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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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1952 21 STL NL 10 8 .556 3.65 30 30 0 7 2 0 190.0 171 89 77 12 103 146 1 0 1 834 101 1.442 8.1 0.6 4.9 6.9 1.42
1953 22 STL NL 13 11 .542 3.49 33 33 0 10 1 0 224.1 193 93 87 12 114 173 4 2 4 980 121 1.368 7.7 0.5 4.6 6.9 1.52
1956 25 STL NL 14 14 .500 3.62 33 33 0 11 3 0 208.2 172 93 84 20 92 5 153 7 0 4 881 104 1.265 7.4 0.9 4.0 6.6 1.66
1957 26 STL NL 8 10 .444 3.74 33 21 2 7 2 0 149.1 136 69 62 18 51 4 87 1 0 1 627 106 1.252 8.2 1.1 3.1 5.2 1.71
1958 27 STL NL 10 14 .417 3.42 30 29 0 8 2 0 189.2 178 81 72 17 91 9 80 2 0 1 820 121 1.418 8.4 0.8 4.3 3.8 0.88
1959 28 STL NL 13 10 .565 4.20 31 30 1 8 1 0 201.1 196 104 94 21 89 7 108 8 1 2 890 101 1.416 8.8 0.9 4.0 4.8 1.21 AS
1960 29 TOT NL 14 8 .636 3.50 32 32 0 8 3 0 211.0 205 90 82 14 74 10 113 3 0 3 883 110 1.322 8.7 0.6 3.2 4.8 1.53
1960 29 STL NL 1 3 .250 4.55 9 9 0 0 0 0 55.1 64 31 28 7 28 4 42 0 0 2 252 90 1.663 10.4 1.1 4.6 6.8 1.50
1960 29 PIT NL 13 5 .722 3.12 23 23 0 8 3 0 155.2 141 59 54 7 46 6 71 3 0 1 631 121 1.201 8.2 0.4 2.7 4.1 1.54
1961 30 PIT NL 7 10 .412 5.04 25 17 1 2 1 0 100.0 120 61 56 16 31 8 37 0 1 0 437 79 1.510 10.8 1.4 2.8 3.3 1.19
1962 31 TOT NL 1 3 .250 6.63 21 5 10 0 0 0 54.1 63 45 40 13 35 0 21 2 0 3 254 62 1.804 10.4 2.2 5.8 3.5 0.60
1962 31 PIT NL 1 1 .500 4.96 4 3 1 0 0 0 16.1 15 10 9 3 10 0 6 1 0 0 72 79 1.531 8.3 1.7 5.5 3.3 0.60
1962 31 NYM NL 0 2 .000 7.34 17 2 9 0 0 0 38.0 48 35 31 10 25 0 15 1 0 3 182 56 1.921 11.4 2.4 5.9 3.6 0.60
9 Seasons 90 88 .506 3.85 268 230 14 61 15 0 1528.2 1434 725 654 143 680 43 918 28 4 19 6606 104 1.383 8.4 0.8 4.0 5.4 1.35
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .506 3.85 37 31 2 8 2 0 209 196 99 89 20 93 125 4 1 3 902 104 1.383 8.4 0.8 4.0 5.4 1.35
STL (7 yrs) 69 70 .496 3.72 199 185 3 51 11 0 1218.2 1110 560 504 107 568 29 789 23 3 15 5284 108 1.377 8.2 0.8 4.2 5.8 1.39
PIT (3 yrs) 21 16 .568 3.94 52 43 2 10 4 0 272.0 276 130 119 26 87 14 114 4 1 1 1140 98 1.335 9.1 0.9 2.9 3.8 1.31
NYM (1 yr) 0 2 .000 7.34 17 2 9 0 0 0 38.0 48 35 31 10 25 0 15 1 0 3 182 56 1.921 11.4 2.4 5.9 3.6 0.60

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1960 29 PIT NL WS W NYY 0 1 .000 15.43 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 2.571 15.4 0.0 7.7 3.9 0.50
1 WS 0 1 .000 15.43 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 2.571 15.4 0.0 7.7 3.9 0.50

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

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

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1959-1
1959-2

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1953 NL  3.490 (9th)
1958 NL  3.417 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1956 NL  14 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1960 NL  .636 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL  8.100 (8th)
1953 NL  7.743 (3rd)
1956 NL  7.419 (4th)
1958 NL  8.446 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL  6.916 (1st)
1953 NL  6.941 (1st)
1956 NL  6.599 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1953 NL  224.3 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 NL  146 (4th)
1953 NL  173 (3rd)
1956 NL  153 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1953 NL  33 (2nd)
1956 NL  33 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1953 NL  10 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1956 NL  3 (5th)
1957 NL  2 (10th)
1958 NL  2 (6th)
1960 NL  3 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 NL  103 (1st)
1953 NL  114 (2nd)
1956 NL  92 (3rd)
1958 NL  91 (6th)
1959 NL  89 (5th)
1960 NL  74 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL  .568 (8th)
1953 NL  .481 (3rd)
1958 NL  .807 (10th)
1960 NL  .597 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1956 NL  14 (6th)
1958 NL  14 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1953 NL  4 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 NL  7 (4th)
1959 NL  8 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1953 NL  980 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1953 NL  121 (9th)
1958 NL  121 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 46 (548), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (981), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

May 28, 1960: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Dick Gray to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ed Bauta and Julian Javier.

May 7, 1962: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the New York Mets for Jim Marshall.

August 4, 1962: Released by the New York Mets.

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