Donald Frederick Mueller (born April 14, 1927, St. Louis, Missouri) is a retired outfielder who played 12 seasons in American Major League Baseball (1948-1959). The first ten of those years were spent with the New York Giants, for whom he batted over .300 for three consecutive seasons (1953-55) and led the National League in hits (212) in 1954. Mueller, who batted lefthanded and threw righthanded, never hit more than 16 home runs in a season, but was called "Mandrake the Magician" in tribute to his hitting skills. His lifetime batting average was .296. April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ... An outfielder moves in to catch a fly ball Outfielder is a collective term including left fielder, center fielder, and right fielder, the three positions in baseball farthest from the batter. ... MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California. ... Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ... This article refers to the American baseball league. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run, with no errors on the play that result in the batter achieving extra bases. ...

Mueller played a central, but painful, role in the famous October 3, 1951 playoff game that won the NL pennant for the Giants. With New York trailing Brooklyn 4-1 in the ninth inning, Mueller singled Alvin Dark to third. With one out, Whitey Lockman doubled to score Dark, but Mueller broke his ankle sliding into third. He was carried from the field, and missed both Bobby Thomson's game-winning home run that followed Lockman's hit and the 1951 World Series. But in 1954 - when he finished second to teammate Willie Mays in the NL batting race – Mueller batted .389 in the 1954 Fall Classic to help lead the Giants to a four-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians. See also: 1950 in sports, other events of 1951, 1952 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing NASCAR Championship - Herb Thomas AAA Racing: Tony Bettenhausen won the series championship Lee Wallard won the Indianapolis 500 Formula One Championship - Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina 24 hours of... Brooklyn Dodgers redirects here. ... In baseball, a single is the act of a batter safely reaching first base by striking the ball and getting to first before being made out, without the benefit of a fielders misplay (see error) or another runner being put out on a fielders choice. ... Alvin Ralph Dark (born January 7, 1922 in Comanche, Oklahoma), nicknamed Blackie and The Swamp Fox, is a former shortstop and manager in Major League Baseball. ... Carroll Walter Whitey Lockman (born July 25, 1926 in Lowell, North Carolina) is a retired player, coach, manager and front office executive in American Major League Baseball. ... In baseball, a double is the act of a batter safely reaching second base by striking the ball and getting to second before being made out, without the benefit of a fielders misplay (see error) or another runner being put out on a fielders choice. ... Robert Brown Bobby Thomson (born October 25, 1923 in Glasgow, Scotland), nicknamed The Staten Island Scot, is a Scottish-American former Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the New York Giants (1946-53, 1957), Milwaukee Braves (1954-57), Chicago Cubs (1958-59), Boston Red Sox... The 1951 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the New York Giants, who had won the National League pennant in a thrilling three-game playoff with the Brooklyn Dodgers on a legendary home run by Bobby Thomson. ... Willie Howard Mays, Jr. ... The 1954 World Series matched the National League champion New York Giants against the American League champion Cleveland Indians. ... The Cleveland Indians are a Major League Baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. ...

Mueller finished his playing career with the 1958-59 Chicago White Sox. His father, Walter Mueller, and an uncle, Clarence "Heinie" Mueller, were major league outfielders. The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ...