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

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-21 / in Starts: 14-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 4

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	138	2	Apr 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5		L(0-1)	99	4.0	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.50	3.37	17												14			0		1
2	139	6	Apr 22	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	GS-3	L(0-2)	3	3.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	6.43	3.37	13	6	6	2	0	0	38			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.197	1.97	-0.27%	-1.61	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
3	140	7	Apr 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	5-6	W(1-2)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.00	2.70	9	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	0.074	2.58	0.09%	0.93	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d1
4	141	11	Apr 29(2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,11-3	GS-4		3	3.1	5	3	3	1	2	1	0	5.84	3.59	16	4	9	4	0	0	39			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.033	1.46	-0.05%	-1.62	1b start a 2	4b -2- 1 out a4
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
5	142	12	May 1	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.68	3.55	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	0.087	8.49	0.13%	0.42	9b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
6	143	16	May 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS-6		3	6.0	5	2	2	0	1	2	0	4.82	4.46	21	6	9	0	1	5	55			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.016	2.45	0.02%	1.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
7	144	20	May 11	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS-6		5	5.1	6	3	3	5	2	1	0	4.88	5.00	27	9	5	0	0	6	41			1	0	0	21	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.06	-0.055	2.06	-0.06%	-0.14	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d2
8	145	22	May 13(1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-9	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.81	4.96	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.033	2.76	0.05%	0.21	9t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
9	146	26	May 18	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	GS-5		4	5.0	4	2	2	0	4	1	0	4.60	4.69	19	5	6	0	0	4	55			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.023	1.84	-0.03%	0.31	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
10	147	30	May 22	PIT		STL	L,3-6	GS-7	L(1-3)	3	6.1	8	5	4	3	3	0	1	4.79	4.44	30	9	6	0	0	8	39			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.242	2.74	-0.43%	-1.64	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
11	148	33	May 26	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(2-3)	3	9.0	9	2	2	3	3	1	1	4.23	4.45	37	8	13	0	4	9	61			0	1	0	33	2	0	2	2	0	0	1.10	0.246	3.12	0.42%	2.20	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
12	149	36	May 30(1)	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	GS-7		3	7.0	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	4.35	4.13	26	7	12	0	3	6	50			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.231	2.36	-0.39%	-0.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
13	150	37	May 30(2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	15-GF(15)	L(2-4)	-1	1.0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.27	4.21	8	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	0	1	3.42	-0.417	10.35	-0.76%	-1.54	15t --- 0 out tie	15t end d 2
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
14	151	42	Jun 3(2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS-	L(2-5)	3	4.0	8	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.61	4.08	20						30						19			0		1
15	152	47	Jun 9	PIT	@	STL	L,3-8	GS-3	L(2-6)	5	2.1	6	5	5	2	2	3	0	5.19	4.71	15	2	3	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.378	2.81	-0.98%	-4.08	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d3
16	153	53	Jun 17(1)	PIT		STL	L,1-3	GS-5	L(2-7)	7	5.0	7	3	3	3	1	1	0	5.20	4.84	25	7	7	1	1	7	39			0	0	0	19	0	1	1	0	1	0	1.12	-0.113	5.75	-0.35%	-0.69	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
17	154	57	Jun 20	PIT		MLN	L,3-7	GS-	L(2-8)	2	7.0	7	5	5	3	1	0	0	5.32	4.69	31						41						27			1		0
18	155	60	Jun 24(1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	GS-		3	6.1	5	3	3	2	3	0	0	5.24	4.50	28						52						26			0		0
19	156	65	Jun 29	PIT		NYG	W,6-3	GS-7	W(3-8)	4	7.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	1	5.12	4.35	30	11	8	0	2	7	52			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	1	.97	-0.004	1.25	0.00%	0.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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
20	157	69	Jul 3	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS-5		3	5.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	5.14	4.25	22	8	5	0	0	7	41			0	0	1	21	3	0	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.143	.64	-0.08%	-0.69	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
21	158	73	Jul 8(1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-11	GS-4	L(3-9)	4	3.1	6	6	6	0	1	4	0	5.54	4.72	16	7	2	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.341	.53	-0.15%	-4.36	1b start a 1	4b --- 1 out d5
22	159	78	Jul 14(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	GS-5	L(3-10)	5	4.1	8	5	4	1	0	1	0	5.66	4.78	22	5	8	1	0	8	28			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.241	.83	-0.15%	-3.14	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d4
23	160	80	Jul 15(1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-3	6-GF(8)	L(3-11)	0	2.1	3	1	1	3	2	0	0	5.62	4.78	13	3	3	0	1	2		3	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.73	-0.064	2.59	-0.04%	0.63	6b 123 2 out tie	8b end d 1
24	161	84	Jul 18	PIT	@	STL	T,1-1	8-GF		2	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.54	4.74	4	1	1	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.94	0.156	.50	0.02%	0.89	8b 12- 2 out d1	9b end tie
25	162	87	Jul 22(1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS-2		3	2.0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	5.44	4.68	9	4	2	0	0	2	49			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.81	-0.058	.27	-0.01%	-1.00	1b start a 1	2b 3 out a2
26	163	96	Jul 29(2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	GS-9	L(3-12)	6	8.1	11	3	3	5	4	0	0	5.27	4.57	42	8	14	0	3	11	48			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.56	-0.208	.07	-0.01%	0.25	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out d1
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
27	164	101	Aug 3	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	CG	W(4-12)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	5	1	1	5.10	4.48	36	7	14	0	2	8	63			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	-0.254	.01	0.00%	1.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
28	165	105	Aug 7	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-3	GS-5	L(4-13)	3	5.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	5.11	4.50	21	9	4	1	0	3	44			1	1	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-0.40	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
29	166	110	Aug 12(1)	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	W(5-13)	4	9.0	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	4.84	4.34	34						70						33			0		1
30	167	115	Aug 16	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	W(6-13)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	1	4.59	4.23	35	14	11	1	3	6	72			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.418	.00	0.00%	3.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
31	168	120	Aug 21	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	3	1	1	2	0	4.56	4.32	27	8	11	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.62	-0.079	.00	0.00%	0.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
32	169	125	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,5-8	GS-7	L(6-14)	3	6.2	12	8	4	2	2	1	0	4.60	4.34	31	6	9	1	2	12	26			0	0	0	29	4	0	1	2	0	1	1.14	-0.612	.00	0.00%	-4.01	1b start a 3	7b -2- 2 out d2
33	170	129	Aug 29	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	GS-		3	7.0	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	4.45	4.33	24						66						22			0		0
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
34	171	133	Sep 2(1)	PIT		PHI	W,10-6	CG	W(7-14)	3	9.0	10	6	4	1	3	1	0	4.43	4.28	39	13	12	0	2	10	49			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	1	2	.55	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-1.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
35	172	139	Sep 8	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS-5		5	4.1	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	4.37	4.24	20	8	6	3	0	4	45			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	3	1.00	-0.166	.00	0.00%	-1.03	1b start tie	5b -23 1 out a1
36	173	143	Sep 12	PIT		CHC	L,0-3	GS-	L(7-15)	3	7.0	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.26	4.22	27						65						27			0		0
37	174	147	Sep 16(2)	PIT		STL	W,9-3	CG	W(8-15)	3	9.0	10	3	3	0	1	0	1	4.20	4.14	38	8	18	1	4	10	56			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	1	0	.43	0.142	.00	0.00%	1.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
38	175	151	Sep 22	PIT		BRO	W,5-1	GS-3		5	2.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.20	4.12	11	4	5	3	0	2	42			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	.98	-0.145	.00	0.00%	-1.42	1t start tie	3t 1-3 0 out a2
39	176	157	Sep 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-8	GS-1	L(8-16)	7	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.32	4.19	6	2	2	2	0	1	33			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.241	.00	0.00%	-2.72	1b start tie	1b 1-- 2 out d3
							17-21		W-L:8-16,Sv:2	3.3	195.2	218	110	94	49	60	24	6	4.32	4.19	851	0.90		5%	7%	161	47	8	0%	3	2	1	774	29	4	10	15	7	13	1.01	-3.177	1.31	-3.01%	-19.61

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