Mickey Vernon
1939–1960 · bats L / throws L · ALS, ASB, ASF, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Braves, MLS, Pittsburgh Pirates
2,409G
.286AVG
.359OBP
.428SLG
More career statistics
2,495H
172HR
1,311RBI
137SB
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 8,731 | 8,732 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 90 | 96 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 869 | 871 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 9,834 | 9,838 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,196 | 1,198 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,311 | 1,313 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 137 | 136 |
| Batting · Sacrifice flies | 19 | 22 |
| Batting · Walks | 955 | 958 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,409 | 9,834 | 8,731 | 1,196 | 2,495 | 490 | 120 | 172 | 1,311 | 955 | 869 | 137 | 90 | 49 | 19 | 3,741 | .286 | .359 | .428 | .787 |
Streaks
22longest hitting streak · 1946-04-30 to 1946-05-26
33longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1946-05-19 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 57 | Triple Play | 1954-09-22 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1954-05-23 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1189 | 4730 | 1202 | 57 | 602 | 472 | 404 | .287 | .354 | .416 |
| Away | 1220 | 5108 | 1293 | 115 | 711 | 486 | 467 | .284 | .348 | .440 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 159 | 632 | 149 | 15 | 104 | 69 | 52 | .269 | .345 | .434 |
| May | 415 | 1679 | 419 | 33 | 228 | 162 | 154 | .280 | .346 | .432 |
| June | 425 | 1798 | 473 | 32 | 226 | 169 | 183 | .296 | .357 | .440 |
| July | 488 | 2028 | 521 | 37 | 291 | 212 | 174 | .291 | .361 | .448 |
| August | 487 | 1999 | 499 | 33 | 254 | 180 | 168 | .280 | .340 | .403 |
| September | 428 | 1681 | 429 | 22 | 210 | 163 | 139 | .287 | .352 | .416 |
| October | 7 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .294 | .381 | .471 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 335 | 1410 | 382 | 30 | 217 | 144 | 123 | .307 | .373 | .451 |
| chicago-white-sox | 334 | 1364 | 334 | 19 | 147 | 101 | 117 | .268 | .319 | .390 |
| new-york-yankees | 334 | 1343 | 302 | 38 | 193 | 145 | 136 | .257 | .333 | .422 |
| cleveland-guardians | 296 | 1260 | 310 | 18 | 144 | 125 | 119 | .277 | .345 | .409 |
| boston-red-sox | 281 | 1169 | 294 | 12 | 144 | 95 | 97 | .277 | .333 | .382 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 265 | 1146 | 307 | 16 | 151 | 116 | 87 | .305 | .369 | .459 |
| st-louis-browns | 246 | 1099 | 304 | 19 | 163 | 127 | 94 | .316 | .392 | .479 |
| baltimore-orioles | 90 | 381 | 95 | 4 | 50 | 29 | 34 | .278 | .325 | .404 |
