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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	GS	27	7.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
2	2	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	W,6-1	GS	29	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
3	3	Apr 20 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
4	4	Apr 20 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
5	5	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-7	GS	19	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
6	6	Apr 23	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
7	7	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	GS	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
8	8	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
9	9	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-13	GS	38	7.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	14 (4)	May 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS	24	6.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
11	15	May 3	NYY	@	SLB	W,17-3	GS	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
12	16	May 4	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-1	GS	24	6.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
13	17	May 5	NYY	@	SLB	W,17-6	GS	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
14	18	May 6	NYY	@	DET	W,11-6	GS	34	7.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
15	19	May 7	NYY	@	DET	L,6-10	GS	30	6.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
16	20	May 8	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
17	21	May 9	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-2	GS	21	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
18	38 (16)	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,10-11	GS	37	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
19	39	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	40	Jun 2	NYY	@	DET	W,8-7	GS	39	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
21	41	Jun 3 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
22	42	Jun 3 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
23	43	Jun 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
24	48 (4)	Jun 9	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-5	GS	29	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
25	49	Jun 10 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS	15	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
26	50	Jun 10 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-11	GS	22	5.0	4	0	1	5	1	1B
27	51	Jun 12	NYY		SLB	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
28	54 (2)	Jun 17	NYY		DET	W,5-0	GS	27	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
29	55	Jun 19 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,11-9	GS	35	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
30	57 (1)	Jun 20	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
31	58	Jun 21	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	4	1B
32	59	Jun 22	NYY		CLE	W,6-0	GS	28	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
33	60	Jun 23	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
34	61	Jun 24	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	GS	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
35	63 (1)	Jun 27	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-0	GS	25	7.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
36	64	Jun 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-0	GS	27	7.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
37	65	Jun 29	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
38	66	Jun 30	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	67	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	GS	24	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
40	68	Jul 2	NYY	@	PHA	W,14-5	GS	18	5.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
41	69	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,6-9	GS	33	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	1B
42	70	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
43	72 (1)	Jul 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	4	1B
44	79 (6)	Jul 15 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,8-7	GS	24	6.0	11	0	0	11	0
45	80	Jul 16	NYY	@	DET	W,8-6	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	1
46	81	Jul 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	21	6.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
47	82	Jul 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	GS	30	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
48	83	Jul 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
49	84	Jul 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,1-0	GS	27	8.0	12	2	0	14	1
50	85	Jul 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
51	86	Jul 22 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-0	GS	22	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
52	88 (1)	Jul 24	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
53	89	Jul 25	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
54	90	Jul 26	NYY		CLE	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
55	91	Jul 27	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	GS	27	7.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
56	92	Jul 29 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,8-3	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
57	93	Jul 29 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
58	94	Jul 30	NYY		DET	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	95	Aug 1 (1)	NYY		DET	L,8-9	GS	32	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
60	98 (2)	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,8-4	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
61	99	Aug 3 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,2-10	GS	30	6.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
62	100	Aug 4	NYY		SLB	W,11-3	GS	22	6.0	7	0	0	7	1
63	101	Aug 5 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	GS	27	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
64	102	Aug 5 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
65	103	Aug 6	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	GS	28	8.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
66	104	Aug 8	NYY		WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
67	105	Aug 9	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	GS	30	7.0	5	1	0	6	3	1B
68	106	Aug 10	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
69	107	Aug 11	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-4	GS	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
70	108	Aug 12 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
71	109	Aug 12 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
72	110	Aug 13	NYY	@	PHA	L,8-16	GS	36	6.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
73	115 (4)	Aug 18	NYY		PHA	W,5-1	GS	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
74	116	Aug 19	NYY		PHA	L,1-15	GS	40	7.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
75	117	Aug 20 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	11	0	1	12	0
76	119 (1)	Aug 21	NYY	@	DET	W,11-4	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	120	Aug 22	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	51	11.1	12	0	0	12	1	1B
78	122 (1)	Aug 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	GS	28	7.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
79	123	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS	29	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
80	124	Aug 26 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
81	125	Aug 26 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	GS	16	4.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
82	126	Aug 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
83	127	Aug 29	NYY	@	SLB	W,15-2	GS	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	128	Sep 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	GS	18	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
85	129	Sep 3 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	GS	25	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
86	130	Sep 3 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
87	131	Sep 5	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	GS	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
88	137 (5)	Sep 11 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
89	138	Sep 13	NYY		DET	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
90	142 (3)	Sep 17	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
91	147 (4)	Sep 22	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
92	148	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	GF	18	4.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
93	149	Sep 26	NYY		PHA	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
94	154 (4)	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	GS	19	5.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
							93gm		655.1	632	44	4	680	86