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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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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

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

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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 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 (80th)

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
1945 AL--2.4--10th
1949 AL--3.1--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--.715--4th
1944 AL--.686--9th
1945 AL--.692--3rd
1949 AL--.712--3rd
Career--.636--250th

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--23.273--3rd
1944 AL--27.950--3rd
1945 AL--23.792--1st
1946 AL--32.143--9th
1948 AL--21.897--7th
1949 AL--15.641--2nd
1950 AL--20.933--8th
1951 AL--22.176--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 (93), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 108 (105), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 75 (238), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 36 (188), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Bill Dickey (895) *
  7. Miguel Tejada (893)
  8. Joe Gordon (890) *
  9. Joe Torre (887)
  10. Ken Caminiti (872)
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  3. Joe Torre (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  6. Carlos Baerga (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bobby Doerr (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Joe Torre (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Torre (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Joe Torre (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bobby Doerr (925) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Gary Carter (925) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Miguel Tejada (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.

November 17, 1947: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Jack Kramer to the Boston Red Sox for Pete Laydon, Joe Ostrowski, Roy Partee, Eddie Pellagrini, Al Widmar, Jim Wilson and $310,000.

February 9, 1953: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Hal Brown, Marv Grissom and Bill Kennedy.

July 20, 1953: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Browns from the Chicago White Sox.

April 18, 1955: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

May 2, 1955: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

July 1, 1955: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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

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