Johnny Mize

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: January 7, 1913 in Demorest, GA us

Died: June 2, 1993 in Demorest, GA

Buried: Yonah View Memorial Gardens, Demorest, GA

School: Piedmont College (Demorest, GA)

Debut: April 16, 1936 (Age 23-100d, 7,983rd in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1953 (Age 40-262d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1981. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Johnny Mize's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1936 season

Full Name: John Robert Mize

Nicknames: The Big Cat or Big Jawn

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

70.6

6443

2011

359

.312

1118

RBI

1337

OBP

.397

SLG

.562

OPS

.959

OPS+

158

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	STL	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	44	10.0	9	1	0	10	1
2	2	Apr 22	STL	@	CIN	W,14-11	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 23	STL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
4	4	Apr 24	STL		CHC	L,12-13	CG	49	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
5	5	Apr 25	STL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 27	STL		PIT	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	1	12	2
7	7	Apr 29	STL		CIN	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
8	8	Apr 30	STL		CIN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 1	STL	@	CHC	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
10	10	May 2	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	GS	11	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	17 (6)	May 11	STL	@	BRO	L,7-9	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
12	18	May 12	STL	@	PHI	W,15-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
13	19	May 13	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
14	20	May 14	STL	@	PIT	L,4-14	CG	48	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	21	May 15	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
16	22	May 16	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
17	23	May 18	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
18	24	May 19	STL		NYG	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
19	25	May 20	STL		NYG	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
20	26	May 21	STL		BRO	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
21	27	May 22	STL		BRO	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	13	2	0	15	3
22	28	May 23	STL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
23	29	May 26	STL		BSN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
24	30	May 27	STL		BSN	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
25	31	May 28	STL		PIT	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
26	32	May 29 (1)	STL		PIT	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
27	33	May 29 (2)	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	34	May 30	STL		PIT	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
29	35	May 31 (1)	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	36	May 31 (2)	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	37	Jun 2	STL	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
32	38	Jun 4	STL	@	BRO	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
33	39	Jun 5	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
34	40	Jun 6 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	1	11	1
35	42 (1)	Jun 9 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
36	43	Jun 9 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	11	0	0	11	1
37	44	Jun 12	STL	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
38	45	Jun 13 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	46	Jun 13 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	47	Jun 15	STL		PHI	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
41	48	Jun 16	STL		PHI	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	49	Jun 17	STL		PHI	L,7-13	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
43	50	Jun 18	STL		BSN	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
44	51	Jun 19	STL		BSN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
45	52	Jun 20 (1)	STL		BSN	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
46	53	Jun 20 (2)	STL		BSN	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
47	54	Jun 22	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
48	55	Jun 23	STL		BRO	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
49	56	Jun 24	STL		BRO	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
50	57	Jun 25	STL		NYG	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
51	58	Jun 26	STL		NYG	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
52	59	Jun 27	STL		NYG	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	60	Jun 29	STL		CHC	L,9-11	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
54	61	Jun 30	STL		CHC	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	62	Jul 1	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	1
56	63	Jul 3	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	10	1	0	11	1
57	64	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
58	65	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	66	Jul 5 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,12-13	CG	70	13.1	12	0	0	12	1
60	67	Jul 5 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,7-9	CG	41	8.0	7	0	1	8	1
61	68	Jul 9	STL		CIN	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
62	69	Jul 10	STL		CIN	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
63	70	Jul 11 (1)	STL		CIN	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
64	71	Jul 11 (2)	STL		CIN	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
65	72	Jul 12	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
66	73	Jul 16 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	74	Jul 16 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,18-10	CG	53	10.0	7	0	1	8	0
68	75	Jul 17	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	45	9.1	8	1	0	9	2
69	76	Jul 18 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	77	Jul 18 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-11	CG	42	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
71	78	Jul 19	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
72	79	Jul 20	STL	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	2
73	80	Jul 21 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	44	10.1	11	1	0	12	0
74	81	Jul 21 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	12	0	0	12	2
75	82	Jul 22	STL	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
76	83	Jul 23	STL	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
77	84	Jul 24	STL	@	BRO	W,20-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
78	85	Jul 25 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	0	10.0	13	2	1	16	1
79	86	Jul 25 (2)	STL	@	BRO	T,7-7	CG	57	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	87	Jul 27	STL		NYG	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
81	88	Jul 28	STL		NYG	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
82	89	Jul 29	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
83	90	Jul 31	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	4
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	91	Aug 1 (1)	STL		BRO	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
85	92	Aug 1 (2)	STL		BRO	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	93	Aug 3	STL		BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
87	94	Aug 4	STL		BSN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
88	95	Aug 5	STL		BSN	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
89	96	Aug 6	STL		PHI	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
90	97	Aug 7	STL		PHI	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
91	98	Aug 8 (1)	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
92	99	Aug 8 (2)	STL		PHI	T,6-6	CG	0	12.0	14	0	0	14	1
93	100	Aug 10	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
94	101	Aug 11	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
95	102	Aug 13	STL		PIT	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
96	103	Aug 14	STL		PIT	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
97	104	Aug 15 (1)	STL		PIT	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	7	0	2	9	0
98	105	Aug 15 (2)	STL		PIT	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
99	106	Aug 17	STL	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
100	107	Aug 19 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
101	108	Aug 19 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
102	109	Aug 20	STL	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	8	0	1	9	0
103	110	Aug 21	STL	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
104	111	Aug 22 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
105	112	Aug 22 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
106	113	Aug 25 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
107	114	Aug 25 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
108	115	Aug 26	STL	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	46	8.0	11	1	1	13	0
109	116	Aug 27 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
110	117	Aug 27 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	8	0	1	9	0
111	118	Aug 28	STL	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
112	119	Aug 29 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	11	0	0	11	0
113	120	Aug 29 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
114	121	Aug 31	STL	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	122	Sep 1	STL	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
116	123	Sep 2	STL	@	NYG	L,4-5	GS	20	5.0	6	0	0	6	2
117	130 (6)	Sep 8	STL	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
118	131	Sep 9	STL	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
119	132	Sep 10	STL	@	CHC	L,0-11	CG	45	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
120	133	Sep 11	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
121	134	Sep 12 (1)	STL		CIN	L,7-10	CG	41	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
122	135	Sep 12 (2)	STL		CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
123	136	Sep 14 (1)	STL		PHI	W,9-8	CG	56	14.0	12	3	0	15	2
124	137	Sep 14 (2)	STL		PHI	W,1-0	CG	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	138	Sep 15	STL		PHI	T,6-6	CG	53	13.0	7	1	1	9	1
126	139	Sep 16 (1)	STL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
127	140	Sep 16 (2)	STL		PHI	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
128	141	Sep 17	STL		BSN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
129	142	Sep 18	STL		BSN	L,7-8	CG	45	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
130	143	Sep 19	STL		NYG	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	5	0	0	5	2
131	144	Sep 20	STL		NYG	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
132	145	Sep 21 (1)	STL		BRO	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
133	146	Sep 21 (2)	STL		BRO	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
134	147	Sep 22	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
135	148	Sep 23	STL		BRO	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
136	149	Sep 25	STL		CHC	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
137	150	Sep 26 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
138	151	Sep 26 (2)	STL		CHC	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	152	Sep 28	STL	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
140	153	Sep 29	STL	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
141	154	Sep 30	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	24	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
142	155	Oct 1	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
143	156	Oct 2	STL	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
144	157	Oct 3	STL	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	13	0	0	13	2
							144gm		1272.0	1308	67	17	1392	104