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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1952 STL NL 21 P 30 36 7 25 4 1 .889 1.07 .956 0.98
1953 STL NL 22 P 33 55 13 35 7 2 .873 1.45 .960 0.87
1956 STL NL 25 P 33 33 208.2 51 19 30 2 2 .961 2.11 1.48 .967 2.05 0.83
1957 STL NL 26 P 33 21 149.1 37 8 29 0 3 1.000 2.23 1.12 .959 2.06 0.82
1958 STL NL 27 P 30 29 189.2 40 6 31 3 3 .925 1.76 1.23 .957 1.97 0.77
1959 STL NL 28 P 31 30 201.1 35 9 23 3 1 .914 1.43 1.03 .957 1.99 0.82 AS
1960 TOT NL 29 P 32 32 211.0 37 9 28 0 1 1.000 1.58 1.16 .962 2.09 0.87
1960 STL NL 29 P 9 9 55.1 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.11 1.44 .962 2.08 0.87
1960 PIT NL 29 P 23 23 155.2 24 7 17 0 1 1.000 1.39 1.04 .962 2.09 0.87
1961 PIT NL 30 P 25 17 100.0 15 6 7 2 1 .867 1.17 0.52 .960 2.18 0.88
1962 TOT NL 31 P 21 5 54.1 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.82 0.52 .945 2.05 0.82
1962 PIT NL 31 P 4 3 16.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.31 1.50 .950 2.04 0.82
1962 NYM NL 31 P 17 2 38.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.18 0.29 .940 2.06 0.82
9 Seasons P 268 167 1114.1 317 79 217 21 14 .934 2.39 1.10 .960 2.05 0.85
9 Seasons TOT 268 167 1114.1 317 79 217 21 14 .934 2.39 1.10 .893 2.05 0.85

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1952 STL NL 21 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 STL NL 22 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 STL NL 25 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 STL NL 26 33 21 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 STL NL 27 30 29 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 STL NL 28 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 PIT NL 29 23 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 STL NL 29 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 PIT NL 30 25 17 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 NYM NL 31 17 2 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PIT NL 31 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 268 167 268 268 268 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1956 STL NL 25 901 72% 25% 34 88% 0 20 1 16 30 24 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 100%
1957 STL NL 26 641 78% 23% 25 96% 0 8 0 5 26 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 3 100%
1958 STL NL 27 855 80% 21% 29 83% 1 5 1 4 28 20 2 3 0 0 3 1 3 2 2 1 4 75%
1959 STL NL 28 906 77% 21% 30 77% 2 7 1 4 25 17 2 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 6 67%
1960 PIT NL 29 623 81% 22% 19 79% 1 5 0 3 15 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 57%
1960 STL NL 29 257 73% 20% 10 100% 1 1 0 1 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1961 PIT NL 30 451 85% 23% 9 67% 0 6 1 5 8 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 80%
1962 NYM NL 31 190 78% 19% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PIT NL 31 76 78% 28% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
7 Seasons 4900 78% 22% 163 85% 5 54 4 40 153 107 14 10 0 5 5 4 11 6 8 3 28 75%
MLB Averages 78% 26% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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