Mickey Vernon

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 170lb (188cm, 77kg)

Born: April 22, 1918 in Marcus Hook, PA us

Died: September 24, 2008 in Media, PA

Buried: Lawn Croft Cemetery, Linwood, PA

High School: Eddystone HS (Eddystone, PA)

School: Villanova University (Villanova, PA)

Debut: July 8, 1939 (Age 21-077d, 8,685th in major league history)
vs. PHA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1960 (Age 42-158d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: James Barton Vernon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.5

8731

2495

172

.286

1196

RBI

1311

137

OBP

.359

SLG

.429

OPS

.787

OPS+

116

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 14)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	15 (14)	May 1	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
2	16	May 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	52	12.0	8	1	0	9	0
3	17	May 3	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	7	3	0	10	0
4	19 (1)	May 5	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	5	1	0	6	1
5	20	May 6	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
6	21	May 7	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
7	22	May 8	WSH	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	11	3	0	14	2
8	23	May 10	WSH		PHA	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
9	24	May 11	WSH		PHA	L,8-10	CG	48	10.0	11	0	0	11	2
10	25	May 12	WSH		PHA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
11	26	May 13	WSH		DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
12	27	May 14	WSH		DET	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
13	28	May 15	WSH		SLB	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
14	29	May 16	WSH		SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
15	30	May 17	WSH		SLB	W,12-7	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
16	31	May 18	WSH		CHW	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
17	34 (2)	May 21	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	CG	45	11.0	9	1	0	10	1
18	36 (1)	May 24 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-13	CG	47	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
19	37	May 24 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	6	3	0	9	0
20	38	May 25	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	3
21	39	May 27	WSH		NYY	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
22	40	May 28	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
23	42 (1)	May 30 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
24	43	May 30 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,4-14	CG	0	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	44	Jun 1 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
26	46 (1)	Jun 2	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
27	47	Jun 3	WSH	@	SLB	L,12-14	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
28	49 (1)	Jun 5	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
29	50	Jun 6	WSH	@	DET	L,8-11	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
30	51	Jun 7	WSH	@	DET	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
31	52	Jun 8	WSH	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
32	53	Jun 10	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
33	56 (2)	Jun 15 (2)	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	57	Jun 16	WSH		DET	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
35	58	Jun 18	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
36	59	Jun 19	WSH		SLB	W,12-0	CG	29	9.0	14	2	0	16	2
37	60	Jun 20	WSH		CLE	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
38	61	Jun 21	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	47	13.0	14	0	1	15	2
39	62	Jun 22	WSH		CLE	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
40	63	Jun 24	WSH		CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
41	64	Jun 25	WSH		CHW	L,0-2	CG	53	13.0	13	2	0	15	1
42	65	Jun 26	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	60	16.0	21	0	0	21	1
43	66	Jun 27	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
44	67	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	5
45	68	Jun 29 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
46	69	Jun 29 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	70	Jul 1	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-10	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
48	71	Jul 2	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	49	9.2	11	0	0	11	0
49	72	Jul 5	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
50	73	Jul 6 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
51	74	Jul 6 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	75	Jul 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	43	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
53	76	Jul 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
54	77	Jul 12	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
55	78	Jul 13 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
56	79	Jul 13 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	3
57	80	Jul 14	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
58	81	Jul 17	WSH	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
59	82	Jul 18	WSH	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
60	83	Jul 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
61	84	Jul 20 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
62	85	Jul 20 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	10	0	1	11	2
63	86	Jul 22	WSH		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	4
64	87	Jul 23	WSH		DET	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
65	88	Jul 24	WSH		DET	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
66	89	Jul 25	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
67	90	Jul 26	WSH		SLB	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
68	91	Jul 27 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
69	92	Jul 27 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	2
70	93	Jul 29	WSH		CLE	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
71	94	Jul 30	WSH		CLE	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	95	Aug 1	WSH		CHW	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
73	96	Aug 2	WSH		CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
74	97	Aug 3	WSH		CHW	L,0-9	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
75	98	Aug 4	WSH		NYY	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
76	99	Aug 5	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
77	100	Aug 6	WSH		PHA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
78	101	Aug 7	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
79	102	Aug 8	WSH	@	BOS	L,8-15	CG	48	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
80	103	Aug 9	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
81	104	Aug 10 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
82	105	Aug 10 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	4
83	106	Aug 12	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
84	107	Aug 13 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	41	11.0	9	0	1	10	1
85	108	Aug 13 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
86	109	Aug 14 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
87	110	Aug 14 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
88	111	Aug 15	WSH		BOS	L,6-3	CG	29	7.0	8	0	0	8	2
89	112	Aug 16	WSH		BOS	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	3
90	113	Aug 17	WSH		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
91	114	Aug 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
92	115	Aug 19	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	50	12.0	11	0	0	11	1
93	116	Aug 20	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
94	117	Aug 21 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
95	118	Aug 21 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
96	119	Aug 22	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	11	1	0	12	0
97	120	Aug 23	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	48	9.2	5	0	0	5	1
98	121	Aug 24	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	44	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
99	122	Aug 25 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
100	123	Aug 25 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	T,3-3	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	124	Aug 26	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
102	125	Aug 27	WSH	@	CHW	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
103	126	Aug 28	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	10	2	0	12	0
104	127	Aug 30	WSH		NYY	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
105	128	Aug 31	WSH		NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	129	Sep 1 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,9-13	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
107	130	Sep 1 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-10	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	3
108	131	Sep 3	WSH		PHA	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	13	2	0	15	2
109	132	Sep 6 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	9	0	1	10	2
110	133	Sep 6 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
111	134	Sep 7 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
112	135	Sep 7 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
113	136	Sep 9	WSH		CHW	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	137	Sep 10	WSH		CHW	L,4-12	CG	46	9.0	8	0	1	9	2
115	138	Sep 11 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
116	139	Sep 11 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
117	140	Sep 12	WSH		CLE	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
118	141	Sep 13	WSH		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	11.0	14	2	0	16	0
119	142	Sep 14	WSH		DET	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
120	144 (1)	Sep 16	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
121	145	Sep 17	WSH		SLB	W,9-8	CG	43	10.0	17	1	0	18	1
122	146	Sep 18	WSH		SLB	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	14	2	0	16	1
123	147	Sep 20	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
124	148	Sep 21 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
125	149	Sep 21 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
126	150	Sep 23	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
127	151	Sep 24 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	14	0	1	15	1
128	152	Sep 24 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
129	153	Sep 26 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
130	154	Sep 26 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
131	155	Sep 27	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
132	156	Sep 28	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							132gm		1181.0	1186	80	10	1276	122