Mickey Vernon stats
Last played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1960
Bio
- Debut
- 1939
Bio
- Debut
- 1939
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 2,409
- AB
- 8,731
- R
- 1,196
- H
- 2,495
- HR
- 172
- RBI
- 1,311
- SB
- 137
- AVG
- .286
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | MIN | 76 | 276 | 23 | 71 | 1 | 30 | 1 | .257 |
| 1940 | MIN | 5 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 |
| 1941 | MIN | 138 | 531 | 73 | 159 | 9 | 93 | 9 | .299 |
| 1942 | MIN | 151 | 621 | 76 | 168 | 9 | 86 | 25 | .271 |
| 1943 | MIN | 145 | 553 | 89 | 148 | 7 | 70 | 24 | .268 |
| 1946 | MIN | 148 | 587 | 88 | 207 | 8 | 85 | 14 | .353 |
| 1947 | MIN | 154 | 600 | 77 | 159 | 7 | 85 | 12 | .265 |
| 1948 | MIN | 150 | 558 | 78 | 135 | 3 | 48 | 15 | .242 |
| 1949 | CLE | 153 | 584 | 72 | 170 | 18 | 83 | 9 | .291 |
| 1950 |  CLE/MIN | 118 | 417 | 55 | 117 | 9 | 75 | 8 | .281 |
| 1951 | MIN | 141 | 546 | 69 | 160 | 9 | 87 | 7 | .293 |
| 1952 | MIN | 154 | 569 | 71 | 143 | 10 | 80 | 7 | .251 |
| 1953 | MIN | 152 | 608 | 101 | 205 | 15 | 115 | 4 | .337 |
| 1954 | MIN | 151 | 597 | 90 | 173 | 20 | 97 | 1 | .290 |
| 1955 | MIN | 150 | 538 | 74 | 162 | 14 | 85 | 0 | .301 |
| 1956 | BOS | 119 | 403 | 67 | 125 | 15 | 84 | 1 | .310 |
| 1957 | BOS | 102 | 270 | 36 | 65 | 7 | 38 | 0 | .241 |
| 1958 | CLE | 119 | 355 | 49 | 104 | 8 | 55 | 0 | .293 |
| 1959 | ATL | 74 | 91 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 0 | .220 |
| 1960 | PIT | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 9,834
- TB
- 3,741
- XBH
- 782
- HBP
- 49
- IBB
- 22
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | MIN | 309 | 97 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | MIN | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | MIN | 581 | 235 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | MIN | 685 | 241 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | MIN | 638 | 214 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | MIN | 638 | 298 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | MIN | 652 | 233 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | MIN | 619 | 185 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | CLE | 659 | 259 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | CLE/MIN | 489 | 167 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | MIN | 602 | 231 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | MIN | 663 | 224 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | MIN | 679 | 315 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | MIN | 673 | 294 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | MIN | 627 | 243 | 45 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | BOS | 471 | 206 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | BOS | 318 | 106 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | CLE | 404 | 156 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATL | 99 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | PIT | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 30.1
- RC
- 1409.1
- RC/27
- 5.90
- ISOP
- .143
- SECA
- .257
- BB/K
- 1.10
- AB/HR
- 50.8
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | MIN | -0.5 | 32.8 | 4.1 | .094 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 276 | 0 |
| 1940 | MIN | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | MIN | 1.2 | 85.7 | 6.1 | .143 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 59 | 0 |
| 1942 | MIN | 0.2 | 88.7 | 5.2 | .118 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 69 | 0 |
| 1943 | MIN | 1.9 | 85.2 | 5.5 | .119 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 79 | 0 |
| 1946 | MIN | 5.2 | 116.9 | 8.1 | .155 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 73.4 | 0 |
| 1947 | MIN | -0.2 | 76.3 | 4.5 | .123 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 85.7 | 0 |
| 1948 | MIN | -1.0 | 60.8 | 3.7 | .090 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 186 | 0 |
| 1949 | CLE | 3.5 | 95.7 | 5.9 | .152 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 32.4 | 0 |
| 1950 | CLE/MIN | 1.7 | 70.7 | 6.2 | .120 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 46.3 | 0 |
| 1951 | MIN | 1.8 | 85.5 | 5.9 | .130 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 60.7 | 0 |
| 1952 | MIN | 1.9 | 85.5 | 5.3 | .142 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 56.9 | 0 |
| 1953 | MIN | 5.1 | 124.8 | 8.2 | .181 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 40.5 | 0 |
| 1954 | MIN | 3.4 | 107.3 | 6.6 | .203 | 0.3 | 1 | 29.9 | 0 |
| 1955 | MIN | 2.1 | 98.2 | 6.8 | .151 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 38.4 | 0 |
| 1956 | BOS | 2.2 | 85.7 | 8.2 | .201 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 26.9 | 0 |
| 1957 | BOS | 0.8 | 41.2 | 5.4 | .152 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 38.6 | 0 |
| 1958 | CLE | 1.0 | 59.8 | 6.3 | .146 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 44.4 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATL | 0.1 | 9.7 | 3.7 | .143 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 30.3 | 0 |
| 1960 | PIT | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Mickey Vernon's career stats?
Mickey Vernon played 20 seasons for the Twins, the Guardians, the Red Sox, the Braves and the Pirates. He was a career .286 hitter with 2,495 hits, 172 home runs and 1,311 RBI. His best season was 1946: a .353 batting average, 8 home runs and 85 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
20 seasons, 1939 to 1960
Championships
- 1960 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates
All-time career rank
- 102nd in hits (2,495)
- 94th in rbi (1,311)
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.