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

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Relatives: Son of Vern Law

1x All-Star

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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.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	MON	@	ATL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	3	7	0	10	0	2B
2	2	Apr 10	MON	@	ATL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
3	3	Apr 11	MON	@	STL	L,1-9	GS	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B 3B
4	4	Apr 12	MON	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
5	5	Apr 13	MON	@	STL	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B 3B
6	6	Apr 15	MON		CHC	W,4-3	GS	42	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
7	7	Apr 17	MON		CHC	L,6-7	CG	57	13.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
8	8	Apr 18	MON		STL	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
9	9	Apr 19	MON		STL	L,6-9	GF	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	3B 2B
10	10	Apr 20	MON		STL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
11	11	Apr 22	MON		PHI	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
12	12	Apr 23	MON		PHI	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
13	13	Apr 24	MON	@	CHC	L,5-7	GS	29	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
14	14	Apr 25	MON	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	43	11.0	3	3	1	7	2	2B
15	15	Apr 26	MON	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
16	16	Apr 27	MON	@	CHC	L,10-12	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
17	18 (1)	Apr 30	MON	@	CIN	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	19	May 2	MON		HOU	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
19	20	May 3	MON		HOU	W,7-6	GS	47	10.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B 3B
20	21	May 4	MON		HOU	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
21	22	May 5	MON	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
22	23	May 6	MON	@	PHI	W,8-0	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
23	24	May 7	MON	@	PHI	W,8-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
24	25	May 9	MON		LAD	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
25	27 (1)	May 11	MON		LAD	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
26	28	May 12	MON		CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
27	29	May 13	MON		CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
28	30	May 14	MON		ATL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
29	32 (1)	May 16	MON	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
30	33	May 17	MON	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
31	34	May 18	MON	@	SDP	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
32	35	May 20	MON	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
33	36	May 21	MON	@	LAD	L,1-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
34	37	May 22	MON	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
35	38	May 23	MON	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
36	39	May 24	MON	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
37	41 (1)	May 26	MON		SDP	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
38	42	May 27	MON		SDP	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
39	43	May 28	MON		SDP	L,1-10	GS	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	2B P
40	44	May 30	MON	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
41	45	May 31	MON	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	46	Jun 1	MON	@	HOU	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
43	47	Jun 3	MON		SFG	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
44	48	Jun 4	MON		SFG	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
45	49	Jun 5	MON		PHI	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
46	50	Jun 6	MON		PHI	W,10-9	GS	47	10.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B 1B
47	51	Jun 7	MON		PHI	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
48	52	Jun 8	MON		PHI	W,12-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
49	53	Jun 9	MON	@	STL	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
50	55 (1)	Jun 11	MON	@	STL	W,4-3	GF	14	4.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
51	56	Jun 13	MON	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
52	57	Jun 14	MON	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
53	59 (1)	Jun 16	MON		NYM	L,1-4	GS	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
54	60	Jun 17	MON		NYM	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
55	61	Jun 18	MON		NYM	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
56	62	Jun 19	MON		PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
57	63	Jun 20	MON		PIT	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
58	64	Jun 21	MON		PIT	L,1-14	GS	48	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B P
59	65	Jun 22	MON		PIT	W,2-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
60	66	Jun 23	MON	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
61	67	Jun 24	MON	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
62	68	Jun 25	MON	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
63	69	Jun 27	MON	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
64	71 (1)	Jun 29	MON	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	2B
65	72	Jun 30	MON	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	74 (1)	Jul 2	MON	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	3	2	0	5	1	2B
67	75	Jul 3	MON	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
68	76	Jul 4	MON	@	ATL	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
69	77	Jul 5	MON	@	ATL	W,12-5	GF	14	3.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
70	78	Jul 6	MON	@	ATL	W,11-8	GF	6	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	1B
71	81 (2)	Jul 9	MON		HOU	W,2-1	GS	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B 1B
72	82	Jul 10	MON		CIN	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
73	83	Jul 11	MON		CIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
74	84	Jul 12	MON		CIN	L,0-2	GS	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B 1B
75	86 (1)	Jul 17	MON		ATL	W,4-2	GS	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B 1B
76	87	Jul 18	MON		ATL	W,5-4	GS	41	9.0	4	4	1	9	0	2B 1B
77	88	Jul 19	MON		ATL	L,2-7	GS	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
78	90 (1)	Jul 22	MON	@	HOU	L,0-1	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
79	91	Jul 23	MON	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	48	10.2	4	4	0	8	2	2B
80	92	Jul 24	MON	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
81	93	Jul 25	MON	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS	41	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B P
82	94	Jul 26	MON	@	CIN	L,6-7	GF	22	3.2	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
83	95	Jul 27	MON	@	CIN	L,7-9	GS	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B 1B
84	96	Jul 28	MON		PIT	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
85	97	Jul 30	MON		PIT	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	99 (1)	Aug 2	MON	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
87	100	Aug 3	MON	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS	42	9.2	12	0	0	12	1	1B 3B
88	101	Aug 4	MON	@	PIT	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
89	102	Aug 5	MON	@	PIT	W,3-0	GS	32	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B 1B
90	103	Aug 6	MON	@	PIT	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
91	104	Aug 7	MON	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
92	105	Aug 8	MON		NYM	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
93	106	Aug 9	MON		NYM	L,8-10	GF	17	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
94	107	Aug 10	MON		NYM	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
95	108	Aug 11	MON		STL	L,4-5	GS	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	1B 2B
96	111 (2)	Aug 14	MON		CHC	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
97	112	Aug 15 (1)	MON		CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
98	114 (1)	Aug 16	MON		CHC	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
99	119 (4)	Aug 22	MON	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
100	120	Aug 23	MON	@	LAD	W,7-4	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
101	121	Aug 24	MON	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	9.1	4	5	0	9	1	2B
102	122	Aug 25	MON	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS	21	4.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
103	123	Aug 26	MON	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	44	11.1	3	2	0	5	0	2B
104	125 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	MON		SDP	W,10-1	GS	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B 3B
105	126	Aug 30 (2)	MON		SDP	L,4-5	GS	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B 3B
106	127	Aug 31	MON		SDP	L,1-4	GS	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B 3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	128	Sep 1	MON		LAD	W,7-6	GS	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B 3B
108	129	Sep 2	MON		LAD	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
109	130	Sep 3	MON		LAD	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
110	131	Sep 4	MON		SFG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
111	132	Sep 5	MON		SFG	L,4-8	GS	36	7.2	0	5	0	5	0	2B
							131gm		872.1	273	299	4	576	59