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Mickey Vernon

James Barton Vernon

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 22, 1918 in Marcus Hook, PA
High School: Eddystone HS (Eddystone, PA)
School: Villanova University (Villanova, PA)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 1939
Teams (by GP): Senators/Indians/RedSox/Braves/Pirates 1939-1960

Final Game: September 27, 1960
Died: September 24, 2008 in Media, PA
Buried: Lawn Croft Cemetery, Linwood, PA
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1939 WSH AL 21 1B 75 75 73 741 690 40 11 75 .985 9.73 .990 9.64
1940 WSH AL 22 1B 4 4 4 43 41 2 0 5 1.000 10.75 .989 9.80
1941 WSH AL 23 1B 132 132 132 1276 1186 80 10 122 .992 9.59 .990 9.92
1942 WSH AL 24 1B 151 151 151 1481 1360 95 26 109 .982 9.64 .989 10.08
1943 WSH AL 25 1B 143 143 139 1440 1351 75 14 125 .990 9.97 .991 10.05
1946 WSH AL 28 1B 147 146 145 1436 1320 101 15 133 .990 9.67 .989 9.58 AS,MVP-5
1947 WSH AL 29 1B 154 154 154 1423 1299 105 19 123 .987 9.12 .990 9.64
1948 WSH AL 30 1B 150 149 148 1425 1297 113 15 128 .989 9.40 .991 9.69 AS
1949 CLE AL 31 1B 153 148 147 1607 1438 155 14 168 .991 10.41 .989 9.77
1950 TOT AL 32 1B 110 108 107 941.2 1046 959 78 9 121 .991 9.91 9.43 .989 9.54 9.37
1950 CLE AL 32 1B 25 23 23 200.0 234 216 17 1 28 .996 10.48 9.32 .989 9.54 9.37
1950 WSH AL 32 1B 85 85 84 741.2 812 743 61 8 93 .990 9.76 9.46 .989 9.54 9.37
1951 WSH AL 33 1B 137 136 135 1207.1 1252 1157 87 8 121 .994 9.27 9.08 .990 9.70 9.66
1952 WSH AL 34 1B 153 153 152 1391.1 1416 1291 115 10 139 .993 9.09 9.19 .988 9.63 9.62
1953 WSH AL 35 1B 152 152 152 1344.1 1482 1376 94 12 158 .992 3 3 9.84 9.67 .989 9.72 9.66 AS,MVP-3
1954 WSH AL 36 1B 148 148 146 1318.1 1452 1365 76 11 144 .992 -3 -3 9.84 9.74 .990 9.60 9.53 AS,MVP-9
1955 WSH AL 37 1B 144 141 135 1228.1 1335 1258 69 8 137 .994 -7 -6 9.72 9.22 .991 9.63 9.54 AS,MVP-23
1956 BOS AL 38 1B 108 102 89 898.2 999 930 58 11 96 .989 -3 -4 9.89 9.15 .990 9.43 9.35 AS,MVP-21
1957 BOS AL 39 1B 70 68 51 575.2 719 662 51 6 47 .992 3 6 11.15 10.19 .992 9.67 9.70
1958 CLE AL 40 1B 96 87 75 781.0 835 774 50 11 90 .987 -4 -6 9.50 8.58 .991 9.60 9.50 AS
1959 MLN NL 41 1B 10 4 4 56.2 59 54 4 1 3 .983 0 6 9.21 5.80 .988 9.59 9.48
1959 MLN NL 41 OF 4 3 0 22.1 12 11 0 1 0 .917 1 38 4.43 2.75 .977 2.22 2.20
1959 MLN NL 41 LF 2 2 0 11.1 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1 106 5.56 3.50 .971 2.06 2.00
1959 MLN NL 41 RF 2 1 0 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -33 3.27 2.00 .978 1.96 1.95
19 Seasons 1B 2237 2201 2139 9743.1 21467 19808 1448 211 2044 .990 -10 -1 9.71 9.50 .990 9.62 9.68
1 Season OF 4 3 0 22.1 12 11 0 1 0 .917 1 38 4.43 2.75 .977 2.22 2.20
1 Season RF 2 1 0 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -33 3.27 2.00 .978 1.96 1.95
1 Season LF 2 2 0 11.1 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1 106 5.56 3.50 .971 2.06 2.00
20 Seasons TOT 2241 2204 2139 9765.2 21479 19819 1448 212 2044 .990 -10 -1 9.69 9.49 .990 9.60 9.66
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1939 WSH AL 21 1B
1940 WSH AL 22 1B
1941 WSH AL 23 1B
1942 WSH AL 24 1B
1943 WSH AL 25 1B
1946 WSH AL 28 1B
1947 WSH AL 29 1B
1948 WSH AL 30 1B
1949 CLE AL 31 1B
1950 CLE AL 32 1B
1950 WSH AL 32 1B
1951 WSH AL 33 1B
1952 WSH AL 34 1B
1953 WSH AL 35 1B 3 3 2 -1 4 1
1954 WSH AL 36 1B -3 -3 -3 -3 -0 0
1955 WSH AL 37 1B -7 -6 -7 -3 -4 0
1956 BOS AL 38 1B -3 -4 -2 -2 1 -1
1957 BOS AL 39 1B 3 6 3 4 -1 0
1958 CLE AL 40 1B -4 -6 -4 -1 -3 0
1959 MLN NL 41 1B 0 6 0 1 -0 0
1959 MLN NL 41 LF 1 106 1 1 0 0
1959 MLN NL 41 RF -0 -33 1 0 1 -1
19 Seasons 1B -10 -1 -10 -6 -3 0
1 Season LF 1 106 1 1 0 0
1 Season RF -0 -33 1 0 1 -1
20 Seasons TOT -10 -1 -9 -5 -3 0 -1
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1939 WSH AL 21 76 75 76 75 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1940 WSH AL 22 5 4 5 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1941 WSH AL 23 138 132 138 132 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1942 WSH AL 24 151 151 151 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 WSH AL 25 145 143 145 143 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1946 WSH AL 28 148 146 148 147 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1947 WSH AL 29 154 154 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 WSH AL 30 150 149 150 150 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1949 CLE AL 31 153 148 153 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1950 WSH AL 32 90 85 90 85 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1950 CLE AL 32 28 23 28 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1951 WSH AL 33 141 136 141 137 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1952 WSH AL 34 154 153 154 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1953 WSH AL 35 152 152 152 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 WSH AL 36 151 148 151 148 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1955 WSH AL 37 150 141 150 144 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1956 BOS AL 38 119 102 119 108 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1957 BOS AL 39 102 68 102 70 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
1958 CLE AL 40 119 87 119 96 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
1959 MLN NL 41 74 7 74 13 0 0 10 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 65 0
1960 PIT NL 42 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
20 Seasons 2409 2204 2409 2240 0 0 2237 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 183 3
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1948 WSH AL 30 5254 55% 83% 25% 338 92% 1 1159 70 1080 9 155 98 53 27 8 10 15 1 14 0 13 118 10 0 1 103 13 14 1 12 8 75%
1949 CLE AL 31 5712 53% 81% 28% 406 93% 2 1440 61 1368 10 177 155 105 31 4 6 14 1 13 0 11 168 10 1 0 152 12 16 4 10 16 100%
1950 WSH AL 32 3113 63% 83% 25% 171 92% 1 694 35 649 10 73 57 38 13 1 2 7 0 7 0 7 89 4 0 1 84 6 5 2 3 18 94%
1950 CLE AL 32 861 55% 81% 27% 60 93% 1 216 12 202 2 31 17 12 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 28 0 0 0 23 0 5 2 3 2 100%
1951 WSH AL 33 4973 53% 84% 24% 292 92% 1 1079 70 997 12 128 76 44 25 0 3 8 0 8 0 7 118 9 0 0 97 9 21 3 18 13 69%
1952 WSH AL 34 5918 52% 83% 24% 376 95% 3 1299 150 1131 19 103 110 65 36 2 5 10 2 8 0 7 139 7 1 1 124 11 15 5 10 16 63%
1953 WSH AL 35 5692 61% 84% 26% 314 93% 2 1372 112 1237 23 98 93 59 25 2 3 12 0 11 1 10 158 9 1 1 139 11 19 4 15 18 83%
1954 WSH AL 36 5697 71% 83% 26% 305 92% 6 1370 147 1212 11 72 75 43 17 1 7 11 0 7 4 6 145 3 0 1 129 4 16 5 11 21 71%
1955 WSH AL 37 5466 71% 81% 25% 278 94% 0 1249 75 1162 12 130 66 43 15 0 1 8 0 8 0 8 137 3 1 3 125 7 11 2 9 14 93%
1956 BOS AL 38 3803 63% 78% 27% 199 93% 0 889 57 829 5 75 57 43 10 0 1 10 2 8 0 5 94 0 1 0 87 1 7 2 5 8 75%
1957 BOS AL 39 2479 64% 80% 31% 156 94% 0 637 48 583 6 54 50 31 15 2 1 6 0 5 1 4 45 0 2 2 43 5 2 1 1 4 75%
1958 CLE AL 40 3349 64% 79% 25% 177 92% 0 759 56 698 5 59 51 36 11 1 4 11 0 11 0 8 90 0 1 1 84 3 6 1 5 15 93%
1959 MLN NL 41 233 55% 78% 31% 17 88% 0 54 4 50 0 7 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
12 Seasons 52550 60% 82% 26% 3089 93% 17 12217 897 11198 124 1162 909 574 229 21 44 114 6 102 6 88 1332 55 8 11 1193 82 137 32 102 154 82%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 27% 93% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1959 MLN NL 41 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 49% 84% 40% 8 88%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 49% 84% 40% 8 88%
MLB Averages 57.8% 2.7% 63% 81% 30% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1959 MLN NL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 46 70% 76% 28% 7 57%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 46 70% 76% 28% 7 57%
MLB Averages 42.6% 3.2% 63% 81% 30% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1966 BBWAA ( 6.6%)
1967 BBWAA ( 4.8%)
1967 Run Off ( 0.7%)
1968 BBWAA ( 7.8%)
1969 BBWAA ( 6.2%)
1970 BBWAA ( 3.3%)
1971 BBWAA ( 3.3%)
1972 BBWAA ( 3.0%)
1973 BBWAA ( 6.1%)
1974 BBWAA ( 7.4%)
1975 BBWAA ( 6.1%)
1976 BBWAA (13.4%)
1977 BBWAA (13.6%)
1978 BBWAA (17.4%)
1979 BBWAA (20.4%)
1980 BBWAA (24.9%)

All-Star Games
1946 (1B)
1948 *
1953 (1B)
1954 *
1955 (1B)
1956 (1B)
1958 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1946 AL (5, 40%)
1953 AL (3, 48%)
1954 AL (9, 9%)
1955 AL (23, 1%)
1956 AL (21, 4%)
1.02 Career Shares (233rd)

Putouts† s c a p y
1941 AL  1,186 (3rd)
1942 AL  1,360 (4th)
1943 AL  1,351 (4th)
1946 AL  1,320 (2nd)
1947 AL  1,299 (3rd)
1948 AL  1,297 (2nd)
1949 AL  1,438 (1st)
1951 AL  1,157 (2nd)
1952 AL  1,291 (3rd)
1953 AL  1,376 (1st)
1954 AL  1,365 (1st)
1955 AL  1,258 (2nd)
1956 AL  930 (3rd)
1958 AL  774 (5th)
Career  19,819 (7th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1941 AL  132 (3rd)
1942 AL  151 (4th)
1946 AL  147 (2nd)
1947 AL  154 (1st)
1948 AL  150 (2nd)
1949 AL  153 (1st)
1951 AL  137 (2nd)
1952 AL  153 (2nd)
1953 AL  152 (2nd)
1954 AL  148 (1st)
1955 AL  144 (1st)
1956 AL  108 (4th)
1958 AL  96 (5th)
Career  2,237 (4th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1941 AL  1,186 (3rd)
1942 AL  1,360 (4th)
1943 AL  1,351 (4th)
1946 AL  1,320 (2nd)
1947 AL  1,299 (3rd)
1948 AL  1,297 (2nd)
1949 AL  1,438 (1st)
1951 AL  1,157 (2nd)
1952 AL  1,291 (3rd)
1953 AL  1,376 (1st)
1954 AL  1,365 (1st)
1955 AL  1,258 (2nd)
1956 AL  930 (3rd)
1958 AL  774 (4th)
Career  19,808 (7th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1942 AL  95 (5th)
1946 AL  101 (2nd)
1947 AL  105 (3rd)
1948 AL  113 (2nd)
1949 AL  155 (1st)
1950 AL  78 (5th)
1951 AL  87 (3rd)
1952 AL  115 (2nd)
1953 AL  94 (3rd)
1954 AL  76 (2nd)
1955 AL  69 (3rd)
1956 AL  58 (4th)
1957 AL  51 (5th)
Career  1,448 (9th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1939 AL  11 (2nd)
1941 AL  10 (4th)
1942 AL  26 (1st)
1943 AL  14 (4th)
1946 AL  15 (1st)
1947 AL  19 (1st)
1948 AL  15 (2nd)
1949 AL  14 (4th)
1953 AL  12 (5th)
1954 AL  11 (3rd)
1955 AL  8 (4th)
1956 AL  11 (1st)
1958 AL  11 (2nd)
Career  211 (26th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1953 AL  3 (4th)
1957 AL  3 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1950 AL  9.91 (3rd)
1953 AL  9.84 (3rd)
1954 AL  9.84 (3rd)
1955 AL  9.72 (4th)
1956 AL  9.89 (1st)
1958 AL  9.50 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1942 AL  9.64 (5th)
1943 AL  9.97 (3rd)
1946 AL  9.67 (2nd)
1948 AL  9.40 (5th)
1949 AL  10.41 (1st)
1950 AL  9.43 (2nd)
1952 AL  9.19 (5th)
1953 AL  9.67 (1st)
1954 AL  9.74 (1st)
1955 AL  9.22 (3rd)
1956 AL  9.15 (2nd)
1958 AL  8.58 (4th)
Career  9.50 (98th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1941 AL  .992 (4th)
1943 AL  .990 (5th)
1946 AL  .990 (5th)
1949 AL  .991 (3rd)
1950 AL  .991 (2nd)
1951 AL  .994 (2nd)
1952 AL  .993 (1st)
1953 AL  .992 (3rd)
1954 AL  .992 (3rd)
1955 AL  .994 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1956 AL  born 1918-04-22 (7th)
1957 AL  born 1918-04-22 (6th)
1958 AL  born 1918-04-22 (5th)
1959 NL  born 1918-04-22 (5th)
1960 NL  born 1918-04-22 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1939 AL  born 1918-04-22 (10th)

                           

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