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

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

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 21	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-5	GS	28	6.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	10 (3)	Apr 26 (1)	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	GS	38	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	14 (3)	May 1	PIT	@	STL	L,2-6	GS	16	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	18 (3)	May 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	33	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	P
5	22 (3)	May 9	PIT		MLN	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	P
6	29 (6)	May 17 (1)	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	34 (4)	May 21	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
8	39 (4)	May 26	PIT		PHI	W,13-4	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
9	43 (3)	May 30	PIT		LAD	L,3-10	GS	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	46 (2)	Jun 3	PIT		SFG	L,0-3	GS	19	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
11	50 (3)	Jun 7 (2)	PIT		HOU	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
12	55 (4)	Jun 13	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-7	GS	27	5.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
13	59 (3)	Jun 18	PIT		NYM	W,10-0	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
14	63 (3)	Jun 23	PIT	@	NYM	W,5-1	GS	33	7.2	1	2	0	3	0	P
15	68 (4)	Jun 28 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-6	GS	11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	70 (1)	Jun 29	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	73 (2)	Jul 3	PIT	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS	31	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	P
18	77 (3)	Jul 9	PIT		MLN	L,6-11	GS	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	81 (3)	Jul 13 (2)	PIT		STL	L,5-12	GS	26	4.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	87 (5)	Jul 19 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,4-5		21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	92 (4)	Jul 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS	25	6.1	1	0	0	1	1	P
22	96 (3)	Jul 30 (1)	PIT		HOU	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	101 (4)	Aug 3	PIT		SFG	W,3-2	GS	27	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	P
24	106 (4)	Aug 7 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-7	GS	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	113 (6)	Aug 14 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	119 (5)	Aug 19	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-4	GS	24	5.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
27	124 (4)	Aug 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-9		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	126 (1)	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,6-7		15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	129 (2)	Aug 29	PIT		PHI	L,8-10		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	132 (2)	Sep 2	PIT		LAD	L,5-8		10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	135 (2)	Sep 6	PIT		HOU	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	140 (4)	Sep 11	PIT	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
33	145 (4)	Sep 16	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-5	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
34	150 (4)	Sep 23	PIT		MLN	W,7-4	GS	17	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	155 (4)	Sep 27	PIT		STL	L,0-5	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
							35gm		192.0	16	36	1	53	3