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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	WSH		BAL	W,12-5	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
2	2	Apr 13	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-19	CG	52	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
3	3	Apr 16	WSH		NYY	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
4	4	Apr 17	WSH		NYY	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	14	2	0	16	2	1B
5	5	Apr 20	WSH		BOS	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
6	6	Apr 21	WSH		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
7	7	Apr 22	WSH	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
8	8	Apr 23	WSH	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
9	9	Apr 24 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	39	9.1	9	0	0	9	1	1B
10	10	Apr 24 (2)	WSH	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
11	11	Apr 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
12	12	Apr 27	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	74	16.2	15	0	0	15	1	1B
13	13	Apr 28	WSH	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
14	14	Apr 29	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
15	15	Apr 30	WSH	@	DET	L,7-11	CG	40	7.2	8	0	0	8	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	WSH	@	KCA	L,10-16	GS	47	6.2	4	0	0	4	0	1B
17	17	May 2	WSH	@	KCA	W,12-1	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
18	18	May 3	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
19	19	May 4	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
20	20	May 6	WSH		BAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
21	21	May 7	WSH		BAL	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
22	22	May 8 (1)	WSH		BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
23	23	May 8 (2)	WSH		BAL	W,15-7	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
24	24	May 10	WSH		DET	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
25	25	May 11	WSH		DET	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
26	26	May 12	WSH		CLE	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	3	1B
27	27	May 15 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
28	28	May 15 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
29	29	May 17	WSH		KCA	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
30	30	May 18	WSH		KCA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
31	31	May 20	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
32	32	May 21	WSH		BOS	W,1-0	CG	50	12.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
33	33	May 24	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
34	34	May 25	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
35	35	May 26 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
36	36	May 26 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
37	37	May 27	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-16	CG	46	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
38	38	May 28	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
39	39	May 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
40	40	May 30 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	16	3	1	20	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	42 (1)	Jun 1	WSH	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
42	43	Jun 2	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
43	44	Jun 3	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
44	45	Jun 4	WSH	@	CLE	W,14-5	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
45	46	Jun 5 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
46	47	Jun 5 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
47	48	Jun 7 (1)	WSH	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	14	1	0	15	3	1B
48	49	Jun 7 (2)	WSH	@	KCA	W,7-3	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
49	50	Jun 8	WSH	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	14	0	0	14	1	1B
50	51	Jun 9	WSH	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
51	52	Jun 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-10	CG	47	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
52	53	Jun 12 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
53	54	Jun 12 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
54	55	Jun 14 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,4-6	CG	49	11.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
55	56	Jun 14 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
56	57	Jun 15	WSH		CLE	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
57	58	Jun 16	WSH		CLE	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
58	59	Jun 17	WSH		KCA	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
59	60	Jun 18	WSH		KCA	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
60	61	Jun 21	WSH		CHW	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
61	62	Jun 22	WSH		CHW	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
62	63	Jun 23	WSH		CHW	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
63	65 (1)	Jun 25	WSH		DET	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
64	66	Jun 26 (1)	WSH		DET	L,4-6	CG	43	10.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
65	67	Jun 26 (2)	WSH		DET	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
66	68	Jun 28 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
67	71 (2)	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	72	Jul 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS	25	4.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
69	73	Jul 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-12	CG	46	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
70	74	Jul 3	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
71	75	Jul 4	WSH	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
72	76	Jul 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
73	78 (1)	Jul 8	WSH		NYY	L,0-3	GF	15	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
74	79	Jul 9	WSH		NYY	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
75	81 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
76	82	Jul 14 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
77	83	Jul 14 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
78	84	Jul 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	8	1	0	9	0	1B
79	85	Jul 16	WSH	@	KCA	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	11	0	1	12	3	1B
80	86	Jul 17	WSH	@	KCA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
81	87	Jul 18	WSH	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	5	1B
82	88	Jul 19	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
83	89	Jul 20	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
84	90	Jul 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	13	0	0	13	1	1B
85	91	Jul 22	WSH	@	DET	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
86	92	Jul 23	WSH	@	DET	L,4-10	GS	24	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
87	93	Jul 24 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
88	94	Jul 24 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
89	95	Jul 26 (1)	WSH		KCA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
90	96	Jul 26 (2)	WSH		KCA	L,1-3	GF	6	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
91	97	Jul 27 (1)	WSH		KCA	L,4-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
92	98	Jul 27 (2)	WSH		KCA	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
93	99	Jul 29	WSH		CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	11	2	1	14	1	1B
94	102 (2)	Jul 31 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	103	Aug 2	WSH		DET	L,10-13	CG	49	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
96	104	Aug 3	WSH		DET	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
97	105	Aug 4	WSH		DET	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
98	106	Aug 5	WSH		CLE	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
99	107	Aug 6	WSH		CLE	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
100	108	Aug 7	WSH		CLE	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
101	110 (1)	Aug 9 (2)	WSH	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
102	111	Aug 13	WSH	@	BOS	W,18-9	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
103	112	Aug 14 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
104	113	Aug 14 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
105	114	Aug 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
106	115	Aug 16	WSH		BAL	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
107	116	Aug 19	WSH		BOS	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
108	117	Aug 20	WSH		BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
109	118	Aug 21	WSH		BOS	L,1-4	GS	34	8.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
110	119	Aug 23	WSH	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
111	120	Aug 24	WSH	@	KCA	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
112	121	Aug 25	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
113	122	Aug 26	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
114	123	Aug 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
115	124	Aug 28 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
116	125	Aug 28 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
117	126	Aug 30	WSH	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
118	127	Aug 31	WSH	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	128	Sep 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
120	129	Sep 3	WSH	@	NYY	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
121	130	Sep 4	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
122	131	Sep 5 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-10	GS	23	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
123	132	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	11	1	1	13	3	1B
124	133	Sep 7	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	14	2	0	16	2	1B
125	134	Sep 8	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
126	135	Sep 9 (1)	WSH		KCA	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
127	136	Sep 9 (2)	WSH		KCA	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
128	137	Sep 10	WSH		KCA	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
129	138	Sep 11 (1)	WSH		DET	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
130	139	Sep 11 (2)	WSH		DET	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
131	140	Sep 13 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
132	141	Sep 13 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
133	142	Sep 14	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
134	143	Sep 16 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
135	144	Sep 16 (2)	WSH	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	8	0	0	8	1	1B
136	145	Sep 17	WSH	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
137	146	Sep 18	WSH	@	BAL	L,0-9	GS	35	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
138	147	Sep 20 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
139	148	Sep 20 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
140	149	Sep 21	WSH		NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
141	150	Sep 23 (1)	WSH		BAL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
142	151	Sep 23 (2)	WSH		BAL	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
143	152	Sep 24 (1)	WSH		BAL	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
144	153	Sep 24 (2)	WSH		BAL	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
							144gm		1228.1	1258	69	8	1335	137