Mickey Vernon career batting average
.286Career Regular Season
Mickey Vernon has a career batting average of .286 over 20 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .353 in 1946.
- Most recent: .125 in 1960.
Average of 20 regular seasons, 1939 through 1960. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  MIN | 76 | 276 | 23 | 71 | 1 | 30 | 1 | .257 | .317 | .351 | .668 |
| 1940 | MIN | 5 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 |
| 1941 | MIN | 138 | 531 | 73 | 159 | 9 | 93 | 9 | .299 | .352 | .443 | .794 |
| 1942 | MIN | 151 | 621 | 76 | 168 | 9 | 86 | 25 | .271 | .337 | .388 | .725 |
| 1943 | MIN | 145 | 553 | 89 | 148 | 7 | 70 | 24 | .268 | .357 | .387 | .744 |
| 1946 | MIN | 148 | 587 | 88 | 207 | 8 | 85 | 14 | .353 | .403 | .508 | .910 |
| 1947 | MIN | 154 | 600 | 77 | 159 | 7 | 85 | 12 | .265 | .320 | .388 | .709 |
| 1948 | MIN | 150 | 558 | 78 | 135 | 3 | 48 | 15 | .242 | .310 | .332 | .641 |
| 1949 |  CLE | 153 | 584 | 72 | 170 | 18 | 83 | 9 | .291 | .357 | .443 | .801 |
| 1950 | CLE/MIN | 118 | 417 | 55 | 117 | 9 | 75 | 8 | .281 | .379 | .400 | .779 |
| 1951 | MIN | 141 | 546 | 69 | 160 | 9 | 87 | 7 | .293 | .358 | .423 | .781 |
| 1952 | MIN | 154 | 569 | 71 | 143 | 10 | 80 | 7 | .251 | .353 | .394 | .746 |
| 1953 | MIN | 152 | 608 | 101 | 205 | 15 | 115 | 4 | .337 | .403 | .518 | .921 |
| 1954 | MIN | 151 | 597 | 90 | 173 | 20 | 97 | 1 | .290 | .357 | .492 | .850 |
| 1955 | MIN | 150 | 538 | 74 | 162 | 14 | 85 | 0 | .301 | .384 | .452 | .835 |
| 1956 |  BOS | 119 | 403 | 67 | 125 | 15 | 84 | 1 | .310 | .403 | .511 | .914 |
| 1957 | BOS | 102 | 270 | 36 | 65 | 7 | 38 | 0 | .241 | .350 | .393 | .743 |
| 1958 | CLE | 119 | 355 | 49 | 104 | 8 | 55 | 0 | .293 | .372 | .439 | .812 |
| 1959 |  ATL | 74 | 91 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 0 | .220 | .283 | .363 | .645 |
| 1960 |  PIT | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS