Vinegar Bend Mizell | Major Leaguer 1952-1962

Full Name: Wilmer David Mizeli
Born: August 13,1930 in Vinegar Bend, Alabama
Death: February 21,1999
Height: Weight: 205 Bats: Right Throws: Left
High School: -
College:

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Transactions: [Jan 1,1949] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Cardinals. [May 28,1960] - Traded by Cardinals with Dick Gray to Pirates for Ed Bauta and Julian Javier. [May 7,1962] - Traded by Pirates to Mets for Jim Marshall. [Aug 4,1962] - Released by Mets.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1952	St. Louis	NL	21	Stl	MLB	10	8	3.65	30	30	7	2	0	0	190.0	171	89	77	12	103	146	1	0	8.10	0.57	4.88	6.92	1.44	--
1953	St. Louis	NL	22	Stl	MLB	13	11	3.49	33	33	10	1	0	0	224.1	193	93	87	12	114	173	4	2	7.74	0.48	4.57	6.94	1.37	--
1956	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	14	14	3.62	33	33	11	3	0	0	208.2	172	93	84	20	92	153	4	0	7.42	0.86	3.97	6.60	1.27	--
1957	St. Louis	NL	26	Stl	MLB	8	10	3.74	33	21	7	2	2	0	149.1	136	69	62	18	51	87	1	0	8.20	1.08	3.07	5.24	1.25	48%
1958	St. Louis	NL	27	Stl	MLB	10	14	3.42	30	29	8	2	0	0	189.2	178	81	72	17	91	80	1	0	8.45	0.81	4.32	3.80	1.42	39%
1959	St. Louis	NL	28	Stl	MLB	13	10	4.20	31	30	8	1	1	0	201.1	196	104	94	21	89	108	2	1	8.76	0.94	3.98	4.83	1.42	47%
1960	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	1	3	4.55	9	9	0	0	0	0	55.1	64	31	28	7	28	42	2	0	10.41	1.14	4.55	6.83	1.66	49%
	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	13	5	3.12	23	23	8	3	0	0	155.2	141	59	54	7	46	71	1	0	8.15	0.40	2.66	4.11	1.20	46%
1961	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	7	10	5.04	25	17	2	1	1	0	100.0	120	61	56	16	31	37	0	1	10.80	1.44	2.79	3.33	1.51	43%
1962	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	1	1	4.96	4	3	0	0	1	0	16.1	15	10	9	3	10	6	0	0	8.27	1.65	5.51	3.31	1.53	29%
	NY Mets	NL	31	Nym	MLB	0	2	7.34	17	2	0	0	9	0	38.0	48	35	31	10	25	15	3	0	11.37	2.37	5.92	3.55	1.92	50%

Major League Totals - 9 Season(s)						90	88	3.85	268	230	61	15	14	0	1,528.2	1434	725	654	143	680	918	19	4	8.44	0.84	4.00	5.40	1.38	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1952	St. Louis	NL	21	Stl	MLB	p		30	68	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	31	0		4		2	.044	*.055	.088	*143	--
1953	St. Louis	NL	22	Stl	MLB	p		33	83	4	7	1	1	1	8	0	0	3	42	0		3		0	.084	*.125	.157	*282	--
1956	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	p		33	75	5	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	16	1	0	5	0	4	.107	.163	.120	283	--
1957	St. Louis	NL	26	Stl	MLB	p	9	33	45	1	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	17	0	0	1	0	1	.089	.146	.133	279	50%
1958	St. Louis	NL	27	Stl	MLB	p	9	30	61	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	25	0	0	5	0	1	.115	.129	.131	260	52%
1959	St. Louis	NL	28	Stl	MLB	p	9	31	75	7	14	1	1	0	7	0	1	3	29	0	0	5	0	0	.187	.218	.227	445	63%
1960	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	p	9	9	18	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.158	.167	325	50%
	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	p	9	23	51	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	14	2	0	4	0	2	.137	.200	.137	337	48%
1961	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	p	9	25	23	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	0	0	5	1	0	.130	.192	.130	322	75%
1962	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	p	9	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	143	67%
	NY Mets	NL	31	Nym	MLB	p	9	17	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	40%

Major League Totals - 9 Season(s)								268	513	28	57	8	3	1	30	0	1	20	196	3		33		10	.111		.144	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1960	Pittsburgh	NL	29		Ws	0	1	15.45	2		0			0	2.1	4		4		2	1			15.45	---	7.73	3.86	2.58	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	1	15.43	2		0			0	2.1	4		4		2	1			15.43	---	7.71	3.86	2.57	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1960	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1952	St. Louis	NL	21	Stl	MLB	P	30		190	7	25	4	36	1	-	-	-	.889	1.52

1953	St. Louis	NL	22	Stl	MLB	P	33		224.1	13	35	7	55	2	-	-	-	.873	1.93

1956	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	P	33		208.2	19	30	2	51	2	-	-	-	.961	2.11

1957	St. Louis	NL	26	Stl	MLB	P	33		149.1	8	29	0	37	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.23

1958	St. Louis	NL	27	Stl	MLB	P	30		189.2	6	31	3	40	3	-	-	-	.925	1.76

1959	St. Louis	NL	28	Stl	MLB	P	31		201.1	9	23	3	35	1	-	-	-	.914	1.43

1960	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	P	23		155.2	7	17	0	24	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.39
1960	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	P	9		55.1	2	11	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.11

1961	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	P	25		100	6	7	2	15	1	-	-	-	.867	1.17

1962	NY Mets	NL	31	Nym	MLB	P	17		38	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.18
1962	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	P	4		16.1	1	5	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.31

Awards

[1959] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Pittsburgh Pirates in 1960.

Notes: Played in 1 All-Star game during his career (1959)

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