Vern Law

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: March 12, 1930 in Meridian, ID us

High School: Meridian HS (Meridian, ID)

Debut: June 11, 1950 (Age 20-091d, 10,713th in major league history)
vs. PHI 9.0 IP, 9 H, 5 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: August 20, 1967 (Age 37-161d)
vs. NYM 5.1 IP, 10 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Vernon Sanders Law

Nicknames: Deacon or Preacher

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Relatives: Father of Vance Law

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.3

162

147

ERA

3.77

483

364

2672.0

1092

WHIP

1.284

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

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	PIT		PHI	W,4-2		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 18 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-7	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	12 (6)	Apr 25 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	18 (5)	May 2 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	23 (4)	May 8	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	28 (4)	May 15	PIT		MLN	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
7	35 (6)	May 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
8	41 (5)	May 26	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	P
9	47 (5)	May 31 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	50 (2)	Jun 6 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	P
11	55 (4)	Jun 11	PIT	@	STL	W,8-5	GS	37	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
12	60 (4)	Jun 18	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	P
13	63 (2)	Jun 20 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,6-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	65 (1)	Jun 24	PIT		STL	L,1-5	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	68 (2)	Jun 27 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,0-9	GS	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	71 (2)	Jun 30	PIT		PHI	L,0-8	GS	36	6.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	76 (4)	Jul 5 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,6-8	GS	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	77	Jul 5 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,2-7	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	81 (3)	Jul 11 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,7-13	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	86 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-11	GS	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	91 (4)	Jul 21	PIT	@	STL	L,12-13		15	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	97 (5)	Jul 26	PIT		MLN	L,1-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	98	Jul 28	PIT		MLN	L,4-6	GF	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	101 (2)	Jul 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,5-8		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	106 (4)	Aug 4	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	GF	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	109 (2)	Aug 7	PIT		STL	L,6-8		26	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	115 (5)	Aug 14	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-4	GF	33	7.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
28	120 (4)	Aug 19	PIT		BRO	L,5-7	GS	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
29	123 (2)	Aug 22 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	124	Aug 24	PIT	@	STL	W,8-7	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	126 (1)	Aug 26	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	129 (2)	Aug 29 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-7	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	131 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-14	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	135 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,2-10	GF	15	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	137 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-6	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	141 (3)	Sep 11	PIT		STL	L,2-7	GF	0	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
37	142	Sep 12 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-11	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH P
38	143	Sep 12 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-13	GS	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
39	149 (5)	Sep 22 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-12	GF	32	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	153 (3)	Sep 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-10	GF	15	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
							40gm		162.2	12	23	1	36	2