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 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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1941 SLB AL 20 SS 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 .950 4.60
1942 SLB AL 21 SS 144 747 290 415 42 82 .944 4.90 .949 4.78 MVP-4
1943 SLB AL 22 SS 123 593 220 339 34 51 .943 4.54 .953 4.93 AS,MVP-9
1943 SLB AL 22 OF 11 23 20 3 0 0 1.000 2.09 .978 2.39 9-0-3 AS,MVP-9
1944 SLB AL 23 SS 143 754 239 480 35 71 .954 5.03 .947 5.05 AS,MVP-3
1945 SLB AL 24 SS 144 723 256 439 28 69 .961 4.83 .950 4.94 MVP-6
1945 SLB AL 24 3B 4 15 2 11 2 2 .867 3.25 .953 2.98 MVP-6
1946 SLB AL 25 SS 112 597 224 343 30 71 .950 5.06 .954 4.65 AS,MVP-19
1947 SLB AL 26 SS 149 801 283 494 24 113 .970 5.21 .964 4.93 MVP-31
1948 BOS AL 27 SS 155 833 269 540 24 113 .971 5.22 .964 4.85 AS,MVP-4
1949 BOS AL 28 SS 155 792 257 508 27 128 .966 4.94 .963 4.79 AS,MVP-7
1950 BOS AL 29 SS 146 702 258 431 13 115 .981 4.72 .960 4.74 AS,MVP-24
1951 BOS AL 30 3B 89 319 105 207 7 19 .978 3.51 .949 2.87 AS
1951 BOS AL 30 SS 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 4.70 AS
1952 BOS AL 31 SS 53 254 89 154 11 40 .957 4.58 .962 4.29
1952 BOS AL 31 3B 29 99 21 73 5 8 .949 3.24 .954 2.98
1953 TOT AL 32 3B 84 250 84 158 8 16 .968 2.88 .956 2.93
1953 CHW AL 32 3B 38 98 30 67 1 7 .990 2.55 .955 2.93
1953 CHW AL 32 SS 3 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.33 .975 4.53
1953 SLB AL 32 3B 46 152 54 91 7 9 .954 3.15 .957 2.93
1954 BAL AL 33 3B 96 95 822.0 298 102 186 10 19 .966 -1.4 -2.0 -1.4 1.3 -2.7 0 3.15 3.00 .959 3.48 3.07
1955 TOT AL 34 3B 20 16 149.0 52 13 39 0 4 1.000 1.8 14.5 1.8 0.7 1.1 0 3.14 2.60 .948 3.17 2.73
1955 BAL AL 34 3B 2 2 11.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.64 1.00 .950 3.19 2.75
1955 CHW AL 34 3B 18 14 138.0 50 13 37 0 4 1.000 1.8 15.7 1.8 0.7 1.1 0 3.26 2.78 .948 3.17 2.73
13 Seasons SS 1330 6804 2385 4150 269 853 .960 4.91 .957 4.83
6 Seasons 3B 322 111 971.0 1033 327 674 32 68 .969 0.4 0.5 0.4 2.0 -1.6 0 9.28 3.11 .954 3.43 2.95
1 Season OF 11 23 20 3 0 0 1.000 2.09 .978 2.39 9-0-3
15 Seasons TOT 1663 111 971.0 7860 2732 4827 301 921 .962 0.4 0.5 0.4 2.0 -1.6 0 70.06 4.55 .918 3.43 4.45 9-0-3
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF 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
1941 SLB AL 20 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1942 SLB AL 21 145 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0
1943 SLB AL 22 137 137 137 0 0 0 0 0 123 9 0 3 11
1944 SLB AL 23 145 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0
1945 SLB AL 24 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 4 144 0 0 0 0
1946 SLB AL 25 115 115 115 0 0 0 0 0 112 0 0 0 0
1947 SLB AL 26 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0
1948 BOS AL 27 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0
1949 BOS AL 28 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0
1950 BOS AL 29 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0
1951 BOS AL 30 109 109 109 0 0 0 0 89 2 0 0 0 0
1952 BOS AL 31 92 92 92 0 0 0 0 29 53 0 0 0 0
1953 SLB AL 32 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHW AL 32 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 38 3 0 0 0 0
1954 BAL AL 33 101 95 101 101 0 0 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1955 CHW AL 34 22 14 22 22 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1955 BAL AL 34 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Seasons 1720 111 1720 1720 0 0 0 0 322 1330 9 0 3 11 11 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 BAL AL 33 3519 63% 78% 24% 288 89% 2 93 73 14 6 184 141 33 2 2 10 0 10 0 8 18 9 1 15 3 3 0 31 61%
1955 CHW AL 34 590 62% 81% 23% 45 98% 0 16 10 3 3 33 26 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 5 80%
1955 BAL AL 34 56 63% 80% 25% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2 Seasons 4165 63% 78% 24% 336 90% 2 109 83 17 9 220 170 39 2 3 10 0 10 0 8 22 12 1 18 4 3 1 37 65%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 60%

* 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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