Mickey Vernon

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 170 lb

BornApril 22, 1918 · Marcus Hook, PA, USA

MLB debutJuly 8, 1939

Final gameSeptember 27, 1960

Seasons20 (1939–1960)

Washington Senators 1939–1943; Washington Senators 1946–1948; Cleveland Indians 1949–1950; Washington Senators 1950–1955; Boston Red Sox 1956–1957; Cleveland Indians 1958; Milwaukee Braves 1959; Pittsburgh Pirates 1960

Percentile snapshot

1955 season — qualified batters

150

72.8

627

64.2

538

59.3

46.9

162

70.4

53.1

46.9

RBI

75.3

74.1

60.5

28.4

.301

76.5

OBP

.384

82.7

SLG

.452

65.4

OPS

.835

71.6

wRC+

124.6

74.1

OPS+

125.3

75.3

wOBA

.382

74.1

sWAR

2.7

55.6

of 82 qualified 1955 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

114.3

70.3

OPS+

115.3

72.1

sWAR

30.8

96.7

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
1939	76	309	276	23	71	15	4	1	30	24	28	1	1	.257	.317	.351	.668	70.5	71.2	.311	-0.7
1940	5	19	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.158	.158	.158	.316	-25.5	-15.4	.144	-0.3
1941	138	581	531	73	159	27	11	9	93	43	51	9	3	.299	.352	.443	.794	107.2	109.1	.363	1.3
1942	151	685	621	76	168	34	6	9	86	59	63	25	6	.271	.337	.388	.725	101.9	103.0	.343	1.1
1943	145	638	553	89	148	29	8	7	70	67	55	24	8	.268	.357	.387	.744	122.1	119.7	.359	2.4
1946	148	638	587	88	207	51	8	8	85	49	64	14	10	.353	.403	.508	.910	161.5	159.3	.418	5.5
1947	154	652	600	77	159	29	12	7	85	49	42	12	12	.265	.320	.388	.709	94.1	97.6	.332	0.3
1948	150	619	558	78	135	27	7	3	48	54	43	15	11	.242	.310	.332	.641	68.9	71.6	.308	-1.6
1949	153	659	584	72	170	27	4	18	83	58	51	9	7	.291	.357	.443	.801	112.4	116.0	.375	1.8
1950	118	489	417	55	117	17	3	9	75	62	39	8	1	.281	.379	.400	.779	104.9	102.9	.368	1.0
1951	141	602	546	69	160	30	7	9	87	53	45	7	6	.293	.358	.423	.781	111.0	112.0	.363	1.7
1952	154	663	569	71	143	33	9	10	80	89	66	7	7	.251	.353	.394	.746	112.8	111.1	.353	1.8
1953	152	679	608	101	205	43	11	15	115	63	57	4	6	.337	.403	.518	.921	151.5	150.6	.418	5.2
1954	151	673	597	90	173	33	14	20	97	61	61	1	4	.290	.357	.492	.850	135.3	136.7	.385	3.8
1955	150	627	538	74	162	23	8	14	85	74	50	0	4	.301	.384	.452	.835	124.6	125.3	.382	2.7
1956	119	471	403	67	125	28	4	15	84	57	40	1	0	.310	.403	.511	.914	131.5	129.9	.412	2.5
1957	102	318	270	36	65	18	1	7	38	41	35	0	0	.241	.350	.393	.743	102.1	98.2	.346	0.5
1958	119	404	355	49	104	22	3	8	55	44	56	0	4	.293	.372	.439	.812	128.1	125.4	.368	1.9
1959	74	99	91	8	20	4	0	3	14	7	20	0	0	.220	.283	.363	.645	76.3	78.5	.289	-0.1
1960	9	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	-47.5	-1.2	.114	-0.1

Career totals

2,409

84th-most career G

9,834

95th-most career PA

8,731

93rd-most career AB

1,196

189th-most career R

2,495

102nd-most career H

490

74th-most career 2B

120

100th-most career 3B

172

493rd-most career HR

RBI

1,311

107th-most career RBI

955

147th-most career BB

869

137

.2858

OBP

.3587

SLG

.4285

OPS

.7872

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	BB	TB
1954-05-23	ATH @ MIN Gameday	5	1	4	3	0	1	2	0	10
1946-05-19	MIN @ CWS Gameday	5	4	4	1	1	1	1	0	10
1954-06-18	MIN @ BAL Gameday	7	2	5	1	0	1	3	0	9
1949-07-30	CLE @ BOS Gameday	4	2	4	2	0	1	3	1	9
1948-09-04	MIN @ NYY Gameday	5	3	4	2	0	1	2	0	9

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1939-04-20	MIN @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1939-04-21	NYY @ MIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1939-04-22	NYY @ MIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1939-04-23	NYY @ MIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1939-04-24	MIN @ BOS 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

7× 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.