Vinegar Bend Mizell
1952–1962 · bats R / throws L · NLS, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
268G
.111AVG
.149OBP
.144SLG
More career statistics
57H
1HR
30RBI
0SB
90–88W–L
1,528.2IP
918K
3.85ERA
230GS
1Rare feat
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 · Plate appearances | 570 | 569 |
| Batting · Walks | 20 | 19 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,606 | 6,598 |
| Pitching · p er | 654 | 652 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,434 | 1,435 |
| Pitching · p k | 918 | 919 |
| Pitching · p w | 680 | 682 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 268 | 570 | 513 | 28 | 57 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 196 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 74 | .111 | .149 | .144 | .293 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,528.7 | 268 | 230 | 61 | 90 | 88 | 0 | 1,434 | 725 | 654 | 143 | 680 | 918 | 0 | 0 | 3.85 | 1.383 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1959-06-20 to 1959-07-10
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1953-09-11 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1959-08-02 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1957-07-05 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 142 | 291 | 29 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 99 | .110 | .141 | .152 |
| Away | 126 | 278 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 97 | .112 | .126 | .137 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 24 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 24 | .105 | .125 | .123 |
| May | 51 | 119 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 37 | .155 | .160 | .218 |
| June | 54 | 103 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 40 | .090 | .117 | .090 |
| July | 52 | 87 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 32 | .101 | .115 | .165 |
| August | 46 | 102 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 41 | .085 | .118 | .096 |
| September | 40 | 92 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 22 | .122 | .163 | .159 |
| October | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 45 | 108 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 28 | .083 | .102 | .115 |
| chicago-cubs | 43 | 103 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 29 | .148 | .165 | .216 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 42 | 95 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 36 | .123 | .168 | .173 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 32 | 79 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 35 | .125 | .165 | .139 |
| san-francisco-giants | 28 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .167 | .170 | .167 |
| milwaukee-braves | 25 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .156 | .156 | .188 |
| new-york-giants | 20 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | .036 | .036 | .071 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 68 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .044 | 190 | 147 |
| 1953 | St. Louis Cardinals | 33 | 83 | 7 | 1 | 8 | – | .084 | 224 | 173 |
| 1956 | St. Louis Cardinals | 33 | 75 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .107 | 208 | 153 |
| 1957 | St. Louis Cardinals | 33 | 45 | 4 | – | 3 | – | .089 | 149 | 87 |
| 1958 | St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 61 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .115 | 189 | 80 |
| 1959 | St. Louis Cardinals | 31 | 75 | 14 | – | 7 | – | .187 | 201 | 108 |
| 1960 | Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals | 32 | 69 | 9 | – | 5 | – | .130 | 211 | 113 |
| 1961 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 25 | 23 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .130 | 100 | 37 |
| 1962 | New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates | 21 | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | .143 | 54 | 21 |