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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	WSH		NYY	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	13	3	0	16	0
2	2	Apr 15	WSH		NYY	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
3	3	Apr 16	WSH		NYY	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 17	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.2	6	0	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 18	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
6	6	Apr 19 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
7	7	Apr 19 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
8	8	Apr 20	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
9	9	Apr 22	WSH		BOS	L,4-13	CG	48	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
10	10	Apr 23	WSH		BOS	W,10-5	CG	45	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
11	11	Apr 24	WSH		PHA	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
12	12	Apr 25	WSH		PHA	W,10-7	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
13	13	Apr 26 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
14	14	Apr 26 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
15	15	Apr 28	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
16	16	Apr 29	WSH		CHW	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
17	17	Apr 30	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	WSH		CLE	L,6-13	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
19	19	May 2	WSH		CLE	L,3-12	CG	43	9.0	12	1	1	14	2
20	20	May 3 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
21	21	May 3 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	3
22	22	May 5	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
23	23	May 6	WSH		DET	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
24	24	May 10 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	9	0	0	9	1
25	25	May 10 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	9	2	0	11	0
26	26	May 13	WSH	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
27	27	May 16 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
28	28	May 16 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	4
29	29	May 17 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	30	May 17 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
31	31	May 18	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	37	8.2	4	1	0	5	0
32	32	May 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	3	0	1	4	3
33	33	May 21	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	1	6	1
34	34	May 23	WSH		NYY	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
35	35	May 24	WSH		NYY	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
36	36	May 25	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
37	37	May 26	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
38	38	May 27	WSH		BOS	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	2
39	39	May 28	WSH		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
40	40	May 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-16	CG	46	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
41	41	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
42	42	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
43	43	May 31 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-11	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
44	44	May 31 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 2	WSH		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
46	46	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
47	47	Jun 4	WSH		SLB	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
48	48	Jun 5	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
49	49	Jun 6 (1)	WSH		DET	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
50	50	Jun 6 (2)	WSH		DET	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
51	51	Jun 7 (1)	WSH		DET	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	52	Jun 7 (2)	WSH		DET	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
53	53	Jun 9	WSH		CLE	L,6-7	CG	49	10.0	9	1	1	11	2
54	54	Jun 10	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	CG	47	12.0	14	1	0	15	3
55	55	Jun 11	WSH		CLE	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
56	56	Jun 13	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
57	57	Jun 14 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
58	58	Jun 14 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,4-11	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
59	59	Jun 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
60	60	Jun 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
61	61	Jun 19	WSH	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	14	1	0	15	0
62	62	Jun 20	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	10	0	0	10	0
63	63	Jun 21 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
64	64	Jun 21 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
65	65	Jun 24	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	66	Jun 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
67	67	Jun 26	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	68	Jun 27	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	69	Jun 28 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,14-13	CG	0	9.0	5	0	2	7	2
70	70	Jun 28 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
71	71	Jun 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	45	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
72	72	Jun 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	73	Jul 1 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
74	74	Jul 1 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
75	75	Jul 3	WSH		PHA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	76	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
77	77	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
78	78	Jul 5 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	2	5	1
79	79	Jul 5 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	12	0	1	13	1
80	80	Jul 9	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
81	81	Jul 11	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
82	82	Jul 12 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,7-9	CG	51	10.0	13	0	0	13	0
83	83	Jul 12 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,0-5	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
84	84	Jul 13	WSH		CLE	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
85	85	Jul 15	WSH		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	11	0	0	11	1
86	86	Jul 16	WSH		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	11	0	0	11	1
87	87	Jul 17	WSH		DET	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
88	88	Jul 18	WSH		SLB	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
89	89	Jul 19 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
90	90	Jul 19 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
91	91	Jul 21	WSH	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
92	92	Jul 22	WSH	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
93	93	Jul 23	WSH	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
94	94	Jul 24 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
95	95	Jul 24 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	43	11.0	10	0	0	10	0
96	96	Jul 25	WSH	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	56	13.0	10	2	2	14	0
97	97	Jul 26 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	12	1	2	15	3
98	98	Jul 26 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
99	99	Jul 28	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
100	100	Jul 29	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	101	Jul 30	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
102	102	Jul 31	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	103	Aug 4	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
104	104	Aug 6	WSH		NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
105	105	Aug 10 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	11	1	1	13	0
106	106	Aug 10 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
107	107	Aug 11	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
108	108	Aug 15 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	13	2	0	15	2
109	109	Aug 15 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	42	8.1	9	1	0	10	0
110	110	Aug 16 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	111	Aug 16 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
112	112	Aug 18	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
113	113	Aug 19	WSH		PHA	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	1
114	114	Aug 20 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
115	115	Aug 20 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,1-6	CG	0	12.0	11	3	1	15	2
116	116	Aug 21	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-17	CG	51	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
117	117	Aug 22	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
118	118	Aug 23 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
119	119	Aug 23 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	24	5.0	7	0	0	7	1
120	120	Aug 25 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
121	121	Aug 25 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	122	Aug 28	WSH		DET	L,7-10	CG	67	14.0	16	0	1	17	1
123	123	Aug 29	WSH		DET	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
124	124	Aug 30 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	125	Aug 30 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	126	Sep 1	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	12	0	0	12	2
127	127	Sep 2 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
128	128	Sep 2 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
129	129	Sep 3 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
130	130	Sep 3 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,14-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
131	131	Sep 5 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
132	132	Sep 5 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
133	133	Sep 6 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,9-11	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
134	134	Sep 6 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,2-15	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
135	135	Sep 7	WSH		BOS	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	6	0	1	7	1
136	136	Sep 8	WSH		BOS	W,15-11	CG	50	9.0	7	1	1	9	1
137	137	Sep 10 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
138	138	Sep 10 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
139	139	Sep 11	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	2
140	140	Sep 12	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	55	12.0	9	0	0	9	0
141	141	Sep 13 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
142	142	Sep 13 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	2
143	143	Sep 14	WSH	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
144	144	Sep 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
145	145	Sep 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
146	146	Sep 19 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	3
147	147	Sep 19 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
148	148	Sep 20 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
149	149	Sep 20 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	39	9.2	10	3	0	13	1
150	150	Sep 22	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
151	151	Sep 23	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
							151gm		1346.0	1360	95	26	1481	109