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Don Mueller
Donald Frederick Mueller (Mandrake The Magician)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

MLB Debut August 2, 1948
Final Game May 2, 1959
Born April 14, 1927 in St. Louis, MO
Died December 28, 2011 (age 84)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 21 BOA AL   76   81   17   36   4   0   1   14   0   0    2    2  .444  .447  .531  .978   134    43   0   2   2   0   2  
 1949 22 BOA AL    4    3    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .667  .667  .667 1.333   173     2   0   0   0   0   0  
 1950 23 CHN NL  112  443   60  141  16   3  10   54   0   0   12   26  .318  .336  .436  .772    99   193   0   4   2   2  16  
 1951 24 CHN NL   63  112   13   27   2   2   3   21   0   0    6    5  .241  .280  .375  .655    88    42   2   0   1   0   7  
 1952 25 CHN NL  113  427   46  104  13   3   6   35   7   7   28   23  .244  .291  .330  .621    84   141   0   4   1   2   5  
 1953 26 CHN NL  108  380   57  137  12   2   8   36   4   2   26   19  .361  .402  .466  .868   107   177   0   2   8   2   9  
         BRN NL   28  106   13   43   4   1   0   16   1   2    7    7  .406  .448  .462  .911   119    49   2   1   2   2   3  
         TOT     136  486   70  180  16   3   8   52   5   4   33   26  .370  .413  .465  .878         226   2   3  10   4  12 
 1954 27 BRN NL  154  619   92  227  32  11   9   94   6   2   31   24  .367  .395  .498  .893   117   308   7  10   1   5  22  
 1955 28 BRN NL  151  607   74  192  18   5   4   65   0   5   38   20  .316  .357  .382  .739    98   232   1   6  14   4  10  
 1956 29 BRN NL   12   29    2   11   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    0  .379  .379  .448  .828   112    13   0   0   0   0   2  
 1957 30 BRN NL    4   16    0    2   0   1   0    1   0   0    1    2  .125  .167  .250  .417    53     4   0   1   0   0   0  
 1958 31 CHA AL   55  180   13   49   6   0   0   11   0   1   10    8  .272  .314  .306  .620    87    55   0   2   4   2   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons      880 3003  387  971 107  29  41  349  18  19  161  136  .323  .358  .419  .777        1259  12  32  35  19  77
 Per 600 PA           558   72  181  20   5   8   65   3   4   30   25                                 234   2   6   7   4  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHN      396 1362  176  409  43  10  27  146  11   9   72   73  .300  .336  .406  .742         553   2  10  12   6  37
   With BRN      349 1377  181  475  54  19  13  177   7   9   77   53  .345  .380  .440  .820         606  10  18  17  11  37
   With BOA       80   84   17   38   4   0   1   15   0   0    2    2  .452  .455  .536  .990          45   0   2   2   0   2
   With CHA       55  180   13   49   6   0   0   11   0   1   10    8  .272  .314  .306  .620          55   0   2   4   2   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1245 4364  499 1292 139  37  65  520  11   8  167  146  .296  .322  .390  .712        1700  29  21  12  13  97
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1948 21 BOA AL   1   18  10.3  67  29   1  .433   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  PH             151   
 1949 22 BOA AL   0    1  36.0   2   1   0  .500   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e9   735   
 1950 23 CHN NL  15   59   5.0   7   4   1  .571   3   35   15  .429    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e4    80   
 1951 24 CHN NL  16    9   2.8  35   8   1  .229   0    8    4  .500    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e5   -83   
 1952 25 CHN NL  10   40   3.3   9   4   1  .444   2   37   19  .514    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e4  -134   
 1953 26 CHN NL  32   69   7.3  19   8   0  .421   3   23   11  .478    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e7   104   
         BRN NL  39   21   8.0   1   1   0 1.000   3   14    3  .214    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e7   146   
         TOT                    20   9   0  .450   6   37   14  .378    0    0  .000
 1954 27 BRN NL  29  117   7.3   0   0   0  .000   8   40   23  .575    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e6    86   
 1955 28 BRN NL  27   81   5.0   0   0   0  .000   7   50   30  .600    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e8    20   
 1956 29 BRN NL  21    4   5.4   6   3   0  .500   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e4   204   
 1957 30 BRN NL  18    0   1.4   0   0   0  .000   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e3  -181   
 1958 31 CHA AL   6   17   3.5   4   2   0  .500   2   28   11  .393    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e7    39   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 11 Seasons          441   5.5 150  60   4  .400  28  238  117  .492    0    0  .000                  37   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 20.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 53.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1948 21 BOA AL  LF     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     2    15.0   1.80
                 RF     5     0     0    0    0   .000     1    11.0   0.00
 1949 22 BOA AL  1B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1950 23 CHN NL  RF    89   123     4    3    0   .977    89   705.0   1.62
                 LF    16    22     0    0    0  1.000    13   112.0   1.77
 1951 24 CHN NL  LF    16    25     0    0    0  1.000     9    85.0   2.65
                 RF    10    13     2    0    0  1.000     9    68.0   1.99
 1952 25 CHN NL  RF   103   158     7    2    0   .988   102   821.0   1.81
                 CF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
 1953 26 CHN NL  RF    61   111     5    1    0   .991    61   530.2   1.97
                 LF    22    36     0    2    0   .947    20   184.2   1.75
                 CF     7    25     1    0    0  1.000     6    54.0   4.33
         BRN NL  CF    27    57     7    3    0   .955    27   236.2   2.43
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1954 27 BRN NL  LF   153   270     9    8    0   .972   153  1356.2   1.85
                 RF     6     2     0    0    0  1.000     1    19.0   0.95
 1955 28 BRN NL  LF   135   230     4    4    0   .983   130  1162.1   1.81
                 RF    25    29     0    3    0   .906    21   183.1   1.42
 1956 29 BRN NL  RF     4     9     0    0    0  1.000     4    29.0   2.79
                 LF     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     2    15.0   1.80
 1957 30 BRN NL  LF     4     7     0    0    0  1.000     4    36.2   1.72
 1958 31 CHA AL  CF    38    64     4    2    0   .971    38   330.0   1.85
                 LF    13    30     2    0    0  1.000    13   114.0   2.53
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 LF   364   627    15   14    0   .979   346  3082.1   1.87
                 RF   304   445    18    9    0   .981   288  2368.0   1.76
                 CF    74   147    12    5    0   .970    71   623.2   2.29
                 1B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1948 WS    BOA SLN   W    1   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0
 1954 WS    BRN CHA   L    7  31  2 10  4  0  0   3  1  1  .323  .344  .452  0
 1955 WS    BRN DEA   L    3  11  1  3  1  0  0   0  0  0  .273  .273  .364  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1948  BOA  112-42   Steve Bivens
 1949  BOA   88-66   Steve Bivens
 1950  CHN   76-78   Alan Boodman
 1951  CHN   79-75   Alan Boodman
 1952  CHN   71-83   Alan Boodman
 1953  CHN   60-94   Alan Boodman
 1953  BRN  104-50   Robert Rescigno
 1954  BRN   98-56   Robert Rescigno
 1955  BRN   96-58   Robert Rescigno
 1956  BRN   91-63   Robert Rescigno
 1957  BRN   68-86   Robert Rescigno
 1958  CHA   67-87   Robert Rescigno

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