Where does Mickey Vernon rank among baseball greats?
Mickey Vernon ranks #36 among the Top 50 all-time at 1B. Rankings ⇒ Mickey Vernon Teammates Jake Early Joe Adcock Bill Mazeroski Eddie Yost Cecil Travis George Case Larry Doby Jackie Jensen Early Wynn Bat Masterson Bob Lemon Warren Spahn Roy Face Tom Ferrick Bucky Harris Best Season: 1953 Left-handed hitting Vernon had a very good season. He led the AL with a .337 average, had 101 runs scored, 205 hits, 43 doubles, 11 triples, 15 homers, 115 RBI, 63 walks and 315 total bases. The 1953 American League Batting Race Vernon battled Cleveland’s Al Rosen (a former teammate) for the 1953 AL batting title. The race went down to the last game of the season. Near the end of the game, Vernon’s average was at .337 when word arrived that the Indians’ game was over and Rosen trailed Vernon by .0011 points. The possibility of Vernon coming up to bat again and possibly losing the title prompted his teammates to purposely make outs to end the game. It was Vernon’s second batting title, having also won
