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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
3	3	Apr 21	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	16	1	0	17	1
4	4	Apr 22	NYG		BSN	T,6-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
5	5	Apr 23	NYG		BSN	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
6	6	Apr 24	NYG		BSN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
7	7	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
8	8	Apr 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,11-12	CG	49	10.2	8	1	0	9	0
9	9	Apr 27	NYG		BRO	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
10	10	Apr 28	NYG		BRO	L,2-15	CG	52	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
11	11	Apr 29	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-9	CG	49	10.0	12	0	0	12	1
12	12	Apr 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	7	3	0	10	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	36	8.1	6	1	0	7	1
14	15 (1)	May 3	NYG		PIT	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
15	16	May 4	NYG		PIT	W,11-4	CG	45	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
16	17	May 5	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	13	2	0	15	1
17	18	May 6	NYG		STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
18	19	May 7	NYG		STL	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
19	20	May 8	NYG		CHC	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
20	21	May 9	NYG		CHC	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
21	22	May 11	NYG		CIN	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
22	23	May 12	NYG		CIN	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
23	24	May 13	NYG		PHI	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	10	3	0	13	1
24	25	May 14	NYG		PHI	W,12-2	GS	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	2
25	26	May 15	NYG		PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
26	27	May 17	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
27	28	May 18	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
28	29	May 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-2	GS	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
29	30	May 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
30	31	May 22 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
31	32	May 22 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,13-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
32	33	May 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
33	34	May 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	35	May 27	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
35	36	May 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
36	37	May 29 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
37	38	May 29 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	23	7.0	10	1	0	11	1
38	39	May 30 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,1-2	CG	52	13.0	15	0	0	15	2
39	40	May 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
40	41	May 31	NYG		BRO	L,4-6	CG	57	14.0	15	1	0	16	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	42	Jun 1	NYG		CHC	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	15	2	0	17	0
42	43	Jun 2	NYG		CHC	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
43	44	Jun 3	NYG		CHC	W,15-5	GS	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
44	45	Jun 4	NYG		CIN	W,9-3	GS	35	8.0	14	0	0	14	0
45	47 (1)	Jun 6	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	49 (1)	Jun 8	NYG		STL	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
47	50	Jun 9	NYG		STL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
48	52 (1)	Jun 11	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
49	53	Jun 12	NYG		PIT	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
50	54	Jun 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-0	GS	28	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
51	55	Jun 17	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
52	63 (7)	Jun 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
53	64	Jun 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
54	65	Jun 28	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	10	3	1	14	3
55	66	Jun 29	NYG		BSN	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
56	67	Jun 30 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
57	68	Jun 30 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	69	Jul 1	NYG		BRO	W,4-1	GS	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
59	70	Jul 2	NYG		BRO	L,8-13	CG	48	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
60	71	Jul 3	NYG		BRO	W,16-0	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
61	72	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
62	73	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	48	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
63	74	Jul 7	NYG		PHI	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
64	75	Jul 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
65	76	Jul 9	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	3
66	77	Jul 10	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	78	Jul 14	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
68	79	Jul 16 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-9	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
69	80	Jul 16 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,6-7	CG	0	11.0	13	1	0	14	0
70	81	Jul 17	NYG		STL	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
71	82	Jul 18	NYG		STL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
72	83	Jul 19	NYG		CIN	W,13-3	GS	21	6.0	7	0	0	7	0
73	84	Jul 20	NYG		CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
74	85	Jul 21	NYG		CIN	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
75	86	Jul 22	NYG		CHC	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
76	87	Jul 23	NYG		CHC	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
77	88	Jul 24 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
78	89	Jul 24 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	1
79	90	Jul 26	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
80	91	Jul 27	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	4
81	92	Jul 28	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-6	GS	36	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	93	Jul 29	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
83	94	Jul 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-7	GS	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
84	95	Jul 31 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-0	GS	25	7.0	11	0	0	11	0
85	96	Jul 31 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-0	GS	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	97	Aug 1	NYG	@	CHC	W,11-3	GS	27	7.0	10	1	0	11	2
87	98	Aug 2	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
88	99	Aug 3	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-1	GS	25	7.0	10	0	0	10	1
89	100	Aug 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	11	1	1	13	1
90	101	Aug 5	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	7	3	0	10	0
91	102	Aug 6	NYG	@	STL	W,3-1	GS	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
92	103	Aug 7	NYG	@	STL	L,2-9	GS	36	7.0	6	0	1	7	1
93	104	Aug 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
94	105	Aug 9	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	GS	31	7.0	5	1	0	6	1
95	109 (3)	Aug 14 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,8-1	GS	27	7.0	9	2	0	11	1
96	110	Aug 14 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,1-0	GS	23	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
97	111	Aug 16	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-0	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	1
98	112	Aug 17	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-13	CG	45	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
99	113	Aug 18	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
100	114	Aug 19	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	3
101	115	Aug 20	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	2
				Player went from New York Giants to New York Yankees
102	118	Aug 24	NYY	@	DET	L,2-13	CG	44	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
103	119	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
104	120	Aug 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	1	8	1
105	121	Aug 27	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
106	122	Aug 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
107	123	Aug 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS	0	1.0	3	0	0	3	0
							107gm		893.2	953	68	7	1028	82