Word: mize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mize was accompanied to the American Association affiliate by pitcher Duane Pillette and infielder Al (Billy) Martin. Clarence (Cuddles) Marshall, a pitcher, was sold to the St. Louis Browns for an unannounced sum, possibly not in excess...
John Robert Mize, one of the biggest and one of the best first basemen in National League history, left the major leagues yesterday. He hit .320 in 11 years with the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants. On August 23 last year, the Giants waived him out of the league and sold him up the river (Harlem) to the Yankees. He played in only 13 games for the Yanks, mostly as a pinch-hitter, but he got into his first World Series. He pinch hit twice, in two games, hit two singles, and batted in two runs...
...Mize missed out on a lot of good things. With Rip Collins starring at first base, the Cards won three penuants while a groin injury stretched Mize's minor league term to six years. After playing for six years and batting .336 for the Redbirds, he was sold to the Giants in the winter of 1941 for $50,000 and two players. The Cardinals immediately won the first of three consecutive pennants...
...before winning his only championship in '39. He led the league in homers in 1939-40; but when he returned to the Giants in 1946 from three years in the Navy, the Pittsburgh Pirates had a rookie named Ralph Kiner. Kiner played 43 more games than Mize and hit only one more home run to lead the league that year. The next two years Jawn hit 51 and 40; Kiner spoiled the glory with an identical record. At the end of last year, Joe DiMaggio had more home runs than any other active major leaguer: 317. Mize...
...anything happens to Earl Torgeson, manager Billy Southworth will undoubtedly add Mize to the over-lengthening list of ex-Giants on the Boston Braves' roster. It looks like Jawn's only chance...