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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	CLE		DET	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	17	1	1	19	1	1B
2	2	Apr 20	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
3	3	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
4	4	Apr 23 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
5	5	Apr 23 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
6	6	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
7	7	Apr 29	CLE		SLB	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
9	9	May 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
10	10	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
11	11	May 6 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
12	12	May 6 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	34	7.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
13	13	May 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
14	14	May 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
15	16 (1)	May 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
16	19 (2)	May 13	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
17	21 (1)	May 14 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
18	29 (7)	May 22	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
19	30	May 24	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
20	31	May 25	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	13	2	0	15	2	1B
21	32	May 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
22	33	May 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
23	34	May 28 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
24	35	May 28 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
25	37 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Washington Nationals
26	52	Jun 15	WSH	@	SLB	L,9-16	CG	49	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
27	53	Jun 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
28	54	Jun 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
29	55	Jun 19	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
30	56	Jun 20	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
31	57	Jun 21	WSH	@	DET	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
32	58	Jun 22	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
33	59	Jun 23	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-13	CG	45	8.0	12	2	0	14	3	1B
34	60	Jun 24	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
35	61	Jun 25 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
36	62	Jun 25 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
37	63	Jun 27	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
38	64	Jun 28	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
39	65	Jun 29	WSH	@	NYY	W,12-7	CG	39	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	1B
40	66	Jun 30 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
41	67	Jun 30 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	68	Jul 1	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
43	69	Jul 2	WSH		PHA	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
44	70	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
45	71	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,9-16	CG	50	9.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
46	72	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		NYY	T,3-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
47	73	Jul 5	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	36	7.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
48	74	Jul 7	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
49	75	Jul 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-6	CG	42	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
50	76	Jul 9 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
51	77	Jul 9 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
52	78	Jul 13	WSH		DET	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
53	79	Jul 14	WSH		DET	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
54	80	Jul 16 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
55	81	Jul 16 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
56	82	Jul 17	WSH		SLB	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
57	83	Jul 18	WSH		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
58	84	Jul 19	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	9	2	1	12	0	1B
59	85	Jul 21	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
60	86	Jul 22	WSH		CLE	L,3-8	CG	46	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
61	87	Jul 23	WSH		CLE	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
62	88	Jul 25	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
63	89	Jul 27 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
64	90	Jul 27 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
65	91	Jul 28	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	7	0	0	7	2	1B
66	92	Jul 29	WSH	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
67	93	Jul 30 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
68	94	Jul 30 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,13-8	CG	40	9.0	9	3	0	12	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	95	Aug 1	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
70	96	Aug 2	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-11	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
71	97	Aug 4	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
72	98	Aug 5	WSH	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
73	99	Aug 6	WSH	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
74	100	Aug 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
75	101	Aug 9	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	53	10.2	11	0	0	11	0	1B
76	102	Aug 10 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,11-2	GS	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
77	114 (11)	Aug 24 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
78	119 (4)	Aug 27 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
79	120	Aug 27 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,10-11	CG	52	10.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
80	122 (1)	Aug 29	WSH		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
81	123	Aug 30 (1)	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
82	124	Aug 30 (2)	WSH		DET	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
83	125	Aug 31	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	11	1	1	13	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	126	Sep 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
85	127	Sep 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
86	128	Sep 4 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
87	129	Sep 4 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
88	130	Sep 6	WSH		PHA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	3	1B
89	131	Sep 7	WSH		PHA	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
90	132	Sep 8	WSH		PHA	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	6	3	1	10	1	1B
91	133	Sep 10	WSH		NYY	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
92	134	Sep 11 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
93	135	Sep 11 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
94	136	Sep 12	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
95	137	Sep 13	WSH	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
96	138	Sep 15 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	31	8.1	5	2	0	7	3	1B
97	139	Sep 15 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
98	140	Sep 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
99	141	Sep 17 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
100	142	Sep 17 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
101	143	Sep 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
102	144	Sep 20	WSH	@	SLB	W,12-7	CG	0	9.0	16	0	0	16	2
103	145	Sep 23	WSH		PHA	L,5-16	CG	52	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
104	146	Sep 24	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	2	10	2	1B
105	147	Sep 25 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
106	148	Sep 25 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
107	149	Sep 26 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
108	150	Sep 26 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-10	CG	48	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
109	151	Sep 27 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
110	152	Sep 27 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
							110gm		941.2	959	78	9	1046	121