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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	L,10-15	CG	51	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,7-16	CG	50	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 21	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
5	5	Apr 22	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	63	14.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
6	6	Apr 23 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 23 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG	24	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
8	8	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
9	9	Apr 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
10	10	Apr 27	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
11	11	Apr 28	BOS		PHA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
12	12	Apr 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,19-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
13	13	Apr 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	BOS		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
15	15	May 3	BOS		CLE	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
16	16	May 4	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
17	17	May 5	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
18	18	May 6	BOS		CHW	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
19	19	May 7 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,8-6	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
20	20	May 7 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
21	21	May 9	BOS		DET	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
22	22	May 11 (1)	BOS		DET	L,4-13	CG	50	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
23	23	May 11 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
24	24	May 12	BOS		WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
25	25	May 13	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	3	SS
26	26	May 14 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
27	27	May 14 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
28	28	May 16	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
29	29	May 17	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
30	30	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,13-12	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
31	31	May 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
32	32	May 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
33	33	May 21 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	4	4	1	9	0	SS
34	34	May 21 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
35	35	May 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	51	9.1	1	6	0	7	0	SS
36	36	May 24	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
37	37	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,15-12	CG	47	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
38	38	May 27 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
39	39	May 27 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
40	40	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
41	41	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
42	42	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 2	BOS		CLE	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
44	44	Jun 3	BOS		CLE	W,11-9	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
45	45	Jun 4	BOS		CHW	W,17-7	CG	45	9.0	4	3	1	8	0	SS
46	46	Jun 5	BOS		CHW	W,12-0	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
47	47	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	L,4-8	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
48	48	Jun 7	BOS		SLB	W,20-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
49	49	Jun 8	BOS		SLB	W,29-4	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
50	50	Jun 9	BOS		SLB	L,7-12	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
51	54 (3)	Jun 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
52	55	Jun 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
53	56	Jun 15	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
54	57	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
55	58	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
56	59	Jun 18	BOS	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
57	60	Jun 20	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
58	61	Jun 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
59	62	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
60	63	Jun 23	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-9	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
61	64	Jun 24	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
62	65	Jun 25 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	2	10	0	12	4	SS
63	66	Jun 25 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
64	67	Jun 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	44	11.0	4	6	0	10	4	SS
65	68	Jun 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
66	69	Jun 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,22-14	CG	52	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
67	70	Jun 30 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
68	71	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	72	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
70	73	Jul 2	BOS		NYY	L,9-15	CG	49	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
71	74	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	L,7-9	CG	37	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
72	75	Jul 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
73	76	Jul 8	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	SS
74	77	Jul 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
75	78	Jul 13	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
76	79	Jul 14	BOS		CHW	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
77	80	Jul 15	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
78	81	Jul 16 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,13-10	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
79	82	Jul 16 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
80	83	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
81	84	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
82	85	Jul 18	BOS		DET	W,12-9	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
83	86	Jul 19	BOS		DET	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
84	87	Jul 20	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
85	88	Jul 21	BOS		SLB	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
86	89	Jul 22	BOS		SLB	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
87	90	Jul 23	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
88	91	Jul 25	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
89	92	Jul 26	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
90	93	Jul 27	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
91	94	Jul 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-13	CG	43	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
92	95	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
93	96	Jul 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	39	9.2	2	1	0	3	0	SS
94	97	Jul 30 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	98	Aug 1	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
96	99	Aug 2	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
97	100	Aug 4	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	3	5	0	8	3	SS
98	101	Aug 5	BOS	@	CHW	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
99	102	Aug 6 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
100	103	Aug 6 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	104	Aug 8	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
102	105	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
103	106	Aug 10 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
104	107	Aug 10 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
105	108	Aug 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
106	109	Aug 12	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
107	110	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
108	111	Aug 15 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
109	112	Aug 15 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
110	113	Aug 16 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
111	114	Aug 16 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
112	115	Aug 17	BOS		PHA	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
113	116	Aug 18	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
114	117	Aug 19	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
115	118	Aug 22	BOS		SLB	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
116	119	Aug 23	BOS		SLB	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
117	120	Aug 24	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
118	121	Aug 25	BOS		DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
119	122	Aug 26	BOS		DET	L,6-8	CG	47	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
120	123	Aug 27	BOS		CLE	W,11-9	GS	32	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	128 (4)	Sep 1	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
122	129	Sep 2	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
123	130	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
124	131	Sep 4 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
125	132	Sep 6	BOS		NYY	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
126	133	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
127	134	Sep 9 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
128	135	Sep 9 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
129	136	Sep 10	BOS		PHA	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
130	137	Sep 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
131	138	Sep 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
132	139	Sep 15	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-9	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
133	140	Sep 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
134	141	Sep 17	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
135	142	Sep 18	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
136	143	Sep 20 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
137	145 (1)	Sep 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
138	146	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
139	147	Sep 25 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
140	148	Sep 25 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	7	0	8	2
141	149	Sep 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
142	150	Sep 27 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
143	151	Sep 28	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
144	152	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
145	153	Sep 30	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
146	154	Oct 1	BOS		NYY	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
							146gm		1281.1	258	431	13	702	115