Johnny Mize

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: January 7, 1913 in Demorest, GA us

Died: June 2, 1993 in Demorest, GA

Buried: Yonah View Memorial Gardens, Demorest, GA

School: Piedmont College (Demorest, GA)

Debut: April 16, 1936 (Age 23-100d, 7,983rd in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1953 (Age 40-262d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1981. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Johnny Mize's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1936 season

Full Name: John Robert Mize

Nicknames: The Big Cat or Big Jawn

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

70.6

6443

2011

359

.312

1118

RBI

1337

OBP

.397

SLG

.562

OPS

.959

OPS+

158

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 26	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	8	0	1	9	0
2	10	Apr 29	STL		NYG	W,2-1	GS	42	12.0	11	1	0	12	1
3	11	Apr 30	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12	May 1	STL		BRO	W,12-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
5	13	May 2	STL		BRO	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
6	14	May 3	STL		BSN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
7	15	May 4	STL		BSN	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
8	16	May 5	STL		BSN	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	2
9	17	May 6	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
10	18	May 7	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
11	19	May 8	STL	@	CHC	W,11-9	CG	46	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
12	20	May 9	STL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	42	10.0	13	2	0	15	2
13	21	May 10	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	19	5.0	7	0	0	7	0
14	22	May 12	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	23	May 14	STL	@	BRO	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
16	24	May 15	STL	@	BSN	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
17	25	May 16	STL	@	BSN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	17	1	0	18	1
18	26	May 17	STL	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	27	May 18	STL	@	PHI	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
20	28	May 20	STL	@	NYG	L,7-10	CG	46	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
21	29	May 21	STL	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
22	30	May 22	STL	@	PIT	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
23	31	May 23	STL		CHC	L,2-7	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
24	32	May 24	STL		CHC	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
25	33	May 25	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
26	34	May 26 (1)	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
27	35	May 26 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
28	36	May 27	STL		PIT	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
29	37	May 28	STL		PIT	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	49 (11)	Jun 9	STL		BSN	W,7-5	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	50	Jun 11	STL		PHI	L,4-12	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	51	Jun 12	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	52	Jun 13	STL		PHI	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	53	Jun 14	STL		PHI	W,12-10	GS	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	54	Jun 16	STL	@	BSN	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	64 (9)	Jun 25 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	80 (15)	Jul 14	STL		BRO	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	81	Jul 15	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	3
39	84 (2)	Jul 18	STL		BSN	L,5-6	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	88 (3)	Jul 22	STL	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
41	89	Jul 23	STL	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
42	90	Jul 25	STL	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
43	91	Jul 26 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
44	92	Jul 26 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
45	93	Jul 29 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,7-22	CG	55	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
46	94	Jul 29 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
47	95	Jul 30	STL	@	BRO	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
48	96	Jul 31	STL	@	BRO	W,8-6	GS	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	97	Aug 1	STL	@	PHI	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	6	0	1	7	2
50	98	Aug 2 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,13-4	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
51	99	Aug 2 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	9	3	0	12	1
52	100	Aug 4	STL	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
53	101	Aug 5	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
54	102	Aug 6	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	10	2	0	12	1
55	103	Aug 7	STL	@	CHC	L,5-14	CG	46	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
56	104	Aug 8	STL		CIN	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
57	105	Aug 9 (1)	STL		CIN	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
58	106	Aug 9 (2)	STL		CIN	L,5-12	CG	46	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
59	107	Aug 10	STL		CHC	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
60	108	Aug 11	STL		CHC	L,4-6	CG	46	10.0	7	1	0	8	1
61	109	Aug 12	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	110	Aug 15	STL	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
63	111	Aug 16 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	112	Aug 16 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
65	113	Aug 18	STL	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
66	114	Aug 20	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
67	115	Aug 21	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	3
68	116	Aug 22	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
69	117	Aug 23 (1)	STL		PIT	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
70	118	Aug 23 (2)	STL		PIT	T,6-6	CG	43	10.0	14	0	0	14	1
71	119	Aug 24	STL		PIT	L,5-17	CG	55	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
72	120	Aug 25 (1)	STL		BSN	L,3-20	CG	58	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
73	121	Aug 25 (2)	STL		BSN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	122	Aug 26	STL		BSN	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
75	123	Aug 27	STL		BSN	L,0-1	CG	35	10.0	6	2	0	8	0
76	124	Aug 28	STL		PHI	L,0-8	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
77	125	Aug 29	STL		PHI	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	128 (2)	Sep 2	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	2
79	129	Sep 3	STL		NYG	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
80	130	Sep 5	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
81	131	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
82	132	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
83	133	Sep 7 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
84	134	Sep 7 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-14	CG	45	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
85	135	Sep 9	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	55	15.0	15	0	0	15	2
86	136	Sep 10	STL	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
87	137	Sep 11 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,12-8	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
88	138	Sep 11 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
89	139	Sep 12 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	42	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
90	140	Sep 12 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
91	141	Sep 13 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	142	Sep 13 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
93	143	Sep 14	STL	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
94	144	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
95	145	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
96	146	Sep 18	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
97	147	Sep 19	STL	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
98	148	Sep 20	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
99	149	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	13	2	0	15	1
100	150	Sep 22	STL		CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
101	151	Sep 24 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	11	2	2	15	1
102	152	Sep 24 (2)	STL		CIN	W,2-0	CG	21	6.0	4	1	0	5	1
103	153	Sep 25	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
104	154	Sep 26	STL		CHC	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
105	155	Sep 27	STL		CHC	L,3-6	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
							105gm		859.0	907	66	6	979	63