League Leaders Who Led?
Vinegar Bend Mizell

Vinegar Bend Mizell

1952–1962  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws L  ·  6'3", 205 lb  ·  b. 1930 Leakesville, MS

Career 90–88 · 3.85 ERA · 918 SO · 1528.2 IP · 268 G · 57 H · 1 HR · 30 RBI · .111 AVG

Seasons leading his league
2
2 best in baseball
7 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
1 Categories led
1952 Best season

Spanning 1952–1953, peaking at 1 titles in 1952.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 840th League titles 2
  • 392nd Best in baseball 2
  • 1,479th Top-5 finishes 7

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Strikeouts / 9 2 1st 2 yrs (1952–1953) 1952 6.92 1953 6.94 1956 #3
Strikeouts — #3 — 1953 #3

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1953 1 K/9 6.94
1952 1 K/9 6.92

Pitching

9 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1952 SLN NL 10 8 3.65 30 30 0 190.0 171 77 12 103 146 1.44
1953 SLN NL 13 11 3.49 33 33 0 224.1 193 87 12 114 173 1.37
1956 SLN NL 14 14 3.62 33 33 0 208.2 172 84 20 92 153 1.27
1957 SLN NL 8 10 3.74 33 21 0 149.1 136 62 18 51 87 1.25
1958 SLN NL 10 14 3.42 30 29 0 189.2 178 72 17 91 80 1.42
1959 SLN NL 13 10 4.20 31 30 0 201.1 196 94 21 89 108 1.42
1960 PIT +1 NL 14 8 3.50 32 32 0 211.0 205 82 14 74 113 1.32
1961 PIT NL 7 10 5.04 25 17 0 100.0 120 56 16 31 37 1.51
1962 NYN +1 NL 1 3 6.63 21 5 0 54.1 63 40 13 35 21 1.80
Career — — 90 88 3.85 268 230 0 1528.2 1,434 654 143 680 918 1.38

Batting

9 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 SLN NL 30 68 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 31 0 .044 .044 .088 .132
1953 SLN NL 33 83 4 7 1 1 1 8 3 42 0 .084 .116 .157 .273
1956 SLN NL 33 75 5 8 1 0 0 4 4 16 0 .107 .163 .120 .283
1957 SLN NL 33 45 1 4 2 0 0 3 3 17 0 .089 .146 .133 .279
1958 SLN NL 30 61 3 7 1 0 0 1 1 25 0 .115 .129 .131 .260
1959 SLN NL 31 75 7 14 1 1 0 7 3 29 0 .187 .218 .227 .445
1960 PIT +1 NL 32 69 3 9 1 0 0 5 3 24 0 .130 .189 .145 .334
1961 PIT NL 25 23 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 9 0 .130 .192 .130 .323
1962 NYN +1 NL 21 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 .143 .200 .143 .343
Career — — 268 513 28 57 8 3 1 30 20 196 0 .111 .149 .144 .293

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 268 79 217 21 14 .934