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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	GF	0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	6 (3)	Apr 22	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	GS	13	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
3	7	Apr 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	11 (3)	Apr 29 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,11-3	GS	16	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	12	May 1	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	GF	1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	16 (3)	May 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS	21	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	P
7	20 (3)	May 11	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS	27	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	22 (1)	May 13 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-9	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	26 (3)	May 18	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	30 (3)	May 22	PIT		STL	L,3-6	GS	30	6.1	2	1	0	3	0	P
11	33 (2)	May 26	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
12	36 (2)	May 30 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	1	P
13	37	May 30 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	GF	8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	42 (4)	Jun 3 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS	0	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	47 (4)	Jun 9	PIT	@	STL	L,3-8	GS	15	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	53 (5)	Jun 17 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-3	GS	25	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
17	57 (3)	Jun 20	PIT		MLN	L,3-7	GS	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	60 (2)	Jun 24 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	GS	0	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
19	65 (4)	Jun 29	PIT		NYG	W,6-3	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	69 (3)	Jul 3	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	73 (3)	Jul 8 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-11	GS	16	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	78 (4)	Jul 14 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	GS	22	4.1	0	2	0	2	0
23	80 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-3	GF	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	84 (3)	Jul 18	PIT	@	STL	T,1-1	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	87 (2)	Jul 22 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	96 (8)	Jul 29 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	GS	42	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	101 (4)	Aug 3	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	105 (3)	Aug 7	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-3	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	110 (4)	Aug 12 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	115 (4)	Aug 16	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	120 (4)	Aug 21	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	125 (4)	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,5-8	GS	31	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	129 (3)	Aug 29	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	GS	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	133 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
35	139 (5)	Sep 8	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS	20	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	143 (3)	Sep 12	PIT		CHC	L,0-3	GS	0	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	147 (3)	Sep 16 (2)	PIT		STL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
38	151 (3)	Sep 22	PIT		BRO	W,5-1	GS	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	157 (5)	Sep 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-8	GS	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							39gm		195.2	12	31	0	43	3