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Dale Mitchell

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: August 23, 1921 in Colony, OK us

Died: January 5, 1987 in Tulsa, OK

Buried: Cloud Chief Cemetery, Cloud Chief, OK

High School: Cloud Chief HS (Cloud Chief, OK)

School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Debut: September 15, 1946 (Age 25-023d, 10,197th in major league history)
vs. PHA 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1956 (Age 35-034d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Loren Dale Mitchell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.6

3984

1244

.312

555

RBI

403

OBP

.368

SLG

.416

OPS

.784

OPS+

114

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1946	24	CLE-min	AA	108	449	415	63	140	25	8	2	63	10	2	33	22	.337	.388	.451	.838		187	5	1	0				OKC · TL
1946	24	CLE	AL	11	45	44	7	19	3	0	0	5	1	0	1	2	.432	.444	.500	.944	172	22	1	0	0		1	8
1947	25	CLE	AL	123	518	493	69	156	16	10	1	34	2	5	23	14	.316	.347	.396	.742	109	195	2	0	2		0	*78H/9	MVP-26
1948	26	CLE	AL	141	656	608	82	204	30	8	4	56	13	18	45	17	.336	.383	.431	.814	119	262	9	2	1		3	*7/H8
1949	27	CLE	AL	149	685	640	81	203	16	23	3	56	10	3	43	11	.317	.360	.428	.788	110	274	8	0	2		2	*7	AS,MVP-26
1950	28	CLE	AL	130	577	506	81	156	27	5	3	49	3	7	67	21	.308	.390	.399	.789	106	202	7	1	3		8	*7/H9
1951	29	CLE	AL	134	570	510	83	148	21	7	11	62	7	7	53	16	.290	.358	.424	.782	116	216	8	1	6		0	*7H	MVP-28
1952	30	CLE	AL	134	571	511	61	165	26	3	5	58	6	6	52	9	.323	.387	.415	.801	130	212	14	1	7		4	*7H	AS,MVP-20
1953	31	CLE	AL	134	542	500	76	150	26	4	13	60	3	1	42	20	.300	.354	.446	.800	118	223	11	0	0		1	*7H
1954	32	CLE	AL	53	69	60	6	17	1	0	1	6	0	0	9	1	.283	.377	.350	.727	99	21	1	0	0	0	0	H/73
1955	33	CLE	AL	61	64	58	4	15	2	1	0	10	0	0	4	3	.259	.302	.328	.629	67	19	2	0	0	1	2	H/37
1956	34	TOT	MLB	57	61	54	5	11	1	0	0	7	0	0	7	5	.204	.295	.222	.517	38	12	2	0	0	0	1	H/7
1956	34	CLE	AL	38	37	30	2	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	7	2	.133	.297	.133	.431	17	4	0	0	0	0	1	H/7
1956	34	BRO	NL	19	24	24	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.292	.292	.333	.625	62	8	2	0	0	0	0	H/7
11 Yrs				1127	4358	3984	555	1244	169	61	41	403	45	47	346	119	.312	.368	.416	.784	114	1658	65	5	21	1	22
162 Game Avg.				162	626	573	80	179	24	9	6	58	6	7	50	17	.312	.368	.416	.784	114	238	9	1	3		3

CLE (11 yrs)				1108	4334	3960	552	1237	168	61	41	402	45	47	346	116	.312	.368	.417	.785	114	1650	63	5	21	1	22
BRO (1 yr)				19	24	24	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.292	.292	.333	.625	62	8	2	0	0	0	0

AL (11 yrs)				1108	4334	3960	552	1237	168	61	41	402	45	47	346	116	.312	.368	.417	.785	114	1650	63	5	21	1	22
NL (1 yr)				19	24	24	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.292	.292	.333	.625	62	8	2	0	0	0	0