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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Team Record in Appearances: 16-19 / in Starts: 16-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 1

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	364	6	Apr 21	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-5	GS-7		99	6.2	7	4	4	1	3	4	0	5.40	9.96	28	5	12	4	0	7	46			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	0	.94	-0.223	2.20	-0.31%	-0.95	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out tie
2	365	10	Apr 26(1)	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	GS-9		4	8.2	7	3	2	4	6	0	0	3.52	5.80	38	18	11	5	0	0	62			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.284	3.72	0.45%	1.59	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a1
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	366	14	May 1	PIT	@	STL	L,2-6	GS-4	L(0-1)	4	3.1	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.82	5.39	16	4	5	1	0	6	31			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.292	2.77	-0.40%	-2.56	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d3
4	367	18	May 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-9	L(0-2)	3	8.1	7	5	4	1	7	2	0	4.67	5.09	33	13	5	2	0	7	57			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.337	2.90	-0.54%	-0.49	1b start a 3	9b -2- 1 out tie
5	368	22	May 9	PIT		MLN	W,10-0	SHO	W(1-2)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	3.50	4.44	31	14	9	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.29	0.142	.66	0.19%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
6	369	29	May 17(1)	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-6	L(1-3)	7	6.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.43	4.13	21	12	7	0	0	1	53			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	2	0	0	.70	-0.041	1.62	-0.06%	0.51	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
7	370	34	May 21	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS-7	L(1-4)	3	7.0	7	3	2	1	5	0	0	3.31	3.77	29	10	6	1	0	7	57			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	.75	-0.085	1.90	-0.13%	-0.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
8	371	39	May 26	PIT		PHI	W,13-4	CG	W(2-4)	4	9.0	6	4	3	1	7	2	0	3.26	3.85	33	11	8	0	3	6	67			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.073	.74	0.14%	0.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
9	372	43	May 30	PIT		LAD	L,3-10	GS-1	L(2-5)	3	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.88	3.85	4	1	3	2	0	0	26			1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.341	3.11	-0.56%	-3.91	1t start tie	1t --3 0 out d3
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
10	373	46	Jun 3	PIT		SFG	L,0-3	GS-5		3	5.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.57	3.62	19	10	5	3	0	0	63			1	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.267	2.89	0.44%	2.22	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
11	374	50	Jun 7(2)	PIT		HOU	W,6-1	CG	W(3-5)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.25	3.40	32	8	11	1	0	7	73			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	0	.98	0.292	2.35	0.42%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
12	375	55	Jun 13	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-7	GS-6	W(4-5)	5	5.1	9	6	4	1	4	1	0	3.49	3.45	27	9	4	1	0	9	33			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.304	2.46	-0.46%	-3.45	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out a1
13	376	59	Jun 18	PIT		NYM	W,10-0	SHO	W(5-5)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.13	3.24	29	14	10	3	0	0	86			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.281	1.39	0.42%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
14	377	63	Jun 23	PIT	@	NYM	W,5-1	GS-8	W(6-5)	4	7.2	8	1	0	2	4	0	0	2.87	3.17	33	9	10	1	0	8	63			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	0.233	2.45	0.29%	1.89	1b start tie	8b -23 2 out a2
15	378	68	Jun 28(1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-6	GS-2	L(6-6)	4	1.1	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.12	3.19	11	2	2	1	0	6	29			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.242	4.71	-0.47%	-2.61	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out d2
16	379	70	Jun 29	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.08	3.14	4	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.024	1.36	0.04%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
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
17	380	73	Jul 3	PIT	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS-9	W(7-6)	3	8.2	6	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.91	3.21	31	15	7	1	0	6	69			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.35	0.382	2.19	0.37%	2.41	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a1
18	381	77	Jul 9	PIT		MLN	L,6-11	GS-1	L(7-7)	5	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.26	3.21	4	0	0	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	-0.298	3.13	-0.34%	-3.34	1t start tie	1t 1-3 0 out d2
19	382	81	Jul 13(2)	PIT		STL	L,5-12	GS-5	L(7-8)	3	4.2	12	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.53	3.30	26	6	5	0	0	12	21			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.29	-0.405	2.04	-0.39%	-3.19	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d3
20	383	87	Jul 19(2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,4-5	1-5		5	5.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.45	3.26	21	8	5	1	0	5		1	1	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	.55	0.039	.88	0.04%	1.18	1b --3 0 out d2	5b 3 out d1
21	384	92	Jul 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS-7	W(8-8)	5	6.1	7	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.50	3.34	25	6	10	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	2	0	0	.79	0.049	1.49	0.06%	-0.64	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a3
22	385	96	Jul 30(1)	PIT		HOU	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-8)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.25	3.24	33	16	9	1	0	5	80			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.51	0.692	4.01	1.11%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
23	386	101	Aug 3	PIT		SFG	W,3-2	GS-6		3	6.0	7	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.24	3.23	27	12	11	4	0	0	50			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.09	0.009	3.39	0.02%	0.66	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
24	387	106	Aug 7(1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-7	GS-3	L(9-9)	3	2.1	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.38	3.22	14	3	4	0	0	7	31			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.208	2.21	-0.28%	-2.17	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d2
25	388	113	Aug 14(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS-6	L(9-10)	6	6.0	10	4	4	0	3	1	0	3.49	3.24	28	8	7	2	0	10	39			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.15	-0.296	2.11	-0.33%	-1.20	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
26	389	119	Aug 19	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-4	GS-6	L(9-11)	4	5.2	5	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.60	3.28	24	8	8	1	5	1	46			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.126	1.10	-0.07%	-1.71	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d4
27	390	124	Aug 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-9	5-5		3	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	3.77	3.36	5	0	1	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.122	.15	-0.02%	-2.41	5b --- 0 out d2	5b 12- 1 out d4
28	391	126	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,6-7	7-9		1	3.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.70	3.35	15	3	4	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.15	0.327	.19	0.02%	1.47	7b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
29	392	129	Aug 29	PIT		PHI	L,8-10	4-5		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	3.34	6	6	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.019	.01	0.00%	0.89	4t --- 0 out d5	5t 3 out d5
Sept				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
30	393	132	Sep 2	PIT		LAD	L,5-8	11-12	L(9-12)	3	1.1	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.79	3.38	10	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.36	-0.334	.06	0.00%	-2.45	11t --- 0 out tie	12t -23 1 out d2
31	394	135	Sep 6	PIT		HOU	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-12)	3	9.0	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.59	3.33	32	10	10	3	0	9	70			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.39	0.692	.00	0.00%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
32	395	140	Sep 11	PIT	@	HOU	W,3-0	SHO	W(11-12)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.40	3.25	33	9	16	1	0	2	87			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	3	.83	0.381	.00	0.00%	3.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
33	396	145	Sep 16	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-5	GS-8	W(12-12)	4	8.0	7	5	5	2	3	2	0	3.50	3.37	34	9	13	2	2	7	49			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	.76	0.062	.00	0.00%	-1.66	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
34	397	150	Sep 23	PIT		MLN	W,7-4	GS-4		6	3.1	9	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.63	3.44	17	5	3	1	0	8	25			0	0	0	16	4	0	1	1	0	0	1.14	-0.327	.00	0.00%	-3.07	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out a2
35	398	155	Sep 27	PIT		STL	L,0-5	GS-6	L(12-13)	3	6.0	5	3	2	0	4	0	0	3.61	3.37	22	9	4	2	0	5	56			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	1	.70	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-0.34	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
							16-19		W-L:12-13	3.7	192.0	203	85	77	32	93	18	1	3.61	3.37	795	1.21		9%	2%	167	52	1	100%	6	0	0	753	33	5	6	20	2	12	1.03	0.160	1.75	-0.35%	-0.18

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