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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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1950 20 PIT NL 7 9 .438 4.92 27 17 6 5 1 0 128.0 137 83 70 11 49 57 4 0 2 562 89 1.453 9.6 0.8 3.4 4.0 1.16
1951 21 PIT NL 6 9 .400 4.50 28 14 8 2 1 2 114.0 109 66 57 9 51 41 6 1 2 499 93 1.404 8.6 0.7 4.0 3.2 0.80
1954 24 PIT NL 9 13 .409 5.51 39 18 17 7 0 3 161.2 201 109 99 20 56 57 3 0 6 728 75 1.590 11.2 1.1 3.1 3.2 1.02
1955 25 PIT NL 10 10 .500 3.81 43 24 13 8 1 1 200.2 221 98 85 19 61 7 82 1 0 5 865 107 1.405 9.9 0.9 2.7 3.7 1.34 MVP-23
1956 26 PIT NL 8 16 .333 4.32 39 32 6 6 0 2 195.2 218 110 94 24 49 10 60 6 0 8 851 87 1.365 10.0 1.1 2.3 2.8 1.22
1957 27 PIT NL 10 8 .556 2.87 31 25 5 9 3 1 172.2 172 72 55 18 32 8 55 2 0 2 716 133 1.181 9.0 0.9 1.7 2.9 1.72
1958 28 PIT NL 14 12 .538 3.96 35 29 5 6 1 3 202.1 235 103 89 16 39 5 56 1 0 1 854 98 1.354 10.5 0.7 1.7 2.5 1.44
1959 29 PIT NL 18 9 .667 2.98 34 33 1 20 2 1 266.0 245 91 88 25 53 11 110 2 0 5 1080 130 1.120 8.3 0.8 1.8 3.7 2.08 MVP-19
1960 30 PIT NL 20 9 .690 3.08 35 35 0 18 3 0 271.2 266 104 93 25 40 8 120 4 1 2 1091 122 1.126 8.8 0.8 1.3 4.0 3.00 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1961 31 PIT NL 3 4 .429 4.70 11 10 1 1 0 0 59.1 72 33 31 10 18 3 20 1 0 0 258 85 1.517 10.9 1.5 2.7 3.0 1.11
1962 32 PIT NL 10 7 .588 3.94 23 20 2 7 2 0 139.1 156 67 61 21 27 4 78 1 0 2 596 100 1.313 10.1 1.4 1.7 5.0 2.89
1963 33 PIT NL 4 5 .444 4.93 18 12 2 1 1 0 76.2 91 45 42 11 13 0 31 0 0 2 325 67 1.357 10.7 1.3 1.5 3.6 2.38
1964 34 PIT NL 12 13 .480 3.61 35 29 1 7 5 0 192.0 203 85 77 18 32 6 93 1 0 1 795 97 1.224 9.5 0.8 1.5 4.4 2.91
1965 35 PIT NL 17 9 .654 2.15 29 28 1 13 4 0 217.1 182 66 52 17 35 2 101 3 0 1 847 163 0.998 7.5 0.7 1.4 4.2 2.89 MVP-17
1966 36 PIT NL 12 8 .600 4.05 31 28 2 8 4 0 177.2 203 85 80 19 24 1 88 4 1 0 737 88 1.278 10.3 1.0 1.2 4.5 3.67
1967 37 PIT NL 2 6 .250 4.18 25 10 7 1 0 0 97.0 122 57 45 5 18 9 43 1 0 0 427 80 1.443 11.3 0.5 1.7 4.0 2.39
16 Seasons 162 147 .524 3.77 483 364 77 119 28 13 2672.0 2833 1274 1118 268 597 74 1092 40 3 39 11231 101 1.284 9.5 0.9 2.0 3.7 1.83
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .524 3.77 39 29 6 10 2 1 215 227 102 90 22 48 88 3 0 3 902 101 1.284 9.5 0.9 2.0 3.7 1.83

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1960 30 PIT NL WS W NYY 2 0 1.000 3.44 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.1 22 7 7 3 3 1 8 0 0 1 77 1.364 10.8 1.5 1.5 3.9 2.67
1 WS 2 0 1.000 3.44 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.1 22 7 7 3 3 1 8 0 0 1 77 1.364 10.8 1.5 1.5 3.9 2.67

Standard Batting

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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 .963 153 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 76 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

Postseason Batting

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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

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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 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 (604th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 ML (1, 50%)
1 Cy Young
0.50 Career Shares (97th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1957 NL  2.867 (5th)
1959 NL  2.977 (5th)
1960 NL  3.081 (7th)
1965 NL  2.153 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1958 NL  14 (7th)
1959 NL  18 (5th)
1960 NL  20 (3rd)
1965 NL  17 (10th)
Career  162 (203rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1959 NL  .667 (3rd)
1960 NL  .690 (3rd)
1965 NL  .654 (8th)
1966 NL  .600 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1957 NL  1.182 (6th)
1959 NL  1.120 (4th)
1960 NL  1.126 (2nd)
1965 NL  .999 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 NL  8.290 (10th)
1965 NL  7.537 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 NL  2.254 (8th)
1957 NL  1.668 (3rd)
1958 NL  1.735 (3rd)
1959 NL  1.793 (5th)
1960 NL  1.325 (3rd)
1964 NL  1.500 (3rd)
1965 NL  1.449 (2nd)
1966 NL  1.216 (2nd)
Career  2.011 (94th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1959 NL  266.0 (6th)
1960 NL  271.7 (4th)
Career  2672.0 (193rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1956 NL  32 (10th)
1959 NL  33 (10th)
1960 NL  35 (5th)
Career  364 (167th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1959 NL  20 (2nd)
1960 NL  18 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1957 NL  3 (5th)
1960 NL  3 (8th)
1962 NL  2 (10th)
1964 NL  5 (2nd)
1965 NL  4 (9th)
1966 NL  4 (7th)
Career  28 (134th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1959 NL  25 (7th)
1960 NL  25 (7th)
Career  268 (69th)

Hits s c a p y
1955 NL  221 (7th)
1956 NL  218 (10th)
1958 NL  235 (6th)
1959 NL  245 (7th)
1960 NL  266 (3rd)
Career  2833 (152nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1959 NL  2.076 (9th)
1960 NL  3.000 (4th)
1964 NL  2.906 (9th)
1965 NL  2.886 (8th)
1966 NL  3.667 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL  .852 (6th)
1958 NL  .712 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1954 NL  13 (8th)
1956 NL  16 (5th)
Career  147 (168th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1954 NL  99 (5th)
1956 NL  94 (7th)
1960 NL  93 (9th)
Career  1118 (163rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1954 NL  6 (4th)
1955 NL  5 (8th)
1956 NL  8 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 NL  6 (6th)
1956 NL  6 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1959 NL  1080 (7th)
1960 NL  1091 (6th)
Career  11231 (164th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1957 NL  133 (3rd)
1959 NL  130 (4th)
1960 NL  122 (8th)
1965 NL  163 (2nd)

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)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 83 (284), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 42 (321), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

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