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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	WSH		NYY	W,5-3	CG	41	10.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
2	2	Apr 14	WSH		NYY	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
3	3	Apr 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
4	4	Apr 18	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
5	5	Apr 19	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
6	6	Apr 20	WSH		PHA	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
7	7	Apr 21	WSH	@	PHA	W,13-1	CG	34	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
8	8	Apr 23	WSH		BOS	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
9	11 (2)	Apr 29	WSH		BAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
10	12	Apr 30	WSH		DET	L,1-2	CG	46	12.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	13	May 1	WSH		DET	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
12	14	May 2 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
13	15	May 2 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	CG	49	10.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
14	16	May 4	WSH		CHW	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
15	17	May 5	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	17	1	0	18	2	1B
16	18	May 6	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	12	2	1	15	1	1B
17	19	May 7	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
18	20	May 11	WSH	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
19	21	May 12	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
20	22	May 13	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	49	10.2	6	0	0	6	1	1B
21	23	May 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
22	24	May 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
23	25	May 16 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
24	26	May 16 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
25	27	May 18	WSH	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
26	28	May 19	WSH	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
27	29	May 21	WSH		PHA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
28	30	May 22	WSH		PHA	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
29	31	May 23	WSH		PHA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
30	32	May 25	WSH		NYY	L,3-9	CG	49	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
31	33	May 26	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
32	34	May 27	WSH		NYY	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
33	35	May 28	WSH	@	PHA	W,12-6	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
34	36	May 29	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
35	37	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
36	38	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.1	10	0	0	10	1	1B
37	39	May 31 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	16	2	0	18	3	1B
38	40	May 31 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	45	9.2	12	1	0	13	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	41	Jun 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
40	42	Jun 2	WSH		DET	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
41	43	Jun 3	WSH		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
42	44	Jun 4	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	16	1	0	17	0	1B
43	45	Jun 5	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	47	10.0	5	2	1	8	3	1B
44	46	Jun 6 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
45	47	Jun 6 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
46	48	Jun 8	WSH		CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
47	49	Jun 9	WSH		CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
48	50	Jun 10	WSH		CLE	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
49	51	Jun 11	WSH		BAL	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
50	52	Jun 12	WSH		BAL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
51	53	Jun 13 (1)	WSH		BAL	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
52	54	Jun 13 (2)	WSH		BAL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
53	55	Jun 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
54	56	Jun 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
55	57	Jun 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	13	0	1	14	1	1B
56	58	Jun 18	WSH	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	57	13.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
57	59	Jun 19	WSH	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	9	3	0	12	2	1B
58	60	Jun 20 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
59	61	Jun 20 (2)	WSH	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
60	62	Jun 22	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
61	63	Jun 23	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
62	64	Jun 24	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
63	65	Jun 25	WSH	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
64	66	Jun 26	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
65	67	Jun 27	WSH	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
66	68	Jun 29	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
67	69	Jun 30	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	70	Jul 2 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	49	10.2	7	2	0	9	2	1B
69	71	Jul 2 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
70	72	Jul 3	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
71	73	Jul 4	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	12	2	0	14	3	1B
72	74	Jul 5 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,0-14	GS	46	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
73	75	Jul 5 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
74	76	Jul 6	WSH		PHA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
75	77	Jul 9	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
76	78	Jul 10	WSH		NYY	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
77	79	Jul 11	WSH		NYY	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
78	80	Jul 15	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
79	81	Jul 16	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
80	82	Jul 17	WSH		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
81	83	Jul 18 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
82	84	Jul 18 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
83	85	Jul 19	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
84	86	Jul 20	WSH		BAL	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
85	87	Jul 21	WSH		BAL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
86	88	Jul 22	WSH		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	15	1	1	17	1	1B
87	89	Jul 23	WSH		DET	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
88	90	Jul 24	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
89	91	Jul 25	WSH		DET	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
90	92	Jul 27	WSH	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
91	93	Jul 28	WSH	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
92	94	Jul 29	WSH	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
93	95	Jul 30	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
94	96	Jul 31	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	97	Aug 1 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
96	98	Aug 1 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	4	1	1	6	1	1B
97	99	Aug 2	WSH	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
98	100	Aug 3	WSH	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
99	101	Aug 4	WSH	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
100	102	Aug 5	WSH	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
101	103	Aug 6	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
102	104	Aug 7	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
103	105	Aug 8 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
104	106	Aug 8 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
105	107	Aug 10	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
106	108	Aug 11 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
107	109	Aug 11 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
108	110	Aug 12 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
109	111	Aug 12 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
110	112	Aug 13	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
111	113	Aug 14	WSH		PHA	L,4-6	CG	45	11.0	15	2	0	17	1	1B
112	114	Aug 15	WSH		PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
113	115	Aug 17	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
114	116	Aug 18	WSH		BOS	L,8-9	CG	51	11.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
115	117	Aug 19	WSH		BOS	L,6-11	CG	50	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
116	118	Aug 22 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	52	11.2	16	0	0	16	1	1B
117	119	Aug 22 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	T,4-4	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
118	120	Aug 23 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
119	122 (1)	Aug 24	WSH		CHW	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
120	123	Aug 25	WSH		CHW	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
121	124	Aug 26	WSH		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
122	125	Aug 27	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
123	126	Aug 28	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	1	11	4	1B
124	127	Aug 29 (1)	WSH		BAL	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
125	128	Aug 29 (2)	WSH		BAL	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	10	3	0	13	2	1B
126	129	Aug 30	WSH		BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
127	130	Aug 31	WSH		DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	131	Sep 1	WSH		DET	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
129	132	Sep 2	WSH		DET	W,16-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
130	133	Sep 3	WSH		NYY	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
131	134	Sep 4	WSH		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
132	135	Sep 5	WSH		NYY	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
133	136	Sep 6 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
134	138 (1)	Sep 7	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
135	140 (1)	Sep 9	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
136	141	Sep 10	WSH	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	6	1	0	7	1	1B
137	142	Sep 11	WSH	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
138	143	Sep 12 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
139	145 (1)	Sep 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
140	146	Sep 17	WSH		BOS	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
141	147	Sep 18	WSH		BOS	W,8-7	CG	65	15.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
142	148	Sep 19	WSH		BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
143	149	Sep 20	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
144	150	Sep 21	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
145	151	Sep 22	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
146	152	Sep 24 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	42	11.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
147	154 (1)	Sep 25	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
148	155	Sep 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-11	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
							148gm		1318.1	1365	76	11	1452	144