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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
2	2	Apr 20	STL		PIT	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
3	3	Apr 21	STL		PIT	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
4	4	Apr 22	STL	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
5	5	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	2
6	6	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
7	7	Apr 25	STL	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
8	8	Apr 26	STL	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	47	9.1	8	1	0	9	3
9	9	Apr 27	STL	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
10	10	Apr 28	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
11	11	Apr 30	STL		CHC	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
13	13	May 2	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
14	14	May 3	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	15	May 4	STL		BSN	T,3-3	CG	26	5.0	6	1	0	7	1
16	16	May 5	STL		BSN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
17	17	May 6	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
18	18	May 8	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
19	19	May 9	STL		BRO	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
20	20	May 10	STL		BRO	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	16	1	0	17	2
21	21	May 11	STL		NYG	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	4	0	1	5	1
22	22	May 14	STL		CIN	T,7-7	CG	50	10.0	8	1	0	9	0
23	23	May 15	STL		CIN	W,12-11	CG	51	10.0	8	1	0	9	0
24	24	May 17	STL	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
25	25	May 18	STL	@	BRO	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
26	26	May 19	STL	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
27	27	May 21	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
28	28	May 22	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	10	0	0	10	0
29	29	May 23	STL	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	12	2	0	14	1
30	30	May 24	STL	@	NYG	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
31	31	May 25	STL	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
32	32	May 27	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	42	9.2	6	2	0	8	0
33	33	May 29	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
34	34	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	76	16.1	20	4	0	24	0
35	35	May 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,9-6	CG	45	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	STL		PHI	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
37	37	Jun 2	STL		PHI	W,12-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	38	Jun 3	STL		PHI	W,8-7	CG	47	11.0	7	0	0	7	3
39	39	Jun 4	STL		BSN	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
40	40	Jun 5 (1)	STL		BSN	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	9	1	1	11	1
41	41	Jun 5 (2)	STL		BSN	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	6	2	1	9	1
42	42	Jun 6	STL		BSN	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 7	STL		BRO	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
44	44	Jun 8	STL		BRO	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
45	45	Jun 10	STL		NYG	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
46	46	Jun 11	STL		NYG	T,2-2	CG	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
47	47	Jun 12 (1)	STL		NYG	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
48	48	Jun 12 (2)	STL		NYG	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
49	49	Jun 14	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
50	50	Jun 15	STL	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	3
51	51	Jun 16	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
52	52	Jun 17	STL	@	NYG	L,3-10	CG	51	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
53	53	Jun 18	STL	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	70 (16)	Jul 9	STL		PIT	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
55	71	Jul 10 (1)	STL		PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
56	72	Jul 10 (2)	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
57	73	Jul 11	STL		CIN	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
58	74	Jul 12	STL		CIN	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
59	75	Jul 13	STL		BSN	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
60	76	Jul 14	STL		BSN	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	10	0	1	11	3
61	77	Jul 15	STL		BSN	W,10-6	CG	45	9.0	5	0	1	6	2
62	78	Jul 16	STL		PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
63	79	Jul 18	STL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
64	80	Jul 19	STL		NYG	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
65	81	Jul 20 (1)	STL		NYG	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
66	82	Jul 20 (2)	STL		NYG	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	83	Jul 21	STL		NYG	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
68	84	Jul 22	STL		BRO	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
69	85	Jul 23	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
70	86	Jul 24 (1)	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	87	Jul 24 (2)	STL		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	88	Jul 26	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	46	9.0	9	1	1	11	3
73	89	Jul 27	STL	@	NYG	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
74	90	Jul 28	STL	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
75	91	Jul 29	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	12	2	0	14	0
76	92	Jul 30	STL	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
77	93	Jul 31 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
78	94	Jul 31 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	95	Aug 2 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	11	1	1	13	1
80	96	Aug 2 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	2
81	97	Aug 3	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	98	Aug 5	STL	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
83	99	Aug 6	STL	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
84	100	Aug 7 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
85	101	Aug 7 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	1
86	102	Aug 9	STL	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
87	103	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
88	104	Aug 12	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	11	0	1	12	0
89	105	Aug 14 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
90	106	Aug 14 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
91	107	Aug 15	STL	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
92	108	Aug 16 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	52	10.2	8	0	0	8	0
93	109	Aug 16 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
94	110	Aug 17	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	8	1	0	9	1
95	111	Aug 18	STL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
96	112	Aug 20 (1)	STL		CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
97	113	Aug 20 (2)	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
98	114	Aug 21 (1)	STL		CIN	W,7-6	CG	44	11.0	9	0	0	9	1
99	115	Aug 21 (2)	STL		CIN	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
100	116	Aug 22	STL		CIN	L,4-11	CG	49	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
101	117	Aug 23	STL		BRO	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	118	Aug 24	STL		BRO	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
103	119	Aug 25	STL		NYG	L,7-8	CG	51	11.0	7	0	0	7	1
104	120	Aug 26	STL		NYG	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
105	121	Aug 27	STL		NYG	W,12-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
106	122	Aug 28 (1)	STL		BSN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	123	Aug 28 (2)	STL		BSN	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	124	Aug 30 (1)	STL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
109	125	Aug 30 (2)	STL		PHI	W,8-7	CG	0	10.0	12	0	0	12	2
110	126	Aug 31 (1)	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	13	0	0	13	2
111	127	Aug 31 (2)	STL		PHI	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	128	Sep 1	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
113	129	Sep 2	STL	@	PIT	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
114	130	Sep 3	STL	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
115	131	Sep 4	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
116	132	Sep 5 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
117	133	Sep 5 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
118	134	Sep 6	STL	@	CIN	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	16	1	0	17	1
119	135	Sep 7	STL		CHC	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
120	136	Sep 8	STL		CHC	L,4-7	CG	42	10.0	14	0	0	14	1
121	137	Sep 9	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
122	138	Sep 10	STL		PIT	L,7-14	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
123	139	Sep 11	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
124	140	Sep 14 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,12-9	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
125	141	Sep 14 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
126	142	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
127	143	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
128	144	Sep 21	STL	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
129	145	Sep 22 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
130	146	Sep 22 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
131	147	Sep 24	STL	@	CHC	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	8	0	1	9	3
132	148	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
133	149	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
134	150	Sep 27	STL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
135	151	Sep 28	STL		CIN	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
136	152	Sep 29	STL		CIN	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	10	1	1	12	2
137	153	Sep 30	STL		CHC	T,7-7	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
138	154	Oct 1 (1)	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	3
139	155	Oct 1 (2)	STL		CHC	L,3-10	CG	48	9.0	9	1	1	11	1
140	156	Oct 2	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
							140gm		1244.0	1297	93	15	1405	117