Don Mueller
Donald Frederick Mueller (Mandrake The Magician)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 14, 1927 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Christian Brothers (Richmond Heights, MO)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1948
Final Game: May 2, 1959
Relatives: Son of Walter Mueller
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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
1948 21 NYG NL 36 82 81 12 29 4 1 1 9 0 0 3 .358 .358 .469 .827 121 38 3 0 1 O
1949 22 NYG NL 51 61 56 5 13 4 0 0 1 0 5 6 .232 .295 .304 .599 61 17 7 0 0 /O
1950 23 NYG NL 132 539 525 60 153 15 6 7 84 1 10 26 .291 .309 .383 .691 80 201 9 3 1 *O
1951 24 NYG NL 122 493 469 58 130 10 7 16 69 1 1 19 13 .277 .307 .431 .737 95 202 4 1 4 *O
1952 25 NYG NL 126 496 456 61 128 14 7 12 49 2 1 34 24 .281 .333 .421 .754 107 192 8 2 4 *O
1953 26 NYG NL 131 502 480 56 160 12 2 6 60 2 0 19 13 .333 .360 .404 .764 96 194 7 1 2 *O
1954 27 NYG NL 153 658 619 90 212 35 8 4 71 2 3 22 17 .342 .363 .444 .807 109 275 19 2 7 8 *9 AS,MVP-12
1955 28 NYG NL 147 639 605 67 185 21 4 8 83 1 2 19 12 .306 .326 .393 .720 90 238 13 3 5 7 4 *9 AS
1956 29 NYG NL 138 474 453 38 122 12 1 5 41 0 1 15 7 .269 .290 .333 .624 68 151 18 0 2 4 2 *9
1957 30 NYG NL 135 466 450 45 116 7 1 6 37 2 0 13 16 .258 .280 .318 .597 61 143 7 1 1 1 3 *9
1958 31 CHW AL 70 180 166 7 42 5 0 0 16 0 0 11 9 .253 .298 .283 .581 62 47 2 0 2 1 3 9
1959 32 CHW AL 4 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 178 2 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 1245 4594 4364 499 1292 139 37 65 520 11 8 167 146 .296 .322 .390 .712 89 1700 97 13 29 21 12
162 Game Avg. 162 598 568 65 168 18 5 8 68 1 22 19 .296 .322 .390 .712 89 221 13 2 4
NYG (10 yrs) 1171 4410 4194 492 1248 134 37 65 504 11 8 156 137 .298 .323 .394 .717 89 1651 95 13 27 20 9
CHW (2 yrs) 74 184 170 7 44 5 0 0 16 0 0 11 9 .259 .302 .288 .590 65 49 2 0 2 1 3
NL (10 yrs) 1171 4410 4194 492 1248 134 37 65 504 11 8 156 137 .298 .323 .394 .717 89 1651 95 13 27 20 9
AL (2 yrs) 74 184 170 7 44 5 0 0 16 0 0 11 9 .259 .302 .288 .590 65 49 2 0 2 1 3

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
1948 21 NYG NL 82 56 14 6.6 103 .364 .358 .270 .358 .345 .469 .400 .827 .744 121 .675 1.9 0.2 .691 .111 .111 .0
1949 22 NYG NL 61 50 5 2.7 104 .260 .232 .270 .295 .344 .304 .405 .599 .749 61 .273 -3.0 -0.3 .440 .161 .071
1950 23 NYG NL 539 382 61 4.3 109 .297 .291 .271 .309 .348 .383 .420 .691 .768 80 .453 -18.0 -1.8 .564 .112 .091 1.8
1951 24 NYG NL 493 348 61 4.7 104 .259 .277 .269 .307 .343 .431 .407 .737 .750 95 .519 -6.5 -0.7 .645 .194 .154 1.9
1952 25 NYG NL 496 341 63 4.9 98 .276 .281 .263 .333 .336 .421 .391 .754 .727 107 .579 2.6 0.3 .680 .217 .140 3.4
1953 26 NYG NL 502 329 70 5.6 112 .334 .333 .278 .360 .349 .404 .433 .764 .782 96 .570 -3.4 -0.3 .661 .115 .071 3.0
1954 27 NYG NL 658 444 99 6.0 110 .343 .342 .275 .363 .347 .444 .425 .807 .772 109 .599 7.4 0.7 .695 .136 .102 2.7
1955 28 NYG NL 639 447 75 4.5 106 .299 .306 .267 .326 .338 .393 .422 .720 .760 90 .481 -10.0 -1.0 .595 .117 .088 1.8
1956 29 NYG NL 474 356 39 2.9 102 .263 .269 .263 .290 .330 .333 .415 .624 .745 68 .316 -20.9 -2.1 .471 .095 .064 .0
1957 30 NYG NL 466 343 39 3.1 103 .256 .258 .268 .280 .332 .318 .416 .597 .748 61 .322 -26.5 -2.6 .466 .093 .060 3.0
1958 31 CHW AL 180 129 14 2.9 97 .266 .253 .260 .298 .329 .283 .396 .581 .725 62 .328 -8.6 -0.9 .460 .096 .030
1959 32 CHW AL 4 2 1 13.4 98 .500 .500 .259 .500 .330 .500 .396 1.000 .726 178 .885 0.4 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
12 Seasons 4594 3227 541 4.5 105 .294 .296 .269 .322 .340 .390 .416 .712 .756 89 .489 -84.7 -8.5 .593 .132 .093 18.8
162 Game Avg. 598 420 70 4.5 105 .294 .296 .269 .322 .340 .390 .416 .712 .756 89 .489 -84.7 -8.5 .593 .132 .093 2
NYG (10 yrs) 4410 3096 526 4.5 106 .295 .298 .269 .323 .341 .394 .416 .717 .757 89 .494 -76.6 -7.6 .598 .134 .096 18.8
CHW (2 yrs) 184 131 15 3.1 97 .272 .259 .260 .302 .329 .288 .396 .590 .725 65 .350 -8.2 -0.9 .469 .094 .029
NL (10 yrs) 4410 3096 526 4.5 106 .295 .298 .269 .323 .341 .394 .416 .717 .757 89 .494 -76.6 -7.6 .598 .134 .096 18.8
AL (2 yrs) 184 131 15 3.1 97 .272 .259 .260 .302 .329 .288 .396 .590 .725 65 .350 -8.2 -0.9 .469 .094 .029

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
1954 27 NYG NL WS CLE W 4 19 18 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .389 .389 .389 .778 7 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 4 19 18 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .389 .389 .389 .778 7 0 0 1 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
1954 NYG NL 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
1955 NYG NL 28 as RF 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 3 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
1948 21 NYG NL 82 1.2% 3.7% 0.0% 7.3% 21% 27.0 81.0 9.0 94%
1949 22 NYG NL 61 0.0% 9.8% 8.2% 6.6% 31% 1.20 9.3 56.0 82%
1950 23 NYG NL 539 1.3% 4.8% 1.9% 5.2% 18% 2.60 20.2 75.0 6.3 91%
1951 24 NYG NL 493 3.3% 2.6% 3.9% 6.7% 25% 0.68 36.1 29.3 6.8 89%
1952 25 NYG NL 496 2.4% 4.8% 6.9% 6.7% 26% 0.71 19.0 38.0 9.3 85%
1953 26 NYG NL 502 1.2% 2.6% 3.8% 4.0% 13% 0.68 36.9 80.0 8.0 92%
1954 27 NYG NL 658 0.6% 2.6% 3.3% 7.1% 22% 0.77 36.4 154.8 8.7 1.26 92%
1955 28 NYG NL 639 1.3% 1.9% 3.0% 5.2% 18% 0.63 50.4 75.6 7.3 0.99 93%
1956 29 NYG NL 474 1.1% 1.5% 3.2% 3.8% 15% 0.47 64.7 90.6 11.0 1.17 94%
1957 30 NYG NL 466 1.3% 3.4% 2.8% 3.0% 12% 1.23 28.1 75.0 12.2 1.14 92%
1958 31 CHW AL 180 0.0% 5.0% 6.1% 2.8% 12% 0.82 18.4 10.4 0.93 88%
1959 32 CHW AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 100%
12 Seasons 4594 1.4% 3.2% 3.6% 5.3% 19% 0.87 29.9 67.1 8.4 1.12 91%
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 27 NYG NL 7 0 37% 302 2 3 40% 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 13 61% 28 12 15 14 7 6 24 5 19
1955 28 NYG NL 10 0 30% 189 1 2 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 13 42% 34 18 11 6 5 1 10 1 9
1956 29 NYG NL 5 0 25% 179 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 36% 24 18 6 3 2 1 6 1 5
1957 30 NYG NL 6 0 32% 171 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 43% 29 21 8 3 2 1 10 1 9
1958 31 CHW AL 5 0 13% 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 35% 13 9 4 1 1 0 6 3 3
1959 32 CHW AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 33 0 31% 911 11 8 61% 4 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 30 46 46% 129 79 44 27 17 9 56 11 45
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 27 NYG NL 609 68% 212 1 1 0 0 0.94 4 1 15 1 3 4 0 0 7 7 100% 118 19 16% 63 26 41% 361 65 18% 41 26 63% 28 13 46% 48
1955 28 NYG NL 465 67% 185 1 1 0 1 1.61 8 0 9 4 3 6 1 0 4 5 125% 107 13 12% 43 15 35% 286 46 16% 26 11 42% 29 13 45% 174
1956 29 NYG NL 396 68% 122 12 3 1 2 0.83 5 0 4 3 2 4 1 0 2 2 100% 70 18 26% 28 7 25% 193 35 18% 19 12 63% 21 13 62% 77
1957 30 NYG NL 379 84% 116 22 6 1 2 2.13 6 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 1 60 7 12% 31 11 35% 197 29 15% 11 7 64% 18 8 44% 87
1958 31 CHW AL 180 78% 42 26 9 0 4 1.84 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 40 2 5% 21 10 48% 122 16 13% 12 6 50% 9 4 44% 0
1959 32 CHW AL 4 100% 2 4 2 0 0 0.82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 2033 72% 1292 66 22 2 9 1.67 65 1 35 13 8 19 2 0 15 29 193% 395 97 25% 186 69 37% 1160 191 16% 109 62 57% 105 51 49% 386
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
1948 21 36 82 81 12 29 4 1 1 9 0 0 3 .358 .358 .469 .827 121 38 3 0 1
1949 22 87 143 137 17 42 8 1 1 10 0 5 9 .307 .331 .401 .732 96 55 10 0 1
1950 23 219 682 662 77 195 23 7 8 94 1 15 35 .295 .313 .387 .700 83 256 19 3 2
1951 24 341 1175 1131 135 325 33 14 24 163 2 1 34 48 .287 .311 .405 .715 88 458 23 4 6
1952 25 467 1671 1587 196 453 47 21 36 212 4 2 68 72 .285 .317 .410 .727 93 650 31 6 10
1953 26 598 2173 2067 252 613 59 23 42 272 6 2 87 85 .297 .327 .408 .735 94 844 38 7 12
1954 27 751 2831 2686 342 825 94 31 46 343 8 5 109 102 .307 .335 .417 .752 98 1119 57 9 19 8
1955 28 898 3470 3291 409 1010 115 35 54 426 9 7 128 114 .307 .334 .412 .746 96 1357 70 12 24 15 4
1956 29 1036 3944 3744 447 1132 127 36 59 467 9 8 143 121 .302 .328 .403 .731 93 1508 88 12 26 19 6
1957 30 1171 4410 4194 492 1248 134 37 65 504 11 8 156 137 .298 .323 .394 .717 89 1651 95 13 27 20 9
1958 31 1241 4590 4360 499 1290 139 37 65 520 11 8 167 146 .296 .322 .389 .712 88 1698 97 13 29 21 12
1959 32 1245 4594 4364 499 1292 139 37 65 520 11 8 167 146 .296 .322 .390 .712 89 1700 97 13 29 21 12

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
1948 21 38 85 85 12 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 14 36
1949 22 53 63 58 5 13 4 0 0 1 0 5 6 .224 .286 .293 .579 5 51
1950 23 138 557 544 59 155 15 6 7 83 1 10 27 .285 .302 .373 .675 61 132
1951 24 127 505 485 59 133 10 7 16 70 1 19 14 .274 .303 .423 .726 62 122
1952 25 132 520 481 67 138 15 8 13 54 2 37 25 .287 .340 .432 .773 70 126
1953 26 136 508 488 52 156 12 2 6 56 2 19 14 .320 .346 .389 .736 65 131
1954 27 161 676 644 90 216 36 8 4 71 2 22 18 .335 .355 .435 .790 100 153
1955 28 155 657 628 68 186 21 4 8 84 1 19 13 .296 .317 .381 .697 76 147
1956 29 144 487 468 42 122 12 1 5 45 0 15 7 .261 .281 .323 .604 43 138
1957 30 141 484 469 47 120 7 1 6 39 2 13 17 .256 .277 .313 .590 41 135
1958 31 73 189 176 8 46 5 0 0 17 0 12 9 .261 .307 .290 .597 16 70
1959 32 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 4
12 Seasons 1302 4735 4530 509 1285 137 37 65 529 11 171 153 .284 .310 .373 .684 554 1245
162 Game Avg. 162 589 564 63 160 17 5 8 66 1 21 19 .284 .310 .373 .684 69 1245

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1954 *
1955 (RF)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1954-NL-12-9%
0.09 Career Shares (918th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1953 NL--.333--5th
1954 NL--.342--2nd

Games Played s c a p y
1954 NL--153--6th

At Bats s c a p y
1954 NL--619--3rd
1955 NL--605--5th

Hits s c a p y
1954 NL--212--1st
1955 NL--185--5th

Doubles s c a p y
1954 NL--35--8th

Triples s c a p y
1951 NL--7--10th
1952 NL--7--9th
1954 NL--8--7th

Singles s c a p y
1950 NL--125--6th
1953 NL--140--3rd
1954 NL--165--1st
1955 NL--152--1st

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 NL--8--9th
1955 NL--7--8th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1954 NL--19--5th
1956 NL--18--6th

AB per SO s c a p y
1950 NL--20.192--3rd
1951 NL--36.077--1st
1952 NL--19.000--6th
1953 NL--36.923--1st
1954 NL--36.412--1st
1955 NL--50.417--1st
1956 NL--64.714--1st
Career--29.890--25th

Outs Made s c a p y
1955 NL--447--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 3 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 14 (1054), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (671), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1214), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Alex Johnson (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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