Vern Stephens

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: October 23, 1920 in McAlister, NM us

Died: November 4, 1968 in Long Beach, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach, CA

High School: Long Beach Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)

School: Long Beach City College (Long Beach, CA)

Debut: September 13, 1941 (Age 20-325d, 9,118th in major league history)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 30, 1955 (Age 34-250d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Vernon Decatur Stephens

Nicknames: Junior, Buster or Little Slug

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8x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.2

6497

1859

247

.286

1001

RBI

1174

OBP

.355

SLG

.460

OPS

.815

OPS+

119

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

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	SLB		DET	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
2	2	Apr 18	SLB		DET	L,0-11	GS	24	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
3	5 (2)	Apr 22 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	1	4	0	5	0
4	6	Apr 22 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
5	7	Apr 26	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
6	8	Apr 29 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	3	1	9	0
7	9	Apr 29 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	10	May 2	SLB		CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	13.0	2	4	0	6	1
9	11	May 5	SLB	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
10	12	May 6 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
11	13	May 6 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
12	14	May 8	SLB		WSH	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	15	May 10	SLB		WSH	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
14	16	May 11	SLB		WSH	T,1-1	CG	39	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	17	May 12	SLB		PHA	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
16	18	May 13 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	19	May 13 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
18	20	May 18	SLB		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
19	21	May 19	SLB		NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	22	May 20 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	23	May 20 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	24	May 23	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
23	25	May 24	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
24	26	May 25	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
25	27	May 26	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-2	GS	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
26	28	May 27 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,9-10	GS	17	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	31 (2)	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	51	12.2	2	2	0	4	0
28	32	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	34 (1)	Jun 1	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	35	Jun 2	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
31	36	Jun 3 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	5	1	6	1
32	37	Jun 3 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	T,0-0	CG	51	13.0	1	3	0	4	1
33	38	Jun 5	SLB	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	39	Jun 6	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
35	40	Jun 7 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
36	41	Jun 7 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
37	42	Jun 8	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
38	43	Jun 9	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	37	8.2	1	4	0	5	1
39	44	Jun 10 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
40	45	Jun 10 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	46	Jun 12	SLB	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	43	10.1	1	6	0	7	0
42	47	Jun 13	SLB	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
43	48	Jun 14	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
44	49	Jun 15	SLB		CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
45	50	Jun 16	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	1	9	0	10	1
46	51	Jun 19	SLB		CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
47	52	Jun 20	SLB		CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
48	53	Jun 22	SLB		DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
49	54	Jun 23	SLB		DET	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	55	Jun 24 (1)	SLB		DET	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	5	4	1	10	0
51	56	Jun 24 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
52	57	Jun 26	SLB		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	3
53	58	Jun 27	SLB		NYY	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	59	Jun 28	SLB		NYY	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
55	60	Jun 30	SLB		BOS	T,2-2	CG	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	61	Jul 1 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
57	62	Jul 1 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
58	63	Jul 2 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
59	64	Jul 2 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
60	65	Jul 3	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
61	66	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
62	67	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	68	Jul 5	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	3	9	1	13	0
64	69	Jul 6 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
65	70	Jul 6 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
66	71	Jul 7	SLB		WSH	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
67	72	Jul 8	SLB		WSH	W,5-1	CG	27	7.0	1	3	0	4	1
68	73	Jul 12 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
69	74	Jul 12 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-11	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
70	75	Jul 13	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	49	11.0	3	2	0	5	1
71	76	Jul 14	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	77	Jul 16 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
73	78	Jul 16 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
74	79	Jul 20 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
75	80	Jul 20 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	81	Jul 21	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
77	82	Jul 22 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	40	8.1	3	1	1	5	0
78	83	Jul 22 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
79	84	Jul 24	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	44	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
80	85	Jul 27	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
81	86	Jul 28	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
82	87	Jul 29 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
83	88	Jul 29 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
84	89	Jul 31	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	11.1	0	7	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	90	Aug 1	SLB	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	39	8.1	2	1	2	5	1
86	91	Aug 2	SLB	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
87	92	Aug 3	SLB		CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
88	93	Aug 4	SLB		CLE	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
89	94	Aug 5 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
90	95	Aug 5 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
91	96	Aug 6 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	97	Aug 6 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
93	98	Aug 8	SLB		PHA	L,4-5	CG	52	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
94	99	Aug 9	SLB		PHA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	100	Aug 10 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
96	101	Aug 10 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,14-13	CG	0	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
97	102	Aug 12 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	5	4	0	9	3
98	103	Aug 12 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
99	104	Aug 13 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
100	105	Aug 13 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
101	106	Aug 14	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
102	107	Aug 15	SLB		NYY	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	108	Aug 16	SLB		NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
104	109	Aug 17	SLB		NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
105	110	Aug 18	SLB		NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
106	111	Aug 19 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,8-10	CG	0	13.0	1	3	0	4	0
107	112	Aug 19 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
108	113	Aug 20	SLB		BOS	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
109	114	Aug 21 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	10	0	12	1
110	115	Aug 21 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
111	116	Aug 22 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
112	117	Aug 22 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
113	118	Aug 24	SLB		CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	2
114	119	Aug 25	SLB		CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
115	120	Aug 26 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	1	6	1	8	0
116	121	Aug 26 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
117	122	Aug 27	SLB		CHW	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
118	123	Aug 28	SLB		DET	L,1-10	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
119	124	Aug 29	SLB		DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	125	Sep 1 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
121	126	Sep 1 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
122	127	Sep 2 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	42	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
123	128	Sep 2 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
124	129	Sep 3 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
125	130	Sep 3 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	1	7	0	8	1
126	131	Sep 5 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	43	10.0	4	4	0	8	0
127	132	Sep 5 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	2	1	1	4	0
128	133	Sep 6 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
129	134	Sep 6 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	8.1	3	3	1	7	1
130	135	Sep 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
131	136	Sep 8	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-4	GS	28	6.0	4	1	1	6	1
132	138 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
133	139	Sep 10 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
134	140	Sep 10 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
135	141	Sep 12	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
136	142	Sep 13	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	1	6	2
137	143	Sep 14	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
138	144	Sep 15 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
139	145	Sep 15 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
140	146	Sep 16 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
141	147	Sep 16 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
142	148	Sep 19 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	3	4	0	7	2
143	149	Sep 19 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
144	150	Sep 22	SLB	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
145	151	Sep 23	SLB	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
146	152	Sep 25	SLB		CHW	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
147	153	Sep 28	SLB		CLE	W,2-1	CG	22	6.0	1	3	0	4	0
148	154	Sep 30	SLB		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
							148gm		1310.0	258	450	30	738	71