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Vinegar Bend Mizell

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Full Name: Wilmer David Mizell Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3.5"/205 First Game: April 22, 1952
Birthdate: August 13, 1930 Final Game: July 25, 1962
Birthplace: Leakesville, Mississippi MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: February 21, 1999
Deathplace: Kerrville, Texas
Bat/Throw: Right/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Born on August 13, 1930 in Leakesville, Mississippi, Vinegar Bend Mizell (Wilmer David Mizell) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets over the course of his 9 year career. Mizell broke into the bigs on April 22, 1952 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.65 ERA in 190 innings pitched in 1952, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Vinegar Bend Mizell's best season was 1953, when he posted a 3.49 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 173 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1952 STL N 30 30 10 8 3.65 146 89 77 7 2 0 190 171 12 103 0 1 1
1953 STL N 33 33 13 11 3.49 173 93 87 10 1 0 224.1 193 12 114 0 4 4
1956 STL N 33 33 14 14 3.62 153 93 84 11 3 0 208.2 172 20 92 5 4 7
1957 STL N 33 21 8 10 3.74 87 69 62 7 2 0 149.1 136 18 51 4 1 1
1958 STL N 30 29 10 14 3.42 80 81 72 8 2 0 189.2 178 17 91 9 1 2
1959 STL N 31 30 13 10 4.20 108 104 94 8 1 0 201.1 196 21 89 7 2 8
1960 STL N 9 9 1 3 4.55 42 31 28 0 0 0 55.1 64 7 28 4 2 0
1960 PIT N 23 23 13 5 3.12 71 59 54 8 3 0 155.2 141 7 46 6 1 3
1960 TOT N 32 32 14 8 3.50 113 90 82 8 3 0 211 205 14 74 10 3 3
1961 PIT N 25 17 7 10 5.04 37 61 56 2 1 0 100 120 16 31 8 0 0
1962 PIT N 4 3 1 1 4.96 6 10 9 0 0 0 16.1 15 3 10 0 0 1
1962 NY N 17 2 0 2 7.34 15 35 31 0 0 0 38 48 10 25 0 3 1
1962 TOT N 21 5 1 3 6.63 21 45 40 0 0 0 54.1 63 13 35 0 3 2
Total 268 230 90 88 3.85 918 725 654 61 15 0 1528.2 1434 143 680 43 19 28

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1952 STL N P 30 0 0 7 25 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1953 STL N P 33 0 0 13 35 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .873
1956 STL N P 33 0 0 19 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1957 STL N P 33 21 149.1 8 29 0 3 0 1 7 4 2 1.000
1958 STL N P 30 29 189.2 6 31 3 3 0 2 24 7 3 .925
1959 STL N P 31 30 201.1 9 23 3 1 0 1 4 6 4 .914
1960 STL N P 9 9 55.1 2 11 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1.000
1960 PIT N P 23 23 155.2 7 17 0 1 0 0 4 6 2 1.000
1960 TOT N P 32 32 211 9 28 0 1 0 1 5 7 4 1.000
1961 PIT N P 25 17 100 6 7 2 1 0 1 5 5 2 .867
1962 PIT N P 4 3 16.1 1 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1.000
1962 NY N P 17 2 38 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1.000
1962 TOT N P 21 5 54.1 2 9 0 0 0 2 3 2 2 1.000
Total P 268 134 905.2 79 217 21 14 0 8 48 31 17 .934

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1952 STL N 30 68 2 3 0 1 .044 .044 .088 1 1 0 31 0 4 0 0 2
1953 STL N 33 83 4 7 1 8 .084 .116 .157 1 1 3 42 0 3 0 0 0
1956 STL N 33 75 5 8 0 4 .107 .162 .120 1 0 4 16 1 5 0 0 4
1957 STL N 33 45 1 4 0 3 .089 .146 .133 2 0 3 17 0 1 0 0 1
1958 STL N 30 61 3 7 0 1 .115 .129 .131 1 0 1 25 0 5 0 0 1
1959 STL N 31 75 7 14 0 7 .187 .218 .227 1 1 3 29 0 5 0 0 0
1960 STL N 9 18 1 2 0 2 .111 .158 .167 1 0 1 10 0 1 0 0 0
1960 PIT N 23 51 2 7 0 3 .137 .200 .137 0 0 2 14 2 4 0 0 2
1960 TOT N 32 69 3 9 0 5 .130 .189 .145 1 0 3 24 2 5 0 0 2
1961 PIT N 25 23 1 3 0 1 .130 .192 .130 0 0 2 9 0 5 0 0 0
1962 PIT N 4 6 1 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 NY N 17 8 1 2 0 0 .250 .250 .250 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1962 TOT N 21 14 2 2 0 0 .143 .200 .143 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Total 268 513 28 57 1 30 .111 .149 .144 8 3 20 196 3 33 0 0 10

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1949).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Dick Gray to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Julian Javier and Ed Bauta (May 28, 1960).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to New York Mets in exchange for Jim Marshall (May 7, 1962).
  • Released by New York Mets (August 4, 1962).

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