Vinegar Bend Mizell was a pitcher in MLB history. Across 268 career appearances, with a 3.85 ERA and 918 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, and career profile.
Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | STL | 10 | 8 | 3.65 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 190.0 | 171 | 77 | 103 | 146 | 1.44 |
| 1953 | STL | 13 | 11 | 3.49 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 224.1 | 193 | 87 | 114 | 173 | 1.37 |
| 1956 | STL | 14 | 14 | 3.62 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 208.2 | 172 | 84 | 92 | 153 | 1.27 |
| 1957 | STL | 8 | 10 | 3.74 | 33 | 21 | 0 | 149.1 | 136 | 62 | 51 | 87 | 1.25 |
| 1958 | STL | 10 | 14 | 3.42 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 189.2 | 178 | 72 | 91 | 80 | 1.42 |
| 1959 | STL | 13 | 10 | 4.20 | 31 | 30 | 0 | 201.1 | 196 | 94 | 89 | 108 | 1.42 |
| 1960 | PIT | 13 | 5 | 3.12 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 155.2 | 141 | 54 | 46 | 71 | 1.20 |
| 1960 | STL | 1 | 3 | 4.55 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 55.1 | 64 | 28 | 28 | 42 | 1.66 |
| 1961 | PIT | 7 | 10 | 5.04 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 100.0 | 120 | 56 | 31 | 37 | 1.51 |
| 1962 | NYM | 0 | 2 | 7.34 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 38.0 | 48 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 1.92 |
| 1962 | PIT | 1 | 1 | 4.96 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16.1 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1.53 |
| Career Totals | — | 90 | 88 | 3.85 | 268 | 230 | 0 | 1528.2 | 1434 | 654 | 680 | 918 | 1.38 |
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | STL | 30 | 68 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .044 | .044 | .088 | .132 |
| 1953 | STL | 33 | 83 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 42 | .084 | .116 | .157 | .273 |
| 1956 | STL | 33 | 75 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .107 | .163 | .120 | .283 |
| 1957 | STL | 33 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .089 | .146 | .133 | .279 |
| 1958 | STL | 30 | 61 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .115 | .129 | .131 | .260 |
| 1959 | STL | 31 | 75 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 29 | .187 | .218 | .227 | .445 |
| 1960 | PIT | 23 | 51 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .137 | .200 | .137 | .337 |
| 1960 | STL | 9 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .111 | .158 | .167 | .325 |
| 1961 | PIT | 25 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .130 | .192 | .130 | .323 |
| 1962 | NYM | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
| 1962 | PIT | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 |
| Career Totals | — | 268 | 513 | 28 | 57 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 20 | 196 | .111 | .149 | .144 | .293 |
1959, 1959