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

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-19 / in Starts: 7-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 0

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	136	6	Apr 20(1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-9		99	9.0	9	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.00	3.50	36	11	12	1	0	9	59			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.030	2.58	-0.04%	1.17	1b start a 2	9b 3 out tie
2	137	12	Apr 26	BSN		PHI	L,0-8	GS-7	L(0-1)	5	6.0	9	8	7	4	4	0	0	6.00	3.32	31	10	4	1	0	9	24			2	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	2	.78	-0.203	1.37	-0.21%	-4.65	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d7
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	138	15	May 1	BSN	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	6.1	9	7	5	2	3	0	0	6.33	3.05	33	10	9	0	0	9	32			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	3	1.29	-0.542	2.18	-0.55%	-3.63	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d1
4	139	20	May 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS-7	L(0-3)	4	7.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	0	5.40	2.81	25	7	7	2	0	5	61			0	1	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.93	0.031	1.20	0.02%	1.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
5	140	23	May 13	BSN		PIT	W,3-1	CG	W(1-3)	6	9.0	9	1	1	4	0	0	0	4.34	3.03	38	17	10	1	0	7	61			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.509	1.41	0.27%	3.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	141	27	May 22(1)	BSN		CHC	L,0-3	GS-8	L(1-4)	8	8.0	9	3	2	3	6	0	0	3.97	2.85	35	6	11	1	0	9	57			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	1	.83	-0.009	.96	-0.01%	0.62	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
7	142	32	May 27(2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-9		4	8.1	8	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.86	3.12	34	10	12	3	1	7	54			1	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.295	.81	0.14%	0.92	1b start a 3	9b --- 1 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	143	36	Jun 1(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	L(1-5)	4	8.1	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.48	2.91	31	7	13	2	0	5	73			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.43	0.161	.56	0.04%	2.30	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out d1
9	144	42	Jun 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS-3	L(1-6)	4	2.0	6	5	5	1	1	1	0	4.08	3.11	13	6	0	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	12	4	0	1	0	0	0	.88	-0.314	.47	-0.10%	-4.67	1b start tie	3b -2- 0 out d5
10	145	44	Jun 8(1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,5-7	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.95	3.07	7	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.049	.12	0.01%	0.94	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
11	146	47	Jun 10	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.90	3.06	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.04	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
12	147	50	Jun 13	BSN		CHC	L,0-5	GS-5	L(1-7)	2	5.0	7	5	5	3	5	0	0	4.25	3.00	27	5	7	0	1	7	35			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	2	.64	-0.309	.17	-0.05%	-2.74	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
13	148	54	Jun 17	BSN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(2-7)	3	9.0	7	1	0	2	4	0	0	3.78	2.91	33	9	11	2	0	7	73			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.397	.17	0.04%	3.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
14	149	55	Jun 18(1)	BSN		CIN	L,6-7	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.73	2.88	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.033	.09	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
15	150	60	Jun 22(1)	BSN		STL	L,2-7	GS-8		3	8.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.60	2.82	28	8	12	2	0	5	65			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.111	.06	0.00%	1.62	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
16	151	65	Jun 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-8	GS-1	L(2-8)	4	0.0	2	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.00	2.92	5	0	1	1	0	1	27			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	-0.366	.12	-0.02%	-3.83	1b start a 3	1b 123 0 out a1
17	152	69	Jun 30(2)	BSN		NYG	L,0-4	GS-	L(2-9)	2	7.2	8	4	4	4	4	0	0	4.05	2.92	36						47						32			0		0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	153	74	Jul 4(2)	BSN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(3-9)	3	9.0	9	2	1	1	2	0	1	3.80	2.90	38	14	12	3	0	8	64			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.58	0.515	.01	0.00%	2.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
19	154	76	Jul 6	BSN		BRO	L,2-8	8-GF		1	2.0	5	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.98	3.02	12	2	6	3	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-2.09	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 6
20	155	79	Jul 12	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	W(4-9)	5	9.0	9	2	2	6	4	0	0	3.82	3.05	38	7	12	1	0	9	59			0	1	0	30	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.17	0.240	.00	0.00%	2.29	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
21	156	84	Jul 17	BSN	@	CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-9)	4	9.0	7	0	0	6	0	0	0	3.55	3.15	37	14	11	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	3	0	0	2.27	0.780	.00	0.00%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
22	157	88	Jul 22	BSN		CHC	W,6-4	CG	W(6-9)	4	9.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	0	3.58	3.18	36	7	16	1	0	7	59			0	0	0	34	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	0.046	.00	0.00%	0.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
23	158	93	Jul 27(1)	BSN		PIT	W,5-2	GS-8	W(7-9)	4	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	1	1	3.53	3.25	29	7	10	1	0	6	58			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.157	.00	0.00%	0.20	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a3
24	159	97	Jul 31	BSN		STL	L,3-8	GS-5	L(7-10)	3	4.2	9	7	7	2	1	0	0	3.85	3.25	24	7	6	0	0	8	17			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.388	.00	0.00%	-5.20	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out d6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	160	102	Aug 7(1)	BSN		PHI	L,1-2	GS-8	L(7-11)	6	8.0	7	2	2	6	1	0	0	3.77	3.31	33	13	7	3	0	6	55			1	1	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.079	.00	0.00%	1.62	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
26	161	108	Aug 13(1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS-6	L(7-12)	5	6.0	6	2	2	3	0	1	0	3.74	3.41	24	10	5	3	1	6	49			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.78	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
							7-19		W-L:7-12	3.6	161.1	165	73	67	64	62	7	2	3.74	3.41	690	0.97		8%	1%	145	51	0	---%	5	8	0	613	26	4	4	12	0	10	1.14	1.225	.60	-0.44%	0.45

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