG NL  502  329   70   5.6   112| .333  .276| .360  .348| .404  .431| .764  .779|  97  .570  -2.8  -0.3 100%
 1954 27 NYG NL  658  444   99   6.0   110| .342  .275| .363  .347| .444  .425| .807  .772| 109  .599   7.4   0.7  40%
 1955 28 NYG NL  639  447   75   4.5   106| .306  .267| .326  .338| .393  .422| .719  .760|  90  .481 -10.0  -1.0  33%
 1956 29 NYG NL  474  356   39   2.9   102| .269  .263| .290  .330| .333  .415| .623  .745|  68  .316 -20.9  -2.1   0%
 1957 30 NYG NL  466  343   39   3.1   102| .258  .267| .280  .331| .318  .414| .598  .744|  61  .322 -26.0  -2.6 100%
 1958 31 CHW AL  180  129   14   2.9    97| .253  .260| .298  .329| .283  .396| .581  .725|  62  .328  -8.6  -0.9   0%
 1959 32 CHW AL    4    2    1  13.4    98| .500  .259| .500  .330| .500  .396|1.000  .726| 178  .885   0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4594 3227  541   4.5   105| .296  .269| .322  .340| .390  .415| .712  .755|  89  .489 -83.5  -8.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1948 21 NYG NL  OF   22     33    3    1    0  .973  .978  1.64  2.20                           18    1    1
 1949 22 NYG NL  OF    6      8    0    0    0 1.000  .976  1.33  2.25                            2    0    4
 1950 23 NYG NL  OF  125    205    7    3    2  .986  .978  1.70  2.14                            3    0  122
 1951 24 NYG NL  OF  115    233    5    4    1  .983  .981  2.07  2.23                            0    0  115
 1952 25 NYG NL  OF  120    221    8    3    4  .987  .981  1.91  2.10                            0    0  120
 1953 26 NYG NL  OF  122    203    7    6    0  .972  .980  1.72  2.11                           11    0  111
 1954 27 NYG NL  OF  153    263   14    6    5  .979  .975  1.81  2.18                            0    0  153 AS
 1955 28 NYG NL  OF  146    239    5    6    1  .976  .977  1.67  2.10                            0    0  146 AS
 1956 29 NYG NL  RF  117    181    4    2    2  .989  .974  1.58  1.80  1.78  2.00  103  934.0
 1957 30 NYG NL  RF  115    165   10    2    3  .989  .972  1.52  1.72  1.72  1.98  100  917.3
 1958 31 CHW AL  RF   43     57    3    2    1  .968  .980  1.40  1.69  1.66  1.99   37  325.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1948 21 NYG NL  OF   22     33    3    1    0  .973  .978  1.64  2.20                           18    1    1
 1949 22 NYG NL  OF    6      8    0    0    0 1.000  .976  1.33  2.25                            2    0    4
 1950 23 NYG NL  OF  125    205    7    3    2  .986  .978  1.70  2.14                            3    0  122
 1951 24 NYG NL  OF  115    233    5    4    1  .983  .981  2.07  2.23                            0    0  115
 1952 25 NYG NL  OF  120    221    8    3    4  .987  .981  1.91  2.10                            0    0  120
 1953 26 NYG NL  OF  122    203    7    6    0  .972  .980  1.72  2.11                           11    0  111
 1954 27 NYG NL  OF  153    263   14    6    5  .979  .975  1.81  2.18                            0    0  153
 1955 28 NYG NL  OF  146    239    5    6    1  .976  .977  1.67  2.10                            0    0  146
 1956 29 NYG NL  OF  117    180    4    2    2  .989  .977  1.57  2.05  1.77  2.28  103  934.0
 1957 30 NYG NL  OF  115    174   13    2    4  .989  .980  1.63  2.07  1.83  2.29  100  917.3
 1958 31 CHW AL  OF   43     57    3    2    1  .968  .982  1.40  1.94  1.66  2.27   37  325.0

 1956 29 NYG NL  RF  117    181    4    2    2  .989  .974  1.58  1.80  1.78  2.00  103  934.0
 1957 30 NYG NL  RF  115    165   10    2    3  .989  .972  1.52  1.72  1.72  1.98  100  917.3
 1958 31 CHW AL  RF   43     57    3    2    1  .968  .980  1.40  1.69  1.66  1.99   37  325.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  RF* 275    403   17    6    6  .986  .974  1.53  1.75              240 2176.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1084   1816   69   35   20  .982  .979  1.74  2.12

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1954   WS    NYG CLE     W   4  18   4   7  0  0  0   1   0   1  .389  .389  .389   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1954   NYG NL       1   0   1  1  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1955   NYG NL   *   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      1   3   0   2  1  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .667  .667 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1954 *
1955 (RF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1954-NL-12-0.09
Car-918-0.09 shares

Batting Average
1953 NL-.333-5
1954 NL-.342-2

Games
1954 NL-153-6

At Bats
1954 NL-619-3
1955 NL-605-5

Hits
1954 NL-212-1
1955 NL-185-5

Doubles
1954 NL-35-8

Triples
1951 NL-7-10
1952 NL-7-9
1954 NL-8-7

Singles
1950 NL-125-6
1953 NL-140-3
1954 NL-165-1
1955 NL-152-1

Sac. Flies
1954 NL-8-9
1955 NL-7-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1954 NL-19-5
1956 NL-18-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1950 NL-20.2-3
1951 NL-36.1-1
1952 NL-19.0-6
1953 NL-36.9-1
1954 NL-36.4-1
1955 NL-50.4-1
1956 NL-64.7-1
Car-29.9-25

Outs
1955 NL-447-5

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 22 (928) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.0 (1186) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 25.5 (658) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1944 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.
March 21, 1958: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the San Francisco Giants.
May 15, 1959: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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Name and misspellings: Mandrake The Donald Donnie Donny Magician Frederick donald Don dave meuller muellar Mueller

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All-Star 1954 * 1955 (RF)	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1954-NL-12-0.09 Car-918-0.09 shares	Batting Average 1953 NL-.333-5 1954 NL-.342-2	Games 1954 NL-153-6	At Bats 1954 NL-619-3 1955 NL-605-5	Hits 1954 NL-212-1 1955 NL-185-5
Doubles 1954 NL-35-8	Triples 1951 NL-7-10 1952 NL-7-9 1954 NL-8-7	Singles 1950 NL-125-6 1953 NL-140-3 1954 NL-165-1 1955 NL-152-1	Sac. Flies 1954 NL-8-9 1955 NL-7-8	Grounded into Double Plays 1954 NL-19-5 1956 NL-18-6	At Bats per Strikeout 1950 NL-20.2-3 1951 NL-36.1-1 1952 NL-19.0-6 1953 NL-36.9-1 1954 NL-36.4-1 1955 NL-50.4-1 1956 NL-64.7-1 Car-29.9-25
Outs 1955 NL-447-5