MLB / Players

Johnny Mize

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 215 lb

BornJanuary 7, 1913 · Demorest, GA, USA

MLB debutApril 16, 1936

Final gameSeptember 26, 1953

Seasons15 (1936–1953)

St. Louis Cardinals 1936–1941; New York Giants 1942; New York Giants 1946–1949; New York Yankees 1949–1953

Percentile snapshot

1948 season — qualified batters

152

88.2

658

560

77.4

110

89.2

162

74.2

66.7

26.9

98.9

RBI

125

95.7

90.3

53.8

45.2

41.9

.289

54.8

OBP

.395

82.8

SLG

.564

96.8

OPS

.959

95.7

wRC+

155.6

93.5

OPS+

155.7

92.5

wOBA

.428

93.5

sWAR

5.5

92.5

of 94 qualified 1948 batters (min 480 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

158.3

99.1

OPS+

158.3

98.8

sWAR

63.4

99.5

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1936	126	469	414	76	136	30	8	19	93	50	32	1	0	.329	.402	.577	.979	160.5	161.9	.438	4.2
1937	145	621	560	103	204	40	7	25	113	56	57	2	0	.364	.427	.595	1.021	173.3	172.4	.457	6.6
1938	149	609	531	85	179	34	16	27	102	74	47	0	0	.337	.422	.614	1.036	178.0	175.8	.461	6.6
1939	153	670	564	104	197	44	14	28	108	92	49	0	0	.349	.444	.626	1.070	181.3	177.8	.476	7.6
1940	155	666	579	111	182	31	13	43	137	82	49	7	0	.314	.404	.636	1.039	177.8	177.6	.457	7.3
1941	126	547	473	67	150	39	8	16	100	70	45	4	0	.317	.406	.535	.941	160.5	158.6	.432	4.8
1942	142	607	541	97	165	25	7	26	110	60	39	3	0	.305	.380	.521	.901	163.4	162.4	.416	5.3
1946	101	445	377	70	127	18	3	22	70	62	26	3	0	.337	.437	.576	1.013	190.1	184.0	.466	5.4
1947	154	664	586	137	177	26	2	51	138	74	42	2	0	.302	.384	.614	.998	156.8	159.2	.438	5.7
1948	152	658	560	110	162	26	4	40	125	94	37	4	0	.289	.395	.564	.959	155.6	155.7	.428	5.5
1949	119	470	411	63	108	16	0	19	64	54	21	1	0	.263	.354	.440	.794	112.5	112.2	.363	1.4
1950	90	305	274	43	76	12	0	25	72	29	24	0	1	.277	.351	.595	.946	135.5	143.8	.416	1.8
1951	113	372	332	37	86	14	1	10	49	36	24	1	0	.259	.339	.398	.736	102.6	103.7	.345	0.6
1952	78	150	137	9	36	9	0	4	29	11	15	0	0	.263	.327	.416	.743	110.4	113.6	.344	0.4
1953	81	118	104	6	26	3	0	4	27	12	17	0	0	.250	.339	.394	.733	102.7	102.7	.342	0.3

Career totals

1,884

344th-most career G

7,371

387th-most career PA

6,443

410th-most career AB

1,118

255th-most career R

2,011

289th-most career H

367

272nd-most career 2B

261st-most career 3B

359

93rd-most career HR

RBI

1,337

94th-most career RBI

856

212th-most career BB

524

.3121

98th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3971

79th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.5620

20th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.9591

22nd-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1939-07-03	STL @ CHC Gameday	4	3	4	1	1	2	3	13
1940-09-08	PIT @ STL Gameday	5	4	3	0	0	3	6	12
1950-09-15	NYY @ DET Gameday	4	3	3	0	0	3	6	12
1938-07-13	ATL @ STL Gameday	4	3	3	0	0	3	5	12
1938-07-20	SF @ STL Gameday	4	3	3	0	0	3	5	12

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1936-04-14	CHC @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936-04-15	CHC @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936-04-16	CHC @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936-04-19	STL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936-04-20	CIN @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1981 (Veterans)

10× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.