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Mickey Vernon

Birthdate:

4/22/1918

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 180 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Marcus Hook, PA, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

A well respected baseball player, Mickey Vernon had some great years and won two American League batting crowns. In 1946, he won the batting title with a .353 average, lined 51 doubles, 8 triples and belted 8 home runs. Vernon was a great hitter, but had the misfortune of playing for half his career on the last place Washington Senators. He was a feared hitter and his 934 career walks bare this fact out. In 1953, Mickey Vernon won his second batting title by hitting .337, scored 101 runs along with 115 RBI's. Mickey Vernon was a fine fielder and grabbed 1448 career assists at 1st base. Mickey Vernon career: he played 21 years in the major leagues, .286 BA, he lined 2495 hits, scored 1196 runs along with 1311 RBI's and hit 490 doubles. baseballhistorian.com archives Baseball Players

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
21 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1939	WSH (AL)	76	276	23	71	15	4	1	30	24	28	1	1	0	0	9	0	.257	.317	SLG
1940	WSH (AL)	5	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	SLG
1941	WSH (AL)	138	531	73	159	27	11	9	93	43	51	9	3	0	0	7	0	.299	.352	SLG
1942	WSH (AL)	151	621	76	168	34	6	9	86	59	63	25	6	0	3	2	0	.271	.337	SLG
1943	WSH (AL)	145	553	89	148	29	8	7	70	67	55	24	8	0	10	8	0	.268	.357	SLG
1946	WSH (AL)	148	587	88	207	51	8	8	85	49	64	14	10	0	0	2	0	.353	.403	SLG
1947	WSH (AL)	154	600	77	159	29	12	7	85	49	42	12	12	0	0	3	0	.265	.320	SLG
1948	WSH (AL)	150	558	78	135	27	7	3	48	54	43	15	11	0	1	6	0	.242	.310	SLG
1949	CLE (AL)	153	584	72	170	27	4	18	83	58	51	9	7	0	2	15	0	.291	.357	SLG
1950	CLE (AL)	28	90	8	17	0	0	0	10	12	10	2	0	0	0	3	0	.189	.284	SLG
1950	WSH (AL)	90	327	47	100	17	3	9	65	50	29	6	1	0	4	3	0	.306	.404	SLG
1951	WSH (AL)	141	546	69	160	30	7	9	87	53	45	7	6	0	2	1	0	.293	.358	SLG
1952	WSH (AL)	154	569	71	143	33	9	10	80	89	66	7	7	0	0	5	0	.251	.353	SLG
1953	WSH (AL)	152	608	101	205	43	11	15	115	63	57	4	6	0	4	4	0	.337	.403	SLG
1954	WSH (AL)	151	597	90	173	33	14	20	97	61	61	1	4	0	5	4	6	.290	.357	SLG
1955	WSH (AL)	150	538	74	162	23	8	14	85	74	50	0	4	9	3	4	8	.301	.384	SLG
1956	BOS (AL)	119	403	67	125	28	4	15	84	57	40	1	0	6	7	2	2	.310	.403	SLG
1957	BOS (AL)	102	270	36	65	18	1	7	38	41	35	0	0	2	5	1	1	.241	.350	SLG
1958	CLE (AL)	119	355	49	104	22	3	8	55	44	56	0	4	3	2	1	2	.293	.372	SLG
1959	MLN (NL)	74	91	8	20	4	0	3	14	7	20	0	0	1	1	0	0	.220	.283	SLG
1960	PIT (NL)	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.125	.222	SLG
21 years		2409	8731	1196	2495	490	120	172	1311	955	869	137	90	22	49	80	19	.286	.359	.SLG

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