Vern Bickford

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: August 17, 1920 in Hellier, KY us

Died: May 6, 1960 in Richmond, VA

Buried: Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, VA

Debut: April 24, 1948 (Age 27-251d, 10,490th in major league history)
vs. NYG 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 24, 1954 (Age 33-250d)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Vernon Edgell Bickford

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.7

ERA

3.71

182

149

1076.1

450

WHIP

1.400

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-13 / in Starts: 4-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 3

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	162	7	Apr 23	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	6	4	3	3	3	0	1	4.50	3.59	28	5	11	2	0	5	46			1	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.58	-0.182	4.01	-0.28%	-0.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
2	163	11	Apr 30	MLN	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	L(0-2)	6	8.1	5	1	1	5	1	1	0	2.51	4.83	32	10	12	3	2	4	65			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	0.225	3.84	0.39%	3.71	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	164	26	May 20	MLN		BRO	L,2-7	GS-3	L(0-3)	19	2.1	4	6	6	3	1	1	0	5.40	5.71	14	7	2	0	0	1	23			1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.312	3.65	-0.77%	-4.01	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d5
4	165	28	May 24(1)	MLN	@	CHC	W,5-4	5-GF	W(1-3)	3	5.0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	4.15	5.13	20	6	6	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.646	7.33	1.50%	2.75	5b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
5	166	34	May 29	MLN	@	STL	L,7-11	GS-4	L(1-4)	4	3.0	7	5	5	0	2	0	0	5.47	4.66	15	5	2	1	1	6	27			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.350	5.53	-1.07%	-2.88	1b start tie	4b -23 0 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	167	40	Jun 3	MLN	@	BRO	W,14-9	GS-3		4	2.1	5	5	5	3	2	0	0	6.67	4.67	15	3	7	3	0	0	26			2	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.266	7.82	-0.97%	-2.57	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out d1
7	168	48	Jun 10	MLN	@	NYG	W,6-5	GS-3		6	2.1	5	3	3	1	1	2	0	7.06	5.42	12	3	2	0	0	5	35			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.187	4.56	-0.57%	-1.90	1b start a 3	3b 1-- 1 out tie
8	169	60	Jun 20	MLN		NYG	W,5-3	9-GF	S(1)	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.82	5.26	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.075	5.01	0.23%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
9	170	62	Jun 21(2)	MLN		NYG	T,6-6			0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.61	5.11	4												4					0
10	171	64	Jun 24	MLN		PIT	L,1-10	GS-4	L(1-5)	2	3.2	4	2	2	5	0	0	0	6.43	5.28	20	7	4	0	0	4	40			0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	-0.083	5.56	-0.25%	-0.75	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d2
11	172	69	Jun 30(1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	2	2	2	2	1	2	0	6.57	5.94	9	1	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.054	2.60	-0.16%	-0.92	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	173	91	Jul 22	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-6	6-6		21	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.51	5.91	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.009	1.71	0.03%	0.46	6b 12- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d4
13	174	93	Jul 25	MLN	@	BRO	L,0-7	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.34	5.91	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.05	0.00%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
14	175	100	Jul 31(1)	MLN		PHI	L,1-5	6-8		5	3.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	5.88	5.42	11	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.035	.70	0.07%	1.52	6t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	176	109	Aug 7	MLN		PIT	W,9-2	CG	W(2-5)	6	9.0	5	2	2	6	2	0	0	5.19	5.20	37	21	4	0	2	4	65			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	2	.75	0.192	1.66	0.26%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
16	177	119	Aug 16(1)	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS-1		8	0.2	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	5.29	5.48	5	1	0	0	0	3	41			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.086	1.29	-0.08%	-0.91	1b start tie	1b 12- 2 out d1
17	178	126	Aug 23(2)	MLN		CHC	L,2-7	5-GF(7)		6	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.17	5.28	13	5	3	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.001	.73	0.00%	0.52	5t 12- 0 out d3	7t end d 5
18	179	127	Aug 25(1)	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	5.40	5.30	7	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.022	.12	-0.01%	-1.46	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	180	137	Sep 5	MLN		STL	L,5-7	9-GF		10	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.46	5.49	5	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.071	.07	-0.01%	-0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
20	181	141	Sep 7(2)	MLN	@	CHC	L,4-6	3-4		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.28	5.44	7	4	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.046	.00	0.00%	1.03	3b --3 0 out d2	4b 3 out d3
							6-13		W-L:2-5,Sv:1	4.3	58.0	60	35	34	35	25	8	2	5.28	5.44	261	1.40		7%	5%	47	41	5	40%	4	2	0	218	9	2	2	6	0	4	1.02	-0.386	3.65	-1.70%	-3.00

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