Johnny Mize didn’t spend a remarkable amount of time with the St. Louis Cardinals, but he did spend more time with the birds on the bat than any other team during his career, and the production that he did put up when he was a Cardinal is something to be marveled.
During his Cardinals tenure from 1936-1941, “The Big Cat” hit over .300 every season he was in St. Louis, while recording an OPS of at least .975 in five of his six Cardinals seasons.
Unfortunately, he was never able to claim the MVP award in St.