George Mitchell
Career 48–45 · 4.50 ERA · 305 SO · 779.2 IP · 242 G · 137 H · 8 HR · 71 RBI · .255 AVG
Seasons leading his league
7
4 best in baseball
3 league only
21
Top-5 finishes
4
Title seasons
4
Categories led
1931
Best season
Spanning 1926–1931, peaking at 4 titles in 1931.
Team records
#1 Indianapolis ABCs/Detroit Stars career W
#1 Indianapolis ABCs/Detroit Stars career HR
#1 Indianapolis ABCs/Detroit Stars 1931 ERA
#1 Indianapolis ABCs/Detroit Stars 1931 W
#1 Indianapolis ABCs/Detroit Stars 1931 HR
#1 Indianapolis ABCs/Detroit Stars 1931 WHIP
#3 Cleveland Stars career SO
#3 Cleveland Stars career IP
#3 Detroit Stars 1928 W
#3 Cleveland Stars 1932 SO
All-Time Standing
Against every player since 1871Among league leaders
- 808th League titles 7
- 675th Best in baseball 4
- 1,440th Top-5 finishes 21
Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.
Career leaderboards
No top-500 all-time placing
His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked
category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection
on the season titles alongside.
Where He Led
led all of MLB led his league| Category | Titles | Best | Streak | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcher Fielding Percentage | 3 | 1st | 2 yrs (1930–1931) | 1928 1.000 1930 1.000 1931 1.000 |
| Pitcher Putouts | 2 | 1st | — | 1926 NNL 10 1931 NNL 6 1928 #2 1930 #3 |
| Walks + Hits / IP | 1 | 1st | — | 1931 0.97 |
| Wins | 1 | 1st | — | 1931 NNL 8 1928 #2 |
| Pitcher Range Factor | — | #3 | — | 1930 #3 |
| Complete Games | — | #2 | — | 1928 #2 |
| Shutouts | — | #2 | — | 1927 #2 |
| Home Runs | — | #3 | — | 1931 #3 |
| Earned Run Average | — | #2 | — | 1927 #2 |
Title Seasons
4 seasons with at least one title| Year | Titles | Led in |
|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 4 | W 8 WHIP 0.97 P PO 6 P FPCT 1.000 |
| 1930 | 1 | P FPCT 1.000 |
| 1928 | 1 | P FPCT 1.000 |
| 1926 | 1 | P PO 10 |
Pitching
led the league 13 seasons| Year | Team | Lg | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | SLS | NNL | 1 | 1 | 5.40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15.0 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1.47 |
| 1925 | ABC +1 | NNL | 1 | 8 | 5.12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 70.1 | 69 | 40 | 0 | 37 | 22 | 1.51 |
| 1926 | ABC | NNL | 7 | 4 | 4.32 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 89.2 | 93 | 43 | 3 | 36 | 39 | 1.44 |
| 1927 | KCM | NNL | 9 | 5 | 2.45 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 128.2 | 122 | 35 | 3 | 42 | 42 | 1.28 |
| 1928 | DS | NNL | 13 | 8 | 3.81 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 153.2 | 158 | 65 | 8 | 45 | 57 | 1.32 |
| 1929 | DS | NNL | 4 | 6 | 7.05 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 90.2 | 107 | 71 | 15 | 58 | 36 | 1.82 |
| 1930 | CAG | NNL | 4 | 7 | 5.50 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 109.2 | 135 | 67 | 8 | 63 | 49 | 1.81 |
| 1931 | AB2 | NNL | 8 | 2 | 2.38 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 72.0 | 49 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 29 | 0.97 |
| 1932 | CLS | EWL | 0 | 1 | 9.33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18.1 | 27 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 1.91 |
| 1933 | ID +1 | NN2 | 1 | 3 | 7.25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 22.1 | 38 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2.02 |
| 1938 | AB3 | NAL | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 |
| 1940 | SNS | NAL | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.86 |
| 1941 | SNS | NAL | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.50 |
| Career | — | — | 48 | 45 | 4.50 | 135 | 89 | 2 | 779.2 | 825 | 390 | 43 | 327 | 305 | 1.48 |
Batting
14 seasons| Year | Team | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | SLS | NNL | 14 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .240 | .333 | .573 |
| 1925 | ABC +1 | NNL | 12 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .103 | .107 | .211 |
| 1926 | ABC | NNL | 15 | 39 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .366 | .641 | 1.007 |
| 1927 | KCM | NNL | 25 | 57 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .300 | .298 | .598 |
| 1928 | DS | NNL | 33 | 62 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .273 | .323 | .595 |
| 1929 | DS | NNL | 25 | 47 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .234 | .250 | .340 | .590 |
| 1930 | CAG | NNL | 37 | 62 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .313 | .355 | .668 |
| 1931 | AB2 | NNL | 36 | 109 | 16 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 0 | .312 | .400 | .468 | .868 |
| 1932 | CLS | EWL | 6 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| 1933 | ID +1 | NN2 | 19 | 68 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .206 | .260 | .279 | .540 |
| 1938 | AB3 | NAL | 6 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .313 | .389 | .438 | .826 |
| 1939 | SL3 | NAL | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 |
| 1940 | SNS | NAL | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 |
| 1941 | SNS | NAL | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| Career | — | — | 242 | 537 | 60 | 137 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 71 | 39 | 12 | 3 | .255 | .308 | .365 | .673 |
Fielding
6 positions| Year | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | INN | PO | A | E | DP | TC | FLD% | RF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | SLS | NNL | OF | 5 | 3 | 30.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 1.40 |
| P | 4 | 1 | 15.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .800 | 1.00 | |||
| C | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .750 | 3.00 | |||
| 1925 | ABC | NNL | P | 10 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.00 |
| OF | 1 | — | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.00 | |||
| 1926 | ABC | NNL | P | 12 | 10 | 89.2 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 34 | .912 | 2.58 |
| 1927 | KCM | NNL | P | 19 | 16 | 128.2 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 30 | .933 | 1.47 |
| OF | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.00 | |||
| 1928 | DS | NNL | P | 30 | 18 | 153.2 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 1.000 | 1.93 |
| 1929 | DS | NNL | P | 17 | 13 | 90.2 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 31 | .968 | 1.77 |
| 1B | 5 | 3 | 25.0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1.000 | 5.40 | |||
| 1930 | CAG | NNL | P | 18 | 14 | 109.2 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1.000 | 2.72 |
| 1B | 8 | 2 | 24.1 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1.000 | 3.50 | |||
| OF | 2 | 1 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .750 | 1.50 | |||
| 1931 | AB2 | NNL | 1B | 20 | 19 | 145.1 | 163 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 172 | .988 | 8.50 |
| P | 14 | 3 | 72.0 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1.000 | 1.79 | |||
| OF | 4 | 3 | 27.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 0.50 | |||
| 2B | 2 | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .750 | 1.50 | |||
| 1932 | CLS | EWL | P | 3 | 1 | 18.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.33 |
| 1933 | ID | NN2 | 1B | 9 | 8 | 70.2 | 69 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 77 | .935 | 8.00 |
| OF | 8 | 7 | 59.0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 | .850 | 2.13 | |||
| P | 5 | 3 | 22.1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1.000 | 1.40 | |||
| 1938 | AB3 | NAL | 1B | 2 | 2 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | .950 | 9.50 |
| 3B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.00 | |||
| OF | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .500 | 1.00 | |||
| P | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.00 | |||
| 1939 | SL3 | NAL | 1B | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 12.00 |
| 1940 | SNS | NAL | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.00 |
| OF | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.00 | |||
| P | 1 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.00 | |||
| 1941 | SNS | NAL | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.00 |
| Career | — | — | P | 135 | 89 | 709.1 | 42 | 195 | 7 | 9 | 244 | .971 | 1.76 |
| — | — | 1B | 46 | 35 | 289.1 | 314 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 337 | .976 | 7.15 | |
| — | — | OF | 23 | 15 | 134.2 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 36 | .861 | 1.35 | |
| — | — | 2B | 2 | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .750 | 1.50 | |
| — | — | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.00 | |
| — | — | C | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .750 | 3.00 |