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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 17 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,3-10	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
2	13 (8)	Apr 29	PIT		CIN	L,0-5		11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	20 (6)	May 5	PIT		MLN	W,9-4	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	24 (3)	May 8 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	GS	26	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	27 (2)	May 12	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	GF	29	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
6	30 (2)	May 16	PIT	@	STL	L,0-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	32 (1)	May 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	34 (1)	May 21	PIT		NYG	L,2-3		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	37 (2)	May 24	PIT		BRO	W,15-1	GS	24	4.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
10	40 (2)	May 28	PIT		PHI	L,4-8	GS	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	41	May 29 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	43 (1)	May 30 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-8	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	46 (2)	Jun 1	PIT		STL	L,2-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
14	48 (1)	Jun 3	PIT		CIN	W,7-6	GF	23	5.1	1	2	0	3	0	P
15	51 (2)	Jun 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	56 (4)	Jun 12 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,5-3	GS	34	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	60 (3)	Jun 16	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	GS	0	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	65 (4)	Jun 20	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	70 (4)	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	74 (3)	Jul 1	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	P
21	78 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	82 (3)	Jul 6 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	87 (4)	Jul 10 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
24	89 (1)	Jul 15	PIT		CIN	L,1-9	GS	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
25	93 (3)	Jul 19	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	GS	64	18.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	99 (5)	Jul 24 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	103 (3)	Jul 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-16	GS	16	2.1	1	1	1	3	0	P
28	105 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7		7	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	108 (2)	Aug 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-12	GS	9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	110 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	27	5.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
31	114 (3)	Aug 7 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-6	GS	8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	115	Aug 7 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	118 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	37	8.2	1	3	0	4	0	P
34	122 (3)	Aug 19	PIT		NYG	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
35	123	Aug 20	PIT		NYG	L,9-14	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
36	124	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
37	130 (5)	Aug 28 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	133 (2)	Sep 1	PIT		STL	W,7-6	GS	35	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
39	137 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-5	GS	25	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	141 (3)	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-13	GS	21	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
41	148 (6)	Sep 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-11	GS	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	149	Sep 20 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,8-14		0	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
43	154 (4)	Sep 25	PIT		BRO	L,0-4		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
							43gm		200.2	14	35	4	53	3