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: 6-5 / in Starts: 6-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	312	2	Apr 12	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	7	2	1	2	4	1	1	1.13	4.32	34	12	8	0	1	7	64			1	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.44	-0.016	3.62	-0.02%	1.90	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
2	313	6	Apr 16	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-13	GS-5	L(0-2)	3	4.2	8	5	5	3	1	2	0	4.26	6.28	25	10	11	3	2	0	26			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.55	-0.365	4.34	-0.61%	-2.81	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 2 out d2
3	314	10	Apr 23	PIT		MLN	L,1-3	GS-8	L(0-3)	6	8.0	10	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.48	4.85	33	6	13	1	3	9	55			0	2	0	30	2	0	0	1	1	0	.93	0.105	2.57	0.18%	2.02	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
4	315	13	Apr 29	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS-7	W(1-3)	5	6.1	4	3	3	1	0	2	0	3.67	5.39	24	7	12	1	2	4	52			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.039	1.80	0.07%	-0.10	1b start a 2	7b -2- 1 out a2
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	316	26	May 16	PIT		STL	W,2-1	GS-5		16	5.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.09	4.86	19	7	5	2	0	3	61			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.280	2.99	0.50%	2.51	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
6	317	30	May 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-11	GS-3		4	2.0	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	4.24	4.66	11	4	1	0	0	5	27			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.362	3.66	-0.63%	-3.36	1b start a 1	3b 1-3 0 out d1
7	318	35	May 27	PIT	@	STL	L,5-7	GS-5	L(1-4)	5	4.1	12	7	7	2	1	1	0	5.40	4.87	26	6	6	1	1	11	10			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	1	.99	-0.427	3.48	-0.90%	-4.47	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d2
8	319	38	May 30(2)	PIT		CHC	L,0-10	7-GF		2	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	0	0	5.01	4.87	12	3	3	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	2	0	1	.00	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.51	7t --- 0 out d9	9t end d10
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
9	320	44	Jun 5	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-2	GS-7	W(2-4)	5	7.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.66	4.58	30	13	12	8	0	1	53			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.232	4.67	0.45%	1.81	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
10	321	50	Jun 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-4	GS-6	W(3-4)	5	5.0	7	3	3	1	1	2	0	4.73	4.90	22	4	9	0	2	7	41			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.50	-0.010	1.19	-0.02%	-0.94	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a4
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
11	322	69	Jul 2(1)	PIT		SFG	W,7-6	GS-6		20	6.0	5	3	3	1	3	2	0	4.70	5.05	22	6	7	0	2	5	52			0	0	1	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.068	1.50	-0.08%	0.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
							6-5		W-L:3-4	4.4	59.1	72	33	31	18	20	10	1	4.70	5.05	258	0.90		10%	9%	54	44	0	---%	1	3	1	236	9	2	3	8	1	2	1.02	-0.591	2.90	-1.07%	-2.92

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