Mickey Vernon

First Base

1939—1960

mickey-vernon
Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
First Base RANK
#59

Player Detail

James Barton
GIVEN NAME
Vernon
SURNAME
April 22, 1918, in Marcus Hook, PA
BORN
September 24, 2008, in Media, PA, USA
DIED
1939—1960
Playing Career
Played from 21-42
PLAYING AGE
Washington Senators
Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox
Milwaukee Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
Teams Played For
First Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Washington Senators
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
3
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-2 / 170
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
July 8, 1939
Major League Debut
September 27, 1960
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Mickey Vernon?

Intelligent player, spent 14 years as iconic first baseman for Washington Senators. He batted .286 for his career but won two batting titles.

60

HITTING

30

POWER

40

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2409
2495
172
1311
.286
7 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
29.9
52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.787
.777
101.4

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.286
.359
.428

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:

Mickey Vernon Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Vernon
533
152
73
30
7
10
80
58
53
8
228
213
.286
.359
.428
787
AVG 1B
528
144
73
25
5
15
63
60
4
224
210
.274
.353
.424
.777

Mickey Vernon Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
59
68
71
66
44
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
62
71
NR
70
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Mickey Vernon PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
34.5
25.4
15.8
14.6
2.32
62.1
42.4
30.7
21.0
5.09
BLUE = Mickey Vernon
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
293.1
166.7
108.4
84.4
19.7
348.1
202.5
145.2
97.0
26.5
BLUE = Mickey Vernon
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B