Vern Stephens

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: October 23, 1920 in McAlister, NM us

Died: November 4, 1968 in Long Beach, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach, CA

High School: Long Beach Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)

School: Long Beach City College (Long Beach, CA)

Debut: September 13, 1941 (Age 20-325d, 9,118th in major league history)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 30, 1955 (Age 34-250d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Vernon Decatur Stephens

Nicknames: Junior, Buster or Little Slug

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8x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.2

6497

1859

247

.286

1001

RBI

1174

OBP

.355

SLG

.460

OPS

.815

OPS+

119

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

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
2	2	Apr 20	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	1	7	0	8	1
3	3	Apr 21	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
4	4	Apr 22	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	5	2	1	8	2
5	5	Apr 23	BOS		NYY	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
7	7	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
8	8	Apr 27	BOS		PHA	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 28	BOS		PHA	W,12-5	CG	47	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
10	10	Apr 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	5	2	7	0
11	11	Apr 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
13	13	May 3	BOS	@	DET	T,14-14	CG	69	13.0	2	1	2	5	1
14	14	May 4	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	1	6	0	7	2
15	15	May 5	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
16	16	May 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	50	11.1	1	7	0	8	2
17	17	May 8 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-6	CG	51	13.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	18	May 8 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	19	May 10	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
20	20	May 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,8-12	CG	46	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	21	May 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	0	5	0	5	0
22	22	May 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 15	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
24	24	May 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
25	25	May 17	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
26	26	May 18	BOS		CHW	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	27	May 19	BOS		CHW	L,6-7	CG	46	10.0	2	4	1	7	0
28	28	May 21	BOS		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
29	29	May 22	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	1	9	0	10	2
30	30	May 23	BOS		DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
31	31	May 24	BOS		DET	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	4	8	0	12	4
32	32	May 25	BOS		SLB	L,4-8	CG	48	9.0	4	2	2	8	1
33	33	May 26	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
34	34	May 28	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	35	May 29	BOS		WSH	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
36	36	May 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
37	37	May 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
39	39	Jun 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
40	40	Jun 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS	31	6.0	2	3	0	5	1
41	41	Jun 4	BOS	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
42	42	Jun 5 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
43	43	Jun 5 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
44	44	Jun 6	BOS	@	DET	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
45	45	Jun 7	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
46	46	Jun 8	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
47	47	Jun 9	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-11	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
48	48	Jun 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	1	2	1	4	2
49	49	Jun 12 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,15-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
50	50	Jun 12 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 14	BOS		CLE	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	52	Jun 15	BOS		CLE	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
53	53	Jun 16	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	5	1	6	1
54	54	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	3	0	10	3
55	55	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-8	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
56	56	Jun 18	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
57	57	Jun 19	BOS		CHW	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
58	58	Jun 20	BOS		DET	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
59	59	Jun 21	BOS		DET	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
60	60	Jun 22	BOS		DET	L,4-13	CG	50	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
61	61	Jun 23	BOS		SLB	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	2	2	0	4	3
62	62	Jun 24	BOS		SLB	W,21-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
63	63	Jun 25	BOS		SLB	W,13-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
64	64	Jun 26	BOS		SLB	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	65	Jun 28	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
66	66	Jun 29	BOS		NYY	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
67	67	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 1	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-11	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
69	69	Jul 2	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	7	0	11	3
70	70	Jul 3	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
71	71	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
72	72	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	35	7.0	1	4	0	5	1
73	73	Jul 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
74	74	Jul 6	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
75	75	Jul 7 susp	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
76	76	Jul 8	BOS		PHA	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	0	7	0	7	3
77	77	Jul 9	BOS		PHA	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
78	78	Jul 10 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-5	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
79	79	Jul 10 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,11-10	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
80	80	Jul 14	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
81	81	Jul 15	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	43	8.1	3	3	0	6	2
82	82	Jul 16	BOS	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	3
83	83	Jul 17 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
84	84	Jul 17 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
85	85	Jul 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
86	86	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
87	87	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	43	8.1	1	3	0	4	1
88	88	Jul 22	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
89	89	Jul 23	BOS	@	SLB	W,16-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
90	90	Jul 24 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	91	Jul 24 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
92	92	Jul 26	BOS		CHW	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
93	93	Jul 27	BOS		CHW	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
94	94	Jul 28	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
95	95	Jul 29 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
96	96	Jul 29 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	3
97	97	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,6-10	CG	49	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
98	98	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	99	Aug 1	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
100	100	Aug 2	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
101	101	Aug 3	BOS		SLB	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
102	102	Aug 4	BOS		SLB	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
103	103	Aug 5	BOS		DET	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
104	104	Aug 6	BOS		DET	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
105	105	Aug 7	BOS		DET	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
106	106	Aug 9	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
107	107	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	108	Aug 11	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
109	109	Aug 12 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,15-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
110	110	Aug 12 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,13-11	CG	50	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
111	111	Aug 13	BOS		WSH	W,5-1	CG	47	12.0	6	5	0	11	3
112	112	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
113	113	Aug 14 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
114	114	Aug 15	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	1	5	0	6	0
115	115	Aug 16	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
116	116	Aug 17	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	46	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
117	117	Aug 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	118	Aug 20	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
119	119	Aug 21	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
120	120	Aug 23	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
121	121	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	4	3	1	8	2
122	122	Aug 26 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
123	123	Aug 26 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
124	124	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
125	125	Aug 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	42	10.1	2	2	1	5	0
126	126	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
127	127	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	44	9.2	3	3	0	6	2
128	128	Aug 30	BOS	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
129	129	Aug 31	BOS	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	130	Sep 1	BOS	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
131	131	Sep 2	BOS		PHA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	3
132	132	Sep 3	BOS		PHA	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
133	133	Sep 4	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
134	134	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
135	135	Sep 5 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,12-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
136	136	Sep 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	3	2	2	7	1
137	137	Sep 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
138	138	Sep 10	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
139	139	Sep 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
140	140	Sep 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	8	0	9	1
141	141	Sep 13	BOS		DET	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
142	142	Sep 14	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	3
143	143	Sep 16	BOS		SLB	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
144	144	Sep 17	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
145	145	Sep 18	BOS		CHW	W,11-5	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
146	146	Sep 20	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
147	147	Sep 21	BOS		CLE	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
148	148	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
149	149	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
150	150	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
151	151	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	2
152	152	Sep 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	0	5	0	5	0
153	153	Sep 30	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-9	CG	47	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
154	154	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
155	155	Oct 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
							155gm		1375.0	257	508	27	792	128