George Mitchell

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

W–L 48–45
ERA 4.50
WHIP 1.48
SO 305
Pitcher PIV -4447.4
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'3" / 202 lb
Born
3/31/1900 in Sparta, IL, USA
Died
1953 in Sparta, IL, USA
Awards
2× All-Star

Full name: George Fredrick Mitchell

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
35.0 32.0 5.0 12.0 2.0 0 1.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 0 .375 .429 .531 .960

Pitching

W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
0 2 2 0 4 0 15.0 17 7 3 0 6 6 1.80 1.53

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
48 45 135 89 57 6 2 779.7 825 390 43 327 305 4.50 -4447.4

Career ERA 4.50 vs. league average 4.24 across their career seasons — 6.3% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1924 SLS NNL 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 15.0 15 9 7 5 5.40 4.13 (-31%) 70.6
1925 CAG NNL 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 11.3 8 4 4 2 3.18 4.55 (+30%) -5.9
1925 ABC NNL 0 7 8 7 5 0 0 59.0 61 36 33 20 5.49 4.55 (-21%) -74.2
1926 ABC NNL 7 4 12 10 8 0 0 89.7 93 43 36 39 4.32 4.11 (-5%) 459.8
1927 KCM NNL 9 5 19 16 9 4 0 128.7 122 35 42 42 2.45 4.08 (+40%) 891.2
1928 DS NNL 13 8 30 18 15 1 2 153.7 158 65 45 57 3.81 4.13 (+8%) -105.6
1929 DS NNL 4 6 17 13 7 1 0 90.7 107 71 58 36 7.05 4.60 (-53%) -4802.8
1930 CAG NNL 4 7 18 14 6 0 0 109.7 135 67 63 49 5.50 4.80 (-15%) -1830.1
1931 AB2 NNL 8 2 14 3 3 0 0 72.0 49 19 21 29 2.38 4.10 (+42%) 817.1
1932 CLS EWL 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 18.3 27 19 8 10 9.33 4.13 (-126%) 33.3
1933 ID NN2 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 19.0 26 14 6 10 6.63 3.86 (-72%) 99.3
1933 ACG NN2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.3 12 4 1 1 10.80 — 0.0
1938 AB3 NAL 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 7 3 3 0 5.40 — 0.0
1940 SNS NAL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 2 1 0 2 3.86 — 0.0
1941 SNS NAL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 3 0.00 — 0.0
Career · 15 seasons 48 45 135 89 57 6 2 779.2 825 390 327 305 4.50 — -4,447

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
242 537 60 137 17 9 8 71 3 39 12 .255 .308 .365 .673 -139

Career AVG .255 vs. league average .279 across their career seasons — 8.5% below league average.

Career OBP .308 vs. league average .343 across their career seasons — 10.1% below league average.

Career SLG .365 vs. league average .395 across their career seasons — 7.6% below league average.

Career OPS .673 vs. league average .738 across their career seasons — 8.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1924 SLS NNL 14 24 2 5 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 .208 — — — — 0.0
1925 CAG NNL 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1925 ABC NNL 9 24 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .083 — — — — 0.0
1926 ABC NNL 15 39 7 13 1 1 3 11 2 2 0 .333 — — — — 0.0
1927 KCM NNL 25 57 8 15 2 0 0 9 0 3 0 .263 .282 (-7%) .344 (-13%) .392 (-24%) .736 (-19%) -172.2
1928 DS NNL 33 62 4 14 1 1 1 7 0 4 0 .226 .280 (-20%) .342 (-20%) .395 (-18%) .737 (-19%) -202.8
1929 DS NNL 25 47 7 11 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 .234 — — — — 0.0
1930 CAG NNL 37 62 7 16 4 1 0 8 0 5 0 .258 .293 (-12%) .354 (-12%) .429 (-17%) .784 (-15%) -162.4
1931 AB2 NNL 36 109 16 34 2 3 3 18 0 15 8 .312 .276 (+13%) .338 (+18%) .388 (+20%) .726 (+19%) 398.3
1932 CLS EWL 6 10 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
1933 ID NN2 10 38 2 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 .237 — — — — 0.0
1933 ACG NN2 9 30 3 5 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 .167 — — — — 0.0
1938 AB3 NAL 6 16 2 5 0 1 0 3 1 2 2 .312 — — — — 0.0
1939 SL3 NAL 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 — — — — 0.0
1940 SNS NAL 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .143 — — — — 0.0
1941 SNS NAL 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 — — — — 0.0
Career · 16 seasons 242 537 60 137 17 9 8 71 3 39 12 .255 — — — — -139

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1939 ALC SL3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home460100.167
Away10163401.250

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home18.070130.00
Away57.0103533.86

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1941-08-10 SNOKCML 100000000
1941-05-11 SNOJAXL 100000000
1940-07-15 SNOCAGL 000000000
1940-07-07 SNOCV9L 100000000
1940-06-02 SNOIN8L 100000000
1939-08-20 SSACAGW 522000000
1939-08-19 SSACAGL 000000000
1939-07-26 SSAMEML 100000000
1939-06-25 SSACV9L 000000010
1939-06-18 SSACAGL 400000002

Last 6 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1941-08-10 SNOKCM — 2.0300030
1940-07-15 SNOCAG L 0.0000000
1939-08-19 SSACAG — 0.0000000
1938-06-10 IN7ATN — 5.0743500
1938-05-15 IN7MEM L 0.0000000
1927-08-15 KCMBIR — 8.0730130

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 46 35 314 15 8 11
2B 2 2 0 3 1 0
3B 1 0 1 0 0 0
C 1 0 1 2 1 0
OF 23 15 27 4 5 1
P 135 89 42 195 7 9

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1924 SLS C 1 0 1 2 1 0
1924 SLS OF 5 3 7 0 0 0
1924 SLS P 4 1 1 3 1 0
1925 CAG P 2 2 0 0 0 0
1925 ABC OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1925 ABC P 8 7 0 0 0 0
1926 ABC P 12 10 10 21 3 0
1927 KCM OF 1 0 1 0 0 0
1927 KCM P 19 16 2 26 2 1
1928 DS P 30 18 8 50 0 4
1929 DS 1B 5 3 26 1 0 1
1929 DS P 17 13 5 25 1 2
1930 CAG 1B 8 2 25 3 0 0
1930 CAG OF 2 1 2 1 1 1
1930 CAG P 18 14 8 41 0 0
1931 AB2 1B 20 19 163 7 2 6
1931 AB2 2B 2 2 0 3 1 0
1931 AB2 OF 4 3 2 0 0 0
1931 AB2 P 14 3 6 19 0 1
1932 CLS P 3 1 0 4 0 0
1933 ID OF 8 7 14 3 3 0
1933 ID P 4 2 2 4 0 1
1933 ACG 1B 9 8 69 3 5 4
1933 ACG P 1 1 0 1 0 0
1938 AB3 1B 2 2 19 0 1 0
1938 AB3 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0
1938 AB3 OF 1 1 1 0 1 0
1938 AB3 P 1 1 0 1 0 0
1939 SL3 1B 1 1 11 1 0 0
1940 SNS 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0
1940 SNS OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1940 SNS P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1941 SNS P 1 0 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 135
Catcher 1
First Base 46
Second Base 2
Third Base 1
Left Field 7
Center Field 6
Right Field 10

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

  1. 98
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  2. 93
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    41-48, 4.54 ERA
  3. 92
    Chuck Rainey
    43-35, 4.50 ERA
  4. 91
    Bud Podbielan
    25-42, 4.49 ERA
  5. 90
    Bob McClure
    56-48, 4.35 ERA
  6. 89
    Horacio Ramirez
    40-35, 4.65 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about George Mitchell

Was George Mitchell a pitcher?
Yes. George Mitchell pitched in the major leagues, recording 48 wins and 305 strikeouts.
How many home runs did George Mitchell hit?
George Mitchell hit 8 career home runs with 137 hits.