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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CLE		KCA	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	1B
2	2	Apr 16	CLE		KCA	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	1B
3	6 (3)	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
4	8 (1)	Apr 22	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-9	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
5	9	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
6	11 (1)	Apr 25	CLE		DET	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
7	12	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	10	1	1	12	2	1B
8	14 (1)	Apr 30	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	15	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
10	16	May 2	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
11	17	May 3	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS	43	11.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
12	18	May 4 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
13	20 (1)	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
14	21	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
15	24 (2)	May 11 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 1B
16	25	May 13	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
17	26	May 14	CLE	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	10	2	1	13	2	1B
18	27	May 15	CLE	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	7	2	1	10	1	1B
19	28	May 16	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	GS	16	2.0	1	0	1	2	1	1B
20	29	May 17	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
21	30	May 18 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-4	GF	20	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
22	31	May 18 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-6	GF	25	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	PH 1B
23	32	May 20	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
24	33	May 21	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	46	12.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
25	34	May 22	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
26	35	May 23	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
27	38 (2)	May 25 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
28	39	May 27	CLE		BAL	W,7-6	GF	21	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	PH 1B
29	42 (2)	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-7	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	4	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	45 (2)	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
31	46	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	44	10.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
32	54 (7)	Jun 11	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-7	GF	27	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
33	55	Jun 12	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
34	57 (1)	Jun 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
35	58	Jun 15 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
36	59	Jun 15 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
37	60	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
38	61	Jun 18	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
39	62	Jun 19	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	CG	49	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
40	63	Jun 21	CLE		WSH	L,7-11	GS	24	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
41	65 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
42	66	Jun 24	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	GS	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
43	68 (1)	Jun 27	CLE		BAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
44	69	Jun 28	CLE		BAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
45	70	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,6-11	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
46	71	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
47	72	Jun 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	73	Jul 1	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	27	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
49	74	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	4	1B
50	75	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
51	76	Jul 5	CLE		KCA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
52	77	Jul 6	CLE		KCA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
53	78	Jul 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
54	79	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
55	80	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
56	81	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
57	82	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
58	85 (2)	Jul 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
59	86	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	7	1	0	8	1	1B
60	87	Jul 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	GS	32	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
61	88	Jul 18	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-1	GS	23	6.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
62	89	Jul 19	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
63	90	Jul 20	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	41	9.1	12	1	0	13	0	1B
64	91	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	45	12.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
65	96 (4)	Jul 26	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	GS	30	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
66	97	Jul 27 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	15	0	1	16	1	1B
67	98	Jul 27 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
68	99	Jul 29	CLE		BAL	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
69	100	Jul 30	CLE		BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	101	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
71	102	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
72	103	Aug 2	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
73	104	Aug 3 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
74	106 (1)	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	4	1B
75	107	Aug 8	CLE		KCA	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
76	108	Aug 9	CLE		KCA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
77	109	Aug 10 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,11-2	GS	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
78	110	Aug 10 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,2-4	GS	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
79	112 (1)	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	15	0	1	16	0	1B
80	113	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
81	115 (1)	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,10-9	CG	46	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
82	116	Aug 15	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
83	118 (1)	Aug 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
84	120 (1)	Aug 20	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
85	126 (5)	Aug 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	47	11.2	10	0	0	10	0	1B
86	127	Aug 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
87	128	Aug 29	CLE	@	KCA	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
88	129	Aug 30	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-6	CG	60	14.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
89	130	Aug 31	CLE	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	132 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
91	133	Sep 3	CLE		KCA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
92	137 (3)	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
93	138	Sep 9	CLE		NYY	W,9-2	CG	22	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
94	139	Sep 10	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
95	146 (6)	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	24	6.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
96	148 (1)	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
							96gm		781.0	774	50	11	835	90