Vern Law

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: March 12, 1930 in Meridian, ID us

High School: Meridian HS (Meridian, ID)

Debut: June 11, 1950 (Age 20-091d, 10,713th in major league history)
vs. PHI 9.0 IP, 9 H, 5 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: August 20, 1967 (Age 37-161d)
vs. NYM 5.1 IP, 10 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Vernon Sanders Law

Nicknames: Deacon or Preacher

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Relatives: Father of Vance Law

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.3

162

147

ERA

3.77

483

364

2672.0

1092

WHIP

1.284

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-9 / in Starts: 26-9
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 105 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	77 (45-25-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 105 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	65 (33-20-10)

Most Driven In
B Mazeroski	2
S Burgess	2
D Hoak	1
G Cimoli	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
D Groat	4
R Clemente	1
Self	1
R Nelson	1
B Skinner	1
B Virdon	1

1960 Batting Game Log

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1960 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	297	2 (1)	Apr 14	PIT		CIN	W,13-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.08	-0.008	.21	-0.01%	-0.64	P
2	298	7 (4)	Apr 20	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.68	-0.041	1.74	-0.06%	-0.38	P
3	299	12 (4)	Apr 27	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	9	.63	0.006	2.33	0.01%	0.11	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	300	15 (2)	May 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,13-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.188	.313	9	.36	-0.046	1.51	-0.11%	-1.21	P
5	301	19 (3)	May 6	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-5	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.176	.343	9	.43	0.022	2.11	0.07%	0.15	P
6	302	23 (3)	May 10	PIT	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.182	.190	.372	9	.83	-0.045	2.97	-0.10%	-0.56	P
7	303	26 (2)	May 14	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-4	GS-10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.160	.192	.200	.392	9	1.08	0.076	4.80	0.20%	0.89	P
8	304	30 (3)	May 18	PIT		STL	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.207	.250	.457	9	.51	-0.014	2.17	-0.04%	-0.06	P
9	305	34 (3)	May 22	PIT		SFG	W,8-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.200	.241	.441	9	1.05	-0.026	6.64	-0.10%	-0.23	P
10	306	39 (4)	May 29	PIT		PHI	W,8-5	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.161	.212	.226	.438	9	.25	0.006	1.07	0.02%	0.30	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	307	43 (3)	Jun 3	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.143	.189	.200	.389	9	.62	-0.032	3.11	-0.10%	-1.40	P
12	308	46 (2)	Jun 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-13	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.189	.200	.389	9						P
13	309	51 (4)	Jun 12 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,15-3	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.190	.225	.415	9	.14	-0.004	.77	-0.01%	0.21	P
14	310	56 (4)	Jun 17	PIT	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.178	.209	.387	9	.54	-0.040	3.01	-0.13%	-0.57	P
15	311	59 (2)	Jun 21	PIT		STL	W,3-2	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.174	.205	.378	9	1.27	-0.054	7.55	-0.19%	-0.74	P
16	312	65 (5)	Jun 26 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,5-7	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.200	.271	.471	9	2.00	0.303	10.20	0.93%	1.28	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	313	69 (3)	Jul 1	PIT		LAD	W,4-3	GS-10	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.212	.300	.512	9	1.19	0.030	6.88	0.10%	0.33	P
18	314	74 (4)	Jul 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,5-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.222	.308	.530	9	1.68	0.056	13.59	0.27%	0.65	P
19	315	79 (4)	Jul 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.211	.291	.501	9	1.68	-0.129	8.99	-0.41%	-0.86	P
20	316	84 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.207	.286	.493	9	.71	-0.017	4.34	-0.06%	-0.15	P
21	317	88 (3)	Jul 21	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.197	.271	.468	9	.87	-0.062	6.07	-0.26%	-0.70	P
22	318	93 (4)	Jul 26	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.206	.311	.518	9	.84	0.060	6.41	0.28%	0.59	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	319	98 (4)	Aug 2	PIT		LAD	W,3-0	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.190	.215	.317	.533	9	.85	0.010	6.93	0.05%	0.28	P
24	320	102 (3)	Aug 6	PIT		SFG	W,8-7	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.203	.299	.501	9	.77	-0.080	5.37	-0.34%	-1.17	P
25	321	106 (3)	Aug 10	PIT		CHC	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.192	.282	.473	9	1.19	-0.112	6.90	-0.39%	-1.39	P
26	322	110 (3)	Aug 14 (1)	PIT		STL	W,9-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.208	.307	.514	9	.50	-0.049	5.12	-0.30%	-0.21	P
27	323	116 (5)	Aug 18	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-8	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.218	.316	.534	9	1.45	-0.014	5.38	-0.03%	-0.07	P
28	324	121 (4)	Aug 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-6	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.222	.316	.539	9	.55	-0.005	2.09	-0.01%	-0.16	P
29	325	126 (4)	Aug 29	PIT	@	LAD	W,10-2	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.224	.349	.573	9	.79	-0.070	4.64	-0.25%	-0.10	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	326	130 (3)	Sep 3	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.218	.341	.560	9	1.04	-0.055	2.98	-0.09%	-0.45	P
31	327	135 (4)	Sep 7	PIT		STL	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.211	.330	.541	9	2.17	-0.156	6.33	-0.27%	-1.00	P
32	328	140 (4)	Sep 14	PIT		LAD	L,2-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.209	.326	.535	9	.99	-0.025	1.65	-0.03%	-0.23	P
33	329	143 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.187	.202	.319	.521	9	1.27	-0.053	3.09	-0.08%	-1.75	P
34	330	147 (3)	Sep 22 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.196	.309	.504	9	1.00	-0.077	.24	-0.01%	-0.60	P
35	331	153 (5)	Sep 30	PIT		MLN	L,2-13	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.181	.196	.309	.504	9						P
							26-9		105	94	10	17	5	2	1	7	2	0	19	0	7	1	5	1	0	0	.181	.196	.309	.504		.88	-0.645	4.34	-1.47%	-9.82

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