Vern Bickford

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: August 17, 1920 in Hellier, KY us

Died: May 6, 1960 in Richmond, VA

Buried: Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, VA

Debut: April 24, 1948 (Age 27-251d, 10,490th in major league history)
vs. NYG 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 24, 1954 (Age 33-250d)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Vernon Edgell Bickford

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.7

ERA

3.71

182

149

1076.1

450

WHIP

1.400

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 21	BSN		PHI	T,2-2	CG	26	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
2	8 (4)	Apr 25	BSN		BRO	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
3	11 (2)	Apr 29	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	16 (4)	May 4	BSN	@	CIN	W,12-6	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	20 (3)	May 8	BSN	@	STL	L,3-10	GS	25	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
6	23 (2)	May 13	BSN	@	BRO	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	26 (2)	May 17	BSN		PIT	L,1-4	GS	27	5.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
8	29 (2)	May 21 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	33 (3)	May 27	BSN		BRO	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	37 (3)	Jun 1	BSN	@	PIT	W,14-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	42 (4)	Jun 6	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	46 (3)	Jun 10	BSN	@	CHC	L,10-13	GS	17	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	47	Jun 11 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	49	9.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	51 (3)	Jun 15 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	54 (2)	Jun 18 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,8-6	GS	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
16	58 (3)	Jun 21	BSN		CHC	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
17	61 (2)	Jun 25	BSN		STL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
18	64 (2)	Jun 29	BSN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	69 (4)	Jul 3	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	72 (2)	Jul 6	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-8	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	75 (2)	Jul 9	BSN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	79 (3)	Jul 16 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
23	85 (5)	Jul 22 (1)	BSN	@	STL	W,8-5	GS	30	6.2	1	1	0	2	1	P
24	89 (3)	Jul 26	BSN		PIT	L,4-8	GS	0	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
25	93 (3)	Jul 30 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	98 (4)	Aug 3	BSN		STL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
27	103 (4)	Aug 7	BSN		NYG	L,3-9	GS	34	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	107 (3)	Aug 11	BSN		BRO	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	111 (3)	Aug 16	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
30	114 (2)	Aug 22	BSN	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	119 (4)	Aug 26	BSN	@	CHC	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	P
32	123 (3)	Aug 30	BSN	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	127 (3)	Sep 4 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	130 (2)	Sep 7	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
35	134 (3)	Sep 12	BSN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
36	138 (3)	Sep 16	BSN		PIT	L,0-4	CG	48	12.0	2	5	0	7	1	P
37	142 (3)	Sep 20	BSN		STL	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	145 (2)	Sep 24	BSN		NYG	L,4-12	GS	16	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	148 (2)	Sep 26	BSN		PHI	L,7-8	GS	32	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	154 (5)	Sep 29 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,6-7	GS	31	6.0	1	4	0	5	0	P
							40gm		311.2	26	45	2	73	5