Editing Johnny Mize (section)

==Legacy==
Upon Mize's death, Ralph Kiner described him as "kind of an irascible guy" on the field, but "a very affable guy and a great storyteller" off the field.<ref name="LAT">{{Cite news |date=June 3, 1993 |title=Mize, 80, dies at home in Georgia |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-03-sp-42809-story.html |access-date=January 31, 2014 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> Mize's batting statistics were overshadowed by those of bigger stars of his era such as Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, [[Stan Musial]], and [[Jackie Robinson]]. Mize's lifetime [[on-base percentage]] of .397 has become more appreciated in the light of [[Sabermetrics|sabermetric]] analysis.

In 2013, the [[Bob Feller Act of Valor Award]] honored Mize as one of 37 Baseball Hall of Fame members for his service in the United States Navy during World War II.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://actofvaloraward.org/hof-players/|title=WWII HOF Players – Act of Valor Award|access-date=August 18, 2021|archive-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008204152/https://actofvaloraward.org/hof-players/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In January 2014, the Cardinals announced Mize among 22 former players and personnel to be inducted into the [[St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum]] for the inaugural class of [[2014 St. Louis Cardinals season|2014]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Cardinals Press Release |url=http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140118&content_id=66822534&vkey=pr_stl&c_id=stl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126165854/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140118&content_id=66822534&vkey=pr_stl&c_id=stl |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 26, 2014 |title=Cardinals establish Hall of Fame & detail induction process |publisher=www.stlouis.cardinals.[[MLB.com|mlb.com]] |date=January 18, 2014 |access-date=January 29, 2014}}</ref> The Johnny Mize Baseball Museum is located at Piedmont College.<ref name=Jensen>{{cite book|last=Jensen|first=Chris|title=Baseball State By State|year=2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786468959|page=67|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OsLKBqAjwccC&q=johnny+mize+childhood&pg=PA67}}</ref> The college also honors the slugger with the Johnny Mize Athletic Center, a sports complex that houses the school's basketball arena.<ref name=JMAC>{{cite web|title=Johnny Mize Athletic Center|url=http://www.piedmontlions.com/sports/2011/2/14/GEN_0214110641.aspx?tab=johnnymizeathleticcenter|publisher=[[Piedmont College]]|access-date=January 31, 2014}}</ref>