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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 11	PIT		MLN	L,3-4	GS	21	4.1	2	0	0	2	0	P
2	7 (3)	Apr 18	PIT	@	MLN	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	12 (4)	Apr 26 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	18 (5)	May 3 (1)	PIT		STL	W,4-3	GS	34	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	23 (4)	May 7	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
6	29 (5)	May 12	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
7	33 (3)	May 17 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
8	38 (4)	May 22	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	43 (4)	May 27	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	47 (3)	May 31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	52 (4)	Jun 5	PIT		CHC	L,5-10	GS	11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	57 (4)	Jun 9	PIT		SFG	L,2-6	GS	32	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
13	59 (1)	Jun 11	PIT		SFG	W,12-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	63 (3)	Jun 14 (2)	PIT		LAD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	67 (3)	Jun 19	PIT	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
16	72 (4)	Jun 23	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
17	76 (3)	Jun 27	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	80 (3)	Jul 2	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	P
19	85 (4)	Jul 9	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS	0	8.2	0	4	0	4	0
20	90 (4)	Jul 14	PIT		LAD	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
21	94 (3)	Jul 19	PIT		SFG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	98 (3)	Jul 25	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-3	GS	27	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
23	103 (4)	Jul 29	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	108 (4)	Aug 4	PIT	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	P
25	113 (4)	Aug 9	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
26	116 (2)	Aug 14	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	121 (4)	Aug 19	PIT		STL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	126 (4)	Aug 23 (2)	PIT		LAD	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
29	130 (3)	Aug 28	PIT		PHI	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	134 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS	31	7.1	1	4	0	5	0	P
31	138 (3)	Sep 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
32	142 (3)	Sep 10	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
33	146 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
34	150 (3)	Sep 20	PIT		CIN	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
							34gm		266.0	20	47	1	68	5