Vinegar Bend Mizell
Wilmer David Mizell
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 13, 1930 in Vinegar Bend, Washington County, AL
High School: Leaksville (Leaksville, MS)
Signed
by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1952
Final Game: July 25, 1962
Died: February 21, 1999 in Kerrville, TX
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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
1952 21 STL NL 30 72 68 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 31 .044 .044 .088 .132 -64 6 2 0 4 1
1953 22 STL NL 33 89 83 4 7 1 1 1 8 0 0 3 42 .084 .116 .157 .273 -30 13 0 0 3 1
1956 25 STL NL 33 85 75 5 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 16 .107 .163 .120 .283 -22 9 4 1 5 0 0 1
1957 26 STL NL 33 49 45 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 17 .089 .146 .133 .279 -25 6 1 0 1 0 0 1
1958 27 STL NL 30 67 61 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 25 .115 .129 .131 .260 -32 8 1 0 5 0 0 1
1959 28 STL NL 31 83 75 7 14 1 1 0 7 0 1 3 29 .187 .218 .227 .445 16 17 0 0 5 0 0 1 AS
1960 29 TOT NL 32 79 69 3 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 24 .130 .189 .145 .334 -8 10 2 2 5 0 0 1
1960 29 STL NL 9 20 18 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .111 .158 .167 .325 -14 3 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1960 29 PIT NL 23 59 51 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .137 .200 .137 .337 -6 7 2 2 4 0 0 1
1961 30 PIT NL 25 31 23 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .130 .192 .130 .323 -12 3 0 0 5 1 0 1
1962 31 TOT NL 21 15 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .200 .143 .343 -6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1962 31 PIT NL 4 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1962 31 NYM NL 17 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Seasons 268 570 513 28 57 8 3 1 30 0 1 20 196 .111 .149 .144 .293 -21 74 10 3 33 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 345 310 17 34 5 2 1 18 0 1 12 118 .111 .149 .144 .293 -21 45 6 2 20
STL (7 yrs) 199 465 425 23 45 8 3 1 26 0 1 15 170 .106 .138 .146 .284 -24 62 8 1 24 0 0
PIT (3 yrs) 52 97 80 4 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 24 .125 .193 .125 .318 -12 10 2 2 9 1 0
NYM (1 yr) 17 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 2 0 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
1952 21 STL NL 72 71 0 0.0 97 .081 .044 .262 .044 .334 .088 .389 .132 .724 -64 .000 -15.4 -1.6 .090 .044 .044
1953 22 STL NL 89 79 2 0.7 110 .150 .084 .274 .116 .345 .157 .427 .273 .773 -30 .026 -16.3 -1.6 .211 .108 .072 .0
1956 25 STL NL 85 76 1 0.4 103 .136 .107 .264 .163 .331 .120 .417 .283 .748 -22 .009 -13.1 -1.3 .197 .067 .013
1957 26 STL NL 49 43 1 0.6 105 .143 .089 .271 .146 .334 .133 .419 .279 .754 -25 .025 -8.1 -0.8 .214 .111 .044
1958 27 STL NL 67 60 1 0.4 109 .194 .115 .274 .129 .343 .131 .428 .260 .771 -32 .014 -11.9 -1.2 .164 .033 .016
1959 28 STL NL 83 67 4 1.6 110 .304 .187 .277 .218 .344 .227 .429 .445 .773 16 .126 -9.6 -1.0 .306 .067 .040
1960 29 TOT NL 79 67 3 1.2 101 .200 .130 .266 .189 .333 .145 .409 .334 .741 -8 .087 -10.5 -1.1 .242 .058 .014
1960 29 STL NL 20 17 1 1.6 106 .250 .111 .272 .158 .339 .167 .418 .325 .757 -14 .134 -2.9 -0.3 .250 .111 .056
1960 29 PIT NL 59 50 2 1.1 100 .189 .137 .264 .200 .330 .137 .406 .337 .736 -6 .072 -7.6 -0.8 .239 .039 .000
1961 30 PIT NL 31 26 1 1.0 106 .200 .130 .271 .192 .338 .130 .422 .323 .760 -12 .059 -3.7 -0.4 .250 .087 .000
1962 31 TOT NL 15 12 1 2.2 103 .182 .143 .270 .200 .338 .143 .410 .343 .748 -6 .213 -2.1 -0.2 .250 .071 .000
1962 31 PIT NL 7 6 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .271 .143 .339 .000 .412 .143 .750 -58 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .167 .167 .000
1962 31 NYM NL 8 6 1 4.5 103 .333 .250 .270 .250 .337 .250 .410 .500 .747 35 .490 -0.8 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
9 Seasons 570 501 14 0.8 105 .177 .111 .270 .149 .338 .144 .417 .293 .755 -21 .036 -90.8 -9.2 .206 .070 .033 .0
162 Game Avg. 345 303 8 0.8 105 .177 .111 .270 .149 .338 .144 .417 .293 .755 -21 .036 -90.8 -9.2 .206 .070 .033
STL (7 yrs) 465 413 10 0.6 106 .173 .106 .270 .138 .339 .146 .418 .284 .758 -24 .027 -77.4 -7.8 .198 .073 .040 .0
PIT (3 yrs) 97 82 3 1.0 102 .175 .125 .267 .193 .333 .125 .411 .318 .744 -12 .059 -12.7 -1.3 .236 .063 .000
NYM (1 yr) 8 6 1 4.5 103 .333 .250 .270 .250 .337 .250 .410 .500 .747 35 .490 -0.8 -0.1 .333 .000 .000

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
1960 29 PIT NL WS NYY W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1959 STL NL 28 DNP
1959 STL NL 28 DNP

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
1952 21 STL NL 72 0.0% 43.1% 0.0% 2.8% 67% 2.2 68.0 51%
1953 22 STL NL 89 1.1% 47.2% 3.4% 3.4% 43% 14.00 2.0 83.0 10.4 45%
1956 25 STL NL 85 0.0% 18.8% 4.7% 1.2% 13% 4.00 4.7 18.8 2.28 69%
1957 26 STL NL 49 0.0% 34.7% 6.1% 4.1% 50% 5.67 2.6 15.0 1.27 57%
1958 27 STL NL 67 0.0% 37.3% 1.5% 1.5% 14% 25.00 2.4 61.0 2.09 54%
1959 28 STL NL 83 0.0% 34.9% 3.6% 2.4% 14% 9.67 2.6 10.7 2.00 55%
1960 29 TOT NL 79 0.0% 30.4% 3.8% 1.3% 11% 8.00 2.9 13.8 1.50 57%
1960 29 STL NL 20 0.0% 50.0% 5.0% 5.0% 50% 10.00 1.8 9.0 2.50 40%
1960 29 PIT NL 59 0.0% 23.7% 3.4% 0.0% 0% 7.00 3.6 17.0 1.36 63%
1961 30 PIT NL 31 0.0% 29.0% 6.5% 0.0% 0% 4.50 2.6 23.0 2.60 48%
1962 31 TOT NL 15 0.0% 20.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 3.00 4.7 3.50 73%
1962 31 PIT NL 7 0.0% 14.3% 14.3% 0.0% 1.00 6.0 4.00 71%
1962 31 NYM NL 8 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 3.00 75%
9 Seasons 570 0.2% 34.4% 3.5% 2.1% 21% 9.80 2.6 513.0 17.1 1.95 56%
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
1956 25 STL NL 2 0 39% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0% 5 5 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
1957 26 STL NL 1 0 14% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 27 STL NL 3 0 38% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1959 28 STL NL 2 0 41% 30 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 4 4 0 2 0 2 2 2 0
1960 29 TOT NL 1 0 21% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1960 29 STL NL 0 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 29 PIT NL 1 0 18% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1961 30 PIT NL 0 0 20% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1962 31 TOT NL 0 0 67% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1962 31 PIT NL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1962 31 NYM NL 0 0 50% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 9 0 34% 116 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 16% 20 19 1 5 2 3 7 6 1
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
1956 25 STL NL 85 45% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 18 4 22% 24 3 13% 56 6 11% 7 3 43% 11 5 45% 0
1957 26 STL NL 49 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 9 2 22% 29 3 10% 1 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1958 27 STL NL 67 27% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 13 1 8% 12 2 17% 36 2 6% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1959 28 STL NL 82 22% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 16 0 0% 19 5 26% 48 7 15% 6 3 50% 6 3 50% 0
1960 29 TOT NL 77 34% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 16 2 13% 19 2 11% 63 6 10% 7 1 14% 4 1 25% 2
1960 29 STL NL 20 30% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 12 2 17% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1960 29 PIT NL 57 35% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 14 2 14% 17 2 12% 51 4 8% 6 1 17% 4 1 25% 2
1961 30 PIT NL 31 39% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 7 0 0% 10 4 40% 19 1 5% 4 1 25% 3 1 33% 0
1962 31 TOT NL 15 20% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1962 31 PIT NL 7 43% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1962 31 NYM NL 8 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 406 32% 57 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 34 33 97% 78 10 13% 96 18 19% 256 25 10% 26 8 31% 28 11 39% 2
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
1952 21 30 72 68 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 31 .044 .044 .088 .132 -64 6 2 0 4
1953 22 63 161 151 6 10 2 2 1 9 0 0 3 73 .066 .084 .126 .210 -45 19 2 0 7
1954 23 63 161 151 6 10 2 2 1 9 0 0 3 73 .066 .084 .126 .210 -45 19 2 0 7
1955 24 63 161 151 6 10 2 2 1 9 0 0 3 73 .066 .084 .126 .210 -45 19 2 0 7
1956 25 96 246 226 11 18 3 2 1 13 0 0 7 89 .080 .111 .124 .235 -37 28 6 1 12 0 0
1957 26 129 295 271 12 22 5 2 1 16 0 0 10 106 .081 .117 .125 .242 -35 34 7 1 13 0 0
1958 27 159 362 332 15 29 6 2 1 17 0 0 11 131 .087 .119 .127 .246 -34 42 8 1 18 0 0
1959 28 190 445 407 22 43 7 3 1 24 0 1 14 160 .106 .137 .145 .282 -25 59 8 1 23 0 0
1960 29 222 524 476 25 52 8 3 1 29 0 1 17 184 .109 .145 .145 .290 -22 69 10 3 28 0 0
1961 30 247 555 499 26 55 8 3 1 30 0 1 19 193 .110 .148 .144 .292 -22 72 10 3 33 1 0
1962 31 268 570 513 28 57 8 3 1 30 0 1 20 196 .111 .149 .144 .293 -21 74 10 3 33 1 0

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
1952 21 31 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 30
1953 22 34 88 85 3 6 1 1 1 5 0 3 44 .071 .102 .141 .243 1 33
1956 25 34 82 77 4 7 1 0 0 3 0 4 17 .091 .146 .104 .250 1 33
1957 26 34 50 47 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 3 18 .085 .140 .128 .268 1 33
1958 27 32 65 64 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 26 .109 .123 .125 .248 1 30
1959 28 32 82 79 7 15 1 1 0 7 0 3 30 .190 .220 .228 .447 4 31
1960 29 33 78 73 3 10 1 0 0 5 0 3 25 .137 .192 .151 .343 2 32
1961 30 26 29 25 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 .160 .241 .160 .401 1 25
1962 31 21 17 15 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .200 .294 .200 .494 1 21
9 Seasons 277 562 536 26 56 7 2 1 26 0 22 204 .104 .144 .131 .275 12 268
162 Game Avg. 162 329 313 15 33 4 1 1 15 0 13 119 .104 .144 .131 .275 7 268

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1959-1
1959-2

                                         
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