Mississippi’s Best Baseball Players
For a lot of people where we are from is a point of pride. When we meet someone who hales from the same place as us there is often a sense of comradery. Below is a list of the best players born in the state of Mississippi.
- Roy Oswalt – Kosciusko, MS
- Age: 23 – 35
- Years: 2001 – 2013
- Pos: SP
- Team(s): Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, Colorado Rockies
- Chet Lemon – Jackson, MS
- Age: 20 – 35
- Years: 1975 – 1990
- Pos: CF, RF
- Team(s): Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers
- Dave Parker – Grenada, MS
- Age: 22 – 40
- Years: 1973 – 1991
- Pos: RF
- Team(s): Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays
- Ellis Burks – Vicksburg, MS
- Age: 22 – 39
- Years: 1987 – 2004
- Pos: CF, RF, LF
- Team(s): Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians
- Claude Passeau – Waynesboro, MS
- Age: 26 – 38
- Years: 1935 – 1947
- Pos: SP
- Team(s): Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs
- George Scott – Greenville, MS
- Age: 22 – 35
- Years: 1966 – 1979
- Pos: 1B, 3B
- Team(s): Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees
- Buddy Myer – Ellisville, MS
- Age: 21 – 37
- Years: 1925 – 1941
- Pos: 2B, SS, 3B
- Team(s): Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox
- Brian Dozier – Fulton, MS
- Age: 25 – 32
- Years: 2012 – 2019
- Pos: 2B
- Team(s): Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Washington Nationals
- Bill Melton – Gulfport, MS
- Age: 22 – 31
- Years: 1968 – 1977
- Pos: 3B
- Team(s): Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Cleveland Indians
- Frank White – Greenville, MS
- Age: 22 – 39
- Years: 1973 – 1990
- Pos: 2B, SS
- Team(s): Kansas City Royals
- Oil Can Boyd – Meridian, MS
- Age: 22 – 31
- Years: 1982 – 1991
- Pos: SP
- Team(s): Boston Red Sox, Montreal Expos, Texas Rangers
- Vinegar Bend Mizell – Leakesville, MS
- Age: 21 – 22, 25 – 31
- Years: 1952 – 1953, 1956 – 1962
- Pos: SP
- Team(s): St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets
- Corey Dickerson – McComb, MS
- Age: 24 – 30
- Years: 2013 – 2019
- Pos: LF
- Team(s): Colorado Rockies, Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies
WAR | ERA- | G | GS | W | L | ERA | IP | CG | ShO | SV | R | ER | BB | SO | K% | WHIP |
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50.2 | 79 | 365 | 341 | 163 | 102 | 3.36 | 2245.1 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 897 | 838 | 520 | 1852 | 19.9% | 1.21 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
55.8 | 122 | 1988 | 7874 | 6868 | 973 | 1875 | 396 | 61 | 215 | 884 | 58 | 75 | 749 | 1025 | .273 | .355 | .442 | .797 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
40.3 | 120 | 2466 | 10184 | 9358 | 1272 | 2712 | 526 | 75 | 339 | 1493 | 154 | 113 | 683 | 1537 | .290 | .339 | .471 | .810 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
49.7 | 125 | 2000 | 8177 | 7232 | 1253 | 2107 | 402 | 63 | 352 | 1206 | 181 | 84 | 793 | 1340 | .291 | .363 | .510 | .874 |
WAR | ERA- | G | GS | W | L | ERA | IP | CG | ShO | SV | R | ER | BB | SO | K% | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
43.3 | 88 | 444 | 331 | 162 | 150 | 3.32 | 2719.2 | 188 | 26 | 21 | 1204 | 1003 | 728 | 1104 | 9.5% | 1.32 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
36.6 | 113 | 2034 | 8269 | 7433 | 957 | 1992 | 306 | 60 | 271 | 1051 | 69 | 57 | 699 | 1419 | .268 | .333 | .435 | .767 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
47.4 | 110 | 1923 | 8187 | 7038 | 1174 | 2131 | 353 | 130 | 38 | 850 | 156 | 109 | 965 | 428 | .303 | .389 | .406 | .795 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24.6 | 107 | 1137 | 4884 | 4301 | 663 | 1053 | 231 | 21 | 192 | 561 | 105 | 36 | 487 | 968 | .245 | .326 | .442 | .768 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 | 113 | 1144 | 4558 | 3971 | 496 | 1004 | 162 | 9 | 160 | 591 | 23 | 24 | 480 | 669 | .253 | .337 | .419 | .756 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
35.1 | 84 | 2324 | 8468 | 7859 | 912 | 2006 | 407 | 58 | 160 | 886 | 178 | 83 | 412 | 1035 | .255 | .293 | .383 | .675 |
WAR | ERA- | G | GS | W | L | ERA | IP | CG | ShO | SV | R | ER | BB | SO | K% | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17.8 | 98 | 214 | 207 | 78 | 77 | 4.04 | 1389.2 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 680 | 624 | 368 | 799 | 13.7% | 1.29 |
WAR | ERA- | G | GS | W | L | ERA | IP | CG | ShO | SV | R | ER | BB | SO | K% | WHIP |
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17.5 | 96 | 268 | 230 | 90 | 88 | 3.85 | 1528.2 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 725 | 654 | 680 | 918 | 13.9% | 1.38 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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13.1 | 117 | 776 | 2914 | 2716 | 375 | 776 | 190 | 29 | 115 | 370 | 23 | 18 | 168 | 620 | .286 | .328 | .504 | .832 |