Vern Bickford
Vernon Edgell Bickford
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 17, 1920 in Hellier, KY
Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1948
Final Game: April 24, 1954
Died: May 6, 1960 in Richmond, VA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 BSN NL 27 P 33 29 6 22 1 0 .966 0.85 .962 0.91
1949 BSN NL 28 P 37 58 7 50 1 3 .983 1.54 .952 0.91 AS
1950 BSN NL 29 P 40 73 26 45 2 5 .973 1.78 .960 0.97 MVP-30
1951 BSN NL 30 P 25 53 14 38 1 4 .981 2.08 .960 0.96
1952 BSN NL 31 P 26 45 12 32 1 4 .978 1.69 .951 0.98
1953 MLN NL 32 P 20 17 3 14 0 3 1.000 0.85 .953 0.87
1954 BAL AL 33 P 1 1 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.02 0.90
7 Seasons P 182 1 4.0 276 68 202 6 19 .978 607.50 1.48 .957 2.02 0.94
7 Seasons TOT 182 1 4.0 276 68 202 6 19 .978 607.50 1.48 .935 2.02 0.94

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 BSN NL 27 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BSN NL 28 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BSN NL 29 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BSN NL 30 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BSN NL 31 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 MLN NL 32 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BAL AL 33 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 182 1 182 182 182 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 BAL AL 33 19 95% 16% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 19 95% 16% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 80% 26% 90% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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