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Vern Law

Vernon Sanders Law (Deacon or Preacher)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 12, 1930 in Meridian, ID
High School: Meridan (Meridan, ID)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 11, 1950
Team: Pirates 1950-1967

Final Game: August 20, 1967
Relatives: Father of Vance Law
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1950 20 PIT NL 27 44 41 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 14 .073 .136 .122 .258 -32 5 1 2 0 1
1951 21 PIT NL 28 38 32 5 11 2 1 1 4 0 0 3 6 .344 .400 .563 .963 154 18 0 0 3 1
1954 24 PIT NL 50 64 52 10 12 5 0 1 13 0 0 5 8 .231 .310 .385 .695 82 20 4 1 6 0 1/9
1955 25 PIT NL 44 69 63 8 16 3 0 1 8 1 0 4 16 .254 .299 .349 .648 73 22 0 0 2 0 0 1 MVP-23
1956 26 PIT NL 39 65 57 3 10 1 0 1 8 0 0 4 16 .175 .226 .246 .471 29 14 1 0 3 1 0 1
1957 27 PIT NL 34 69 63 3 12 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 11 .190 .215 .238 .453 24 15 0 1 4 0 0 1
1958 28 PIT NL 36 80 62 11 12 3 1 2 12 0 0 9 10 .194 .288 .371 .659 75 23 4 0 7 2 0 1
1959 29 PIT NL 38 106 96 6 16 2 0 1 8 0 0 3 20 .167 .192 .219 .411 10 21 4 0 7 0 0 1 MVP-19
1960 30 PIT NL 35 104 94 10 17 5 2 1 7 0 0 2 19 .181 .196 .309 .504 35 29 1 0 7 1 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1961 31 PIT NL 11 24 19 0 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 .263 .318 .316 .634 69 6 0 1 2 1 0 1
1962 32 PIT NL 23 55 45 6 14 4 1 0 5 0 0 1 7 .311 .313 .444 .757 100 20 0 0 7 2 0 1
1963 33 PIT NL 21 24 23 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .217 .217 .217 .435 25 5 1 0 1 0 0 1
1964 34 PIT NL 36 70 61 9 19 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 11 .311 .354 .410 .764 115 25 3 1 5 0 0 1
1965 35 PIT NL 34 86 82 9 20 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 19 .244 .244 .280 .524 47 23 3 0 4 0 0 1 MVP-17
1966 36 PIT NL 34 73 66 11 16 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 11 .242 .275 .333 .609 69 22 2 0 4 0 0 1
1967 37 PIT NL 26 29 27 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .111 .143 .185 .328 -7 5 0 0 1 0 0 1
16 Seasons 516 1000 883 96 191 35 7 11 90 1 0 41 179 .216 .254 .309 .563 53 273 24 6 63 7 0
162 Game Avg. 162 314 277 30 60 11 2 3 28 0 13 56 .216 .254 .309 .563 53 86 8 2 20

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1950 20 PIT NL 44 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1951 21 PIT NL 38 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1
1954 24 PIT NL 64 -1 1 1 0 0 5 2 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ 1/9
1955 25 PIT NL 69 -2 0 0 0 0 5 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1 MVP-23
1956 26 PIT NL 65 -5 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1957 27 PIT NL 69 -7 0 -1 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1958 28 PIT NL 80 -2 0 1 -1 0 6 3 7 0.6 7 0.7 -0.1 $ 1
1959 29 PIT NL 105 -12 -1 2 0 0 9 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1 MVP-19
1960 30 PIT NL 105 -9 0 2 0 0 8 3 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1961 31 PIT NL 24 -1 -1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1962 32 PIT NL 55 0 -1 1 0 0 4 2 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ 1
1963 33 PIT NL 24 -2 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1964 34 PIT NL 70 1 0 0 -1 0 6 2 8 0.8 8 0.9 -0.1 $ 1
1965 35 PIT NL 87 -6 0 0 0 0 7 3 4 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ 1 MVP-17
1966 36 PIT NL 74 -3 0 -1 0 0 6 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
1967 37 PIT NL 29 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
16 Seasons 1002 -59 -2 6 -2 0 78 32 53 4.9 53 5.4 -0.5 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1950 20 PIT NL 44 39 0 0.0 111 .111 .073 .273 .136 .351 .122 .424 .258 .774 -32 .000 -8.4 -0.8 .205 .073 .049
1951 21 PIT NL 38 24 7 7.8 105 .400 .344 .270 .400 .344 .563 .409 .963 .753 154 .733 2.4 0.2 1.000 .313 .219 .0
1954 24 PIT NL 64 50 6 3.2 107 .256 .231 .272 .310 .343 .385 .420 .695 .763 82 .325 -1.3 -0.1 .591 .250 .154 .0
1955 25 PIT NL 69 49 7 3.8 104 .326 .254 .263 .299 .334 .349 .417 .648 .751 73 .408 -2.5 -0.2 .574 .175 .095 1.0
1956 26 PIT NL 65 52 3 1.5 100 .220 .175 .261 .226 .327 .246 .411 .471 .738 29 .124 -5.7 -0.6 .375 .140 .070 .0
1957 27 PIT NL 69 55 4 2.0 100 .231 .190 .265 .215 .328 .238 .410 .453 .738 24 .174 -6.9 -0.7 .333 .063 .048
1958 28 PIT NL 80 63 6 2.6 104 .192 .194 .266 .288 .334 .371 .416 .659 .749 75 .250 -2.0 -0.2 .593 .323 .177 .0
1959 29 PIT NL 106 91 4 1.2 104 .200 .167 .269 .192 .335 .219 .416 .411 .751 10 .075 -12.6 -1.3 .286 .083 .052 .0
1960 30 PIT NL 104 86 6 1.9 100 .213 .181 .264 .196 .330 .309 .406 .504 .736 35 .176 -8.8 -0.9 .397 .149 .128 .0
1961 31 PIT NL 24 17 2 3.1 107 .313 .263 .271 .318 .338 .316 .423 .634 .761 69 .327 -0.7 -0.1 .571 .105 .053
1962 32 PIT NL 55 40 7 4.7 104 .350 .311 .271 .313 .339 .444 .412 .757 .750 100 .512 0.1 0.0 .677 .156 .133
1963 33 PIT NL 24 20 1 1.4 90 .227 .217 .255 .217 .317 .217 .382 .435 .699 25 .125 -2.3 -0.2 .263 .000 .000
1964 34 PIT NL 70 50 8 4.3 94 .367 .311 .263 .354 .321 .410 .391 .764 .712 115 .522 1.2 0.1 .644 .148 .098 .0
1965 35 PIT NL 86 69 5 2.0 94 .306 .244 .259 .244 .323 .280 .392 .524 .715 47 .203 -6.2 -0.6 .354 .037 .037 .0
1966 36 PIT NL 73 56 6 2.9 96 .278 .242 .265 .275 .324 .333 .399 .609 .722 69 .332 -2.9 -0.3 .481 .136 .091 .0
1967 37 PIT NL 29 25 1 1.1 90 .143 .111 .258 .143 .320 .185 .379 .328 .700 -7 .084 -3.7 -0.4 .250 .111 .074
16 Seasons 1000 786 73 2.5 101 .257 .216 .265 .254 .331 .309 .407 .563 .739 53 .257 -60.3 -6.1 .448 .140 .093 1.8
162 Game Avg. 314 247 23 2.5 101 .257 .216 .265 .254 .331 .309 .407 .563 .739 53 .257 -60.3 -6.1 .448 .140 .093 1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 30 PIT NL WS NYY W 3 8 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .429 .500 .929 3 1 1 1 0 0
1 WS 3 8 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .429 .500 .929 3 1 1 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 PIT NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 PIT NL 30 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Appearances) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1950 20 PIT NL 44 0.0% 31.8% 2.3% 2.3% 33% 14.00 2.9 41.0 1.75 61%
1951 21 PIT NL 38 2.6% 15.8% 7.9% 10.5% 36% 2.00 5.3 32.0 8.0 1.75 66%
1954 24 PIT NL 64 1.6% 12.5% 7.8% 9.4% 50% 1.60 6.5 52.0 4.0 2.50 67%
1955 25 PIT NL 69 1.5% 23.2% 5.8% 5.8% 25% 4.00 3.9 63.0 7.9 1.43 67%
1956 26 PIT NL 65 1.5% 24.6% 6.2% 3.1% 20% 4.00 3.6 57.0 7.1 1.63 63%
1957 27 PIT NL 69 0.0% 15.9% 1.5% 2.9% 17% 11.00 5.7 10.5 0.74 75%
1958 28 PIT NL 80 2.5% 12.5% 11.3% 7.5% 50% 1.11 6.2 31.0 5.2 1.00 65%
1959 29 PIT NL 106 0.9% 18.9% 2.8% 2.8% 19% 6.67 4.8 96.0 12.0 2.00 71%
1960 30 PIT NL 104 1.0% 18.3% 1.9% 7.7% 47% 9.50 4.9 94.0 13.4 1.10 72%
1961 31 PIT NL 24 0.0% 16.7% 4.2% 4.2% 20% 4.00 4.8 3.8 1.60 67%
1962 32 PIT NL 55 0.0% 12.7% 1.8% 9.1% 36% 7.00 6.4 9.0 2.33 73%
1963 33 PIT NL 24 0.0% 4.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 23.0 1.83 92%
1964 34 PIT NL 70 1.4% 15.7% 4.3% 5.7% 21% 3.67 5.5 61.0 20.3 2.00 70%
1965 35 PIT NL 86 1.2% 22.1% 0.0% 1.2% 5% 4.3 82.0 13.7 1.61 72%
1966 36 PIT NL 73 1.4% 15.1% 4.1% 5.5% 25% 3.67 6.0 66.0 22.0 1.56 74%
1967 37 PIT NL 29 0.0% 20.7% 3.5% 6.9% 67% 6.00 4.5 27.0 2.17 72%
16 Seasons 1000 1.1% 17.9% 4.1% 5.3% 28% 4.37 4.9 80.3 9.8 1.51 70%
MLB Averages 2.2% 13.2% 8.8% 6.5% 29% 1.51 6.7 40.2 8.5 1.02 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1950 20 PIT NL -8.4 -0.8 26 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 1.24 -0.4 0.3 -3.9 -0.4 0.99 -4.5 0
1951 21 PIT NL 2.4 0.2 31 0.2 0.6 -0.4 .91 0.5 -0.3 3.7 0.4 0.85 5.2 0
1954 24 PIT NL -1.3 -0.1 58 0.8 1.7 -0.9 1.19 0.3 0.3 5.6 0.5 1.09 3.8 0.10 2
1955 25 PIT NL -2.5 -0.2 58 -0.2 1.2 -1.4 1.34 0.1 -0.3 0.1 0.0 1.01 0.7 0
1956 26 PIT NL -5.7 -0.6 46 0.1 0.8 -0.6 .90 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.1 1.02 0.3 0
1957 27 PIT NL -6.9 -0.7 61 -0.7 0.6 -1.2 1.05 -0.7 0.0 -7.4 -0.8 0.98 -7.6 3.07 2
1958 28 PIT NL -2.0 -0.2 80 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 .88 -0.2 -0.1 0.8 0.1 1.00 -0.7 0
1959 29 PIT NL -12.6 -1.3 100 -0.6 1.2 -1.8 .93 -0.7 0.1 -7.8 -0.8 1.01 -8.1 0.69 1
1960 30 PIT NL -8.8 -0.9 106 -0.6 1.0 -1.7 .88 -0.7 -0.0 -9.8 -1.0 0.98 -7.1 0
1961 31 PIT NL -0.7 -0.1 24 0.1 0.5 -0.4 1.10 -0.1 0.2 1.4 0.1 1.01 -0.5 0
1962 32 PIT NL 0.1 0.0 56 -0.0 0.6 -0.6 .71 0.1 -0.1 -0.5 -0.0 0.97 -0.1 0
1963 33 PIT NL -2.3 -0.2 24 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .93 -0.2 -0.1 -3.2 -0.3 0.89 -2.1 0
1964 34 PIT NL 1.2 0.1 70 -0.2 0.8 -0.9 .74 -0.0 -0.2 -2.5 -0.3 0.90 -1.0 2.46 1
1965 35 PIT NL -6.2 -0.6 84 -0.0 1.1 -1.2 .86 -0.6 0.6 -6.7 -0.7 0.98 -7.3 0
1966 36 PIT NL -2.9 -0.3 68 -0.7 0.5 -1.2 .81 -0.2 -0.6 -5.7 -0.6 0.99 -3.6 0.79 1
1967 37 PIT NL -3.7 -0.4 29 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 1.01 -0.4 -0.2 -4.0 -0.4 0.94 -3.6 0
16 Seasons -60.3 -6.1 921 -2.9 12.2 -15.1 .94 -3.1 0.1 -39.1 -4.1 0.98 -36.1 1.47 7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1950 20 PIT NL 1 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 21 PIT NL 0 0 31% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1954 24 PIT NL 3 0 53% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 18% 4 4 0 2 1 1 5 4 1
1955 25 PIT NL 0 0 37% 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
1956 26 PIT NL 2 0 15% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1957 27 PIT NL 0 0 21% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 28 PIT NL 3 0 47% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 40% 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 2
1959 29 PIT NL 4 0 28% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 30% 5 3 2 0 0 0 5 4 1
1960 30 PIT NL 5 1 50% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 5 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 2
1961 31 PIT NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33% 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
1962 32 PIT NL 3 0 40% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1963 33 PIT NL 2 0 40% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1964 34 PIT NL 1 0 36% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 86% 3 1 2 2 0 2 2 0 2
1965 35 PIT NL 1 1 42% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 27% 2 2 0 5 3 1 4 2 2
1966 36 PIT NL 0 1 56% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 58% 7 3 4 0 0 0 5 2 3
1967 37 PIT NL 0 0 75% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
16 Seasons 25 3 37% 292 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 20 43% 42 26 14 11 5 5 42 19 22

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1950 20 PIT NL 26 4% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 6 0 0% 20 1 5% 1 0 0% 0 0 18
1951 21 PIT NL 31 13% 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 17 3 18% 1 1 100% 0 0 7
1954 24 PIT NL 52 33% 12 2 0 0 0 0.10 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 6 120% 16 4 25% 11 3 27% 49 12 24% 3 3 100% 3 3 100% 12
1955 25 PIT NL 44 43% 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 0 0% 5 0 0% 30 7 23% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 25
1956 26 PIT NL 46 30% 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 3 60% 9 1 11% 8 3 38% 35 7 20% 4 4 100% 1 0 0% 19
1957 27 PIT NL 61 30% 12 2 0 0 0 3.07 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 11 0 0% 11 4 36% 42 4 10% 4 2 50% 2 1 50% 8
1958 28 PIT NL 80 23% 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 7 7 100% 22 4 18% 17 8 47% 57 11 19% 6 4 67% 3 3 100% 0
1959 29 PIT NL 99 32% 16 1 0 0 0 0.69 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 7 7 100% 22 4 18% 24 7 29% 71 8 11% 3 1 33% 5 3 60% 6
1960 30 PIT NL 103 21% 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 13 7 54% 23 1 4% 22 6 27% 76 6 8% 4 2 50% 6 3 50% 2
1961 31 PIT NL 24 29% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 0 0% 3 3 100% 18 5 28% 3 3 100% 2 2 100% 0
1962 32 PIT NL 55 35% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 10 0 0% 11 3 27% 40 5 13% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
1963 33 PIT NL 24 25% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 4 2 50% 15 1 7% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
1964 34 PIT NL 69 29% 19 1 0 0 0 2.46 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 83% 16 3 19% 13 3 23% 35 2 6% 0 0 0 0 1
1965 35 PIT NL 83 29% 20 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 80% 17 3 18% 17 8 47% 57 7 12% 6 3 50% 3 2 67% 4
1966 36 PIT NL 65 18% 16 1 0 0 0 0.79 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 4 67% 15 2 13% 21 5 24% 43 2 5% 2 0 0% 3 2 67% 9
1967 37 PIT NL 28 36% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 6 1 17% 13 1 8% 2 0 0% 0 0 1
16 Seasons 890 27% 191 7 0 0 0 1.47 11 0 30 8 3 0 11 0 72 63 88% 189 24 13% 181 57 31% 618 82 13% 47 27 57% 33 22 67% 112
MLB Averages 51% 81% 11% 31% 14% 49% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 20 27 44 41 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 14 .073 .136 .122 .258 -32 5 1 2 0
1951 21 55 82 73 5 14 2 2 1 5 0 0 4 20 .192 .253 .315 .568 48 23 1 2 3
1952 22 55 82 73 5 14 2 2 1 5 0 0 4 20 .192 .253 .315 .568 48 23 1 2 3
1953 23 55 82 73 5 14 2 2 1 5 0 0 4 20 .192 .253 .315 .568 48 23 1 2 3
1954 24 105 146 125 15 26 7 2 2 18 0 0 9 28 .208 .277 .344 .621 62 43 5 3 9 0
1955 25 149 215 188 23 42 10 2 3 26 1 0 13 44 .223 .284 .346 .630 66 65 5 3 11 0 0
1956 26 188 280 245 26 52 11 2 4 34 1 0 17 60 .212 .271 .322 .593 57 79 6 3 14 1 0
1957 27 222 349 308 29 64 12 3 4 40 1 0 18 71 .208 .260 .305 .565 51 94 6 4 18 1 0
1958 28 258 429 370 40 76 15 4 6 52 1 0 27 81 .205 .265 .316 .581 55 117 10 4 25 3 0
1959 29 296 535 466 46 92 17 4 7 60 1 0 30 101 .197 .250 .296 .547 46 138 14 4 32 3 0
1960 30 331 639 560 56 109 22 6 8 67 1 0 32 120 .195 .242 .298 .540 44 167 15 4 39 4 0
1961 31 342 663 579 56 114 23 6 8 72 1 0 33 124 .197 .244 .299 .543 45 173 15 5 41 5 0
1962 32 365 718 624 62 128 27 7 8 77 1 0 34 131 .205 .249 .309 .559 49 193 15 5 48 7 0
1963 33 386 742 647 64 133 27 7 8 77 1 0 34 132 .206 .248 .306 .554 48 198 16 5 49 7 0
1964 34 422 812 708 73 152 30 7 9 80 1 0 37 143 .215 .257 .315 .572 54 223 19 6 54 7 0
1965 35 456 898 790 82 172 30 7 10 86 1 0 37 162 .218 .256 .311 .567 53 246 22 6 58 7 0
1966 36 490 971 856 93 188 33 7 11 89 1 0 40 173 .220 .257 .313 .571 54 268 24 6 62 7 0
1967 37 516 1000 883 96 191 35 7 11 90 1 0 41 179 .216 .254 .309 .563 53 273 24 6 63 7 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1950 20 28 46 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .000 .065 .000 .065 0 27
1951 21 29 36 33 5 11 2 1 1 4 0 3 6 .333 .389 .545 .934 7 28
1954 24 53 61 55 11 13 5 0 1 14 0 5 8 .236 .311 .382 .693 6 50
1955 25 46 70 66 9 17 3 0 1 9 1 4 17 .258 .300 .348 .648 7 44
1956 26 41 64 59 3 10 1 0 1 8 0 4 17 .169 .219 .237 .456 3 39
1957 27 36 67 65 3 12 1 1 0 6 0 1 11 .185 .209 .231 .440 3 34
1958 28 38 78 66 12 13 3 1 2 13 0 10 11 .197 .295 .364 .659 7 36
1959 29 40 104 101 6 17 2 0 1 8 0 3 21 .168 .192 .218 .410 4 38
1960 30 37 101 98 11 18 5 2 1 8 0 2 20 .184 .198 .306 .504 6 35
1961 31 11 24 21 0 6 1 0 0 6 0 1 4 .286 .333 .333 .667 2 11
1962 32 23 47 44 6 13 4 1 0 5 0 1 7 .295 .298 .432 .730 6 23
1963 33 21 23 23 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .217 .217 .217 .435 1 21
1964 34 36 66 62 9 20 3 0 1 3 0 3 11 .323 .364 .419 .783 9 36
1965 35 34 83 83 10 21 0 0 1 6 0 0 19 .253 .253 .289 .542 6 34
1966 36 34 70 67 13 17 3 0 1 3 0 3 11 .254 .286 .343 .629 7 34
1967 37 26 29 28 4 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 6 .143 .172 .250 .422 1 26
16 Seasons 533 969 914 104 197 36 6 11 94 1 42 185 .216 .253 .304 .557 75 516
162 Game Avg. 162 295 278 32 60 11 2 3 29 0 13 56 .216 .253 .304 .557 23 516

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1973 BBWAA ( 2.4%)
1974 BBWAA ( 1.4%)
1975 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1976 BBWAA ( 2.3%)
1977 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1978 BBWAA ( 1.6%)
1979 BBWAA ( 2.1%)

All-Star Games
1960-1 *
1960-2 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1960 ML Cy Young
1960 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1965 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1955 NL (23, 0%)
1959 NL (19, 1%)
1960 NL (6, 24%)
1965 NL (17, 4%)
0.29 Career Shares (619th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 ML (1, 50%)
1 Cy Young
0.50 Career Shares (101st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1959 NL  7.1 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1967 NL  born 1930-03-12 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1950 NL  born 1930-03-12 (10th)

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  7. Dizzy Trout (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Harvey Haddix (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Name and misspellings: Vernon Deacon Deacon,Preacher Preacher Sanders Vern vernon Law

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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