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Vern Bickford

Vernon Edgell Bickford

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 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
Teams (by GP): Braves/Orioles 1948-1954

Final Game: April 24, 1954
Died: May 6, 1960 in Richmond, VA
Buried: Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, VA
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1948 27 BSN NL 11 5 .688 3.27 33 22 5 10 1 1 146.0 125 59 53 9 63 60 3 0 0 625 119 1.288 7.7 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.95
1949 28 BSN NL 16 11 .593 4.25 37 36 1 15 2 0 230.2 246 125 109 20 106 101 6 1 3 1026 89 1.526 9.6 0.8 4.1 3.9 0.95 AS
1950 29 BSN NL 19 14 .576 3.47 40 39 1 27 2 0 311.2 293 135 120 25 122 126 6 1 5 1325 111 1.332 8.5 0.7 3.5 3.6 1.03 MVP-30
1951 30 BSN NL 11 9 .550 3.12 25 20 5 12 3 0 164.2 146 68 57 7 76 76 6 0 0 697 118 1.348 8.0 0.4 4.2 4.2 1.00
1952 31 BSN NL 7 12 .368 3.74 26 22 3 7 1 0 161.1 165 73 67 7 64 62 2 0 4 690 97 1.419 9.2 0.4 3.6 3.5 0.97
1953 32 MLN NL 2 5 .286 5.28 20 9 8 2 0 1 58.0 60 35 34 8 35 25 2 1 2 258 75 1.638 9.3 1.2 5.4 3.9 0.71
1954 33 BAL AL 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 20 44 1.500 11.3 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00
7 Yrs 66 57 .537 3.71 182 149 23 73 9 2 1076.1 1040 500 444 76 467 450 25 3 14 4641 102 1.400 8.7 0.6 3.9 3.8 0.96
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .537 3.71 37 31 5 15 2 0 221 214 103 91 16 96 92 5 1 3 953 102 1.400 8.7 0.6 3.9 3.8 0.96
MLN (6 yrs) 66 56 .541 3.69 181 148 23 73 9 2 1072.1 1035 495 440 76 466 450 25 3 14 4621 103 1.400 8.7 0.6 3.9 3.8 0.97
BAL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 20 44 1.500 11.3 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00
NL (6 yrs) 66 56 .541 3.69 181 148 23 73 9 2 1072.1 1035 495 440 76 466 450 25 3 14 4621 103 1.400 8.7 0.6 3.9 3.8 0.97
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 20 44 1.500 11.3 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1948 27 BSN NL 147.0 33 22 59 3.61 4.46 0.13 0.00 97.8 4.23 10 1.0 1.4 -0.1 2.4 27 .531 .506 $
1949 28 BSN NL 230.2 37 36 125 4.88 4.51 -0.15 0.00 93.7 4.36 -14 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 0.7 14 .463 .492 $ AS
1950 29 BSN NL 311.2 40 39 135 3.90 4.61 -0.11 0.00 93.1 4.39 19 2.0 .3 -0.2 4.6 53 .550 .512 $ MVP-30
1951 30 BSN NL 164.2 25 20 68 3.72 4.33 -0.22 0.00 95.4 4.34 11 1.2 2.6 -0.0 2.7 29 .549 .508 $
1952 31 BSN NL 161.1 26 22 73 4.07 4.10 -0.23 0.00 97.3 4.21 3 0.3 .4 -0.1 1.6 19 .511 .502 $
1953 32 MLN NL 58.0 20 9 35 5.43 4.59 0.08 0.00 95.4 4.31 -7 -0.6 .7 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .468 .496 $
1954 33 BAL AL 4.0 1 1 5 11.25 4.50 -0.35 0.00 102.0 4.95 -3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .266 .499 $
7 Seasons 1077.1 182 149 500 4.18 4.45 -0.11 0.00 95.0 4.33 20 2.3 1.2 -0.5 11.7 139 .513 .502 $
MLN (6 yrs) 1073.1 181 148 495 4.15 4.45 -0.11 0.00 95.0 4.32 23 2.6 1.2 -0.5 11.9 142 .514 .503 $
BAL (1 yr) 4.0 1 1 5 11.25 4.50 -0.35 0.00 102.0 4.95 -3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .266 .499 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1948 27 BSN NL WS L CLE 0 1 .000 2.70 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 2 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 18 2.700 10.8 0.0 13.5 2.7 0.20
1 WS 0 1 .000 2.70 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 2 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 18 2.700 10.8 0.0 13.5 2.7 0.20

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1949 BSN NL 28 0 0 0 18.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1948 27 BSN NL 33 272 558 59 125 17 3 9 5 0 63 60 .224 .306 .314 .620 .237 175 5 3 6 0 5
1949 28 BSN NL 37 823 900 125 246 40 7 20 7 4 106 101 .273 .354 .400 .754 .290 360 20 6 14 0 10
1950 29 BSN NL 40 1020 1183 135 293 42 5 25 4 4 122 126 .248 .321 .355 .676 .260 420 23 6 15 0 11
1951 30 BSN NL 25 694 610 68 146 22 6 7 8 5 76 76 .239 .329 .330 .659 .264 201 18 6 6 0 9
1952 31 BSN NL 26 626 613 73 165 25 4 7 5 8 64 62 .269 .340 .357 .697 .290 219 12 2 11 0 8
1953 32 MLN NL 20 220 218 35 60 8 2 8 4 2 35 25 .275 .380 .440 .821 .281 96 3 2 6 0 2
1954 33 BAL AL 1 19 14 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .357 .333 .571 .905 .294 8 0 0 1 3 1
7 Yrs 182 3674 4096 500 1040 155 28 76 33 23 467 450 .254 .334 .361 .695 .270 1479 81 25 59 3 46
162 Game Avg. 37 755 841 103 214 32 6 16 7 5 96 92 .254 .334 .361 .695 .270 304 17 5 12 1 9
MLB Averages .261 .338 .377 .714 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 27 BSN NL 10.8 1.1 279 1.0 6.1 -5.1 1.21 0.7 0.1 11.0 1.1 1.21 9.1 2 1 5
1949 28 BSN NL -12.9 -1.3 840 -0.7 16.2 -16.8 1.11 -1.4 0.8 -11.0 -1.1 1.11 -15.0 0 0 0
1950 29 BSN NL 15.2 1.5 1047 0.7 17.9 -17.2 .99 1.8 -1.1 13.8 1.4 0.99 20.2 0 0 1
1951 30 BSN NL 9.6 1.0 715 -0.4 13.9 -14.4 1.17 0.6 -1.0 10.5 1.1 1.17 8.6 2 1 2
1952 31 BSN NL -0.1 -0.0 643 1.5 13.0 -11.5 1.16 0.7 0.6 3.2 0.3 1.16 6.4 0 0 4
1953 32 MLN NL -7.5 -0.7 229 -0.6 3.8 -4.4 1.06 -1.2 0.7 -5.6 -0.6 1.06 -11.1 1 3 5
1954 33 BAL AL -2.6 -0.2 19 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .90 -0.3 -0.0 -3.1 -0.3 0.90 -1.5 0 0 0
7 Yrs 12.6 1.4 3772 1.4 71.2 -69.8 1.10 1.1 0.2 18.8 2.1 1.10 16.8 5 5 17

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1948 27 BSN NL 33 22 11 4 7 1 1 16 6 .727 0 2 10 1 12 55% 53.6 81 24 6 2 12 7 5.8 4.3 6.0
1949 28 BSN NL 37 36 16 10 10 4 3 21 14 .600 3 6 15 2 16 44% 48.2 87 15 14 2 17 8 5.3 5.0 6.4
1950 29 BSN NL 40 39 19 14 6 4 5 22 16 .579 0 3 27 2 21 54% 54.2 86 16 10 2 27 5 5.4 5.6 7.9
1951 30 BSN NL 25 20 11 7 2 2 4 12 8 .600 0 3 12 3 13 65% 55.5 90 26 6 1 9 5 5.3 4.6 7.7
1952 31 BSN NL 26 22 7 12 3 1 5 7 15 .318 1 1 7 1 14 64% 50.9 73 17 11 4 6 7 2.4 2.9 7.1
1953 32 MLN NL 20 9 1 5 3 0 2 4 5 .444 0 2 2 0 3 33% 40.9 65 23 11 5 1 6 5.1 3.0 4.2
1954 33 BAL AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 0 0 0 1 4.0 0.0 4.0
7 Yrs 182 149 65 53 31 12 20 82 65 .558 4 17 73 9 79 53% 51 90 15 58 16 72 39 5.0 4.6 6.8
MLB Averages .500 49% 50 109 -9 4.6 4.5 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1948 27 BSN NL 33 11 5 0 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 6 1 17% 1.214 2 1 5 2 0 6 4 4 5 2 4 3 4.4
1949 28 BSN NL 37 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5.0
1950 29 BSN NL 40 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .990 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1951 30 BSN NL 25 5 5 0 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 3 2 67% 9 1.168 2 1 2 2 0 3 2 3 2 1 2 2 6.6
1952 31 BSN NL 26 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.160 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 2 1 4.5
1953 32 MLN NL 20 11 8 1 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 5 2 40% 5 1.061 1 3 5 2 0 8 3 7 5 1 5 1 5.5
6 Yrs 181 33 23 1 4 5 2 3 40% 6 0 14 5 36% 1.102 5 5 17 6 0 22 9 19 16 4 14 8 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1948 27 BSN NL 630 61% 3.3% 22.1% 23.2% 10.7% 23% 0.92 180% 46 5 11%
1949 28 BSN NL 1026 64% 2.4% 12.3% 12.9% 8.1% 27% 1.00 95% 162 20 12%
1950 29 BSN NL 1326 61% 2.5% 12.4% 12.0% 7.1% 25% 1.02 101% 189 23 12%
1951 30 BSN NL 698 61% 1.0% 11.0% 11.0% 5.0% 24% 1.19 76% 139 18 13%
1952 31 BSN NL 690 53% 1.1% 9.9% 10.2% 5.8% 22% 0.97 87% 135 12 9%
1953 32 MLN NL 261 58% 3.6% 11.4% 15.9% 8.2% 30% 1.11 84% 45 3 7%
1954 33 BAL AL 19 58% 0.0% 0.0% 5.3% 10.5% 40% 0.38 89% 8 0 0%
7 Yrs 4650 60% 2.1% 12.3% 12.7% 7.1% 25% 1.03 97% 724 81 11%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 12.4% 12.0% 7.0% 25% 0.95 94% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1948 27 BSN NL 272 125 9 0 8 2 3 1 4 12 5 1 42% 5 0 0 96 5 0 100% 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 358
1949 28 BSN NL 823 246 20 1 10 10 8 7 11 49 24 5 49% 10 3 2 330 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 203
1950 29 BSN NL 1020 293 25 0 12 11 9 8 12 45 19 6 42% 11 5 1 394 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 8 306
1951 30 BSN NL 694 146 7 0 11 6 1 1 6 38 17 4 45% 9 0 3 276 8 5 62% 6 4 0 0 2 1 4 0 5 4
1952 31 BSN NL 626 165 7 1 18 3 4 3 4 36 17 2 47% 8 4 0 241 5 8 38% 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 64
1953 32 MLN NL 220 60 8 0 5 5 3 2 6 18 11 1 61% 2 2 0 84 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 41
1954 33 BAL AL 19 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 80% 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Yrs 3674 1040 76 2 65 37 28 22 43 203 97 19 48% 46 14 6 1430 33 23 59% 26 21 5 1 2 1 8 0 31 976
MLB Averages 53% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1948 27 11 5 .688 3.27 33 22 5 10 1 1 146.0 125 59 53 9 63 60 3 0 0 625 119 1.288 7.7 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.95 119
1949 28 27 16 .628 3.87 70 58 6 25 3 1 376.2 371 184 162 29 169 161 9 1 3 1651 99 1.434 8.9 0.7 4.0 3.8 0.95 99
1950 29 46 30 .605 3.69 110 97 7 52 5 1 688.1 664 319 282 54 291 287 15 2 8 2976 104 1.387 8.7 0.7 3.8 3.8 0.99 104
1951 30 57 39 .594 3.58 135 117 12 64 8 1 853.0 810 387 339 61 367 363 21 2 8 3673 107 1.380 8.5 0.6 3.9 3.8 0.99 107
1952 31 64 51 .557 3.60 161 139 15 71 9 1 1014.1 975 460 406 68 431 425 23 2 12 4363 105 1.386 8.7 0.6 3.8 3.8 0.99 105
1953 32 66 56 .541 3.69 181 148 23 73 9 2 1072.1 1035 495 440 76 466 450 25 3 14 4621 103 1.400 8.7 0.6 3.9 3.8 0.97 103
1954 33 66 57 .537 3.71 182 149 23 73 9 2 1076.1 1040 500 444 76 467 450 25 3 14 4641 102 1.400 8.7 0.6 3.9 3.8 0.96 102

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1948 27 9 7 .563 3.34 151.0 131 62 56 9 66 62 3 1.305 7.8 3.9 3.7 0.94 0.5 33
1949 28 11 14 .440 4.60 229.0 260 130 117 21 112 100 6 1.624 10.2 4.4 3.9 0.89 0.8 37
1950 29 18 16 .529 3.67 314.0 309 142 128 26 129 127 6 1.395 8.9 3.7 3.6 0.98 0.7 40
1951 30 9 8 .529 3.54 160.0 156 70 63 7 81 74 6 1.481 8.8 4.6 4.2 0.91 0.4 25
1952 31 8 9 .471 4.44 156.0 181 86 77 8 70 60 2 1.609 10.4 4.0 3.5 0.86 0.5 26
1953 32 2 4 .333 5.89 55.0 63 40 36 8 37 24 2 1.818 10.3 6.1 3.9 0.65 1.3 20
1954 33 0 0 7.20 5.0 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 1.200 9.0 1.8 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
7 Yrs 57 58 .496 4.05 1070.0 1105 534 481 79 496 447 25 1.496 9.3 3.8 0.90 0.7 182

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1949 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1950 NL (30, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1950 NL  4.6 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1950 NL  3.47 (10th)
1951 NL  3.12 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1949 NL  16 (7th)
1950 NL  19 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1948 NL  .688 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 NL  8.461 (9th)
1951 NL  7.980 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 NL  3.941 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1949 NL  230.7 (7th)
1950 NL  311.7 (1st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1949 NL  101 (9th)
1950 NL  126 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1949 NL  36 (3rd)
1950 NL  39 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1949 NL  15 (7th)
1950 NL  27 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1950 NL  2 (9th)
1951 NL  3 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 NL  20 (7th)
1950 NL  25 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 NL  106 (2nd)
1950 NL  122 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1949 NL  246 (5th)
1950 NL  293 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 NL  0.383 (2nd)
1952 NL  0.391 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1949 NL  109 (4th)
1950 NL  120 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1950 NL  5 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1949 NL  6 (6th)
1950 NL  6 (6th)
1951 NL  6 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1949 NL  1,026 (6th)
1950 NL  1,325 (1st)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1948 NL  1.1 (10th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (380), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 45 (572), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (866), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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