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Vance Law
Vance Aaron Law (Long arm of the Law)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 1, 1956 in Boise, ID
High School: Provo (Provo, UT)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 39th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 1980
Final Game: October 6, 1991
Relatives: Son of Vern Law
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Career Home Runs

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Vance Law: 71 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 3 walk-off, 4 tying, 17 go ahead
3 Tms
MON27
CHW26
CHC18
 
vs RHP38
vs LHP33
 
Away37
Home34
 
Leverage
High Lev6
Medium Lev31
Low Lev34
21 Opps
STL6
PHI6
CIN5
CHC5
SEA5
TEX4
NYM4
PIT4
BOS4
SFG3
OAK3
MON3
HOU3
MIL3
MIN2
SDP2
DET2
BAL2
ATL2
LAD2
65 Pitchers
Jose DeLeon2
Sid Fernandez2
Brian Fisher2
Curt Young2
Ed Hodge2
Ed Lynch2
Mike Moore1
Guy Hoffman1
Shane Rawley1
Jerry Don Gleaton1
Mike Smithson1
Bob Knepper1
Joe Magrane1
Eric Show1
Steve Engel1
Steve Bedrosian1
Danny Jackson1
Ted Power1
Jack Morris1
Mike Scott1
18 Parks
Comiskey Pk14
Wrigley Fld13
Stade Olymp.12
VeteransStad4
Kingdome4
Busch Stad4
Cinergy Fld4
Arlington2
Fenway Pk2
Tiger Stad2
3 Rivers Std2
Qualcomm St2
NetworkAssoc1
County Stad1
Dodger Stad1
Shea Stad1
Atl-Fulton1
Astrodome1
Where Hit
742
Unk12
87
785
94
891
General field locations when available.
 
1 Inside the Park
 
Pitches
Unk53
25
54
13
33
42
61
Pitches in PA when available.
Game Totals
1·HR gms65
2·HR gms3
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
7th27
6th19
2nd11
8th11
5th3
Outs
227
024
120
 
DefPos
3B40
2B21
1B6
SS4
Bases
---45
1--12
-2-6
12-2
-232
1-32
1231
--31
 
105 RBI
RISP14
0 on45
1 on19
2 on6
3 on1
Any on26
Inning
11
28
36
410
517
68
79
86
95
Extra1
 
1-315
4-635
7-end21
RelScore
+4..7
+32
+212
+19
Tied14
-16
-24
-37
-4..10
 
Ahead30
Tied14
Behind27
Before event, for batter
Count
Unk53
0-03
1-03
2-23
0-12
2-02
3-21
1-21
1-11
2-11
3-11

Play By Play

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1982 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1982-06-26 CHW @ SEA Gaylord Perry ahead 1-0 t 2 2 1-- 2 8 5 18% 75% Home Run; Squires Scores
2 2 2 1 1982-07-19 CHW @ DET Dave Rucker ahead 4-0 t 3 2 --- 1 8 6 5% 90% Home Run
3 3 3 1 1982-07-29 CHW BOS Tom Burgmeier behind 2-5 b 7 0 --- 1 8 6 9% 22% Home Run
4 4 4 1 1982-09-05 CHW TEX Jon Matlack behind 6-9 b 5 2 --- 1 8 6 9% 23% Home Run
5 5 5 1 1982-09-23 CHW @ SEA Jerry Don Gleaton ahead 10-4 t 9 1 1-- 2 7 6 0% 100% Home Run; Hill Scores
1983 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
6 6 1 1 1983-05-29 CHW TEX Mike Smithson ahead 2-0 b 2 0 --- 1 8 5 7% 82% Home Run
7 7 2 1 1983-06-01 CHW @ BOS John Tudor ahead 4-3 t 8 2 12- 3 8 5 22% 95% Home Run; Paciorek Scores; Nyman Scores
8 8 3 1 1983-06-28 CHW @ SEA Glenn Abbott tied 1-1 t 5 2 --- 1 7 5 15% 59% Home Run
9 9 4 1 1983-08-08 (2) CHW @ DET Jack Morris behind 0-7 t 5 1 --- 1 7 5 1% 3% Home Run
1984 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
10 10 1 1 1984-04-17 CHW @ MIL Moose Haas behind 0-1 t 2 2 --- 1 7 5 11% 46% Home Run
11 11 2 1 1984-04-24 CHW BAL Scott McGregor tied 0-0 b 2 2 --- 1 7 5 11% 62% Home Run
12 12 3 1 1984-05-06 CHW @ BOS Bruce Hurst behind 0-3 t 8 0 --- 1 7 5 7% 14% Home Run
13 13 4 1 1984-05-07 CHW MIL Jaime Cocanower behind 2-5 b 7 1 --- 1 7 5 8% 18% Home Run
14 14 5 1 1984-05-26 CHW @ TEX Mike Mason tied 1-1 t 4 2 1-- 2 7 5 23% 70% Home Run; Baines Scores
15 15 6 1 1984-05-27 CHW @ TEX Danny Darwin behind 0-7 t 6 1 --- 1 2 5 1% 2% Home Run
16 16 7 1 1984-06-01 CHW OAK Lary Sorensen behind 2-3 b 3 0 1-- 2 2 5 19% 67% Home Run; Law Scores
17 17 8 1 1984-06-10 CHW MIN Ed Hodge behind 0-10 b 5 1 --- 1 8 5 0% 1% Home Run
18 18 9 2 1984-06-10 CHW MIN Ed Hodge behind 2-10 b 7 1 1-- 2 8 5 1% 1% Home Run; Stegman Scores
19 19 10 1 1984-06-18 CHW @ SEA Matt Young ahead 5-4 t 5 0 --- 1 2 5 12% 76% Home Run
20 20 11 1 1984-06-30 CHW BAL Sammy Stewart tied 4-4 b 11 1 --- 1 8 5 42% 100% Walk-Off Home Run
21 21 12 1 1984-07-08 CHW CLE Bert Blyleven behind 1-4 b 4 1 1-- 2 7 5 18% 40% Home Run; Luzinski Scores
22 22 13 1 1984-07-30 CHW BOS Al Nipper ahead 3-0 b 1 2 -23 3 8 4 12% 93% Home Run; Walker Scores; Smalley Scores
23 23 14 1 1984-08-11 CHW MIL Rick Waits behind 4-10 b 9 0 --- 1 8 4 1% 1% Home Run
24 24 15 1 1984-09-06 CHW OAK Curt Young ahead 5-3 b 5 2 -2- 2 6 5 12% 92% Home Run; Kittle Scores
25 25 16 1 1984-09-11 CHW @ OAK Curt Young behind 0-1 t 2 2 --- 1 7 5 11% 46% Home Run
26 26 17 1 1984-09-23 CHW SEA Mike Moore ahead 1-0 b 5 0 --- 1 6 5 10% 81% Home Run
1985 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
27 27 1 1 1985-06-01 MON @ LAD Jerry Reuss tied 0-0 t 2 2 --- 1 6 3 12% 58% Home Run
28 28 2 1 1985-06-14 MON NYM Dwight Gooden tied 0-0 b 4 0 --- 1 2 4 14% 70% Home Run
29 29 3 1 1985-06-15 MON NYM Sid Fernandez behind 0-2 b 4 1 --- 1 2 4 12% 38% Home Run
30 30 4 1 1985-06-23 MON @ NYM Ed Lynch ahead 3-1 t 5 1 1-- 2 2 4 13% 91% Home Run; Raines Scores
31 31 5 1 1985-07-19 MON HOU Bob Knepper ahead 2-0 b 7 0 --- 1 2 4 5% 95% Home Run
32 32 6 1 1985-07-24 MON ATL Steve Bedrosian ahead 2-1 b 5 0 --- 1 2 4 11% 83% IPHR Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
33 33 7 1 1985-08-15 MON @ CHC Steve Engel ahead 3-1 t 3 2 1-- 2 6 3 15% 85% Home Run; Brooks Scores
34 34 8 1 1985-08-31 MON @ SDP Eric Show ahead 1-0 t 3 2 1-- 2 2 4 19% 79% Home Run; Raines Scores
35 35 9 1 1985-09-16 MON CHC Derek Botelho tied 4-4 b 5 0 --- 1 2 4 16% 72% Home Run
36 36 10 1 1985-09-23 MON @ CHC George Frazier ahead 4-3 t 7 0 -2- 2 2 4 13% 90% Home Run; Webster Scores
1986 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
37 37 1 1 1986-04-27 MON @ CHC Steve Trout behind 4-5 t 6 2 1-- 2 7 4 33% 62% Home Run; Galarraga Scores
38 38 2 1 1986-05-02 MON HOU Jeff Calhoun behind 2-6 b 9 1 --- 1 7 4 1% 1% Home Run (LF-CF)
39 39 3 1 1986-05-06 MON @ PHI Steve Carlton ahead 2-0 t 4 2 -2- 2 7 4 14% 87% Home Run (Fly Ball); Wallach Scores/unER; Law Scores/unER
40 40 4 1 1986-08-10 MON NYM Sid Fernandez tied 1-1 b 4 2 --- 1 6 4 14% 66% Home Run
41 41 5 1 1986-09-02 MON LAD Bob Welch tied 0-0 b 9 2 --- 1 7 4 47% 100% Walk-Off Home Run
1987 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
42 42 1 1 1987-04-11 MON @ HOU Mike Scott behind 0-1 t 5 2 --- 1 7 4 15% 45% Home Run
43 43 2 1 1987-04-16 MON @ STL Bob Forsch behind 0-2 t 5 0 --- 1 7 4 11% 36% Home Run
44 44 3 1 1987-04-23 MON PHI Shane Rawley behind 2-5 b 4 1 --- 1 6 5 9% 28% Home Run
45 45 4 1 1987-04-28 MON @ PHI Tom Hume ahead 6-1 t 5 1 --- 1 6 5 3% 96% Home Run
46 46 5 1 1987-05-06 MON @ ATL Randy O'Neal ahead 3-2 t 7 0 --- 1 7 3 12% 81% Home Run (Fly Ball to LF Line)
47 47 6 1 1987-06-24 MON @ PIT Barry Jones behind 3-9 t 8 0 --- 1 7 4 1% 2% Home Run
48 48 7 1 1987-07-09 MON @ CIN Bill Gullickson behind 1-5 t 7 1 --- 1 7 3 4% 8% Home Run
49 49 8 1 1987-07-11 MON @ CIN Ted Power ahead 4-2 t 6 2 -2- 2 7 4 14% 90% Home Run; Galarraga Scores
50 50 9 1 1987-07-12 MON @ CIN Guy Hoffman tied 0-0 t 3 0 --- 1 7 4 11% 61% Home Run
51 51 10 1 1987-07-29 MON @ CHC Ed Lynch ahead 6-0 t 5 1 --- 1 6 3 2% 98% Home Run
52 52 11 1 1987-08-15 MON PIT Brian Fisher behind 2-3 b 9 1 123 4 6 3 46% 100% Walk-Off Home Run; Brooks Scores; Wallach Scores; Foley Scores
53 53 12 1 1987-09-09 MON STL Joe Magrane tied 2-2 b 4 1 1-- 2 7 4 21% 77% Home Run; Nichols Scores
1988 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
54 54 1 1 1988-04-12 CHC @ STL Jose DeLeon behind 0-2 t 2 2 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 7 5 20% 46% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Durham Scores
55 55 2 1 1988-04-21 CHC MON Bryn Smith ahead 4-2 b 6 1 -2- 2,(1-0)  2 7 5 8% 95% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Davis Scores
56 56 3 1 1988-05-08 CHC SFG Terry Mulholland ahead 10-6 b 7 2 -23 3,(1-1)  3 6 5 2% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Dawson Scores; Palmeiro Scores
57 57 4 1 1988-05-21 CHC @ CIN Danny Jackson ahead 3-1 t 3 2 -2- 2,(1-0)  2 6 5 14% 86% Home Run; Davis Scores
58 58 5 1 1988-06-07 CHC @ PIT Brian Fisher ahead 4-0 t 6 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 7 5 3% 97% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
59 59 6 1 1988-07-29 CHC @ PHI Kevin Gross behind 0-2 t 5 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 6 5 12% 34% Home Run (Fly Ball)
60 60 7 2 1988-07-29 CHC @ PHI Bruce Ruffin ahead 5-2 t 7 2 12- 1,(0-0)  3 6 5 8% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Dawson Scores; Grace Scores
61 61 8 1 1988-08-05 CHC PHI Don Carman behind 1-8 b 4 0 --3 5,(2-2)  2 5 5 3% 8% Home Run; Dawson Scores
62 62 9 1 1988-09-21 CHC MON John Dopson ahead 2-1 b 6 1 1-3 4,(2-1)  3 5 5 14% 95% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Sandberg Scores; Grace Scores
63 63 10 1 1988-09-29 CHC @ MON Joe Hesketh behind 2-5 t 8 2 --- 2,(0-1)  1 5 5 4% 6% Home Run
64 64 11 1 1988-10-01 CHC PIT Randy Kramer tied 1-1 b 4 0 1-3 5,(3-1)  3 6 5 16% 88% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Dawson Scores; Palmeiro Scores
1989 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
65 65 1 1 1989-05-03 CHC @ SDP Dennis Rasmussen tied 0-0 t 2 2 --- 3,(2-0)  1 6 5 12% 58% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
66 66 2 1 1989-06-04 CHC @ STL Matt Kinzer ahead 8-3 t 8 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 7 5 1% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
67 67 3 1 1989-06-11 CHC STL Ken Hill tied 1-1 b 5 0 --- 6,(3-2)  1 7 5 15% 71% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
68 68 4 1 1989-07-22 CHC SFG Atlee Hammaker ahead 3-1 b 6 0 --- 4,(1-2)  1 6 5 7% 92% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
69 69 5 2 1989-07-22 CHC SFG Jeff Brantley ahead 4-2 b 8 1 --- 5,(2-2)  1 6 5 3% 97% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
70 70 6 1 1989-08-22 CHC CIN Tom Browning behind 1-6 b 5 0 --- 5,(2-2)  1 6 5 4% 11% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
71 71 7 1 1989-09-30 CHC @ STL Jose DeLeon ahead 2-0 t 6 2 --- 3,(2-0)  1 6 5 9% 86% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)

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