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: 9-18 / in Starts: 7-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 4

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 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	1	49	Jun 11(1)	PIT		PHI	L,6-7	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	9	7	5	4	5	1	0	5.00	4.25	40	9	13	0	0	9	46			0	0	0	36	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.32	-0.591	.32	-0.09%	-2.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
2	2	52	Jun 16	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-6	GS-6		4	6.0	5	4	4	4	3	1	0	5.40	4.85	25	5	8	1	0	5	45			1	0	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.145	.12	-0.01%	-1.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
3	3	57	Jun 20	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	GS-7	L(0-2)	3	7.0	8	7	7	3	5	1	0	6.55	4.67	33	11	7	0	1	7	35			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.38	-0.448	.10	-0.02%	-3.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
4	4	62	Jun 25	PIT	@	BRO	W,16-11	GS-5		4	4.0	6	5	5	2	1	0	0	7.27	4.51	19	6	7	4	0	3	29			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.178	.04	0.00%	-1.69	1b start a 3	5b 123 0 out a3
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
5	5	66	Jul 1	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.00	4.44	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.55	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
6	6	67	Jul 2	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.52	4.31	7	3	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.48	0.061	.01	0.00%	1.09	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 1
7	7	69	Jul 4(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-8	7-GF(8)		1	1.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	6.82	4.33	7	3	2	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-1.14	7b -2- 2 out d2	8b end d 4
8	8	73	Jul 7	PIT		STL	W,9-1	CG	W(1-2)	2	9.0	8	1	1	3	2	0	0	5.49	4.06	38	8	17	0	0	8	66			0	0	0	35	0	2	0	0	0	0	.27	0.093	.00	0.00%	3.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
9	9	78	Jul 16(1)	PIT		BSN	L,5-9	GS-	L(1-3)	8	2.1	5	5	5	2	0	1	0	6.26	4.43	14						25						12			0		0
10	10	81	Jul 18	PIT		BSN	L,3-11	3-4		1	1.2	2	5	0	2	1	0	0	6.02	4.45	11	6	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	1	0	2	.68	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-3.51	3t 12- 1 out d3	4t 3 out d8
11	11	84	Jul 20	PIT		PHI	W,10-8	5-7		1	2.0	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	6.35	4.37	11	0	2	0	1	4		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.199	.00	0.00%	-1.25	5t --- 1 out d2	7t 123 1 out a3
12	12	86	Jul 22	PIT		BRO	L,3-12	3-7		1	4.1	5	4	3	1	1	2	1	6.34	4.82	19	6	7	3	0	3		3	2	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.17	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-3.04	3t 123 2 out d5	7t 3 out d9
13	13	89	Jul 25	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-7	5-6		2	2.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	6.27	4.81	10	1	3	1	0	3		2	1	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.03	5b 12- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d5
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
14	14	96	Aug 1	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	6.32	5.03	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.46	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
15	15	98	Aug 4	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-8	L(1-4)	2	7.0	4	3	3	3	4	0	1	6.03	4.81	28	8	8	0	0	4	58			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.114	.00	0.00%	1.86	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out a2
16	16	103	Aug 10	PIT		CHC	W,7-4	GS-6	W(2-4)	5	5.0	6	3	3	0	2	2	0	5.98	4.98	21	6	7	0	3	6	45			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.65	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out a4
17	17	110	Aug 16	PIT	@	STL	W,5-3	GS-	W(3-4)	5	5.1	6	2	1	2	5	0	1	5.66	4.78	25						53						22			0		0
18	18	113	Aug 20(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS-6	L(3-5)	3	6.0	6	4	3	2	2	1	0	5.57	4.81	25	7	11	1	0	3	46			0	2	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.204	.00	0.00%	-0.89	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
19	19	118	Aug 24	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	GS-8	L(3-6)	3	8.0	11	3	3	3	5	0	0	5.36	4.58	36	9	8	1	1	11	50			0	0	0	32	2	1	1	2	0	0	1.17	0.113	.00	0.00%	1.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
20	20	121	Aug 27(1)	PIT		BSN	L,3-7			2	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.29	4.54	4												4			0		0
21	21	123	Aug 29	PIT		NYG	L,5-10	GS-5	L(3-7)	1	4.0	9	6	4	3	3	0	0	5.46	4.48	23	7	1	0	0	9	24			0	0	0	20	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.13	-0.330	.00	0.00%	-4.47	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 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
22	22	127	Sep 2	PIT		STL	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-7)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	4.96	4.26	33	13	10	1	7	5	81			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.238	.00	0.00%	4.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
23	23	131	Sep 6	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(5-7)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.71	4.14	32	13	9	1	0	6	67			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.470	.00	0.00%	2.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
24	24	137	Sep 13	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG(7)	L(5-8)	6	7.0	4	3	3	5	3	0	0	4.66	4.12	30	11	7	2	1	4	55			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.011	.00	0.00%	0.70	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
25	25	143	Sep 19(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-14	GS-2	L(5-9)	5	1.0	6	8	7	1	0	2	0	5.17	4.36	11	6	2	1	1	2	10			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.459	.00	0.00%	-6.81	1b start a 1	2b 1-3 0 out d5
26	26	148	Sep 23	PIT		CIN	W,8-7	GS-5	W(6-9)	3	5.0	8	4	4	1	3	0	0	5.25	4.26	24	8	4	0	0	8	37			0	0	0	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.126	.00	0.00%	-1.30	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
27	27	151	Sep 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-4	2-GF	W(7-9)	3	8.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.92	4.14	27	17	4	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.498	.00	0.00%	4.14	2b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 3
							9-18		W-L:7-9	3.2	128.0	138	83	70	49	58	12	4	4.92	4.14	561	1.18		6%	5%	111	45	8	38%	3	3	0	503	19	6	4	9	0	6	.93	-1.296	.04	-0.12%	-10.79

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