Mickey Vernon

James Barton Vernon (Mickey) (born April 22 1918 in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball player for the Washington Senators (1939-1948, 1950-1955) for the majority of his career, plus 4 other teams: the Cleveland Indians (1949-1950, 1958), the Boston Red Sox (1956-1957), the Milwaukee Braves (1959), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1960). He played first base while in the Majors, and batted and threw left-handed.

Highlights

• 7-time All-Star (1946, 48, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58)
• Top 10 in MVP voting 3 times (1946, 53, 54), coming the closest in 1953 finishing 3rd behind Al Rosen and Yogi Berra
• 2-time batting champion (1946, 53)
• Led the league in doubles three times (1946, 53, 54)
• Top 10 in the league in triples 9 times (1941, 43, 46, 47, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
• 2nd in the league in hits twice (1946, 53)
• With 2495, is #81 on the all-time Hit leaderboard http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/H_career.shtml