Vern Law
Vernon Sanders Law (Deacon and Preacher)
All-Star Player
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
Final Game: August 20, 1967
Relatives: Father of Vance Law
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1950 PIT NL 20 P 27 22 5 15 2 1 .909 0.74 .964 0.97
1951 PIT NL 21 P 28 27 10 15 2 2 .926 0.89 .963 0.96
1954 PIT NL 24 P 39 18 161.2 35 11 23 1 2 .971 1.89 0.87 .960 2.07 0.87
1954 PIT NL 24 OF 1 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.20
1954 PIT NL 24 RF 1 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.80
1955 PIT NL 25 P 43 24 200.2 53 14 35 4 3 .925 2.20 1.14 .951 2.04 0.83 MVP-23
1956 PIT NL 26 P 39 32 195.2 43 12 31 0 3 1.000 1.98 1.10 .965 2.05 0.83
1957 PIT NL 27 P 31 25 173.2 38 13 23 2 2 .947 1.87 1.16 .963 2.06 0.82
1958 PIT NL 28 P 35 29 202.1 47 16 31 0 3 1.000 2.09 1.34 .953 1.97 0.77
1959 PIT NL 29 P 34 33 266.0 68 20 47 1 5 .985 2.27 1.97 .953 1.99 0.82 MVP-19
1960 PIT NL 30 P 35 35 271.2 80 28 50 2 6 .975 2.58 2.23 .961 2.09 0.87 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1961 PIT NL 31 P 11 10 59.1 20 7 13 0 1 1.000 3.03 1.82 .955 2.18 0.88
1962 PIT NL 32 P 23 20 139.1 36 7 27 2 3 .944 2.20 1.48 .947 2.07 0.82
1963 PIT NL 33 P 18 12 76.2 25 5 20 0 1 1.000 2.93 1.39 .948 2.07 0.84
1964 PIT NL 34 P 35 29 192.0 53 16 36 1 3 .981 2.44 1.49 .951 2.14 0.84
1965 PIT NL 35 P 29 28 217.1 66 29 36 1 2 .985 2.69 2.24 .955 2.08 0.81 MVP-17
1966 PIT NL 36 P 31 28 177.2 47 11 36 0 4 1.000 2.38 1.52 .945 1.96 0.74
1967 PIT NL 37 P 25 10 97.0 24 8 15 1 0 .958 2.13 0.92 .958 2.00 0.78
16 Seasons P 483 333 2431.0 684 212 453 19 41 .972 2.46 1.38 .955 2.05 0.84
1 Season OF 1 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.20
1 Season RF 1 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.80
16 Seasons TOT 484 334 2432.0 685 213 453 19 41 .972 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.46 1.38 .928 2.05 0.84
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1950 PIT NL 20 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PIT NL 21 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 PIT NL 24 50 19 50 50 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 7
1955 PIT NL 25 44 24 44 44 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 PIT NL 26 39 32 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PIT NL 27 34 25 34 34 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1958 PIT NL 28 36 29 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 PIT NL 29 38 33 38 38 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1960 PIT NL 30 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 PIT NL 31 11 10 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PIT NL 32 23 20 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 PIT NL 33 21 12 21 21 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1964 PIT NL 34 36 29 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 PIT NL 35 34 28 34 34 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1966 PIT NL 36 34 28 34 34 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1967 PIT NL 37 26 10 26 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 516 334 516 516 483 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 21
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 PIT NL 24 548 85% 23% 14 93% 0 6 1 4 13 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 80%
1955 PIT NL 25 479 84% 26% 26 85% 1 10 0 9 21 12 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 3 0 4 50%
1956 PIT NL 26 548 86% 27% 22 95% 0 8 2 3 19 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 6 100%
1957 PIT NL 27 628 87% 31% 29 79% 2 11 0 5 20 15 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 100%
1958 PIT NL 28 830 89% 27% 37 84% 0 14 0 9 30 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 8 50%
1959 PIT NL 29 1024 85% 29% 51 90% 1 20 3 12 42 30 8 1 0 0 1 1 5 4 4 1 5 60%
1960 PIT NL 30 1078 85% 31% 52 94% 1 26 1 22 47 37 6 2 1 1 0 1 6 3 5 1 8 88%
1961 PIT NL 31 266 85% 27% 14 93% 2 5 0 3 13 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1962 PIT NL 32 580 83% 27% 28 89% 0 8 1 4 23 17 4 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 2 50%
1963 PIT NL 33 330 87% 29% 22 91% 1 6 1 5 20 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0%
1964 PIT NL 34 784 84% 33% 47 89% 0 17 3 10 36 32 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 5 80%
1965 PIT NL 35 796 84% 32% 41 98% 1 27 5 20 38 30 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 5 80%
1966 PIT NL 36 611 85% 30% 29 93% 0 9 0 8 29 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 7 100%
1967 PIT NL 37 421 86% 30% 18 94% 0 8 0 7 16 13 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
14 Seasons 8923 85% 29% 430 90% 9 175 17 121 367 285 45 13 2 5 6 4 38 25 34 4 65 75%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 PIT NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 63% 75% 13% 1 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 63% 75% 13% 1 100%
MLB Averages 42.3% 3.1% 62% 78% 28% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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