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	16-20 / in Starts: 16-13
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 70 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	36 (25-10-1)
Avg. MLBer w/ 70 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	41 (21-13-6)

Most Driven In
B Mazeroski	2
Self	1
J Pagliaroni	0

Most Driven In By
D Schofield	3
R Clemente	2
B Bailey	1
Self	1
M Mota	1
B Virdon	1

1964 Batting Game Log

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1964 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	387	6 (5)	Apr 21	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	9	1.36	-0.063	3.18	-0.09%	-0.35	P
2	388	10 (3)	Apr 26 (1)	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.833	1.500	9	.55	0.052	1.45	0.08%	0.73	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
3	389	14 (3)	May 1	PIT	@	STL	L,2-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.571	.714	1.286	9	.72	-0.018	1.64	-0.02%	-0.16	P
4	390	18 (3)	May 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.400	.400	.500	.900	9	.56	-0.061	1.49	-0.10%	-1.24	P
5	391	22 (3)	May 9	PIT		MLN	W,10-0	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.462	.462	.538	1.000	9	.09	0.012	.19	0.02%	1.25	P
6	392	29 (6)	May 17 (1)	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.467	.467	.533	1.000	9	.71	-0.008	1.64	-0.01%	-0.09	P
7	393	34 (4)	May 21	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.412	.412	.471	.882	9	.81	-0.039	2.05	-0.06%	-0.29	P
8	394	39 (4)	May 26	PIT		PHI	W,13-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.409	.409	.455	.864	9	.03	0.004	.09	0.01%	-0.19	P
9	395	43 (3)	May 30	PIT		LAD	L,3-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.409	.409	.455	.864	9						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
10	396	46 (2)	Jun 3	PIT		SFG	L,0-3	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.391	.417	.435	.851	9	1.74	-0.023	4.81	-0.04%	-0.19	P
11	397	50 (3)	Jun 7 (2)	PIT		HOU	W,6-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.370	.385	.755	9	.21	-0.016	.50	-0.02%	-0.48	P
12	398	55 (4)	Jun 13	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-7	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.333	.345	.678	9	.76	-0.057	1.90	-0.09%	-0.59	P
13	399	59 (3)	Jun 18	PIT		NYM	W,10-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.324	.313	.636	9	.25	0.011	.63	0.02%	-1.12	P
14	400	63 (3)	Jun 23	PIT	@	NYM	W,5-1	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.324	.314	.639	9	.87	0.008	1.80	0.01%	-0.29	P
15	401	68 (4)	Jun 28 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.324	.314	.639	9						P
16	402	70 (1)	Jun 29	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.324	.314	.639	8						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	403	73 (2)	Jul 3	PIT	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.300	.289	.589	9	1.24	-0.089	2.01	-0.09%	-0.71	P
18	404	77 (3)	Jul 9	PIT		MLN	L,6-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.300	.289	.589	9						P
19	405	80 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	PIT		STL	L,4-5	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.293	.282	.575	9	2.44	-0.058	4.50	-0.07%	-0.14	PH
20	406	81	Jul 13 (2)	PIT		STL	L,5-12	GS-5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.326	.317	.643	9	.61	0.043	.96	0.04%	0.36	P
21	407	87 (5)	Jul 19 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,4-5	1-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.310	.643	9	.43	0.022	.69	0.02%	0.28	P
22	408	92 (4)	Jul 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.340	.318	.659	9	.83	0.109	1.58	0.12%	0.63	P
23	409	96 (3)	Jul 30 (1)	PIT		HOU	W,1-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.340	.319	.659	9	.79	0.026	2.09	0.04%	0.08	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
24	410	101 (4)	Aug 3	PIT		SFG	W,3-2	GS-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.340	.319	.659	9	1.67	-0.017	5.20	-0.03%	-0.18	P
25	411	106 (4)	Aug 7 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.340	.319	.659	9						P
26	412	113 (6)	Aug 14 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.292	.346	.313	.659	9	1.71	-0.076	3.13	-0.08%	-0.64	P
27	413	119 (5)	Aug 19	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.333	.300	.633	9	1.05	-0.054	.97	-0.03%	-0.41	P
28	414	124 (4)	Aug 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-9	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.333	.300	.633	9						P
29	415	126 (1)	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,6-7	7-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.333	.300	.633	4						P
30	416	129 (2)	Aug 29	PIT		PHI	L,8-10	4-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.333	.300	.633	9						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
31	417	132 (2)	Sep 2	PIT		LAD	L,5-8	11-12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.333	.300	.633	9						P
32	418	135 (2)	Sep 6	PIT		HOU	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.351	.340	.690	9	1.24	0.045	.01	0.00%	0.65	P
33	419	140 (4)	Sep 11	PIT	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.356	.364	.720	9	.53	0.103	.00	0.00%	0.72	P
34	420	145 (4)	Sep 16	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-5	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.355	.414	.769	9	.37	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.06	P
35	421	150 (4)	Sep 23	PIT		MLN	W,7-4	GS-4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.359	.417	.776	9	.55	0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.01	P
36	422	155 (4)	Sep 27	PIT		STL	L,0-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311	.354	.410	.764	9	.71	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.14	P
							16-20		70	61	9	19	3	0	1	3	3	0	11	1	5	0	1	3	0	0	.311	.354	.410	.764		.73	-0.144	1.34	-0.37%	-2.44

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