Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (died 1999)

Wilmer Mizell

American baseball player and politician (1930–1999)

Wilmer David "Vinegar Bend" Mizell Sr. was an American baseball player and politician. From 1952 to 1962, he was a left-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets of Major League Baseball. Six years after retiring, he was elected to the…