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: 19-10 / in Starts: 18-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	399	5	Apr 18(1)	PIT		HOU	L,1-3	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	8	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.25	3.77	31	13	6	0	2	8	60			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.147	2.09	0.22%	1.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
2	400	10	Apr 24	PIT	@	HOU	L,0-5	GS-7	L(0-2)	5	7.0	5	5	4	3	1	2	1	3.60	5.58	31	11	10	2	0	5	47			0	0	1	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.124	1.95	-0.17%	-2.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
3	401	15	Apr 30	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-8	L(0-3)	5	7.1	4	3	0	1	4	0	0	2.42	4.35	28	12	7	2	0	4	67			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	3	1.12	-0.193	1.93	-0.20%	0.23	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d1
May				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
4	402	20	May 5	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-4)	4	6.1	6	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.51	4.12	27	10	12	3	4	0	52			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.76	0.034	.97	0.03%	0.33	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d2
5	403	29	May 15	PIT		STL	L,1-5	GS-8	L(0-5)	9	8.0	12	5	4	0	6	1	0	2.95	3.80	33	12	3	0	0	12	46			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	3	0	0	.75	-0.086	.39	-0.03%	-1.42	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
6	404	34	May 21	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-1	GS-	W(1-5)	5	5.1	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.79	3.61	20						59						19			0		0
7	405	43	May 30(2)	PIT	@	NYM	W,12-0	SHO	W(2-5)	8	9.0	6	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.29	3.14	32	10	9	1	5	6	82			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.253	.57	0.13%	3.83	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
Jun				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
8	406	48	Jun 5	PIT		NYM	W,9-0	SHO	W(3-5)	5	9.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.95	2.97	30	13	10	1	3	2	86			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.32	0.099	.30	0.06%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
9	407	52	Jun 9	PIT		HOU	W,11-3	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	8	3	2	2	4	0	0	1.96	2.88	35	10	11	1	1	8	63			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	1	0	.48	0.245	.64	0.20%	1.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
10	408	56	Jun 13	PIT		SFG	W,2-1	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	5	1	0	1.85	2.95	31	6	15	0	0	3	80			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.513	1.72	0.52%	3.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	409	60	Jun 17	PIT	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	1	1.76	2.87	34	12	11	1	0	7	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	0.434	2.30	0.51%	3.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
12	410	65	Jun 22	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-0	SHO	W(7-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.59	2.75	31	12	8	0	0	4	84			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.212	.74	0.23%	4.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
13	411	69	Jun 26	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	W(8-5)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	0	1.54	2.69	31	13	8	0	0	3	80			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.248	2.26	0.30%	2.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
14	412	74	Jun 30	PIT		STL	L,1-7	GS-8	L(8-6)	3	8.0	4	2	1	1	5	0	0	1.51	2.61	30	11	9	1	0	4	72			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.16	0.100	2.75	0.14%	1.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
15	413	78	Jul 4	PIT		MLN	L,2-5	GS-8	L(8-7)	3	8.0	9	4	3	4	3	1	0	1.64	2.76	34	6	12	1	5	9	49			1	0	0	30	0	0	1	1	0	0	.94	-0.168	2.47	-0.27%	-0.42	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
16	414	83	Jul 8	PIT		LAD	L,4-9	GS-7	L(8-8)	3	6.0	9	6	2	1	3	0	0	1.70	2.73	28	9	6	0	1	9	40			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	-0.375	2.33	-0.49%	-2.69	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d1
17	415	88	Jul 15	PIT	@	MLN	L,6-9	GS-	L(8-9)	6	0.1	5	4	4	0	0	1	0	1.98	2.83	6						25						6			0		0
18	416	93	Jul 19	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	W(9-9)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	4	1	0	1.91	2.85	32	13	9	0	0	6	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.20	0.547	.71	0.19%	3.31	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
19	417	97	Jul 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-5	GS-8	W(10-9)	4	7.0	8	5	4	1	4	2	1	2.07	3.00	30	11	12	4	3	1	46			0	0	1	27	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.00	-0.235	.85	-0.12%	-1.81	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out a1
20	418	98	Jul 25(1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	12-GF(13)	W(11-9)	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	2.99	4	1	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.15	0.245	3.37	0.16%	0.67	12b 1-- 2 out tie	13b end a 1
21	419	102	Jul 28	PIT		PHI	L,0-1	GS-12		2	12.0	11	0	0	1	8	0	0	1.90	2.87	47	19	12	2	3	7	87			0	0	0	45	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.54	1.030	1.31	0.52%	5.37	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
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
22	420	108	Aug 3	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-0	SHO	W(12-9)	5	9.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.79	2.81	31	10	12	6	3	3	85			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.277	.37	0.10%	3.83	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
23	421	112	Aug 7	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-5		3	4.0	8	3	2	2	1	2	0	1.86	2.98	23	5	8	3	2	7	35			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.28	-0.368	1.30	-0.23%	-2.58	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out a1
24	422	117	Aug 12(2)	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	W(13-9)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	0	2	0	1.86	3.12	33	11	14	0	0	7	64			0	0	1	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.312	.49	0.10%	2.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
25	423	122	Aug 17	PIT	@	HOU	W,8-6	GS-8	W(14-9)	4	7.2	12	4	4	2	2	1	0	1.98	3.18	36	9	11	1	2	12	39			1	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	1	0	.49	0.102	.11	0.01%	-0.90	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a4
26	424	127	Aug 23	PIT		SFG	W,6-2	CG	W(15-9)	5	9.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	1.98	3.13	33	13	10	1	0	6	69			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	2	0	.97	0.183	.43	0.05%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
27	425	132	Aug 27	PIT		HOU	W,10-9	GS-5		3	4.0	9	4	4	0	2	1	0	2.12	3.16	20	6	3	0	1	9	30			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	1	0	.74	-0.287	1.16	-0.27%	-2.18	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out tie
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
28	426	136	Sep 1(2)	PIT		LAD	W,2-1	CG	W(16-9)	4	9.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.07	3.11	33	7	11	0	0	7	73			0	2	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.30	0.502	4.64	1.08%	3.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
29	427	147	Sep 13	PIT		CIN	W,8-4	CG	W(17-9)	11	9.0	6	4	4	1	3	1	0	2.15	3.13	33	8	15	0	0	6	61			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.62	-0.020	.18	0.00%	0.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
							19-10		W-L:17-9	4.0	217.1	182	66	52	35	101	17	3	2.15	3.13	847	1.07		6%	7%	156	62	1	0%	2	2	3	796	25	4	2	24	8	11	.91	3.627	1.35	2.78%	32.22

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