Johnny Mize

John Robert " Johnny" Mize ( January 7, 1913 in Demorest, Georgia, † June 2, 1993 ) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball. His nickname was The Big Cat.

Biography

A successful surgery in 1935, when it was a bone spur removed Mize allowed only his career. In 1936 he started as a first baseman with the St. Louis Cardinals with an excellent batting average of 32.9 %. In the years 1937-1941 he always scored over 100 RBIs. 1939 and 1940 he led the National League in home runs. After the 1941 season he moved to the New York Giants. After his first season with the Giants, he spent three years with the U.S. Navy. In 1946 he returned to the baseball fields and delivered three years, a hard fight with Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates to the home run title. In 1946, he was with a broken toe one point behind Kiner back. 1947 and 1948 the two shared the title with 51 and 40 home runs.

During the 1949 season Mize moved to the New York Yankees, with whom he held until his career end of 1953, five times the should win the World Series of 1949. With the Yankees, he played in part on the first base and has been used as an excellent Einwechselschlagmann. In 1952 he was named the MVP of the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. In this series, he scored three home runs and had a batting average of 40%.

1981 Johnny Mize was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

His positions as a player

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