Don Mueller

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: April 14, 1927 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: December 28, 2011 in Chesterfield, MO

Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Hazelwood, MO

High School: Christian Brothers College HS (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: August 2, 1948 (Age 21-110d, 10,537th in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 2, 1959 (Age 32-018d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Donald Frederick Mueller

Nicknames: Mandrake The Magician

Pronunciation: \MYOO-ler\

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Relatives: Son of Walter Mueller

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.2

4364

1292

.296

499

RBI

520

OBP

.323

SLG

.390

OPS

.712

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 65 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 23 go ahead

1 Tm
NYG	65

Platoon
vs RHP	55
vs LHP	10

Home/Road
Home	50
Away	15

Outs
1	26
0	21
2	18

7 Opps
BRO	11
CIN	11
PIT	11
CHC	10
BSN/MLN	9
PHI	8
STL	5

51 Pitchers
Murry Dickson	4
Howie Fox	3
Bob Rush	3
Ralph Branca	3
Phil Haugstad	2
Johnny Klippstein	2
Paul LaPalme	2
Erv Palica	2
Jim Wilson	2
Monk Dubiel	1
Turk Lown	1
Dan Bankhead	1
Don Newcombe	1
Jim Waugh	1
Jackie Collum	1
Vinegar Bend Mizell	1
Ben Wade	1
Jess Dobernic	1
Steve Ridzik	1
Lino Donoso	1
Curt Simmons	1
Frank Smith	1
Ray Crone	1
Red Munger	1
Cal McLish	1
Lindy McDaniel	1
Hal Jeffcoat	1
Lou Possehl	1
Johnny Sain	1
Harvey Haddix	1
Dave Cole	1
Gene Conley	1
Tom Acker	1
Bubba Church	1
Vern Bickford	1
Dick Littlefield	1
Bob Buhl	1
Art Fowler	1
Larry Jansen	1
Warren Hacker	1
Fred Baczewski	1
Bob Friend	1
Don Cardwell	1
Warren Spahn	1
Joe Presko	1
Russ Meyer	1
Robin Roberts	1
Cal Hogue	1
Vern Law	1
Billy Loes	1
Don Elston	1

9 Parks
Polo Grounds (NYC)	50
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	4
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Braves Fld (BOS)	2
Forbes Fld (PIT)	2
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	2
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1
Crosley Fld (CIN)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1

Where Hit
9	53
89	2
7	2

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	58
2·HR gms	2
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	43
1--	8
12-	5
-2-	5
123	2
--3	1
1-3	1

97 RBI
RISP	14
0 on	43
1 on	14
2 on	6
3 on	2
Any on	22

Inning
1	10
2	7
3	8
4	8
5	5
6	8
7	9
8	6
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	25
4-6	21
7-end	19

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	5
+2	4
+1	5
Tied	20
-1	6
-2	7
-3	3
-4..	6

Ahead	23
Tied	20
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	62
PH	3

OrderPos
3rd	22
5th	16
6th	9
1st	5
2nd	5
7th	4
4th	2
9th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	33

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1948-08-25	NYG	@	CHC	Jess Dobernic	behind 2-4	t 9	1	1-3	3	6	PH	0.657	83%		Home Run; S. Gordon Scores; W. Marshall Scores
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1950-05-26	NYG		PHI	Robin Roberts	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	9	0.103	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	2	1	1950-05-30 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	Johnny Sain	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	9	0.172	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Lockman Scores
4	4	3	1	1950-06-23	NYG		CIN	Howie Fox	tied 2-2	b 7	1	-2-	2	3	9	0.250	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Stanky Scores/unER
5	5	4	1	1950-08-16	NYG		BRO	Dan Bankhead	ahead 11-4	b 7	1	123	4	3	9	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Calderone Scores; S. Maglie Scores/unER; E. Stanky Scores
6	6	5	1	1950-09-21	NYG		CIN	Howie Fox	behind 4-8	b 8	2	---	1	7	9	0.024	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	6	1	1950-09-24	NYG	@	BSN	Vern Bickford	ahead 3-2	t 3	0	12-	3	3	9	0.163	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Stanky Scores; W. Lockman Scores/unER
8	8	7	1	1950-09-26	NYG	@	BRO	Ralph Branca	behind 1-7	t 7	0	---	1	3	9	0.016	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1951-05-17	NYG	@	PIT	Murry Dickson	behind 4-5	t 6	2	---	1	3	9	0.166	44%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
10	10	2	1	1951-06-10 (1)	NYG		CHC	Johnny Klippstein	ahead 3-1	b 8	0	---	1	5	9	0.033	97%		Home Run
11	11	3	1	1951-07-04 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	Erv Palica	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	4	9	0.129	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
12	12	4	1	1951-07-06	NYG		BSN	Jim Wilson	behind 6-7	b 3	1	---	1	8	9	0.123	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	5	1	1951-07-08	NYG		BSN	Dave Cole	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	---	1	5	9	0.106	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	6	1	1951-07-13	NYG		STL	Red Munger	ahead 7-1	b 4	1	---	1	3	9	0.014	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	7	1	1951-07-15 (1)	NYG		PIT	Bob Friend	behind 0-2	b 4	1	---	1	3	9	0.117	40%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	8	1	1951-07-25	NYG	@	PIT	Vern Law	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	---	1	5	9	0.067	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	9	1	1951-08-14	NYG		BRO	Erv Palica	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	9	0.153	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Dark Scores
18	18	10	1	1951-08-26 (1)	NYG		CHC	Cal McLish	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	9	0.169	72%		Home Run; A. Dark Scores
19	19	11	1	1951-09-01	NYG		BRO	Ralph Branca	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	0.104	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	12	2	1951-09-01	NYG		BRO	Ralph Branca	ahead 3-1	b 3	1	1--	2	3	9	0.121	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Stanky Scores
21	21	13	3	1951-09-01	NYG		BRO	Phil Haugstad	ahead 6-1	b 7	2	1--	2	3	9	0.012	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Stanky Scores
22	22	14	1	1951-09-02	NYG		BRO	Don Newcombe	ahead 4-1	b 6	2	12-	3	3	9	0.074	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Hearn Scores/unER; E. Stanky Scores/unER; D. Mueller Scores/unER
23	23	15	2	1951-09-02	NYG		BRO	Phil Haugstad	ahead 7-1	b 8	1	-2-	2	3	9	0.001	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); E. Stanky Scores
24	24	16	1	1951-09-15	NYG	@	CHC	Monk Dubiel	ahead 4-2	t 8	2	---	1	7	9	0.076	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1952-04-21	NYG	@	PHI	Lou Possehl	ahead 6-1	t 3	1	---	1	6	9	0.033	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	2	1	1952-04-23	NYG		BSN	Gene Conley	tied 3-3	b 4	1	---	1	6	9	0.139	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	3	1	1952-05-06	NYG	@	STL	Joe Presko	behind 3-5	t 4	0	---	1	6	9	0.111	37%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	4	1	1952-05-16 (1)	NYG		CHC	Bob Rush	behind 0-3	b 6	2	---	1	5	9	0.081	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	5	1	1952-05-27	NYG	@	BRO	Ben Wade	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	9	0.109	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	6	1	1952-05-28	NYG	@	BRO	Billy Loes	ahead 4-1	t 8	1	1--	2	5	9	0.048	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Thompson Scores
31	31	7	1	1952-06-25	NYG		CIN	Bubba Church	behind 1-2	b 4	2	---	1	6	9	0.146	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	8	1	1952-07-05	NYG		PHI	Howie Fox	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	5	9	0.117	53%		Home Run
33	33	9	1	1952-09-09	NYG		PIT	Cal Hogue	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	9	0.103	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run
34	34	10	1	1952-09-10	NYG		PIT	Murry Dickson	tied 2-2	b 13	0	---	1	1	9	0.368	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
35	35	11	1	1952-09-12 (2)	NYG		CIN	Frank Smith	behind 5-7	b 7	0	-2-	2	1	9	0.282	59%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Rigney Scores
36	36	12	1	1952-09-26	NYG		PHI	Russ Meyer	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	1	1	9	0.076	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1953-05-10 (1)	NYG		PIT	Murry Dickson	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	9	0.099	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	2	1	1953-06-19	NYG	@	MLN	Bob Buhl	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---	1	5	9	0.114	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	3	1	1953-07-16	NYG		CHC	Turk Lown	ahead 4-3	b 3	1	1--	2	7	9	0.153	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Spencer Scores
40	40	4	1	1953-07-19 (1)	NYG		MLN	Jim Wilson	behind 2-3	b 4	0	---	1	6	9	0.125	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	5	1	1953-09-07 (2)	NYG		PIT	Paul LaPalme	behind 1-5	b 5	2	1--	2	5	9	0.137	25%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Irvin Scores
42	42	6	1	1953-09-19 (2)	NYG		PIT	Jim Waugh	behind 1-2	b 5	1	1--	2	3	9	0.252	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Lockman Scores
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1954-07-11 (1)	NYG		PIT	Paul LaPalme	ahead 12-3	b 7	2	---	1	3	9	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	2	1	1954-07-30	NYG		CIN	Fred Baczewski	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	---	1	3	9	0.040	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	3	1	1954-08-20	NYG		PIT	Dick Littlefield	tied 0-0	b 5	2	123	4	2	9	0.327	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Irvin Scores; B. Gardner Scores; D. Liddle Scores
46	46	4	1	1954-09-18	NYG		PHI	Murry Dickson	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	0.102	61%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1955-04-16	NYG		PHI	Steve Ridzik	ahead 5-0	b 4	2	12-	3	4	9	0.043	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Dark Scores/unER; W. Mays Scores/unER; D. Mueller Scores/unER
48	48	2	1	1955-06-02	NYG		CIN	Jackie Collum	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	0.102	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	3	1	1955-06-03	NYG		CHC	Bob Rush	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	0.102	61%		Inside-the-park Home Run (CF-RF)
50	50	4	1	1955-06-26 (1)	NYG	@	STL	Harvey Haddix	behind 1-4	t 6	1	---	1	3	9	0.076	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	5	1	1955-07-06	NYG		PHI	Curt Simmons	tied 2-2	b 6	0	--3	2	5	9	0.125	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Hofman Scores/unER
52	52	6	1	1955-07-14	NYG		CHC	Bob Rush	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	9	0.105	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	7	1	1955-07-16	NYG		MLN	Ray Crone	behind 5-7	b 9	0	---	1	5	9	0.111	20%		Home Run
54	54	8	1	1955-09-20 (1)	NYG		PIT	Lino Donoso	ahead 5-1	b 2	1	---	1	2	9	0.044	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1956-05-15	NYG		CHC	Warren Hacker	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	---	1	5	9	0.057	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
56	56	2	1	1956-05-17	NYG		MLN	Warren Spahn	behind 1-7	b 9	1	-2-	2	5	9	0.003	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Mays Scores
57	57	3	1	1956-05-21	NYG		STL	Vinegar Bend Mizell	behind 0-4	b 7	2	---	1	5	9	0.037	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)
58	58	4	1	1956-06-03 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	Johnny Klippstein	behind 2-5	t 7	0	---	1	9	PH	0.078	18%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	5	1	1956-09-11	NYG		CIN	Larry Jansen	behind 0-2	b 1	0	---	1	1	9	0.100	44%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	1957-05-30 (2)	NYG		PHI	Don Cardwell	ahead 2-1	b 3	0	---	1	2	9	0.099	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	2	1	1957-06-09 (2)	NYG		STL	Lindy McDaniel	behind 3-10	b 7	1	12-	3	7	9	0.033	5%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Jablonski Scores; D. Spencer Scores
62	62	3	1	1957-06-16	NYG		CIN	Tom Acker	behind 1-3	b 8	1	12-	3	6	PH	0.613	86%		Home Run; B. Thomson Scores; D. Spencer Scores
63	63	4	1	1957-07-15	NYG		CHC	Don Elston	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	9	0.115	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	5	1	1957-08-25	NYG		CIN	Hal Jeffcoat	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	9	0.105	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	6	2	1957-08-25	NYG		CIN	Art Fowler	ahead 8-0	b 6	1	---	1	2	9	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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