Vinegar Bend Mizell
Vinegar Bend Mizell
Full name: Wilmer David Mizell
Born: August 13, 1930, Leakesville, Mississippi
Died February 21, 1999, Kerrville, Texas
Buried at Faith Missionary Alliance Church Cemetery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
First Game: April 22, 1952; Final Game: July 25, 1962
Bat: Right Throw: Left Height: 6' 3.5" Weight: 205
Vinegar Bend Mizell
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1952 STL N 30 68 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 31 0 4 2 0 0 .044 .044 .088 0.0 1952 STL N
1953 STL N 33 83 4 7 1 1 1 8 3 42 0 3 0 0 0 .084 .116 .157 0.0 1953 STL N
1956 STL N 33 75 5 8 1 0 0 4 4 0 16 1 5 0 4 0 0 .107 .162 .120 0.0 1956 STL N
1957 STL N 33 45 1 4 2 0 0 3 3 0 17 0 1 0 1 0 0 .089 .146 .133 0.0 1957 STL N
1958 STL N 30 61 3 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 25 0 5 0 1 0 0 .115 .129 .131 0.0 1958 STL N
1959 STL N 31 75 7 14 1 1 0 7 3 0 29 0 5 0 0 0 1 .187 .218 .227 0.0 1959 STL N
1960 STL N Daily Splits 9 18 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .158 .167 0.0 1960 STL N
1960 PIT N Daily Splits 23 51 2 7 0 0 0 3 2 0 14 2 4 0 0 1i 2 0 0 .137 .200 .137 0.0 1960 PIT N
1960 TOT N 32 69 3 9 1 0 0 5 3 0 24 2 5 0 0 1i 2 0 0 .130 .189 .145 0.0 1960 TOT N
1961 PIT N Daily Splits 25 23 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 9 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .130 .192 .130 0.0 1961 PIT N
1962 PIT N Daily Splits 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 0.0 1962 PIT N
1962 NY N Daily Splits 17 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 0.0 1962 NY N
1962 TOT N 21 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .200 .143 0.0 1962 TOT N
Total Splits 268 513 28 57 8 3 1 30 20 0i 196 3 33 1i 0i 1i 10 0 1 .111 .149 .144 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1960 PIT N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1960 PIT N
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1952 STL N 30 30 7 2 0 0 190 171 834 12 89 77 103 146 9 1 1 0 10 8 3.65 -0.6 1952 STL N
1953 STL N 33 33 10 1 0 0 224.1 193 980 12 93 87 114 173 10 4 4 2 13 11 3.49 1.5 1953 STL N
1956 STL N 33 33 11 3 0 0 208.2 172 881 20 93 84 92 5 153 7 1 4 7 0 14 14 3.62 0.4 1956 STL N
1957 STL N 33 21 7 2 2 0 149.1 136 627 18 69 62 51 4 87 6 5 1 1 0 8 10 3.74 0.3 1957 STL N
1958 STL N 30 29 8 2 0 0 189.2 178 820 17 81 72 91 9 80 12 9 1 2 0 10 14 3.42 1.3 1958 STL N
1959 STL N 31 30 8 1 1 0 201.1 196 890 21 104 94 89 7 108 9 5 2 8 1 13 10 4.20 0.0 1959 STL N
1960 STL N Daily Splits 9 9 0 0 0 0 55.1 64 252 7 31 28 28 4 42 3 1 2 0 0 15 0 3 2 1 3 4.55 -0.2 1960 STL N
1960 PIT N Daily Splits 23 23 8 3 0 0 155.2 141 631 7 59 54 46 6 71 8 3 1 3 0 26i 4i 18i 5i 13 5 3.12 1.0 1960 PIT N
1960 TOT N 32 32 8 3 0 0 211 205 883 14 90 82 74 10 113 11 4 3 3 0 41i 4i 21i 7i 14 8 3.50 0.8 1960 TOT N
1961 PIT N Daily Splits 25 17 2 1 1 0 100 120 437 16 61 56 31 8 37 3 2 0 0 1 23 2 9 6 7 10 5.04 -1.7 1961 PIT N
1962 PIT N Daily Splits 4 3 0 0 1 0 16.1 15 72 3 10 9 10 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 4.96 -0.2 1962 PIT N
1962 NY N Daily Splits 17 2 0 0 9 0 38 48 182 10 35 31 25 0 15 4 4 3 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 2 7.34 -0.6 1962 NY N
1962 TOT N 21 5 0 0 10 0 54.1 63 254 13 45 40 35 0 21 5 5 3 2 0 2 3 6 1 1 3 6.63 -0.8 1962 TOT N
Total Splits 268 230 61 15 14 0 1528.2 1434 6606 143 725 654 680 43i 918 72 31i 19 28 4 66i 9i 36i 14i 90 88 3.85 1.2 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1960 PIT N Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 13 0 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.43 1960 PIT N
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1952 STL N P 30 7 25 4 1 .889
1953 STL N P 33 13 35 7 2 .873
1956 STL N P 33 19 30 2 2 .961
1957 STL N P 33 8 29 0 3 1.000
1958 STL N P 30 6 31 3 3 .925
1959 STL N P 31 9 23 3 1 .914
1960 STL N Daily P 9 9 0 55.1 2 11 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1.000
1960 PIT N Daily P 23 23 8 155.2 7 17 0 1 0 0i 6 4 2i1.000
1960 TOT N P 32 32 8 211 9 28 0 1 0 1i 7 5 4i1.000
1961 PIT N Daily P 25 17 2 100 6 7 2 1 0 1 5 5 2 .867
1962 PIT N Daily P 4 3 0 16.1 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1.000
1962 NY N Daily P 17 2 0 38 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1.000
1962 TOT N P 21 5 0 54.1 2 9 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 1.000
Total P 268 54i 10i 365.1i 79 217 21 14 0i 4i 14i 13i 8i .934
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
i - incomplete
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1960 PIT N Daily P 2 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Transactions 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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