Dale Mitchell
Loren Dale Mitchell
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 23, 1921 in Colony, OK
High School: Cloud Chief (Cloud Chief, OK)
School: University of Oklahoma
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1946
Final Game: September 26, 1956
Died: January 5, 1987 in Tulsa, OK
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1946 24 CLE AL 11 45 44 7 19 3 0 0 5 1 0 1 2 .432 .444 .500 .944 170 22 1 0 0 O
1947 25 CLE AL 123 518 493 69 156 16 10 1 34 2 5 23 14 .316 .347 .396 .742 109 195 2 0 2 *O MVP-26
1948 26 CLE AL 141 656 608 82 204 30 8 4 56 13 18 45 17 .336 .383 .431 .814 118 262 9 2 1 *O
1949 27 CLE AL 149 685 640 81 203 16 23 3 56 10 3 43 11 .317 .360 .428 .788 110 274 8 0 2 *O AS,MVP-26
1950 28 CLE AL 130 577 506 81 156 27 5 3 49 3 7 67 21 .308 .390 .399 .789 105 202 7 1 3 *O
1951 29 CLE AL 134 570 510 83 148 21 7 11 62 7 7 53 16 .290 .358 .424 .782 115 216 8 1 6 *O MVP-28
1952 30 CLE AL 134 571 511 61 165 26 3 5 58 6 6 52 9 .323 .387 .415 .801 129 212 14 1 7 *O AS,MVP-20
1953 31 CLE AL 134 542 500 76 150 26 4 13 60 3 1 42 20 .300 .354 .446 .800 117 223 11 0 0 *O
1954 32 CLE AL 53 69 60 6 17 1 0 1 6 0 0 9 1 .283 .377 .350 .727 99 21 1 0 0 0 /73
1955 33 CLE AL 61 63 58 4 15 2 1 0 10 0 0 4 3 .259 .302 .328 .629 67 19 2 0 0 1 2 /37
1956 34 TOT MLB 57 61 54 5 11 1 0 0 7 0 0 7 5 .204 .295 .222 .517 37 12 2 0 0 0 1 /7
1956 34 CLE AL 38 37 30 2 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 2 .133 .297 .133 .431 16 4 0 0 0 0 1 /7
1956 34 BRO NL 19 24 24 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .292 .292 .333 .625 62 8 2 0 0 0 0 /7
11 Seasons 1127 4357 3984 555 1244 169 61 41 403 45 47 346 119 .312 .368 .416 .784 113 1658 65 5 21 1 3
162 Game Avg. 162 626 573 80 179 24 9 6 58 6 7 50 17 .312 .368 .416 .784 113 238 9 1 3
CLE (11 yrs) 1108 4333 3960 552 1237 168 61 41 402 45 47 346 116 .312 .368 .417 .785 113 1650 63 5 21 1 3
BRO (1 yr) 19 24 24 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .292 .292 .333 .625 62 8 2 0 0 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 1108 4333 3960 552 1237 168 61 41 402 45 47 346 116 .312 .368 .417 .785 113 1650 63 5 21 1 3
NL (1 yr) 19 24 24 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .292 .292 .333 .625 62 8 2 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1946 24 CLE AL 45 26 10 10.3 91 .452 .432 .256 .444 .330 .500 .369 .944 .699 170 .839 4.0 0.4 .923 .114 .068 .0
1947 25 CLE AL 518 346 66 5.1 94 .324 .316 .259 .347 .338 .396 .372 .742 .711 109 .590 3.2 0.3 .625 .120 .079 1.3
1948 26 CLE AL 656 432 95 5.9 104 .341 .336 .270 .383 .355 .431 .391 .814 .746 118 .608 14.6 1.4 .705 .161 .095 6.1
1949 27 CLE AL 685 450 99 5.8 105 .319 .317 .268 .360 .360 .428 .390 .788 .750 110 .610 3.8 0.4 .723 .189 .111 4.6
1950 28 CLE AL 577 367 77 5.6 111 .317 .308 .275 .390 .361 .399 .412 .789 .773 105 .552 6.3 0.6 .731 .215 .091 3.0
1951 29 CLE AL 570 383 76 5.3 98 .284 .290 .261 .358 .342 .424 .383 .782 .725 115 .576 10.2 1.0 .716 .237 .133 8.6
1952 30 CLE AL 571 373 81 5.9 91 .322 .323 .253 .387 .332 .415 .369 .801 .701 129 .653 21.0 2.2 .724 .194 .092 5.5
1953 31 CLE AL 542 362 79 5.9 101 .293 .300 .267 .354 .343 .446 .393 .800 .736 117 .622 10.6 1.1 .738 .234 .146 4.9
1954 32 CLE AL 69 44 8 4.9 100 .276 .283 .268 .377 .344 .350 .391 .727 .735 99 .562 0.2 0.0 .682 .217 .067 .0
1955 33 CLE AL 63 46 5 2.9 106 .268 .259 .271 .302 .351 .328 .404 .629 .755 67 .304 -2.9 -0.3 .511 .138 .069
1956 34 TOT MLB 61 45 4 2.4 110 .224 .204 .272 .295 .349 .222 .422 .517 .771 37 .225 -4.9 -0.5 .422 .148 .019
1956 34 CLE AL 37 26 2 2.1 109 .143 .133 .271 .297 .353 .133 .413 .431 .767 16 .175 -3.6 -0.3 .423 .233 .000
1956 34 BRO NL 24 19 2 2.8 110 .333 .292 .274 .292 .342 .333 .433 .625 .775 62 .300 -1.4 -0.1 .421 .042 .042
11 Seasons 4357 2874 600 5.6 101 .315 .312 .265 .368 .348 .416 .388 .784 .736 113 .597 66.0 6.6 .704 .190 .104 42.9
162 Game Avg. 626 413 86 5.6 101 .315 .312 .265 .368 .348 .416 .388 .784 .736 113 .597 9 1 .704 .190 .104 6
CLE (11 yrs) 4333 2855 598 5.6 101 .314 .312 .265 .368 .348 .417 .388 .785 .736 113 .599 67.4 6.8 .706 .191 .104 42.9
BRO (1 yr) 24 19 2 2.8 110 .333 .292 .274 .292 .342 .333 .433 .625 .775 62 .300 -1.4 -0.1 .421 .042 .042
AL (11 yrs) 4333 2855 598 5.6 101 .314 .312 .265 .368 .348 .417 .388 .785 .736 113 .599 67.4 6.8 .706 .191 .104 42.9
NL (1 yr) 24 19 2 2.8 110 .333 .292 .274 .292 .342 .333 .433 .625 .775 62 .300 -1.4 -0.1 .421 .042 .042

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 26 CLE AL WS BSN W 6 25 23 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .174 .240 .348 .588 8 0 0 0 0 0
1954 32 CLE AL WS NYG L 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 34 BRO NL WS NYY L 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 13 32 29 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 .138 .219 .276 .495 8 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 13 32 29 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 .138 .219 .276 .495 8 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1949 CLE AL 27 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CLE AL 30 as LF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1946 24 CLE AL 45 0.0% 4.4% 2.2% 6.7% 16% 2.00 22.0 8.8 93%
1947 25 CLE AL 518 0.2% 2.7% 4.4% 5.2% 17% 0.61 35.2 493.0 14.5 92%
1948 26 CLE AL 656 0.6% 2.6% 6.9% 6.4% 21% 0.38 35.8 152.0 10.9 89%
1949 27 CLE AL 685 0.4% 1.6% 6.3% 6.1% 21% 0.26 58.2 213.3 11.4 91%
1950 28 CLE AL 577 0.5% 3.6% 11.6% 6.1% 22% 0.31 24.1 168.7 10.3 84%
1951 29 CLE AL 570 1.9% 2.8% 9.3% 6.8% 26% 0.30 31.9 46.4 8.2 85%
1952 30 CLE AL 571 0.9% 1.6% 9.1% 6.0% 21% 0.17 56.8 102.2 8.8 87%
1953 31 CLE AL 542 2.4% 3.7% 7.8% 7.9% 29% 0.48 25.0 38.5 8.3 86%
1954 32 CLE AL 69 1.5% 1.5% 13.0% 2.9% 12% 0.11 60.0 60.0 10.0 0.62 84%
1955 33 CLE AL 63 0.0% 4.8% 6.4% 4.8% 20% 0.75 19.3 5.8 1.21 89%
1956 34 TOT MLB 61 0.0% 8.2% 11.5% 1.6% 9% 0.71 10.8 7.7 1.71 80%
1956 34 CLE AL 37 0.0% 5.4% 18.9% 0.0% 0% 0.29 15.0 5.0 1.88 76%
1956 34 BRO NL 24 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 4.2% 14% 8.0 24.0 1.50 88%
11 Seasons 4357 0.9% 2.7% 7.9% 6.2% 22% 0.34 33.5 97.2 9.9 1.07 88%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 32 CLE AL 1 0 20% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 50% 6 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
1955 33 CLE AL 2 0 21% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14% 5 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1956 34 TOT MLB 2 0 28% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 71% 5 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 1
1956 34 CLE AL 1 0 18% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 75% 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 34 BRO NL 1 0 43% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Seasons 5 0 33% 55 45 47 49% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 46% 16 8 5 2 0 2 4 1 3
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 32 CLE AL 69 86% 17 42 14 1 4 1.74 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 1 5% 8 2 25% 58 5 9% 5 1 20% 6 1 17% 0
1955 33 CLE AL 64 91% 15 44 13 0 8 1.94 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 11% 14 6 43% 67 12 18% 7 3 43% 8 3 38% 0
1956 34 TOT MLB 61 97% 11 46 10 0 7 1.68 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 10% 8 3 38% 49 7 14% 9 5 56% 4 1 25% 0
1956 34 CLE AL 37 95% 4 29 4 0 6 1.66 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0% 5 3 60% 33 6 18% 8 5 63% 3 1 33% 0
1956 34 BRO NL 24 100% 7 17 6 0 1 1.70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 3 0 0% 16 1 6% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
11 Seasons 194 91% 1244 132 37 1 19 1.78 41 0 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 21 61 65 107% 30 11 37% 174 24 14% 21 9 43% 18 5 28% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1946 24 11 45 44 7 19 3 0 0 5 1 0 1 2 .432 .444 .500 .944 170 22 1 0 0
1947 25 134 563 537 76 175 19 10 1 39 3 5 24 16 .326 .355 .404 .759 114 217 3 0 2
1948 26 275 1219 1145 158 379 49 18 5 95 16 23 69 33 .331 .370 .418 .788 116 479 12 2 3
1949 27 424 1904 1785 239 582 65 41 8 151 26 26 112 44 .326 .367 .422 .788 114 753 20 2 5
1950 28 554 2481 2291 320 738 92 46 11 200 29 33 179 65 .322 .372 .417 .789 112 955 27 3 8
1951 29 688 3051 2801 403 886 113 53 22 262 36 40 232 81 .316 .369 .418 .788 112 1171 35 4 14
1952 30 822 3622 3312 464 1051 139 56 27 320 42 46 284 90 .317 .372 .418 .790 115 1383 49 5 21
1953 31 956 4164 3812 540 1201 165 60 40 380 45 47 326 110 .315 .370 .421 .791 115 1606 60 5 21
1954 32 1009 4233 3872 546 1218 166 60 41 386 45 47 335 111 .315 .370 .420 .790 115 1627 61 5 21 0
1955 33 1070 4296 3930 550 1233 168 61 41 396 45 47 339 114 .314 .369 .419 .788 114 1646 63 5 21 1 2
1956 34 1127 4357 3984 555 1244 169 61 41 403 45 47 346 119 .312 .368 .416 .784 113 1658 65 5 21 1 3

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1946 24 11 50 49 9 23 4 0 0 6 1 1 2 .469 .480 .551 1.031 13 11
1947 25 128 545 520 79 170 17 11 1 39 2 25 15 .327 .358 .408 .765 76 123
1948 26 147 669 623 82 201 30 8 4 56 13 44 18 .323 .369 .416 .785 95 141
1949 27 156 710 666 82 209 16 24 3 57 10 44 11 .314 .356 .423 .780 100 149
1950 28 136 581 516 76 150 26 5 3 46 3 64 22 .291 .370 .378 .748 72 130
1951 29 141 591 535 88 154 22 7 11 65 7 55 17 .288 .355 .417 .772 80 134
1952 30 140 605 546 72 184 29 3 6 68 7 58 9 .337 .402 .434 .836 95 134
1953 31 140 568 524 80 158 27 4 14 63 3 44 21 .302 .356 .448 .804 84 134
1954 32 55 73 63 6 18 1 0 1 6 0 10 1 .286 .384 .349 .733 8 53
1955 33 64 64 59 4 14 2 1 0 10 0 4 3 .237 .281 .305 .586 5 61
1956 34 60 61 55 5 10 1 0 0 7 0 6 5 .182 .262 .200 .462 3 57
11 Seasons 1178 4517 4156 583 1291 175 63 43 423 46 355 124 .311 .366 .414 .780 631 1127
162 Game Avg. 162 621 572 80 178 24 9 6 58 6 49 17 .311 .366 .414 .780 87 1127

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1949 *
1952 (LF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 AL (26, 1%)
1949 AL (26, 1%)
1951 AL (28, 1%)
1952 AL (20, 3%)
0.06 Career Shares (1041st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1947 AL  .316 (6th)
1948 AL  .336 (3rd)
1949 AL  .317 (4th)
1952 AL  .323 (2nd)
Career  .312 (84th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1952 AL  .387 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1948 AL  608 (5th)
1949 AL  640 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1948 AL  656 (10th)
1949 AL  685 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1948 AL  204 (2nd)
1949 AL  203 (1st)
1952 AL  165 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1949 AL  274 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1952 AL  26 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1947 AL  10 (4th)
1949 AL  23 (1st)
1951 AL  7 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1948 AL  13 (4th)
1949 AL  10 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1947 AL  129 (5th)
1948 AL  162 (1st)
1949 AL  161 (1st)
1952 AL  131 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1949 AL  99 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1948 AL  18 (1st)
1950 AL  7 (4th)
1951 AL  7 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1951 AL  8.6 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1947 AL  35.2 (3rd)
1948 AL  35.8 (2nd)
1949 AL  58.2 (1st)
1950 AL  24.1 (5th)
1951 AL  31.9 (4th)
1952 AL  56.8 (1st)
1953 AL  25.0 (3rd)
Career  33.5 (15th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1948 AL  432 (8th)
1949 AL  450 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (372), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 36 (670), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 45 (412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (639), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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