Vern Stephens
Vernon Decatur Stephens (Junior and Buster)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 23, 1920 in McAlister, NM
High School: Polytechnic (Long Beach, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1941
Final Game: June 30, 1955
Died: November 3, 1968 in Long Beach, CA
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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
1941 20 SLB AL 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 162 1 0 0 0 /6
1942 21 SLB AL 145 619 575 84 169 26 6 14 92 1 3 41 53 .294 .341 .433 .774 116 249 15 0 3 *6 MVP-4
1943 22 SLB AL 137 571 512 75 148 27 3 22 91 3 2 54 73 .289 .357 .482 .839 142 247 11 0 5 *6O AS,MVP-9
1944 23 SLB AL 145 628 559 91 164 32 1 20 109 2 2 62 54 .293 .365 .462 .826 129 258 3 1 6 *6 AS,MVP-3
1945 24 SLB AL 149 632 571 90 165 27 3 24 89 2 1 55 70 .289 .352 .473 .825 134 270 11 1 5 *6/5 MVP-6
1946 25 SLB AL 115 488 450 67 138 19 4 14 64 0 1 35 49 .307 .357 .460 .817 122 207 12 0 3 *6 AS,MVP-19
1947 26 SLB AL 150 634 562 74 157 18 4 15 83 8 4 70 61 .279 .359 .406 .765 111 228 7 0 2 *6 MVP-31
1948 27 BOS AL 155 716 635 114 171 25 8 29 137 1 0 77 56 .269 .350 .471 .821 113 299 25 2 2 *6 AS,MVP-4
1949 28 BOS AL 155 711 610 113 177 31 2 39 159 2 2 101 73 .290 .391 .539 .930 138 329 19 0 0 *6 AS,MVP-7
1950 29 BOS AL 149 693 628 125 185 34 6 30 144 1 0 65 43 .295 .361 .511 .872 113 321 21 0 0 *6 AS,MVP-24
1951 30 BOS AL 109 415 377 62 113 21 2 17 78 1 2 38 33 .300 .364 .501 .865 124 189 22 0 0 5/6 AS
1952 31 BOS AL 92 337 295 35 75 13 2 7 44 2 2 39 31 .254 .343 .383 .726 95 113 8 1 2 65
1953 32 TOT AL 90 329 294 30 77 14 0 5 31 2 0 31 42 .262 .332 .361 .693 85 106 10 0 4 5/6
1953 32 CHW AL 44 143 129 14 24 6 0 1 14 2 0 13 18 .186 .261 .256 .516 38 33 3 0 1 5/6
1953 32 SLB AL 46 186 165 16 53 8 0 4 17 0 0 18 24 .321 .388 .442 .830 122 73 7 0 3 5
1954 33 BAL AL 101 393 365 31 104 17 1 8 46 0 3 17 36 .285 .311 .403 .714 102 147 4 0 4 7 5
1955 34 TOT AL 25 72 62 10 15 3 0 3 7 0 0 7 11 .242 .324 .435 .759 102 27 1 1 1 1 0 5
1955 34 BAL AL 3 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 /5
1955 34 CHW AL 22 65 56 10 14 3 0 3 7 0 0 7 11 .250 .328 .464 .792 109 26 1 0 1 1 0 5
15 Seasons 1720 7240 6497 1001 1859 307 42 247 1174 25 22 692 685 .286 .355 .460 .815 119 2991 169 6 37 8 0
162 Game Avg. 162 682 612 94 175 29 4 23 111 2 2 65 65 .286 .355 .460 .815 119 282 16 1 3
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
BAL (10 yrs) 994 4160 3767 528 1100 174 22 121 591 16 16 352 420 .292 .352 .446 .799 123 1681 70 3 31 7 0
BOS (5 yrs) 660 2872 2545 449 721 124 20 122 562 7 6 320 236 .283 .364 .492 .856 119 1251 95 3 4
CHW (2 yrs) 66 208 185 24 38 9 0 4 21 2 0 20 29 .205 .282 .319 .600 60 59 4 0 2 1 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1941 20 SLB AL 2 1 1 26.7 109 .500 .500 .279 .500 .356 .500 .412 1.000 .768 162 .960 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1942 21 SLB AL 619 427 84 5.3 95 .305 .294 .267 .341 .341 .433 .373 .774 .715 116 .612 9.4 1.0 .679 .207 .139 1.9
1943 22 SLB AL 571 382 88 6.3 89 .302 .289 .258 .357 .333 .482 .356 .839 .690 142 .716 25.9 2.8 .801 .301 .193 5.3
1944 23 SLB AL 628 406 93 6.2 96 .297 .293 .275 .365 .343 .462 .375 .826 .718 129 .686 21.9 2.3 .803 .279 .168 3.6
1945 24 SLB AL 632 423 95 6.0 92 .296 .289 .267 .352 .340 .473 .363 .825 .703 134 .692 22.7 2.4 .782 .282 .184 3.7
1946 25 SLB AL 488 328 73 5.9 100 .320 .307 .269 .357 .345 .460 .387 .817 .732 122 .658 11.8 1.2 .742 .229 .153 .0
1947 26 SLB AL 634 418 82 5.2 98 .292 .279 .265 .359 .345 .406 .381 .765 .726 111 .602 7.9 0.8 .726 .258 .126 10.4
1948 27 BOS AL 716 491 104 5.6 110 .258 .269 .279 .350 .365 .471 .403 .821 .768 113 .591 7.8 0.8 .775 .324 .202 1.9
1949 28 BOS AL 711 454 128 7.5 112 .277 .290 .279 .391 .372 .539 .405 .930 .778 138 .712 32.3 3.2 .947 .415 .249 3.8
1950 29 BOS AL 693 464 116 6.6 122 .279 .295 .290 .361 .379 .511 .435 .872 .814 113 .630 8.3 0.8 .834 .322 .217 1.9
1951 30 BOS AL 415 288 68 6.3 109 .294 .300 .278 .364 .361 .501 .407 .865 .768 124 .651 11.5 1.1 .785 .300 .202 1.9
1952 31 BOS AL 337 232 38 4.4 103 .265 .254 .269 .343 .350 .383 .393 .726 .743 95 .529 -1.7 -0.2 .665 .261 .129 3.1
1953 32 TOT AL 329 231 37 4.3 104 .291 .262 .272 .332 .349 .361 .401 .693 .750 85 .483 -6.1 -0.6 .612 .211 .099 2.9
1953 32 CHW AL 143 109 9 2.2 105 .209 .186 .273 .261 .350 .256 .402 .516 .752 38 .218 -11.5 -1.2 .444 .186 .070 1.3
1953 32 SLB AL 186 122 28 6.2 104 .358 .321 .272 .388 .348 .442 .400 .830 .749 122 .644 5.4 0.5 .765 .230 .121 .0
1954 33 BAL AL 393 279 45 4.3 92 .293 .285 .256 .311 .330 .403 .374 .714 .704 102 .507 0.3 0.0 .601 .156 .118 .0
1955 34 TOT AL 72 50 9 4.8 104 .245 .242 .269 .324 .348 .435 .400 .759 .748 102 .523 0.0 -0.0 .729 .306 .194 .0
1955 34 BAL AL 7 5 0 0.0 95 .167 .167 .257 .286 .335 .167 .382 .452 .717 29 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .400 .000 .000
1955 34 CHW AL 65 45 9 5.4 105 .256 .250 .270 .328 .350 .464 .402 .792 .752 109 .571 0.6 0.1 .767 .339 .214 .0
15 Seasons 7240 4874 1061 5.8 102 .289 .286 .272 .355 .352 .460 .389 .815 .741 119 .636 152.4 15.6 .765 .281 .174 45.4
162 Game Avg. 682 459 100 5.8 102 .289 .286 .272 .355 .352 .460 .389 .815 .741 119 .636 14 1 .765 .281 .174 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BAL (10 yrs) 4160 2791 589 5.7 95 .303 .292 .266 .352 .340 .446 .374 .799 .714 123 .648 104.9 11.0 .740 .248 .154 28.3
BOS (5 yrs) 2872 1929 454 6.3 113 .274 .283 .280 .364 .368 .492 .411 .856 .779 119 .637 58.3 5.7 .818 .334 .208 13.2
CHW (2 yrs) 208 154 18 3.1 105 .222 .205 .272 .282 .350 .319 .402 .600 .752 60 .341 -10.9 -1.1 .536 .232 .114 2.7

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
1944 23 SLB AL WS STL L 6 25 22 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .227 .320 .273 .593 6 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 25 22 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .227 .320 .273 .593 6 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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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
1943 SLB AL 22 as SS 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 1 0 0
1944 SLB AL 23 as SS 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1945 SLB AL 24 DNP
1946 SLB AL 25 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 3 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BOS AL 27 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BOS AL 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BOS AL 29 DNP
1951 BOS AL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons (6 Appearances) 16 15 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .333 .333 .400 .733 6 0 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1941 20 SLB AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1942 21 SLB AL 619 2.3% 8.6% 6.6% 7.4% 27% 1.29 10.8 41.1 6.3 82%
1943 22 SLB AL 571 3.9% 12.8% 9.5% 9.1% 35% 1.35 7.0 23.3 5.6 73%
1944 23 SLB AL 628 3.2% 8.6% 9.9% 8.4% 32% 0.87 10.4 28.0 5.1 77%
1945 24 SLB AL 632 3.8% 11.1% 8.7% 8.5% 33% 1.27 8.2 23.8 6.4 75%
1946 25 SLB AL 488 2.9% 10.0% 7.2% 7.6% 27% 1.40 9.2 32.1 7.0 79%
1947 26 SLB AL 634 2.4% 9.6% 11.0% 5.8% 24% 0.87 9.2 37.5 6.8 77%
1948 27 BOS AL 716 4.1% 7.8% 10.8% 8.7% 36% 0.73 11.3 21.9 4.6 77%
1949 28 BOS AL 711 5.5% 10.3% 14.2% 10.1% 41% 0.72 8.4 15.6 3.8 70%
1950 29 BOS AL 693 4.3% 6.2% 9.4% 10.1% 38% 0.66 14.6 20.9 4.4 80%
1951 30 BOS AL 415 4.1% 8.0% 9.2% 9.6% 35% 0.87 11.4 22.2 4.8 79%
1952 31 BOS AL 337 2.1% 9.2% 11.6% 6.5% 29% 0.79 9.5 42.1 6.7 76%
1953 32 TOT AL 329 1.5% 12.8% 9.4% 5.8% 25% 1.35 7.0 58.8 9.5 75%
1953 32 CHW AL 143 0.7% 12.6% 9.1% 4.9% 29% 1.38 7.2 129.0 9.2 77%
1953 32 SLB AL 186 2.2% 12.9% 9.7% 6.5% 23% 1.33 6.9 41.3 9.7 74%
1954 33 BAL AL 393 2.0% 9.2% 4.3% 6.6% 25% 2.12 10.1 45.6 7.9 0.77 83%
1955 34 TOT AL 72 4.2% 15.3% 9.7% 8.3% 40% 1.57 5.6 20.7 8.9 0.95 68%
1955 34 BAL AL 7 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.50 86%
1955 34 CHW AL 65 4.6% 16.9% 10.8% 9.2% 43% 1.57 5.1 18.7 8.0 0.89 66%
15 Seasons 7240 3.4% 9.5% 9.6% 8.2% 32% 0.99 9.5 26.3 5.5 0.80 77%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954 33 BAL AL 5 0 20% 125 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 52% 13 9 4 6 1 5 4 1 3
1955 34 TOT AL 1 0 35% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 27% 5 4 1 2 2 0 4 2 2
1955 34 BAL AL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 34 CHW AL 1 0 39% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 30% 4 3 1 2 2 0 4 2 2
15 Seasons 6 0 33% 154 25 22 53% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 44% 18 13 5 8 3 5 8 3 5
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 33 BAL AL 376 28% 104 5 0 0 0 0.54 8 0 10 3 3 4 2 1 5 4 80% 65 4 6% 36 12 33% 241 36 15% 21 9 43% 24 10 42% 17
1955 34 TOT AL 71 38% 15 6 1 1 1 3.05 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 100% 18 1 6% 8 3 38% 41 4 10% 4 1 25% 4 1 25% 0
1955 34 BAL AL 7 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1955 34 CHW AL 64 42% 14 5 1 1 1 3.65 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 100% 17 1 6% 7 3 43% 40 4 10% 4 1 25% 4 1 25% 0
15 Seasons 447 30% 1859 11 1 1 1 1.91 247 0 11 6 3 4 5 1 6 37 617% 83 169 204% 44 15 34% 282 40 14% 25 10 40% 28 11 39% 17
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1941 20 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 162 1 0 0 0
1942 21 148 621 577 84 170 26 6 14 92 1 3 41 53 .295 .341 .433 .775 116 250 15 0 3
1943 22 285 1192 1089 159 318 53 9 36 183 4 5 95 126 .292 .349 .456 .805 128 497 26 0 8
1944 23 430 1820 1648 250 482 85 10 56 292 6 7 157 180 .292 .354 .458 .813 129 755 29 1 14
1945 24 579 2452 2219 340 647 112 13 80 381 8 8 212 250 .292 .354 .462 .816 130 1025 40 2 19
1946 25 694 2940 2669 407 785 131 17 94 445 8 9 247 299 .294 .354 .462 .816 129 1232 52 2 22
1947 26 844 3574 3231 481 942 149 21 109 528 16 13 317 360 .292 .355 .452 .807 125 1460 59 2 24
1948 27 999 4290 3866 595 1113 174 29 138 665 17 13 394 416 .288 .354 .455 .809 123 1759 84 4 26
1949 28 1154 5001 4476 708 1290 205 31 177 824 19 15 495 489 .288 .360 .466 .826 125 2088 103 4 26
1950 29 1303 5694 5104 833 1475 239 37 207 968 20 15 560 532 .289 .360 .472 .832 124 2409 124 4 26
1951 30 1412 6109 5481 895 1588 260 39 224 1046 21 17 598 565 .290 .360 .474 .834 124 2598 146 4 26
1952 31 1504 6446 5776 930 1663 273 41 231 1090 23 19 637 596 .288 .359 .469 .829 122 2711 154 5 28
1953 32 1594 6775 6070 960 1740 287 41 236 1121 25 19 668 638 .287 .358 .464 .822 120 2817 164 5 32
1954 33 1695 7168 6435 991 1844 304 42 244 1167 25 22 685 674 .287 .355 .461 .816 119 2964 168 5 36 7
1955 34 1720 7240 6497 1001 1859 307 42 247 1174 25 22 692 685 .286 .355 .460 .815 119 2991 169 6 37 8 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1941 20 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1942 21 154 654 610 91 180 28 6 15 100 1 44 56 .295 .343 .434 .777 91 145
1943 22 144 610 549 88 166 30 3 25 107 3 61 77 .302 .372 .505 .877 103 137
1944 23 152 652 586 97 173 34 1 21 116 2 65 56 .295 .367 .464 .831 99 145
1945 24 158 675 613 102 183 30 3 27 101 2 61 74 .299 .363 .489 .852 108 149
1946 25 120 510 473 72 147 20 4 15 69 0 37 51 .311 .361 .465 .826 79 115
1947 26 156 664 589 81 168 19 4 16 90 9 75 63 .285 .366 .413 .779 89 150
1948 27 162 729 652 106 167 24 8 28 128 1 75 59 .256 .335 .446 .781 97 155
1949 28 162 722 624 104 171 30 2 38 147 2 98 76 .274 .373 .511 .884 118 155
1950 29 156 690 631 104 168 31 5 27 119 1 59 45 .266 .329 .460 .789 96 149
1951 30 115 424 387 58 109 20 2 16 72 1 37 35 .282 .344 .468 .812 63 109
1952 31 96 347 306 35 76 13 2 7 44 2 40 32 .248 .337 .373 .710 39 92
1953 32 94 342 309 30 82 15 0 5 31 2 33 44 .265 .336 .362 .699 38 90
1954 33 106 415 389 37 116 19 1 9 55 0 19 38 .298 .325 .422 .747 54 101
1955 34 26 74 65 10 16 3 0 3 7 0 7 11 .246 .324 .431 .755 9 25
15 Seasons 1804 7510 6785 1015 1922 316 41 252 1186 26 711 717 .283 .351 .453 .805 1083 1720
162 Game Avg. 162 674 609 91 173 28 4 23 107 2 64 64 .283 .351 .453 .805 97 1720

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1943 (SS)
1944 (SS)
1945
1946 *
1948 *
1949 *
1950
1951 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1942 AL (4, 42%)
1943 AL (9, 15%)
1944 AL (3, 56%)
1945 AL (6, 28%)
1946 AL (19, 2%)
1947 AL (31, 0%)
1948 AL (4, 36%)
1949 AL (7, 30%)
1950 AL (24, 2%)
2.12 Career Shares (82nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1942 AL  .294 (8th)
1943 AL  .289 (7th)
1946 AL  .307 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1943 AL  .482 (3rd)
1944 AL  .462 (7th)
1945 AL  .473 (2nd)
1946 AL  .460 (10th)
1949 AL  .539 (2nd)
1950 AL  .511 (9th)
1951 AL  .501 (10th)**

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1943 AL  .839 (4th)
1944 AL  .826 (8th)
1945 AL  .825 (4th)
1949 AL  .930 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1945 AL  149 (8th)
1948 AL  155 (1st)
1949 AL  155 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1945 AL  571 (5th)
1947 AL  562 (9th)
1948 AL  635 (3rd)
1949 AL  610 (3rd)
1950 AL  628 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1945 AL  632 (8th)
1948 AL  716 (3rd)
1949 AL  711 (4th)
1950 AL  693 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1944 AL  91 (6th)
1945 AL  90 (2nd)
1948 AL  114 (6th)
1949 AL  113 (4th)
1950 AL  125 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1942 AL  169 (9th)
1944 AL  164 (10th)
1945 AL  165 (3rd)
1947 AL  157 (10th)
1948 AL  171 (10th)
1949 AL  177 (7th)
1950 AL  185 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1942 AL  249 (10th)
1943 AL  247 (5th)
1944 AL  258 (7th)
1945 AL  270 (2nd)
1948 AL  299 (4th)
1949 AL  329 (2nd)
1950 AL  321 (2nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1944 AL  32 (8th)
1949 AL  31 (5th)
1950 AL  34 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1942 AL  14 (9th)
1943 AL  22 (3rd)
1944 AL  20 (2nd)
1945 AL  24 (1st)
1948 AL  29 (4th)
1949 AL  39 (2nd)
1950 AL  30 (4th)
Career  247 (200th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1942 AL  92 (7th)
1943 AL  91 (4th)
1944 AL  109 (1st)
1945 AL  89 (3rd)
1948 AL  137 (2nd)
1949 AL  159 (1st)
1950 AL  144 (1st)
Career  1174 (152nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL  101 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1943 AL  73 (6th)
1945 AL  70 (5th)
1949 AL  73 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1942 AL  123 (9th)
1947 AL  120 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1943 AL  142 (5th)
1945 AL  134 (7th)
1949 AL  138 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1943 AL  88 (5th)
1944 AL  93 (10th)
1945 AL  95 (2nd)
1948 AL  104 (6th)
1949 AL  128 (2nd)
1950 AL  116 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1943 AL  26 (7th)
1949 AL  32 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1943 AL  2.8 (7th)
1949 AL  3.2 (3rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1943 AL  52 (5th)
1944 AL  53 (8th)
1945 AL  54 (2nd)
1948 AL  62 (4th)
1949 AL  72 (2nd)
1950 AL  70 (2nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1944 AL  227 (10th)
1945 AL  221 (8th)
1949 AL  278 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1943 AL  .716 (4th)
1944 AL  .687 (9th)
1945 AL  .692 (4th)
1949 AL  .712 (3rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 AL  7 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1942 AL  15 (9th)
1948 AL  25 (1st)
1949 AL  19 (8th)
1950 AL  21 (6th)
1951 AL  22 (1st)
Career  169 (168th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1947 AL  10.4 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1943 AL  23.3 (3rd)
1944 AL  28.0 (3rd)
1945 AL  23.8 (1st)
1946 AL  32.1 (9th)
1948 AL  21.9 (7th)
1949 AL  15.6 (2nd)
1950 AL  20.9 (8th)
1951 AL  22.2 (9th)**

Outs Made s c a p y
1948 AL  491 (1st)
1949 AL  454 (3rd)
1950 AL  464 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1941 AL  born 1920-10-23 (8th)

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 18 (124), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 141 (112), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 75 (242), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 39 (173), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Vernon Decatur Junior,Buster Vern vernon Stephens

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