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Johnny Mize	Nickname: The Big Cat   Bats: Left Throws: Right Height: 6' 2'' Weight: 230   Born: January 7, 1913 in Usa, GA, DEMOREST
Hall of Fame

Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger	1940    1943    1945
Bronze Rookie	1936
Gold Glove	1945    1946    1947    1950
All-Star Selections	1939    1940    1941    1942    1943    1945    1946    1947    1949    1950

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1936	23	CLE	AL	$ 300,000				10	10	10	7	8	8	10	10	10	7	9	8	9	10	10
1937	24	CLE	AL	$ 300,000				10	10	10	7	8	8	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	10
1938	25	CLE	AL	$ 300,000				10	10	10	7	8	8	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	10
1939	26	CLE	AL	$ 300,000				10	10	10	7	8	8	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	10
1940	27	CLE	AL	$ 6,228,571				10	10	9	7	8	8	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	10
1941	28	CLE	AL	$ 6,228,571				10	10	9	7	8	8	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	10
1942	29	CLE	AL	$ 6,650,000				10	10	9	7	8	8	10	10	10	7	9	8	9	10	10
1943	30	CLE	AL	$ 10,000,000				10	10	10	7	8	8	10	10	10	7	8	8	9	10	10
1944	31	CLE	AL	$ 10,000,000				10	10	10	7	8	8	10	10	10	7	8	8	9	10	10
1945	32	TAM	AL	$ 10,000,000				10	10	10	7	8	7	10	10	10	7	8	8	9	10	9
1946	33	TAM	AL	$ 10,000,000				10	10	8	6	7	6	9	10	10	7	8	8	8	9	9
1947	34	TAM	AL	$ 10,000,000				10	10	9	6	7	6	9	10	10	7	8	8	8	8	8
1948	35	TAM	AL	$ 10,000,000				9	9	8	5	6	6	9	10	10	7	8	8	8	8	8
1949	36	TAM	AL	$ 10,000,000				9	9	8	3	5	4	9	10	10	6	7	7	7	8	8
1950	37	BSN	NL	$ 10,000,000				8	8	7	2	3	3	8	10	10	5	7	6	7	7	7
1951	38	BSN	NL	$ 10,000,000				5	5	4	1	2	2	6	8	7	2	4	3	4	5	5
1952	39	TAM	AL	$ 1,140,000				2	2	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	2	4	3	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000				2	2	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	2	4	3	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 10,000,000				10	10	10	7	8	8	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	10

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1936	23	CLE	AL	105	397	73	138	34	2	23	86	0	0	50	19	.348	.421	.617	1.038	88.8	18.4
		AAA		54	208	53	91	18	2	22	55	1	3	35	12	.438	.519	.861	1.379	71.1
1937	24	CLE	AL	154	542	109	188	40	3	28	86	1	0	91	12	.347	.440	.587	1.027	123.9	33.3
1938	25	CLE	AL	156	532	97	199	44	5	25	93	0	0	95	19	.374	.466	.617	1.083	132.3	28.8
1939	26	CLE	AL	151	545	89	183	51	5	28	98	0	0	64	25	.336	.405	.602	1.007	115.4	27.2
1940	27	CLE	AL	155	581	112	195	56	6	25	106	0	0	71	24	.336	.406	.582	.988	120.2	27.6
1941	28	CLE	AL	155	569	104	187	51	8	29	105	0	0	76	19	.329	.405	.599	1.004	121.2	26.7
1942	29	CLE	AL	158	545	106	186	45	6	33	122	0	0	85	18	.341	.427	.628	1.055	126.8	32.4
1943	30	CLE	AL	157	595	132	200	43	9	34	132	0	0	89	25	.336	.419	.610	1.029	135.5	30.1
1944	31	CLE	AL	151	575	96	169	43	7	16	91	0	0	89	41	.294	.388	.477	.865	100.2	17.1
1945	32	TAM	AL	154	597	124	227	53	8	28	150	2	0	88	43	.380	.456	.637	1.093	149.9	39.2
1946	33	TAM	AL	152	602	122	206	44	7	22	110	0	1	82	38	.342	.417	.548	.965	127.5	28.5
1947	34	TAM	AL	155	593	123	186	34	9	26	128	0	0	100	54	.314	.408	.533	.941	123.1	28.3
1948	35	TAM	AL	155	546	92	147	35	8	18	104	0	0	118	51	.269	.397	.462	.859	98.8	16.5
1949	36	TAM	AL	157	592	114	189	44	10	18	119	0	0	95	50	.319	.407	.519	.925	123.3	22.2
1950	37	BSN	NL	150	509	79	140	26	6	15	71	0	0	78	66	.275	.370	.438	.808	81.5	10.9
1951	38	BSN	NL	128	383	45	96	25	2	7	46	0	0	41	70	.251	.324	.381	.705	47.6	6.1
1952	39	AA		129	414	41	86	26	1	12	40	1	4	46	73	.208	.287	.362	.649	43.6
16 Years Sim				2393	8703	1617	2836	668	101	375	1647	3	1	1312	574	.326	.412	.555	.967	1816.2	393.2
1 Years AAA				54	208	53	91	18	2	22	55	1	3	35	12	.438	.518	.861	1.379	71.1
1 Years AA				129	414	41	86	26	1	12	40	1	4	46	73	.208	.296	.362	.658	43.6
2 Years Minors				183	622	94	177	44	3	34	95	2	7	81	85	.285	.373	.529	.901	114.7
162 Game Average					589	109	191	45	6	25	111	0	0	88	38	.326	.412	.555	.967	122.9
Career Highs				158	602	132	227	56	10	34	150	2	1	118	70	.380	.466	.637	1.093	149.9

Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		6017	1194	2096	478	70	270	1209	3	1	979	344	.348	.437	.586	1.022	1401.4
vs LH		2686	423	740	190	31	105	438	0	0	333	230	.276	.354	.487	.840	453.6
Home	1195	4279	784	1424	312	50	183	809	2	0	632	275	.333	.416	.557	.974	920.8
Away	1198	4424	833	1412	356	51	192	838	1	1	680	299	.319	.407	.553	.960	934.2
RISP		2200	0	711	174	25	94	1143	0	0	456	160	.323	.424	.553	.977	507.7
Pinch Hitting		118	16	32	4	2	4	17	0	0	19	12	.271	.371	.441	.812	19.9
Close/Late		914	152	314	57	14	45	169	0	0	171	69	.344	.446	.584	1.030	219.9
Mar/Apr	374	1382	259	434	112	13	47	265	0	0	228	89	.314	.407	.516	.923	279.4
May	394	1410	266	446	101	10	55	264	0	0	217	93	.316	.405	.519	.924	283.6
June	411	1521	280	512	115	23	65	273	0	0	220	98	.337	.420	.571	.991	332.8
July	391	1437	262	483	109	16	54	236	0	0	212	87	.336	.419	.547	.966	305.4
August	419	1517	288	502	120	14	88	315	1	0	227	110	.331	.416	.603	1.018	347.6
Sep/Oct	404	1436	262	459	111	25	66	294	2	1	208	97	.320	.402	.570	.971	306.4

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1936	23	CLE	AL	1B	104	100	879.7	1151	83	11	128	.991	12.63					1.6
1937	24	CLE	AL	1B	153	148	1251.3	1612	123	14	175	.992	12.48					2.0
1938	25	CLE	AL	1B	153	147	1219.7	1561	118	13	165	.992	12.39					2.0
1939	26	CLE	AL	1B	147	140	1198.7	1589	118	12	158	.993	12.82					2.3
1940	27	CLE	AL	1B	154	147	1292.0	1590	114	12	173	.993	11.87					1.9
1941	28	CLE	AL	1B	154	150	1319.0	1709	141	13	147	.993	12.62					3.5
1942	29	CLE	AL	1B	154	145	1256.7	1602	124	9	152	.995	12.36					3.1
1943	30	CLE	AL	1B	154	147	1322.7	1674	137	16	161	.991	12.32					1.6
1944	31	CLE	AL	1B	151	149	1323.7	1696	144	16	174	.991	12.51					2.1
1945	32	TAM	AL	1B	153	150	1357.7	1772	125	7	170	.996	12.58					3.6
1946	33	TAM	AL	1B	151	146	1311.3	1694	133	11	168	.994	12.54					3.5
1947	34	TAM	AL	1B	151	149	1331.0	1764	130	10	164	.995	12.81					4.2
1948	35	TAM	AL	1B	151	146	1285.7	1679	121	17	173	.991	12.60					3.6
1949	36	TAM	AL	1B	156	150	1345.3	1595	120	19	161	.989	11.47					4.6
1950	37	BSN	NL	1B	147	132	1178.3	1471	135	14	134	.991	12.27					4.3
1951	38	BSN	NL	1B	112	94	835.7	1071	91	10	117	.991	12.51					1.6
				3B	1	0	4.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
				1B	2345	2240	19708.3	25230	1957	204	2520	.993	12.42					45.3
				3B	1	0	4.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
Career Totals					2346	2240	19712.3	25230	1959	204	2520	.993	12.41					45.3
Career Highs					156	150	1357.7	1772	144	19	175	.996	12.82

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1943	30	CLE	AL	7	27	5	10	2	0	2	2	0	0	6	0	.370	.485	.667	1.152
1945	32	TAM	AL	10	41	6	12	5	1	1	6	0	0	3	1	.293	.341	.537	.877
1946	33	TAM	AL	4	15	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.267	.421	.267	.688
1947	34	TAM	AL	7	26	4	7	1	0	2	6	0	0	7	4	.269	.424	.538	.963
1949	36	TAM	AL	11	42	4	9	0	1	0	4	0	0	4	3	.214	.277	.262	.539
Career Post-Season Batting				39	151	21	42	8	2	5	19	0	0	23	10	.278	.375	.457	.832

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

Batting Average 1937-2-.347 1938-1-.374 1939-4-.336 1940-3-.336 1941-6-.329 1942-3-.341 1943-4-.336 1945-1-.380 1946-1-.342 1947-3-.314 CAR-13-.326 On-Base Pct 1937-1-.440 1938-1-.466 1939-3-.405 1940-4-.406 1941-5-.405 1942-2-.427 1943-2-.419 1945-1-.456 1946-4-.417 1947-4-.408 CAR-8-.412 Slugging Pct 1936-4-.544* 1937-3-.587 1938-2-.617 1939-1-.602 1940-1-.582 1941-3-.599 1942-2-.628 1943-2-.610 1945-2-.637 1946-3-.548 1947-2-.533 CAR-8-.555 OPS 1936-6-.921* 1937-1-1.027 1938-1-1.083 1939-2-1.007 1940-1-.988 1941-3-1.004 1942-1-1.055 1943-2-1.029 1945-1-1.093 1946-2-.965 1947-2-.941 1949-9-.925 CAR-5-.967 XR 1937-2-123.9 1938-2-132.3 1939-2-115.4 1940-2-120.2 1941-3-121.2 1942-3-126.8 1943-1-135.5 1944-9-100.2 1945-1-149.9 1946-2-127.5 1947-2-123.1 1949-4-123.3 CAR-7-1816.2 Games 1938-4-156 1941-7-155 1942-2-158 1943-3-157 1947-5-155 1948-10-155 1949-3-157 CAR-33-2393 At-Bats 1943-8-595 1945-6-597 1946-7-602 1947-5-593 1949-7-592 CAR-34-8703 Runs 1937-4-109 1940-3-112 1941-7-104 1942-10-106 1943-1-132 1945-4-124 1946-3-122 1947-1-123 1949-10-114 CAR-16-1617 Hits 1937-9-188 1938-3-199 1939-7-183 1940-2-195 1941-8-187 1942-10-186 1943-2-200 1945-1-227 1946-1-206 1947-2-186 1949-4-189 CAR-10-2836 Total Bases 1937-3-318 1938-3-328 1939-2-328 1940-1-338 1941-2-341 1942-4-342 1943-1-363 1944-9-274 1945-1-380 1946-2-330 1947-2-316 1949-9-307 CAR-10-4831 Singles 1945-1-138 1946-4-133 CAR-33-1692 Doubles 1938-8-44 1939-2-51 1940-1-56 1941-1-51 1942-6-45 1943-4-43 1944-8-43 1945-2-53 1946-2-44 1947-9-34 1948-10-35 1949-4-44 CAR-4-668 Triples 1941-7-8 1943-4-9 1944-7-7 1945-3-8 1946-9-7 1947-1-9 1948-3-8 1949-2-10 1950-5-6 CAR-11-101 Homeruns 1936-5-23 1937-3-28 1938-4-25 1939-3-28 1940-6-25 1941-5-29 1942-4-33 1943-2-34 1945-4-28 1946-10-22 1947-5-26 CAR-45-375 RBIs 1939-8-98 1940-7-106 1941-7-105 1942-3-122 1943-1-132 1945-1-150 1946-5-110 1947-2-128 1949-9-119 CAR-12-1647 Walks 1937-4-91 1938-2-95 1941-8-76 1942-9-85 1943-7-89 1947-6-100 1948-5-118 1949-10-95 CAR-26-1312

Black Ink Test: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 274    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 69    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1936

Had first career hit (homerun) on 6/1/1936, off Garland Braxton (SDP)

Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Seattle (M) on 6/27/1936

Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1936, hitting .516 with 1 HR, 6 RBI

Drove in 6 runs against Seattle (M) on 7/29/1936

Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Minnesota on 8/6/1936

Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 9/12/1936

Won Bronze Rookie in 1936, hitting .348 with 23 HR, 86 RBI

Had 28-game hitting streak snapped on 8/6/1937

Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1937, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 10 RBI

Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 6/23/1938

Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1938, hitting .667 with 6 HR, 8 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1938, hitting .477 with 10 HR, 25 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1939, hitting .579 with 1 HR, 4 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1939, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 8 RBI

Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Boston (N) on 5/24/1939

Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1939, hitting .409 with 3 HR, 10 RBI

Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game

Injured on 7/11/1939 with a Bruised Heel, out for 1-2 weeks

2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,228,571 through salary arbitration

Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game

Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1940, hitting .381 with 4 HR, 10 RBI

Won Silver Slugger in 1940, hitting .336 with 25 HR, 106 RBI

2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,228,571 through salary arbitration

Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1941, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 7 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1941, hitting .609 with 3 HR, 7 RBI

Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game

Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1941, hitting .455 with 4 HR, 9 RBI

Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Tampa Bay on 9/26/1941

Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1941, hitting .550 with 3 HR, 8 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1941, hitting .394 with 9 HR, 27 RBI

2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,650,000 through salary arbitration

Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1942, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 11 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1942, hitting .389 with 6 HR, 25 RBI

Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game

Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1942, hitting .353 with 9 HR, 26 RBI

10/13/1942: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $10,000,000 per year, for 6 years

Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 5/9/1943

Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1943, hitting .609 with 2 HR, 11 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1943, hitting .396 with 11 HR, 31 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1943, hitting .407 with 3 HR, 6 RBI

Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game

Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1943, hitting .379 with 3 HR, 11 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1943, hitting .538 with 4 HR, 11 RBI

Won Silver Slugger in 1943, hitting .336 with 34 HR, 132 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1944, hitting .520 with 1 HR, 10 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1944, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 10 RBI

Traded from Cleveland to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1945 (Going to CLE: 1B Hal Trosky, 3B Frankie Crosetti, P Hi Bithorn. Going to TAM: 1B Johnny Mize)

Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1945, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 9 RBI

Drove in 7 runs against Boston (A) on 6/20/1945

Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game

Drove in 7 runs against St. Louis on 7/7/1945

Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1945, hitting .424 with 4 HR, 14 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1945, hitting .400 with 6 HR, 29 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1945, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 9 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1945, hitting .416 with 6 HR, 29 RBI

Won Silver Slugger in 1945, hitting .380 with 28 HR, 150 RBI

Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1945

Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game

Had 2000th career hit on 7/31/1946, off Ed Head (OAK)

Hit for the cycle against Boston (N) on 9/22/1946

Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1946, hitting .406 with 5 HR, 23 RBI

Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1946

Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game

Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1947, hitting .409 with 4 HR, 7 RBI

Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1947

10/1/1948: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $10,000,000 per year, for 3 years

Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1949, hitting .471 with 0 HR, 4 RBI

Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game

Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 10/4/1949

Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 2/3/1950 (Going to TAM: P Spec Shea. Going to BSN: 1B Johnny Mize)

Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1950, hitting .421 with 2 HR, 5 RBI

Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 4/11/1950

Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1950, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 4 RBI

Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game

Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1950

6/1/1951: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $1,140,000 per year, for 1 years

Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1952 (Going to TAM: C Johnny Pramesa, 1B Johnny Mize, 3B Ken Keltner. Going to BSN: P Bill Voiselle, P Early Wynn, SS Phil Rizzuto)

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