Dale Mitchell (baseball)
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Mitchell in about 1953
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| Left fielder | |||
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Born: August 23, 1921 Colony, Oklahoma |
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Died: January 5, 1987 (aged 65) Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 15, 1946, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
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| September 26, 1956, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .312 | ||
| Home runs | 41 | ||
| Runs batted in | 403 | ||
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Loren Dale Mitchell (August 23, 1921 – January 5, 1987) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1946 through 1956, Mitchell played for the Cleveland Indians (1946–1956) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1956). He batted and threw left-handed.
A native of Colony, Oklahoma, Mitchell was a standout at the University of Oklahoma from 1942 to 1946, with a career batting average of .467 and a senior season average of .507. Both marks are still Sooner records.
Mainly a line drive hitter to all parts of the field, Mitchell hit .432 in 11 games for the Indians in his rookie season in 1946. He became a regular in 1947 and hit .300 or better six of the next seven seasons.
In 1948, Mitchell hit for a career-high .336 average, had 204 hits, led the league in singles (162), and led the Indians to victory in the 1948 World Series. He finished third in the 1948 American League batting race behind Ted Williams (.369) and Lou Boudreau (.355).
In 1949, Mitchell led the AL in hits (203), singles (161) and triples (23), struck out only 11 times in 640 at-bats, and made his first appearance in the All-Star Game. He received his second All-Star nod in 1952, and in 1954 led the Indians to an AL record 111 wins in a 154-game season and the American League pennant.
Mitchell posted a career .312 batting average, 41 home runs and 403 RBIs in eleven seasons in major league baseball. For the period between 1943 and 1960, only Williams and Stan Musial hit for higher averages. A good contact hitter as well, he struck out only 119 times in 3,984 at-bats and received 346 walks, for an outstanding 2.91 walk-to-strikeout ratio, the eighth best ratio in major league history.
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