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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	STL		PIT	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
2	2	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	10	0	1	11	1
3	3	Apr 20	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
4	4	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
5	5	Apr 22	STL	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
6	6	Apr 25	STL	@	PIT	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
7	7	Apr 26	STL	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	12	2	0	14	1
8	8	Apr 27	STL		CHC	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
9	9	Apr 28	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
10	10	Apr 29	STL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	52	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 2	STL		NYG	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
12	12	May 3	STL		BSN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
13	13	May 4	STL		BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
14	14	May 5	STL		BRO	L,6-9	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
15	15	May 6	STL		BRO	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
16	16	May 7	STL		BRO	W,18-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	17	May 8	STL		PHI	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
18	18	May 9	STL		PHI	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	19	May 11	STL		CIN	L,5-12	CG	51	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
20	20	May 12 (1)	STL		CIN	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
21	21	May 12 (2)	STL		CIN	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
22	22	May 13	STL	@	CIN	T,8-8	CG	59	14.0	13	1	0	14	1
23	23	May 14	STL	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
24	24	May 15	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
25	25	May 17	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
26	26	May 18	STL	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
27	27	May 19	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	13	0	0	13	2
28	28	May 20	STL	@	NYG	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
29	29	May 25 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
30	30	May 25 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
31	31	May 26	STL	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
32	32	May 27	STL	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
33	33	May 28	STL	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	16	1	0	17	0
34	34	May 29	STL	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	35	Jun 1	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	9	4	0	13	0
36	36	Jun 2 (1)	STL		PHI	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
37	37	Jun 2 (2)	STL		PHI	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
38	38	Jun 4	STL		BRO	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
39	39	Jun 6	STL		BRO	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
40	40	Jun 7	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	4
41	41	Jun 8 (1)	STL		NYG	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
42	42	Jun 8 (2)	STL		NYG	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
43	43	Jun 9 (1)	STL		NYG	L,9-11	CG	53	11.0	8	1	0	9	1
44	44	Jun 9 (2)	STL		NYG	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
45	45	Jun 10	STL		BSN	L,2-12	GS	48	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 14	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
47	47	Jun 15	STL	@	PHI	W,14-1	GS	22	6.0	7	0	0	7	0
48	48	Jun 16 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,9-3	GS	0		9	0	1	10	0
49	49	Jun 16 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
50	53 (3)	Jun 22	STL	@	BSN	W,9-2	GS	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	54	Jun 23 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	2
52	55	Jun 23 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,5-10	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
53	56	Jun 26	STL	@	NYG	L,9-10	CG	54	9.1	13	2	1	16	0
54	57	Jun 28	STL	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
55	58	Jun 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	1	8	1
56	59	Jun 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	60	Jul 1	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
58	61	Jul 2	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
59	62	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
60	63	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
61	64	Jul 5	STL		CHC	L,5-11	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
62	65	Jul 6 (1)	STL		PIT	L,8-15	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
63	66	Jul 6 (2)	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	67	Jul 7 (1)	STL		PIT	L,6-7	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	3
65	68	Jul 7 (2)	STL		PIT	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
66	69	Jul 11	STL		NYG	L,6-8	CG	54	11.0	14	1	0	15	2
67	70	Jul 13 (1)	STL		NYG	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
68	71	Jul 13 (2)	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
69	72	Jul 14 (1)	STL		BSN	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	73	Jul 14 (2)	STL		BSN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
71	74	Jul 15	STL		BSN	W,12-2	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
72	75	Jul 16	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	76	Jul 17	STL		PHI	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
74	77	Jul 19 (1)	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
75	78	Jul 19 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
76	79	Jul 20	STL		BRO	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
77	80	Jul 21 (1)	STL		BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
78	81	Jul 21 (2)	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
79	82	Jul 23	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	1	11	1
80	83	Jul 26	STL	@	BRO	T,3-3	CG	40	9.1	7	0	0	7	1
81	84	Jul 27 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
82	85	Jul 27 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
83	86	Jul 28 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	87	Jul 28 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
85	88	Jul 29	STL	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
86	89	Jul 30	STL	@	BSN	W,13-5	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	3
87	90	Jul 31 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	41	11.0	11	0	0	11	0
88	91	Jul 31 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,17-8	CG	46	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	92	Aug 2 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
90	93	Aug 2 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	94	Aug 3	STL	@	NYG	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
92	95	Aug 4 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
93	96	Aug 4 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
94	97	Aug 6	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
95	98	Aug 7 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,9-10	CG	38	8.0	8	2	0	10	2
96	99	Aug 7 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,6-12	CG	47	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
97	100	Aug 9	STL	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
98	101	Aug 10	STL	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
99	102	Aug 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
100	103	Aug 11 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
101	104	Aug 13	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
102	105	Aug 14	STL		PIT	W,7-6	GS	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
103	106	Aug 16 (1)	STL		PIT	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
104	107	Aug 16 (2)	STL		PIT	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
105	108	Aug 18 (1)	STL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
106	109	Aug 18 (2)	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
107	110	Aug 20 (1)	STL		BRO	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
108	111	Aug 20 (2)	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
109	112	Aug 21	STL		BRO	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
110	113	Aug 22	STL		PHI	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
111	114	Aug 23	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
112	115	Aug 24	STL		PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
113	116	Aug 25 (1)	STL		BSN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	117	Aug 25 (2)	STL		BSN	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
115	118	Aug 26	STL		BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
116	119	Aug 27	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
117	120	Aug 28	STL		NYG	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
118	121	Aug 29	STL		NYG	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	122	Sep 1 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-10	CG	43	8.0	14	1	0	15	0
120	123	Sep 1 (2)	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	CG	45	11.0	13	0	0	13	1
121	124	Sep 2 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
122	125	Sep 2 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
123	126	Sep 3	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
124	127	Sep 4	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
125	128	Sep 6	STL		CHC	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
126	129	Sep 7	STL		PIT	L,9-14	CG	54	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
127	130	Sep 8 (1)	STL		PIT	L,14-16	CG	54	9.0	5	0	1	6	2
128	131	Sep 8 (2)	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	1
129	132	Sep 11 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
130	133	Sep 11 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
131	134	Sep 12 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,7-17	CG	52	8.0	10	2	0	12	0
132	135	Sep 12 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
133	136	Sep 13	STL	@	BSN	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
134	137	Sep 14	STL	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	3
135	138	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
136	139	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
137	140	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	8	1	0	9	0
138	141	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
139	142	Sep 17	STL	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
140	143	Sep 18	STL	@	BRO	W,14-7	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
141	144	Sep 19 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
142	145	Sep 19 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
143	146	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	43	10.1	9	2	0	11	1
144	147	Sep 22 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
145	148	Sep 22 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
146	149	Sep 23	STL	@	CHC	L,0-10	GS	31	6.0	7	1	0	8	1
147	150	Sep 25 (1)	STL		CIN	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
148	151	Sep 25 (2)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
149	152	Sep 26 (1)	STL		CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
150	153	Sep 26 (2)	STL		CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	7	1	1	9	1
151	154	Sep 27	STL		CHC	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
152	155	Sep 28	STL		CHC	W,4-3	GS	0		6	0	0	6	0
153	156	Sep 29	STL		CHC	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							153gm		1346.0	1376	80	14	1470	105