Mickey Vernon
James Barton Vernon
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 22, 1918 in Marcus Hook, PA
High School: Eddystone (Eddystone, PA)
School: Villanova University
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 1939
Final Game: September 27, 1960
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1939 WSH AL 21 1B 75 741 690 40 11 75 .985 9.73 .990 9.43
1940 WSH AL 22 1B 4 43 41 2 0 5 1.000 10.75 .988 9.60
1941 WSH AL 23 1B 132 1276 1186 80 10 122 .992 9.59 .990 7.58
1942 WSH AL 24 1B 151 1481 1360 95 26 109 .982 9.64 .989 6.62
1943 WSH AL 25 1B 143 1440 1351 75 14 125 .990 9.97 .991 6.99
1946 WSH AL 28 1B 147 1436 1320 101 15 133 .990 9.67 .989 6.80 AS,MVP-5
1947 WSH AL 29 1B 154 1423 1299 105 19 123 .987 9.12 .990 6.49
1948 WSH AL 30 1B 150 1425 1297 113 15 128 .989 9.40 .991 6.67 AS
1949 CLE AL 31 1B 153 1607 1438 155 14 168 .991 10.41 .989 6.54
1950 TOT AL 32 1B 110 1046 959 78 9 121 .991 9.43 .989 8.51
1950 CLE AL 32 1B 25 234 216 17 1 28 .996 9.32 .989 8.51
1950 WSH AL 32 1B 85 812 743 61 8 93 .990 9.46 .989 8.51
1951 WSH AL 33 1B 137 1252 1157 87 8 121 .994 9.08 .990 7.30
1952 WSH AL 34 1B 153 1416 1291 115 10 139 .993 9.19 .988 6.54
1953 WSH AL 35 1B 152 1482 1376 94 12 158 .992 9.67 .989 6.58 AS,MVP-3
1954 WSH AL 36 1B 148 148 1318.1 1452 1365 76 11 144 .992 -3.4 -3.1 -3.4 -0.4 -3.0 0 9.84 9.74 .990 6.83 6.76 AS,MVP-9
1955 WSH AL 37 1B 144 141 1228.1 1335 1258 69 8 137 .994 -6.6 -6.4 -6.6 -4.0 -2.6 0 9.72 9.22 .991 7.33 6.94 AS,MVP-23
1956 BOS AL 38 1B 108 102 898.2 999 930 58 11 96 .989 -2.8 -3.7 -1.8 0.7 -2.5 -1 9.89 9.15 .990 9.43 7.99 AS,MVP-21
1957 BOS AL 39 1B 70 68 575.2 719 662 51 6 47 .992 3.1 6.5 3.1 -0.6 3.7 0 11.15 10.19 .992 9.67 8.36
1958 CLE AL 40 1B 96 87 781.0 835 774 50 11 90 .987 -4.0 -6.1 -4.0 -2.7 -1.3 0 9.50 8.58 .991 9.60 8.47 AS
1959 MLN NL 41 1B 10 4 56.2 59 54 4 1 3 .983 0.3 6.4 0.3 -0.3 0.6 0 9.21 5.80 .988 9.59 8.04
1959 MLN NL 41 OF 4 3 22.1 12 11 0 1 0 .917 0.7 37.6 1.7 0.7 1.0 -1 4.43 2.75 .975 2.22 1.90
1959 MLN NL 41 LF 2 2 11.1 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1.0 105.9 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 5.56 3.50 .975 2.06 1.60
1959 MLN NL 41 RF 2 1 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -32.7 0.7 0.7 0.0 -1 3.27 2.00 .975 1.96 1.65
19 Seasons 1B 2237 550 4858.2 21467 19808 1448 211 2044 .990 -13.4 -3.3 -12.4 -7.3 -5.1 -1 39.37 9.50 .990 8.25 7.16
1 Season OF 4 3 22.1 12 11 0 1 0 .917 0.7 37.6 1.7 0.7 1.0 -1 4.43 2.75 .975 2.22 1.90
1 Season LF 2 2 11.1 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1.0 105.9 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 5.56 3.50 .975 2.06 1.60
1 Season RF 2 1 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -32.7 0.7 0.7 0.0 -1 3.27 2.00 .975 1.96 1.65
20 Seasons TOT 2241 553 4881.0 21479 19819 1448 212 2044 .990 -12.7 -3.1 -10.7 -6.6 -4.1 -1 -1 39.21 9.49 .980 8.22 7.15
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1939 WSH AL 21 76 76 76 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 WSH AL 22 5 5 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 WSH AL 23 138 138 138 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 WSH AL 24 151 151 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 WSH AL 25 145 145 145 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 WSH AL 28 148 148 148 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 WSH AL 29 154 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 WSH AL 30 150 150 150 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CLE AL 31 153 153 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 WSH AL 32 90 90 90 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CLE AL 32 28 28 28 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 WSH AL 33 141 141 141 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 WSH AL 34 154 154 154 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 WSH AL 35 152 152 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 WSH AL 36 151 148 151 151 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1955 WSH AL 37 150 141 150 150 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1956 BOS AL 38 119 102 119 119 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1957 BOS AL 39 102 68 102 102 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
1958 CLE AL 40 119 87 119 119 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
1959 MLN NL 41 74 7 74 74 0 0 10 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 61 0
1960 PIT NL 42 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
20 Seasons 2409 553 2409 2409 0 0 2237 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 154 0
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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1954 WSH AL 36 5796 69% 81% 26% 304 93% 6 1369 147 1211 11 72 75 43 17 1 7 11 0 7 4 6 145 3 0 1 129 4 16 5 11 20 75%
1955 WSH AL 37 5595 69% 79% 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 3868 62% 77% 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 2425 63% 79% 31% 148 93% 0 613 44 563 6 53 46 29 14 1 1 6 0 5 1 4 42 0 2 2 42 5 0 0 0 4 75%
1958 CLE AL 40 3428 63% 77% 25% 176 91% 0 759 56 698 5 59 50 35 11 1 4 11 0 11 0 8 90 0 1 1 84 3 6 1 5 15 93%
1959 MLN NL 41 237 54% 77% 30% 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%
6 Seasons 21349 66% 79% 26% 1122 93% 6 4933 383 4513 39 396 298 195 68 3 14 47 2 40 5 32 511 6 5 7 470 20 40 10 30 62 84%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 45 47% 80% 38% 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 45 47% 80% 38% 8 88%
MLB Averages 56.4% 2.4% 62% 79% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 43.0% 3.2% 62% 79% 29% 53%

* 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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