Vance Law

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: October 1, 1956 in Boise, ID us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 39th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brigham Young University (Provo, UT).

High School: Provo HS (Provo, UT)

School: Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)

Debut: June 1, 1980 (Age 23-244d, 14,310th in major league history)
vs. NYM 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 1991 (Age 35-005d)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Agents: Jack Sands, Steve Freyer

Full Name: Vance Aaron Law

Nicknames: Long arm of the Law

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Relatives: Son of Vern Law

1x All-Star

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.5

3802

972

.256

453

RBI

442

OBP

.326

SLG

.376

OPS

.703

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	MON	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
2	2	Apr 10	MON	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
3	3	Apr 12	MON	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
4	4	Apr 13	MON	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
5	6 (1)	Apr 15	MON	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	4	6	0	10	0	2B
6	7	Apr 17	MON	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
7	8	Apr 18	MON	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
8	9	Apr 19	MON		CHC	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
9	10	Apr 20	MON		CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
10	11	Apr 21	MON		CHC	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	3	2B
11	12	Apr 22	MON		PHI	L,1-9	GS	29	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	2B
12	13	Apr 23	MON		PHI	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	1	6	1	8	1	2B
13	14	Apr 24	MON		PHI	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
14	15	Apr 25	MON		STL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
15	16	Apr 26	MON		STL	W,10-5	GS	29	7.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
16	17	Apr 27	MON		STL	W,8-3		5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
17	18	Apr 28	MON		STL	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	4	4	1	9	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	25 (6)	May 7	MON		HOU	L,1-3	GS	27	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
19	26	May 8	MON		HOU	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
20	27	May 10	MON		ATL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
21	28	May 11	MON		ATL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	2B
22	29	May 12	MON		ATL	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
23	30	May 13	MON	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS	34	9.1	4	1	0	5	0	2B 1B
24	31	May 14	MON	@	HOU	L,0-10	CG	49	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
25	32	May 15	MON		CIN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
26	33	May 16	MON		CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
27	34	May 17	MON		SDP	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
28	35	May 18	MON		SDP	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
29	37 (1)	May 20	MON		LAD	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
30	38	May 21	MON		LAD	W,6-1	GS	21	6.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
31	39	May 22	MON		LAD	L,0-4	GS	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B 2B
32	40	May 24	MON		SFG	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	2B
33	41	May 25	MON		SFG	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
34	42	May 26	MON		SFG	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
35	43	May 27	MON		SFG	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
36	44	May 28	MON	@	SDP	W,8-5	GS	22	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
37	45	May 29	MON	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	48 (2)	Jun 1	MON	@	LAD	W,4-2	GS	37	10.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
39	49	Jun 2	MON	@	LAD	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	2B 1B
40	50	Jun 3	MON	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	56	15.0	17	4	0	21	2	1B
41	51	Jun 4	MON	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
42	52	Jun 5	MON	@	SFG	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
43	53	Jun 7	MON	@	PHI	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
44	54	Jun 8	MON	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
45	55	Jun 9	MON	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
46	56	Jun 10	MON		CHC	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
47	57	Jun 11	MON		CHC	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
48	58	Jun 12	MON		CHC	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
49	59	Jun 13	MON		CHC	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
50	60	Jun 14	MON		NYM	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
51	61	Jun 15	MON		NYM	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	6	6	0	12	3	2B
52	62	Jun 16	MON		NYM	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
53	63	Jun 17	MON		PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
54	64	Jun 18	MON		PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
55	65	Jun 19	MON		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
56	66	Jun 20	MON		PIT	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	3	2B
57	67	Jun 21	MON	@	NYM	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	3	2B
58	68	Jun 22	MON	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	47	10.0	2	5	1	8	1	2B
59	69	Jun 23	MON	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
60	70	Jun 25	MON	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
61	71	Jun 26	MON	@	PIT	L,2-11	GS	42	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B 2B
62	72	Jun 27	MON	@	PIT	W,4-2	GS	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	1B 2B
63	73	Jun 28	MON		PHI	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
64	74	Jun 29	MON		PHI	L,2-6	GS	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B 2B
65	75	Jun 30	MON		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	76	Jul 1	MON		STL	W,3-2	GS	42	10.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B 1B
67	77	Jul 2	MON		STL	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
68	78	Jul 4	MON	@	HOU	W,9-3	CG	49	12.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
69	79	Jul 5	MON	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
70	80	Jul 6	MON	@	HOU	L,7-8	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
71	81	Jul 7	MON	@	HOU	W,6-3	GS	76	19.0	3	8	0	11	0	2B 3B
72	82	Jul 8	MON	@	ATL	L,1-7	GS	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B 3B
73	83	Jul 9	MON	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
74	84	Jul 10	MON	@	ATL	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
75	85	Jul 11	MON	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
76	86	Jul 12	MON	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	50	10.2	6	6	0	12	2	2B RF
77	87	Jul 13	MON	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
78	88	Jul 14	MON	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
79	89	Jul 18	MON		HOU	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
80	90	Jul 19	MON		HOU	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
81	91	Jul 20	MON		HOU	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
82	93 (1)	Jul 22	MON		ATL	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
83	94	Jul 23	MON		ATL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
84	95	Jul 24	MON		ATL	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
85	96	Jul 25	MON		CIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
86	97	Jul 26	MON		CIN	L,6-7	CG	54	11.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
87	98	Jul 27	MON		CIN	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	1B
88	99	Jul 28	MON		CIN	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	2B
89	101 (1)	Jul 30	MON	@	NYM	L,0-2	GS	29	7.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	103 (1)	Aug 2	MON	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
91	104	Aug 3	MON	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
92	105	Aug 4	MON	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B 1B
93	106	Aug 5	MON	@	PIT	W,5-2	GS	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
94	107	Aug 8	MON		NYM	L,7-14	CG	48	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
95	110 (2)	Aug 11	MON		PIT	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
96	111	Aug 12	MON	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
97	112	Aug 13	MON	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
98	113	Aug 14	MON	@	CHC	W,8-7	GS	26	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
99	114	Aug 15	MON	@	CHC	W,7-3	GS	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	1B 3B
100	115	Aug 16	MON	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
101	116	Aug 17	MON	@	STL	W,5-4	GS	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B 2B
102	117	Aug 18	MON	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
103	118	Aug 19	MON		NYM	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
104	119	Aug 20	MON		SDP	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
105	120	Aug 21	MON		SDP	L,2-6	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
106	121	Aug 22	MON		SDP	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
107	122	Aug 23	MON		LAD	L,4-8	GS	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B 2B
108	123	Aug 24	MON		LAD	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
109	124	Aug 25	MON		LAD	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
110	125	Aug 26	MON		SFG	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	3	10	0	13	1	2B
111	126	Aug 27	MON		SFG	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
112	127	Aug 29	MON	@	SDP	W,8-5	GS	23	5.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
113	128	Aug 31	MON	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	129	Sep 1	MON	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
115	130	Sep 2	MON	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	45	10.1	2	4	0	6	0	2B
116	131	Sep 3	MON	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
117	132	Sep 4	MON	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
118	133	Sep 6	MON	@	SFG	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	4	2	1	7	1	2B
119	134	Sep 7	MON	@	SFG	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
120	135	Sep 8	MON	@	SFG	W,9-6	CG	41	10.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
121	136	Sep 10	MON	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
122	137	Sep 11	MON	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
123	138	Sep 12	MON	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
124	139	Sep 13 (1)	MON		NYM	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
125	141 (1)	Sep 14	MON		NYM	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
126	142	Sep 15	MON		NYM	L,2-6	GS	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
127	143	Sep 16	MON		CHC	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
128	144	Sep 17	MON		CHC	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
129	145	Sep 18	MON		PIT	L,6-10	GS	52	11.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B 1B
130	146	Sep 19	MON		PIT	L,6-8	CG	42	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
131	147	Sep 20	MON	@	STL	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B 3B
132	148	Sep 21	MON	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
133	149	Sep 22	MON	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	3	3	0	6	0	2B
134	150	Sep 23	MON	@	CHC	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
135	151	Sep 24	MON	@	CHC	W,17-15	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
136	153 (1)	Sep 28 (1)	MON		STL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
137	154	Sep 28 (2)	MON		STL	L,2-4	CG	48	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
138	155	Sep 29	MON		STL	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
139	156	Oct 2 (1)	MON		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
140	157	Oct 2 (2)	MON		PHI	L,2-3	GS	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B 2B
141	159 (1)	Oct 4	MON	@	NYM	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
142	160	Oct 5	MON	@	NYM	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	6	1	10	2	2B
143	161	Oct 6	MON	@	NYM	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							158gm		1250.1	420	402	12	834	98