Mickey Vernon

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 170lb (188cm, 77kg)

Born: April 22, 1918 in Marcus Hook, PA us

Died: September 24, 2008 in Media, PA

Buried: Lawn Croft Cemetery, Linwood, PA

High School: Eddystone HS (Eddystone, PA)

School: Villanova University (Villanova, PA)

Debut: July 8, 1939 (Age 21-077d, 8,685th in major league history)
vs. PHA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1960 (Age 42-158d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: James Barton Vernon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.5

8731

2495

172

.286

1196

RBI

1311

137

OBP

.359

SLG

.429

OPS

.787

OPS+

116

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

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	WSH		NYY	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
2	2	Apr 20	WSH		NYY	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
3	3	Apr 21	WSH		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
4	4	Apr 23	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	10.0	8	0	0	8	2
5	5	Apr 24	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
6	6	Apr 25 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
7	7	Apr 25 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
8	8	Apr 26	WSH		BOS	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
9	9	Apr 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	9.1	10	3	0	13	2
10	10	Apr 30	WSH		PHA	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	WSH		PHA	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
12	12	May 2	WSH		PHA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
13	13	May 4	WSH		CHW	T,3-3	CG	22	5.0	8	1	0	9	2
14	14	May 5	WSH		CHW	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	11	3	0	14	1
15	15	May 6	WSH		CHW	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
16	16	May 7	WSH		CLE	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
17	17	May 8	WSH		CLE	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
18	18	May 9	WSH		SLB	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
19	19	May 10	WSH		SLB	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
20	20	May 11	WSH		DET	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
21	21	May 12	WSH		DET	L,9-14	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
22	22	May 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
23	23	May 16	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-14	CG	50	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
24	24	May 18	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	15	0	0	15	0
25	25	May 19	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
26	26	May 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-17	CG	47	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
27	27	May 21	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
28	28	May 22	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
29	29	May 23	WSH	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	3
30	30	May 24	WSH	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
31	31	May 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	14	0	0	14	1
32	32	May 26	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
33	33	May 27	WSH		PHA	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
34	34	May 28	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
35	35	May 29 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
36	36	May 29 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,7-6	CG	49	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
37	37	May 30	WSH		BOS	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
38	38	May 31 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	47	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
39	39	May 31 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
41	41	Jun 2	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	1	13	2
42	42	Jun 4	WSH		CLE	L,0-5	CG	62	15.0	9	0	0	9	1
43	43	Jun 5	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
44	44	Jun 6 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
45	45	Jun 6 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
46	46	Jun 7	WSH		CHW	W,7-1	CG	31	7.0	5	1	1	7	1
47	47	Jun 8	WSH		SLB	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
48	48	Jun 9	WSH		SLB	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
49	49	Jun 10	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
50	50	Jun 11	WSH		DET	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	11	1	0	12	2
51	51	Jun 12	WSH		DET	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
52	52	Jun 13 (1)	WSH		DET	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	10	2	1	13	2
53	53	Jun 13 (2)	WSH		DET	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
54	54	Jun 16	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
55	55	Jun 18	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	13	1	0	14	1
56	56	Jun 19	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	6	1	1	8	2
57	57	Jun 20 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
58	58	Jun 20 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
59	59	Jun 22	WSH	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
60	60	Jun 23	WSH	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
61	61	Jun 25	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
62	62	Jun 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	40	8.0	8	2	0	10	2
63	63	Jun 27 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
64	64	Jun 27 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
65	65	Jun 29	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	66	Jul 1	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	42	8.2	6	4	0	10	0
67	67	Jul 2	WSH	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	47	12.0	10	0	0	10	0
68	68	Jul 3	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
69	69	Jul 4	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
70	70	Jul 5 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
71	71	Jul 5 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,5-12	CG	50	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
72	73 (1)	Jul 7	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
73	74	Jul 8	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
74	75	Jul 9	WSH		NYY	L,0-9	CG	46	9.0	11	3	2	16	3
75	76	Jul 10	WSH		NYY	L,2-5	CG	42	10.0	9	0	0	9	2
76	77	Jul 11	WSH		NYY	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
77	78	Jul 15	WSH		CHW	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
78	79	Jul 16	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
79	80	Jul 17	WSH		CHW	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	3
80	81	Jul 18 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	82	Jul 18 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,4-6	CG	53	12.0	8	0	0	8	2
82	83	Jul 19	WSH		CLE	L,6-7	CG	49	11.0	10	1	0	11	1
83	84	Jul 20	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
84	85	Jul 21	WSH		DET	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
85	86	Jul 22	WSH		DET	W,9-8	CG	53	12.0	15	0	0	15	2
86	87	Jul 23	WSH		DET	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
87	88	Jul 24	WSH		SLB	L,2-13	CG	54	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
88	89	Jul 25 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
89	90	Jul 25 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,4-6	CG	48	11.0	11	1	0	12	0
90	91	Jul 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	11	0	0	11	3
91	92	Jul 28	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	13	2	0	15	0
92	93	Jul 30	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
93	94	Jul 31	WSH	@	SLB	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	95	Aug 1 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
95	96	Aug 1 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
96	97	Aug 2	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
97	98	Aug 3	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
98	99	Aug 5	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
99	100	Aug 6	WSH	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	41	9.2	12	1	0	13	2
100	101	Aug 7	WSH	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	49	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
101	102	Aug 8 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
102	103	Aug 8 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
103	104	Aug 10 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
104	105	Aug 10 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
105	106	Aug 11	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	6	3	0	9	1
106	107	Aug 13	WSH		BOS	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
107	108	Aug 14	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
108	109	Aug 15 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
109	110	Aug 15 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
110	111	Aug 17	WSH		NYY	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
111	112	Aug 18	WSH		NYY	L,1-4	CG	22	5.0	5	0	0	5	1
112	113	Aug 19	WSH		NYY	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
113	114	Aug 20 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	10	3	0	13	0
114	115	Aug 20 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
115	116	Aug 21	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	46	8.0	9	3	0	12	1
116	117	Aug 22	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	11	0	1	12	3
117	118	Aug 24	WSH		SLB	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
118	122 (3)	Aug 28	WSH		DET	L,5-7	GF	6	1.0	3	0	0	3	0
119	123	Aug 29 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
120	124	Aug 29 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
121	125	Aug 30	WSH		CLE	L,1-10	CG	48	9.0	9	2	1	12	0
122	126	Aug 31	WSH		CHW	W,7-1	GS	21	6.0	8	0	1	9	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	127	Sep 1	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
124	128	Sep 3 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
125	129	Sep 3 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
126	130	Sep 4	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-9	CG	42	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
127	131	Sep 5	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
128	132	Sep 6 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,6-14	CG	53	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
129	133	Sep 6 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
130	134	Sep 8 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
131	135	Sep 8 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
132	136	Sep 10 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
133	137	Sep 10 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
134	138	Sep 11	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	CG	46	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
135	139	Sep 12	WSH		NYY	L,5-10	CG	48	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
136	140	Sep 14 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	10.0	6	3	0	9	0
137	141	Sep 14 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,1-12	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
138	142	Sep 15	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
139	143	Sep 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
140	144	Sep 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
141	145	Sep 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
142	146	Sep 19 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
143	147	Sep 19 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	0	6.0	5	1	0	6	0
144	148	Sep 22	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	9	0	0	9	2
145	149	Sep 23	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
146	150	Sep 28	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	10	3	0	13	0
147	151	Sep 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
148	152	Sep 30	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	44	8.0	10	0	0	10	3
149	153	Oct 2	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
150	154	Oct 3	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
							150gm		1310.1	1297	113	15	1425	128