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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	BAL	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 14	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
3	3	Apr 15	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 17	BAL		DET	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
5	5	Apr 18	BAL		DET	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 21	BAL		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	7	Apr 22	BAL		CLE	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
8	8	Apr 23	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
9	9	Apr 24	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-14	GS	33	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
10	10	Apr 25 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 25 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 29	BAL	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
13	13	Apr 30	BAL	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	BAL	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	43	9.2	0	4	0	4	1	3B
15	15	May 5	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
16	16	May 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-9	GS	35	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
17	17	May 8	BAL		CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
18	18	May 9	BAL		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
19	19	May 10	BAL		PHA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
20	20	May 11	BAL		PHA	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
21	21	May 13	BAL		BOS	L,1-9	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
22	22	May 14	BAL		BOS	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
23	23	May 15	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
24	24	May 16 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
25	25	May 16 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
26	26	May 18	BAL		WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
27	27	May 19	BAL		WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
28	28	May 21	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
29	29	May 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	46	9.2	2	2	1	5	0	3B
30	30	May 23 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-14	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
31	31	May 23 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	45	11.2	1	3	0	4	0	3B
32	32	May 25	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	43	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
33	33	May 26	BAL	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
34	34	May 27	BAL	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
35	35	May 28 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
36	36	May 28 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,8-14	CG	51	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
37	37	May 29	BAL		CHW	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
38	38	May 30	BAL		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
39	39	May 31 (1)	BAL		DET	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
40	40	May 31 (2)	BAL		DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	41	Jun 1	BAL		DET	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
42	45 (3)	Jun 5 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
43	55 (9)	Jun 13 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
44	61 (5)	Jun 19	BAL		WSH	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
45	62	Jun 20 (1)	BAL		WSH	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	63	Jun 20 (2)	BAL		WSH	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
47	64	Jun 22	BAL		BOS	L,1-3	CG	54	12.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
48	65	Jun 23	BAL		BOS	W,8-7	GS	76	16.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
49	66	Jun 25	BAL		PHA	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
50	67	Jun 26	BAL		PHA	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
51	68	Jun 27 (1)	BAL		PHA	W,4-3	CG	48	11.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
52	69	Jun 27 (2)	BAL		PHA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
53	70	Jun 29	BAL		CLE	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
54	71	Jun 30	BAL		CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	72	Jul 2	BAL		DET	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
56	73	Jul 3	BAL		DET	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	74	Jul 4	BAL		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
58	75	Jul 5 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
59	76	Jul 5 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
60	77	Jul 6	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-11	GS	35	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	78	Jul 7	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
62	79	Jul 8	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
63	80	Jul 9	BAL	@	DET	W,7-5	GS	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	86 (5)	Jul 18 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
65	93 (6)	Jul 23	BAL	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
66	94	Jul 24	BAL	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	95	Jul 25 (1)	BAL	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	47	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
68	96	Jul 25 (2)	BAL	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
69	97	Jul 27	BAL		WSH	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
70	98	Jul 28	BAL		WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	99	Jul 29	BAL		WSH	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
72	100	Jul 30	BAL		NYY	W,10-0	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	111 (10)	Aug 10	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
74	112	Aug 11	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
75	113	Aug 13	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
76	114	Aug 14	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	45	10.2	3	3	0	6	0	3B
77	115	Aug 15 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
78	116	Aug 15 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
79	117	Aug 17 (1)	BAL		CHW	L,0-2	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
80	118	Aug 17 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
81	119	Aug 18	BAL		CHW	L,1-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
82	120	Aug 19	BAL		CHW	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
83	121	Aug 20	BAL		CLE	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	3B
84	122	Aug 21	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
85	123	Aug 22	BAL		CLE	L,1-12	GS	40	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
86	124	Aug 24	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
87	125	Aug 25	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
88	126	Aug 26	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
89	127	Aug 27	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
90	128	Aug 28	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
91	129	Aug 29 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,8-4	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
92	130	Aug 29 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	W,5-0	GS	18	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
93	131	Aug 30	BAL	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
94	132	Aug 31 (1)	BAL	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
95	133	Aug 31 (2)	BAL	@	PHA	L,3-6	GS	23	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	134	Sep 3	BAL	@	DET	L,3-4	GS	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
							96gm		821.0	102	186	10	298	19