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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BOS		BAL	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
2	2	Apr 18	BOS		BAL	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
3	3	Apr 19	BOS		BAL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	16	1	0	17	1	1B
4	4	Apr 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS	33	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
5	5	Apr 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,10-14	CG	48	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
6	6	Apr 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-13	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
7	7	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
8	8	Apr 27	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
9	9	Apr 28	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	BOS		KCA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
11	11	May 2	BOS		KCA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
12	19 (7)	May 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
13	20	May 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,9-12	CG	45	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
14	21	May 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
15	22	May 15	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
16	23	May 16	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
17	24	May 17	BOS	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
18	25	May 18	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
19	26	May 19	BOS	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	10	1	0	11	0	1B
20	27	May 20 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,12-5	GS	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
21	28	May 20 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
22	29	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
23	31 (1)	May 25	BOS		WSH	L,5-10	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
24	32	May 26	BOS		WSH	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
25	36 (3)	May 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
26	38 (1)	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	8	2	0	10	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	40 (1)	Jun 1	BOS		KCA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
28	41	Jun 2	BOS		KCA	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
29	42	Jun 3	BOS		KCA	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
30	43	Jun 5	BOS		DET	L,11-14	CG	52	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
31	44	Jun 6	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	5	1B
32	45	Jun 7	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
33	46	Jun 8	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
34	47	Jun 9	BOS		CHW	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
35	48	Jun 10	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
36	49	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
37	51 (1)	Jun 12	BOS		CLE	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
38	52	Jun 13	BOS		CLE	T,8-8	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
39	53	Jun 14	BOS		CLE	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
40	54	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
41	55	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	56	12.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
42	57 (1)	Jun 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
43	59 (1)	Jun 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
44	60	Jun 22	BOS	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
45	61	Jun 23	BOS	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
46	64 (2)	Jun 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
47	65	Jun 29	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
48	66	Jun 30 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	68 (1)	Jul 1	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
50	71 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	CG	47	11.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
51	74 (2)	Jul 7	BOS		BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
52	75	Jul 8 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,9-0	GS	19	5.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
53	76	Jul 8 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
54	78 (1)	Jul 13	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	1	1B
55	79	Jul 14	BOS		CHW	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
56	80	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,7-10	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
57	81	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
58	82	Jul 16	BOS		CLE	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
59	83	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		KCA	W,10-0	GS	22	6.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
60	84	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		KCA	W,1-0	GS	25	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
61	85	Jul 18	BOS		KCA	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	14	2	0	16	2	1B
62	86	Jul 19	BOS		KCA	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
63	87	Jul 20	BOS		DET	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
64	89 (1)	Jul 22	BOS		DET	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
65	90	Jul 24	BOS	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
66	91	Jul 25	BOS	@	KCA	L,6-9	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
67	92	Jul 26	BOS	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
68	93	Jul 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
69	94	Jul 28	BOS	@	CHW	W,13-1	GS	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
70	96 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-6	GF	12	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
71	97	Jul 30	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
72	98	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	99	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	11	2	1	14	1	1B
74	101 (1)	Aug 3	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-1	GS	32	8.0	10	0	1	11	4	1B
75	102	Aug 4	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
76	103	Aug 5	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	27	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
77	104	Aug 6	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
78	105	Aug 7	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	CG	40	11.0	16	1	0	17	2	1B
79	106	Aug 8	BOS		BAL	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	11	1	1	13	2	1B
80	107	Aug 9	BOS		BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
81	109 (1)	Aug 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
82	111 (1)	Aug 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
83	113 (1)	Aug 16	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
84	114	Aug 17	BOS		WSH	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
85	117 (2)	Aug 19 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,10-11	CG	59	11.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
86	119 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
87	120	Aug 23	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
88	121	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
89	124 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	BOS		KCA	L,6-7	CG	48	10.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	128 (3)	Sep 1	BOS		BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
91	129	Sep 2	BOS		BAL	L,10-11	CG	51	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
92	130	Sep 3 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
93	132 (1)	Sep 4	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	56	12.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
94	134 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	43	10.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
95	135	Sep 7 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
96	136	Sep 8	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-1	GS	30	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	1B
97	137	Sep 9	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	43	12.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
98	138	Sep 11	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
99	140 (1)	Sep 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4		8	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
100	142 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
101	143	Sep 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
102	145 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-8	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
103	146	Sep 18	BOS	@	KCA	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	13	1	0	14	2
104	147	Sep 19	BOS	@	KCA	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
105	148	Sep 21	BOS		NYY	W,13-7	GS	37	6.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
106	151 (2)	Sep 25	BOS		WSH	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
107	152	Sep 26	BOS		WSH	W,8-4	GS	35	8.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
108	153	Sep 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
							108gm		898.2	930	58	11	999	96