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.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 29)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
2	2	Apr 21	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
3	3	Apr 22	STL		CHC	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
4	4	Apr 23	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
5	5	Apr 25	STL		CIN	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
6	6	Apr 26	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
7	7	Apr 27	STL		PIT	W,6-5	GS	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
8	8	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
9	9	Apr 30	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 2	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
11	11	May 4	STL	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
12	12	May 5	STL	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
13	13	May 6	STL	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
14	14	May 7	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
15	15	May 8	STL	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
16	16	May 9	STL	@	BRO	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
17	17	May 10	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
18	18	May 12	STL	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	48	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
19	19	May 13	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
20	20	May 14	STL	@	CIN	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
21	21	May 16	STL		NYG	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
22	22	May 17	STL		NYG	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
23	23	May 18	STL		NYG	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	24	May 20	STL		BRO	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
25	25	May 21	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	2
26	26	May 22	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	27	May 23	STL		PHI	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	2	1	8	2
28	28	May 24	STL		BSN	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
29	29	May 25	STL		BSN	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
30	30	May 26	STL		CIN	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
31	31	May 27	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	2
32	32	May 28 (1)	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
33	33	May 28 (2)	STL		CIN	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
34	34	May 29	STL		PIT	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
35	35	May 30 (1)	STL		PIT	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
36	36	May 30 (2)	STL		PIT	L,8-14	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	STL	@	NYG	W,1-0	GS	30	8.0	14	1	0	15	0
38	38	Jun 2	STL	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
39	39	Jun 3	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
40	40	Jun 5	STL	@	BSN	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
41	41	Jun 6	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	12	2	0	14	1
42	42	Jun 7	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	43	Jun 9	STL	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
44	44	Jun 10 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	8.2	10	1	1	12	1
45	45	Jun 10 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	13	1	1	15	2
46	46	Jun 11 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	49	10.2	11	1	0	12	0
47	47	Jun 11 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	GS	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	48	Jun 14	STL		BRO	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
49	49	Jun 15	STL		BRO	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
50	50	Jun 16	STL		BRO	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
51	51	Jun 17	STL		NYG	L,5-7	GS	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	52	Jun 18	STL		NYG	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
53	53	Jun 21	STL		PHI	W,14-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
54	54	Jun 22	STL		PHI	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
55	55	Jun 24	STL		BSN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
56	56	Jun 25 (1)	STL		BSN	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
57	57	Jun 25 (2)	STL		BSN	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
58	58	Jun 27	STL		CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
59	59	Jun 28	STL		CHC	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	2
60	60	Jun 29	STL		CHC	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	2	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	61	Jul 1	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	3
62	62	Jul 2 (1)	STL		PIT	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	7	1	1	9	2
63	64 (1)	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
64	65	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	66	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
66	67	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
67	68	Jul 6	STL	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
68	69	Jul 9 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	1	9	2
69	70	Jul 9 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
70	71	Jul 13 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
71	72	Jul 13 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
72	73	Jul 14	STL	@	BSN	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
73	74	Jul 15	STL	@	BSN	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
74	75	Jul 16	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	76	Jul 17	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	3
76	77	Jul 18	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	4
77	78	Jul 19	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
78	79	Jul 21 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-16	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
79	80	Jul 21 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	3
80	81	Jul 22	STL	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
81	82	Jul 23 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
82	83	Jul 23 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
83	84	Jul 25	STL		NYG	L,3-6	CG	0	13.0	9	0	0	9	3
84	85	Jul 26	STL		NYG	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
85	86	Jul 27	STL		NYG	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
86	87	Jul 28	STL		BRO	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
87	88	Jul 29	STL		BRO	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
88	89	Jul 30 (1)	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
89	90	Jul 30 (2)	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	91	Aug 1	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
91	92	Aug 3 (1)	STL		BSN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
92	93	Aug 3 (2)	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
93	94	Aug 4	STL		PHI	W,9-8	CG	59	13.0	8	1	1	10	0
94	95	Aug 5	STL		PHI	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	18	0	0	18	1
95	96	Aug 6 (1)	STL		PHI	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	97	Aug 6 (2)	STL		PHI	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
97	98	Aug 9	STL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	7	1	3	11	1
98	99	Aug 12	STL		CIN	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
99	100	Aug 13 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
100	101	Aug 13 (2)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
101	102	Aug 14	STL		CHC	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
102	103	Aug 15	STL		CHC	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	8	1	0	9	1
103	104	Aug 16 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
104	105	Aug 16 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
105	106	Aug 17	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
106	107	Aug 18	STL	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
107	108	Aug 19	STL	@	CIN	T,3-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
108	109	Aug 20 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
109	110	Aug 20 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
110	111	Aug 21	STL	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	43	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
111	112	Aug 22	STL	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
112	114 (1)	Aug 24	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
113	115	Aug 26 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
114	116	Aug 26 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
115	117	Aug 27 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	2
116	118	Aug 27 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
117	119	Aug 28	STL	@	BSN	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
118	120	Aug 29	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	122 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	STL		PIT	W,14-6	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
120	123	Sep 3 (2)	STL		PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
121	124	Sep 4 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
122	125	Sep 4 (2)	STL		CIN	T,6-6	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
123	126	Sep 5	STL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	38	10.0	14	0	0	14	4
124	127	Sep 6	STL	@	CHC	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
125	128	Sep 7	STL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	3	1	0	4	1
126	129	Sep 8	STL	@	CHC	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	4
127	130	Sep 9	STL	@	PIT	W,12-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
128	131	Sep 10 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	1
129	132	Sep 10 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
130	133	Sep 11	STL	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	10	0	1	11	1
131	134	Sep 12	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
132	135	Sep 13	STL		PHI	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
133	136	Sep 14	STL		BSN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
134	137	Sep 15	STL		BSN	W,1-0	CG	54	14.0	9	0	0	9	0
135	138	Sep 16	STL		BSN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
136	139	Sep 17 (1)	STL		NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
137	140	Sep 17 (2)	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	141	Sep 18 (1)	STL		NYG	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
139	142	Sep 18 (2)	STL		NYG	W,15-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	4
140	143	Sep 19	STL		BRO	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
141	144	Sep 20	STL		BRO	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
142	145	Sep 21	STL		BRO	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
143	146	Sep 22	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	3	0	10	2
144	147	Sep 23	STL		CHC	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
145	148	Sep 24	STL		CHC	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
146	149	Sep 26 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	2
147	150	Sep 26 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
148	151	Sep 27	STL	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
149	152	Sep 28	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	1	8	2
150	153	Sep 30 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
151	154	Sep 30 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS	0		3	1	0	4	0
152	155	Oct 1	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	3
							152gm		1345.0	1348	90	19	1457	123