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Mickey
Vernon		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 185
 
Born: April 22, 1918 in Usa, PA, MARCUS HOOK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1947   
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
1939 21 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 9 8
1940 22 MON NL     8 8 7 4 4 4 8 9 9 5 6 6 8 9 9
1941 23 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 9 10 9 5 6 6 9 9 9
1942 24 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 9 9 5 6 6 9 9 9
1943 25 MON NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 8 9 9 5 6 6 9 9 9
1944 26 MON NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 8 9 9 5 6 6 9 9 9
1945 27 MON NL $ 2,635,714   9 9 8 3 4 3 8 9 9 5 6 6 9 9 9
1946 28 MON NL $ 3,564,286   8 8 7 3 3 3 8 9 9 5 6 6 8 8 8
1947 29 MON NL $ 3,564,286   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 9 8 5 6 5 7 8 8
1948 30 MON NL $ 2,190,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 7 9 8 4 5 5 7 8 7
1949 31 BRK NL $ 2,190,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 5 6 7 7
1950 32 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 5 5 5 5
1951 33 MIN AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 8 7 4 5 5 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 8 7 4 5 5 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,564,286   9 9 8 4 4 4 9 10 9 5 6 6 9 9 9
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
1939 21 MON NL 7 19 3 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 .263 .375 .316 .691 2.5 0.2
    AAA   137 551 96 173 31 4 20 92 24 5 72 33 .314 .393 .494 .887 105.2  
1940 22 AAA   137 562 106 187 40 10 14 96 15 10 79 47 .333 .415 .514 .929 111.2  
1941 23 MON NL 144 481 77 128 22 7 5 61 0 1 46 26 .266 .331 .372 .703 56.4 7.9
1942 24 MON NL 138 497 82 165 34 2 17 118 2 2 38 16 .332 .378 .511 .890 84.4 18.0
1943 25 MON NL 117 380 66 115 24 6 9 74 6 1 42 19 .303 .370 .468 .838 60.8 12.2
    AAA   2 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.0  
1944 26 MON NL 123 342 50 110 21 6 4 70 3 2 40 21 .322 .391 .453 .844 55.9 11.5
1945 27 MON NL 140 417 66 133 30 6 12 61 10 3 48 31 .319 .389 .506 .895 76.4 15.2
1946 28 MON NL 144 405 69 120 25 4 5 48 7 3 45 23 .296 .367 .415 .782 59.4 14.3
1947 29 MON NL 154 508 73 154 36 6 10 79 13 3 55 43 .303 .371 .457 .828 81.1 14.5
1948 30 MON NL 88 123 14 33 5 0 3 23 2 2 13 5 .268 .336 .382 .718 14.1 1.5
1949 31 BRK NL 76 263 32 64 15 3 3 30 0 0 33 27 .243 .330 .357 .687 31.4 3.6
1950 32 BRK NL 88 261 37 71 15 1 5 33 0 0 33 34 .272 .355 .395 .749 34.3 4.6
1951 33 MIN AL 52 73 14 18 5 2 2 8 0 0 10 9 .247 .333 .452 .785 11.1 1.3
    AAA   54 217 27 56 8 6 7 29 2 2 20 38 .258 .321 .447 .768 30.6  
12 Years Sim 1271 3769 583 1116 233 43 75 609 43 17 407 254 .296 .364 .440 .805 567.7 104.8
4 Years AAA 330 1339 232 418 79 20 41 217 41 18 171 120 .312 .391 .493 .884 247.1  
162 Game Average 480 74 142 29 5 9 77 5 2 51 32 .296 .364 .440 .805 72.4  
Career Highs 154 508 82 165 36 7 17 118 13 3 55 43 .332 .391 .511 .895 84.4  
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   3049 485 936 196 35 65 520 36 12 337 185 .307 .375 .458 .833 505.5
vs LH   720 98 180 37 8 10 89 7 5 70 69 .250 .317 .365 .682 83.5
Home 629 1824 288 537 114 24 32 308 24 5 191 132 .294 .360 .436 .796 280.7
Away 642 1945 295 579 119 19 43 301 19 12 216 122 .298 .368 .445 .812 308.2
RISP   1029 0 321 75 13 16 483 0 0 132 62 .312 .384 .457 .840 176.0
Pinch Hitting   318 54 107 19 4 4 65 2 1 40 24 .336 .406 .459 .865 57.0
Close/Late   498 81 152 28 4 7 79 0 0 60 35 .305 .378 .420 .798 78.1
Mar/Apr 218 702 102 176 38 9 15 93 6 1 67 56 .251 .315 .395 .710 88.4
May 227 671 108 188 34 11 13 110 10 2 79 42 .280 .356 .422 .778 101.3
June 247 699 108 220 56 6 11 113 6 3 82 51 .315 .384 .459 .844 117.9
July 194 568 85 178 35 6 9 86 9 2 47 35 .313 .368 .444 .811 87.9
August 205 636 101 203 48 7 16 125 7 6 63 32 .319 .380 .492 .872 110.1
Sep/Oct 180 493 79 151 22 4 11 82 5 3 69 38 .306 .390 .434 .824 83.4
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
1939 21 MON NL 1B 6 5 44.0 45 7 0 3 1.000 10.64   0.1
1941 23 MON NL 1B 126 112 1006.3 1242 106 22 136 .984 12.06   1.7
    LF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    RF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
1942 24 MON NL 1B 120 119 1038.3 1301 113 16 114 .989 12.26   3.3
    RF 6 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1943 25 MON NL 1B 94 94 820.0 1012 78 7 90 .994 11.96   3.0
    LF 14 0 24.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.48   0.0
    RF 4 0 5.3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.69    
1944 26 MON NL 1B 88 74 674.7 871 64 6 73 .994 12.47   1.4
    LF 12 0 23.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.39   0.0
    RF 6 0 14.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64    
1945 27 MON NL 1B 90 77 707.0 923 73 6 81 .994 12.68   1.7
    RF 15 8 84.3 17 0 1 0 .944 1.81   0.4
    LF 22 6 81.7 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.53    
1946 28 MON NL 1B 97 80 725.0 862 66 3 88 .997 11.52   1.5
    RF 13 5 70.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.2
    LF 19 0 32.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.03    
1947 29 MON NL 1B 133 126 1111.3 1427 106 8 135 .995 12.41   3.0
    LF 9 1 24.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.1
    RF 5 0 12.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.84    
1948 30 MON NL 1B 21 14 137.0 165 15 0 20 1.000 11.82   0.4
    RF 5 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00    
1949 31 BRK NL RF 71 70 608.7 113 2 3 1 .975 1.70   0.8
    CF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1950 32 BRK NL RF 75 67 570.0 104 2 2 1 .981 1.67   0.7
    1B 1 0 4.0 2 0 1 0 .667 4.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1951 33 MIN AL 1B 15 12 108.0 141 8 2 20 .987 12.42   0.2
    CF 7 0 17.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.1
    RF 2 0 4.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  1B 791 713 6375.7 7991 636 71 760 .992 12.18   16.3
  RF 204 150 1394.0 261 4 7 2 .974 1.71   2.1
  LF 87 7 202.6 50 1 0 0 1.000 2.27   0.1
  CF 11 0 24.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.22   0.1
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1095 870 7998.6 8309 641 78 762 .991 10.07   18.7
Career Highs   147 127 1148.0 1435 113 22 136 1.000 12.13    
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
1941 23 MON NL 3 9 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .333 .455 .333 .788
Career Post-Season Batting 3 9 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .333 .455 .333 .788
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
1942-3-.332
1945-8-.299*
 Slugging Pct
1942-4-.511
1945-10-.474*
 OPS
1942-6-.890
1945-10-.841*
 Games
1947-9-154
 Total Bases
1942-8-254
 Doubles
1942-5-34
1947-6-36
Triples
1941-10-7
1943-7-6
1944-9-6
1945-8-6
1947-4-6
 RBIs
1942-2-118
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Montreal in 1939
Had first career hit on 9/23/1939, off Nate Andrews (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/21/1941, off Cy Blanton (MIN)
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,635,714 through salary arbitration
Hit for the cycle against New York (N) on 9/2/1945
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,564,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,564,286 through salary arbitration
Hit for the cycle against Pittsburgh on 8/16/1947
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1947, hitting .368 with 4 HR, 23 RBI
10/3/1947: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $2,190,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1947
Traded from Montreal to Detroit on 2/1/1949 (Going to MON: LF Hank Sauer. Going to DET: 1B Mickey Vernon, CF Cliff Mapes)
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 3/3/1949 (Going to SDP: P Allie Reynolds, P Preacher Roe, 3B Hank Majeski, 1B Mickey Vernon. Going to DET: 3B Ellis Clary, P Walt Masterson, SS Merl Combs)
Traded from San Diego to Brooklyn on 3/3/1949 (Going to SDP: 3B Whitey Kurowski. Going to BRK: 1B Mickey Vernon, P Allie Reynolds, 3B Hank Majeski)
Injured on 6/27/1949 with a Ruptured Medial Collateral Ligament, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/19/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Injured on 8/9/1950 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 4/2/1951 to a minor league deal
 
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