Johnny Mize

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Johnny Mize
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First baseman
Born: January 7th, 1913
Demorest , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Died on: June 2, 1993
Demorest , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Suggested: Left Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
April 16,  1936  with the  St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB assignment
September 26,  1953  with the  New York Yankees
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Batting average    , 312
Home runs    359
Runs Batted In    1,337
Teams

Awards

  • 10 × All-Star (1937, 1939–1942, 1946–1949, 1953)
  • 5 × World Series winner (1949–1953)
  • Best batsman in the NL (1939)
  • 4 × batsman with the most home runs in the NL (1939, 1940, 1947, 1948)
  • 3 × batsman with the most RBI in the NL (1940, 1942, 1947)
  • Member of the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame
member of
☆☆☆Baseball Hall of Fame☆☆☆
Recorded     1981
Special selection    Veterans Committee

John Robert "Johnny" Mize (born January 7, 1913 in Demorest , Georgia , † June 2, 1993 ibid) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball . His nickname was The Big Cat .

biography

A successful operation in 1935, during which an excess leg was removed, made Mize's career possible. In 1936 he started as first baseman with the St. Louis Cardinals with an excellent batting average of 32.9%. Between 1937 and 1941, he always scored over 100 RBIs. In 1939 and 1940 he led the National League in home runs . After the 1941 season he moved to the New York Giants . After his first season with the Giants, he spent three years in the US Navy . He returned to the baseball fields in 1946 and fought hard for three years with Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates for the home run title. In 1946 he was one point behind Kiner with a broken toe. In 1947 and 1948 the two shared the title with 51 and 40 home runs respectively.

During the 1949 season, Mize moved to the New York Yankees , with whom he should win the World Series five times from 1949 to the end of his career in 1953 . With the Yankees he played partially on first base and was used as an excellent substitute hitter. In 1952 he was named MVP of the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers . In that series, he scored three home runs and had a batting average of 40%.

In 1981 Johnny Mize was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame .

His stations as a player

Web links

Babe Ruth Award

1949  Page  | 1950  Coleman  | 1951  Rizzuto  | 1952  Mize  | 1953  Martin  | 1954  Rhodes  | 1955  Podres  | 1956  Larsen  | 1957  Brudette  | 1958  Howard  | 1959  sherry  | 1960  Mazeroski  | 1961  Ford  | 1962  Terry  | 1963  Koufax  | 1964  Gibson  | 1965  Koufax  | 1966  F. Robinson  | 1967  Brock  | 1968  Lolich  | 1969  Weis  | 1970  B. Robinson  | 1971  Clemente  | 1972  Tenace  | 1973  Campaneris  | 1974  Green  | 1975  Trant  | 1976  Bench  | 1977  Jackson  | 1978  Dent  | 1979  Stargell  | 1980  McGraw  | 1981  Cey  | 1982  Sutter  | 1983  Dempsey  | 1984  Morris  | 1985  Saberhagen  | 1986  Knight  | 1987  viola  | 1988  Hershiser  | 1989  Stewart  | 1990  Hatcher  | 1991  Morris  | 1992  Winfield  | 1993  Molitor  | 1994  No award  | 1995  Glavine  | 1996  Fielder  | 1997  Alou  | 1998  Brosius  | 1999  Rivera  | 2000  Jeter  | 2001  Johnson & Schilling  | 2002  Glaus  | 2003  Beckett  | 2004  Foulke  | 2005  Dye  | 2006  Eckstein  | 2007  Papelbon  | 2008  Hamels  | 2009  Rodríguez  | 2010  Lincecum  | 2011  Freese  | 2012  Sandoval  | 2013  Ortiz  | 2014  Bumgarner  | 2015  Davis  | 2016  Lester  | 2017  Altuve & Verlander  | 2018  Price  | 2019  Soto & Strasburg

personal data
SURNAME Mize, Johnny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mize, John Robert; The Big Cat (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Demorest , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH 2nd June 1993
Place of death Demorest , Georgia