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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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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
1939 21 WSH AL 76 309 276 23 71 15 4 1 30 1 1 24 28 .257 .317 .351 .668 76 97 5 0 9 3
1940 22 WSH AL 5 19 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .158 .158 .158 .316 -16 3 1 0 0 /3
1941 23 WSH AL 138 581 531 73 159 27 11 9 93 9 3 43 51 .299 .352 .443 .794 113 235 12 0 7 *3
1942 24 WSH AL 151 685 621 76 168 34 6 9 86 25 6 59 63 .271 .337 .388 .725 104 241 8 3 2 *3
1943 25 WSH AL 145 638 553 89 148 29 8 7 70 24 8 67 55 .268 .357 .387 .744 121 214 10 10 8 *3
1946 28 WSH AL 148 638 587 88 207 51 8 8 85 14 10 49 64 .353 .403 .508 .910 160 298 12 0 2 *3 AS,MVP-5
1947 29 WSH AL 154 652 600 77 159 29 12 7 85 12 12 49 42 .265 .320 .388 .709 99 233 12 0 3 *3
1948 30 WSH AL 150 619 558 78 135 27 7 3 48 15 11 54 43 .242 .310 .332 .641 73 185 17 1 6 *3 AS
1949 31 CLE AL 153 659 584 72 170 27 4 18 83 9 7 58 51 .291 .357 .443 .801 113 259 8 2 15 *3
1950 32 TOT AL 118 489 417 55 117 17 3 9 75 8 1 62 39 .281 .379 .400 .779 104 167 3 4 6 *3
1950 32 CLE AL 28 105 90 8 17 0 0 0 10 2 0 12 10 .189 .284 .189 .473 25 17 0 0 3 3
1950 32 WSH AL 90 384 327 47 100 17 3 9 65 6 1 50 29 .306 .404 .459 .863 125 150 3 4 3 3
1951 33 WSH AL 141 602 546 69 160 30 7 9 87 7 6 53 45 .293 .358 .423 .781 112 231 11 2 1 *3
1952 34 WSH AL 154 663 569 71 143 33 9 10 80 7 7 89 66 .251 .353 .394 .746 110 224 11 0 5 *3
1953 35 WSH AL 152 679 608 101 205 43 11 15 115 4 6 63 57 .337 .403 .518 .921 149 315 15 4 4 *3 AS,MVP-3
1954 36 WSH AL 151 673 597 90 173 33 14 20 97 1 4 61 61 .290 .357 .492 .850 138 294 10 5 4 6 *3 AS,MVP-9
1955 37 WSH AL 150 627 538 74 162 23 8 14 85 0 4 74 50 .301 .384 .452 .835 128 243 17 3 4 8 9 *3 AS,MVP-23
1956 38 BOS AL 119 471 403 67 125 28 4 15 84 1 0 57 40 .310 .403 .511 .914 129 206 12 7 2 2 6 *3 AS,MVP-21
1957 39 BOS AL 102 318 270 36 65 18 1 7 38 0 0 41 35 .241 .350 .393 .743 98 106 9 5 1 1 2 3
1958 40 CLE AL 119 404 355 49 104 22 3 8 55 0 4 44 56 .293 .372 .439 .812 124 156 8 2 1 2 3 3 AS
1959 41 MLN NL 74 99 91 8 20 4 0 3 14 0 0 7 20 .220 .283 .363 .645 77 33 2 1 0 0 1 3/79
1960 42 PIT NL 9 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 -2 1 0 0 0 0 1
20 Seasons 2409 9834 8731 1196 2495 490 120 172 1311 137 90 955 869 .286 .359 .428 .787 116 3741 183 49 80 19 22
162 Game Avg. 162 661 587 80 168 33 8 12 88 9 6 64 58 .286 .359 .428 .787 116 252 12 3 5
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
WSH (14 yrs) 1805 7769 6930 956 1993 391 108 121 1026 125 79 735 657 .288 .358 .428 .785 117 2963 144 32 58 14 9
CLE (3 yrs) 300 1168 1029 129 291 49 7 26 148 11 11 114 117 .283 .356 .420 .776 109 432 16 4 19 2 3
BOS (2 yrs) 221 789 673 103 190 46 5 22 122 1 0 98 75 .282 .382 .464 .845 117 312 21 12 3 3 8
PIT (1 yr) 9 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 -2 1 0 0 0 0 1
MLN (1 yr) 74 99 91 8 20 4 0 3 14 0 0 7 20 .220 .283 .363 .645 77 33 2 1 0 0 1
AL (18 yrs) 2326 9726 8632 1188 2474 486 120 169 1296 137 90 947 849 .287 .360 .429 .789 116 3707 181 48 80 19 20
NL (2 yrs) 83 108 99 8 21 4 0 3 15 0 0 8 20 .212 .278 .343 .621 71 34 2 1 0 0 2

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (227th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1946 AL--.353--1st
1953 AL--.337--1st
1955 AL--.301--8th
1956 AL--.310--10th

On-Base% s c a p y
1946 AL--.403--3rd
1953 AL--.403--6th
1955 AL--.384--7th
1956 AL--.403--9th

Slugging % s c a p y
1946 AL--.508--6th
1953 AL--.518--5th
1954 AL--.492--5th
1956 AL--.511--9th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1946 AL--.910--4th
1953 AL--.921--2nd
1954 AL--.850--8th
1955 AL--.835--8th
1956 AL--.914--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1942 AL--151--8th
1947 AL--154--5th
1948 AL--150--9th
1949 AL--153--6th
1952 AL--154--3rd
1953 AL--152--8th
1954 AL--151--9th
1955 AL--150--7th
Career--2409--72nd

At Bats s c a p y
1942 AL--621--5th
1946 AL--587--2nd
1947 AL--600--3rd
1949 AL--584--10th
1952 AL--569--10th
1953 AL--608--5th
1954 AL--597--5th
Career--8731--81st

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1942 AL--685--5th
1947 AL--652--7th
1952 AL--663--10th
1953 AL--679--6th
1954 AL--673--8th
Career--9834--80th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1943 AL--89--5th
1946 AL--88--8th
1953 AL--101--5th
Career--1196--166th

Hits s c a p y
1942 AL--168--10th
1946 AL--207--2nd
1947 AL--159--8th
1953 AL--205--2nd
1954 AL--173--7th
1955 AL--162--8th
Career--2495--91st

Total Bases s c a p y
1946 AL--298--3rd
1947 AL--233--9th
1949 AL--259--7th
1953 AL--315--2nd
1954 AL--294--2nd
Career--3741--109th

Doubles s c a p y
1942 AL--34--7th
1946 AL--51--1st
1947 AL--29--5th
1949 AL--27--9th
1951 AL--30--9th
1952 AL--33--3rd
1953 AL--43--1st
1954 AL--33--1st
1956 AL--28--8th
Career--490--57th

Triples s c a p y
1941 AL--11--4th
1943 AL--8--7th
1946 AL--8--8th
1947 AL--12--2nd
1951 AL--7--7th
1952 AL--9--5th
1953 AL--11--2nd
1954 AL--14--3rd
1955 AL--8--4th
Career--120--97th

Home Runs s c a p y
1954 AL--20--8th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1942 AL--86--9th
1946 AL--85--8th
1947 AL--85--10th
1951 AL--87--9th
1952 AL--80--10th
1953 AL--115--2nd
1954 AL--97--8th
1955 AL--85--8th
Career--1311--93rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 AL--89--6th
Career--955--132nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1942 AL--63--6th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1942 AL--25--2nd
1943 AL--24--5th
1946 AL--14--4th
1947 AL--12--3rd
1948 AL--15--3rd
1949 AL--9--8th
1950 AL--8--6th

Singles s c a p y
1946 AL--140--3rd
1953 AL--136--4th
Career--1713--106th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1946 AL--160--3rd
1953 AL--149--2nd
1954 AL--138--6th
1955 AL--128--7th
1956 AL--129--10th

Runs Created s c a p y
1946 AL--118--2nd
1953 AL--124--2nd
1954 AL--103--6th
1955 AL--93--9th
Career--1344--126th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1946 AL--46--2nd
1953 AL--42--2nd
1954 AL--29--6th
1955 AL--23--6th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1946 AL--4.7--2nd
1953 AL--4.2--2nd
1954 AL--2.9--6th
1955 AL--2.2--6th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1946 AL--67--5th
1947 AL--48--10th
1949 AL--49--10th
1952 AL--52--7th
1953 AL--69--2nd
1954 AL--67--1st
Career--782--106th

Times On Base s c a p y
1946 AL--256--4th
1953 AL--272--3rd
1954 AL--239--10th
1955 AL--239--8th
Career--3499--93rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1946 AL--.760--3rd
1953 AL--.735--2nd
1954 AL--.663--10th
1955 AL--.627--9th
1956 AL--.700--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1943 AL--10--1st
1954 AL--5--7th
1956 AL--7--9th
1957 AL--5--8th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1949 AL--15--4th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 AL--8--2nd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL--9--4th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 AL--15--9th
1955 AL--17--6th
Career--183--128th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1943 AL--8--9th
1946 AL--10--2nd
1947 AL--12--3rd
1948 AL--11--2nd
1949 AL--7--6th
Career--90--152nd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1942 AL--13.2--4th
1943 AL--10.8--2nd
1946 AL--10.2--2nd
1947 AL--8.8--7th
1949 AL--12.0--2nd
1950 AL--8.5--8th
1952 AL--8.2--10th
Career--152.5--158th

Outs Made s c a p y
1942 AL--469--6th
1947 AL--468--3rd
1948 AL--457--6th
1949 AL--444--8th
1952 AL--449--10th
1954 AL--448--6th
Career--6608--76th

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (291), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 121 (74), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 60 (305), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 33 (218), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1937 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 1948: Traded by the Washington Senators with Early Wynn to the Cleveland Indians for Joe Haynes, Ed Klieman and Eddie Robinson.

June 14, 1950: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Washington Senators for Dick Weik.

November 8, 1955: Traded by the Washington Senators with Bob Porterfield, Johnny Schmitz and Tom Umphlett to the Boston Red Sox for Al Curtis (minors), Dick Brodowski, Neil Chrisley, Tex Clevenger and Karl Olson.

January 29, 1958: Selected off waivers by the Cleveland Indians from the Boston Red Sox.

April 11, 1959: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Milwaukee Braves for Humberto Robinson.

October 13, 1959: Released by the Milwaukee Braves.

September 1, 1960: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

September 30, 1960: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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