Vance Law

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: October 1, 1956 in Boise, ID us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 39th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brigham Young University (Provo, UT).

High School: Provo HS (Provo, UT)

School: Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)

Debut: June 1, 1980 (Age 23-244d, 14,310th in major league history)
vs. NYM 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 1991 (Age 35-005d)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Agents: Jack Sands, Steve Freyer

Full Name: Vance Aaron Law

Nicknames: Long arm of the Law

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Relatives: Son of Vern Law

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.5

3802

972

.256

453

RBI

442

OBP

.326

SLG

.376

OPS

.703

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 71 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 3 walk-off, 4 tying, 17 go ahead

3 Tms
MON	27
CHW	26
CHC	18

Platoon
vs RHP	38
vs LHP	33

Home/Road
Away	37
Home	34

Outs
2	27
0	24
1	20

21 Opps
STL	6
PHI	6
CIN	5
CHC	5
SEA	5
TEX	4
NYM	4
PIT	4
BOS	4
SFG	3
OAK	3
MON	3
HOU	3
MIL	3
MIN	2
SDP	2
DET	2
BAL	2
ATL	2
LAD	2
CLE	1

65 Pitchers
Curt Young	2
Sid Fernandez	2
Brian Fisher	2
José DeLeón	2
Ed Lynch	2
Ed Hodge	2
Guy Hoffman	1
Steve Trout	1
Bob Knepper	1
Mike Smithson	1
Bob Forsch	1
Joe Magrane	1
Randy O'Neal	1
John Dopson	1
Al Nipper	1
Scott McGregor	1
Joe Hesketh	1
Bill Gullickson	1
Jerry Don Gleaton	1
Randy Kramer	1
Jeff Calhoun	1
Mike Moore	1
Jeff Brantley	1
Dave Rucker	1
Ken Hill	1
Mike Scott	1
Ted Power	1
Jerry Reuss	1
Bryn Smith	1
George Frazier	1
Jack Morris	1
Mike Mason	1
Steve Bedrosian	1
Danny Jackson	1
Tom Browning	1
Jon Matlack	1
Atlee Hammaker	1
Shane Rawley	1
Lary Sorensen	1
Terry Mulholland	1
Barry Jones	1
Matt Kinzer	1
Steve Engel	1
Jaime Cocanower	1
Tom Burgmeier	1
Tom Hume	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Glenn Abbott	1
Bert Blyleven	1
Don Carman	1
Derek Botelho	1
John Tudor	1
Matt Young	1
Eric Show	1
Steve Carlton	1
Bob Welch	1
Kevin Gross	1
Rick Waits	1
Sammy Stewart	1
Dwight Gooden	1
Bruce Hurst	1
Bruce Ruffin	1
Danny Darwin	1
Moose Haas	1
Dennis Rasmussen	1

18 Parks
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	14
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	13
Stade Olymp. (MON)	12
VeteransStad (PHI)	4
Kingdome (SEA)	4
Busch Stad (STL)	4
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	4
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1

Where Hit
7	42
78	5
9	4
8	1
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	53
2	5
5	4
1	3
3	3
4	2
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	65
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	45
1--	12
-2-	6
12-	2
-23	2
1-3	2
123	1
--3	1

105 RBI
RISP	14
0 on	45
1 on	19
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	26

Inning
1	1
2	8
3	6
4	10
5	17
6	8
7	9
8	6
9	5
Extra	1

1-3	15
4-6	35
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	2
+2	12
+1	9
Tied	14
-1	6
-2	4
-3	7
-4..	10

Ahead	30
Tied	14
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	53
0-0	3
1-0	3
2-2	3
0-1	2
2-0	2
3-2	1
1-2	1
1-1	1
2-1	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	40
2B	21
1B	6
SS	4

OrderPos
7th	27
6th	19
2nd	11
8th	11
5th	3

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	29
Low Lev	36

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1982-06-26	CHW	@	SEA	Gaylord Perry	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	1--		2	8	5	0.175	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Squires Scores
2	2	2	1	1982-07-19	CHW	@	DET	Dave Rucker	ahead 4-0	t 3	2	---		1	8	6	0.052	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1982-07-29	CHW		BOS	Tom Burgmeier	behind 2-5	b 7	0	---		1	8	6	0.092	22%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1982-09-05	CHW		TEX	Jon Matlack	behind 6-9	b 5	2	---		1	8	6	0.087	23%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1982-09-23	CHW	@	SEA	Jerry Don Gleaton	ahead 10-4	t 9	1	1--		2	7	6	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hill Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1983-05-29	CHW		TEX	Mike Smithson	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---		1	8	5	0.074	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	2	1	1983-06-01	CHW	@	BOS	John Tudor	ahead 4-3	t 8	2	12-		3	8	5	0.225	95%		Home Run; T. Paciorek Scores; C. Nyman Scores
8	8	3	1	1983-06-28	CHW	@	SEA	Glenn Abbott	tied 1-1	t 5	2	---		1	7	5	0.147	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	4	1	1983-08-08 (2)	CHW	@	DET	Jack Morris	behind 0-7	t 5	1	---		1	7	5	0.012	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1984-04-17	CHW	@	MIL	Moose Haas	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---		1	7	5	0.111	46%		Home Run
11	11	2	1	1984-04-24	CHW		BAL	Scott McGregor	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---		1	7	5	0.110	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	3	1	1984-05-06	CHW	@	BOS	Bruce Hurst	behind 0-3	t 8	0	---		1	7	5	0.066	14%		Home Run
13	13	4	1	1984-05-07	CHW		MIL	Jaime Cocanower	behind 2-5	b 7	1	---		1	7	5	0.081	18%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	5	1	1984-05-26	CHW	@	TEX	Mike Mason	tied 1-1	t 4	2	1--		2	7	5	0.232	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Baines Scores
15	15	6	1	1984-05-27	CHW	@	TEX	Danny Darwin	behind 0-7	t 6	1	---		1	2	5	0.009	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	7	1	1984-06-01	CHW		OAK	Lary Sorensen	behind 2-3	b 3	0	1--		2	2	5	0.188	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Law Scores
17	17	8	1	1984-06-10	CHW		MIN	Ed Hodge	behind 0-10	b 5	1	---		1	8	5	0.003	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	9	2	1984-06-10	CHW		MIN	Ed Hodge	behind 2-10	b 7	1	1--		2	8	5	0.009	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Stegman Scores
19	19	10	1	1984-06-18	CHW	@	SEA	Matt Young	ahead 5-4	t 5	0	---		1	2	5	0.116	76%		Home Run
20	20	11	1	1984-06-30	CHW		BAL	Sammy Stewart	tied 4-4	b 11	1	---		1	8	5	0.418	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	12	1	1984-07-08	CHW		CLE	Bert Blyleven	behind 1-4	b 4	1	1--		2	7	5	0.179	40%		Home Run; G. Luzinski Scores
22	22	13	1	1984-07-30	CHW		BOS	Al Nipper	ahead 3-0	b 1	2	-23		3	8	4	0.120	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Walker Scores; R. Smalley Scores
23	23	14	1	1984-08-11	CHW		MIL	Rick Waits	behind 4-10	b 9	0	---		1	8	4	0.005	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	15	1	1984-09-06	CHW		OAK	Curt Young	ahead 5-3	b 5	2	-2-		2	6	5	0.119	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Kittle Scores
25	25	16	1	1984-09-11	CHW	@	OAK	Curt Young	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---		1	7	5	0.114	46%		Home Run (Deep CF)
26	26	17	1	1984-09-23	CHW		SEA	Mike Moore	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---		1	6	5	0.104	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1985-06-01	MON	@	LAD	Jerry Reuss	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	6	3	0.121	58%		Home Run
28	28	2	1	1985-06-14	MON		NYM	Dwight Gooden	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---		1	2	4	0.142	70%		Home Run
29	29	3	1	1985-06-15	MON		NYM	Sid Fernandez	behind 0-2	b 4	1	---		1	2	4	0.124	38%		Home Run
30	30	4	1	1985-06-23	MON	@	NYM	Ed Lynch	ahead 3-1	t 5	1	1--		2	2	4	0.134	91%		Home Run; T. Raines Scores
31	31	5	1	1985-07-19	MON		HOU	Bob Knepper	ahead 2-0	b 7	0	---		1	2	4	0.050	95%		Home Run
32	32	6	1	1985-07-24	MON		ATL	Steve Bedrosian	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	---		1	2	4	0.109	83%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run
33	33	7	1	1985-08-15	MON	@	CHC	Steve Engel	ahead 3-1	t 3	2	1--		2	6	3	0.151	85%		Home Run; H. Brooks Scores
34	34	8	1	1985-08-31	MON	@	SDP	Eric Show	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	1--		2	2	4	0.195	79%		Home Run; T. Raines Scores
35	35	9	1	1985-09-16	MON		CHC	Derek Botelho	tied 4-4	b 5	0	---		1	2	4	0.160	72%		Home Run
36	36	10	1	1985-09-23	MON	@	CHC	George Frazier	ahead 4-3	t 7	0	-2-		2	2	4	0.133	90%		Home Run; M. Webster Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1986-04-27	MON	@	CHC	Steve Trout	behind 4-5	t 6	2	1--		2	7	4	0.327	62%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Galarraga Scores
38	38	2	1	1986-05-02	MON		HOU	Jeff Calhoun	behind 2-6	b 9	1	---		1	7	4	0.010	2%		Home Run (LF-CF)
39	39	3	1	1986-05-06	MON	@	PHI	Steve Carlton	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	-2-		2	7	4	0.144	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Wallach Scores/unER; V. Law Scores/unER
40	40	4	1	1986-08-10	MON		NYM	Sid Fernandez	tied 1-1	b 4	2	---		1	6	4	0.146	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	5	1	1986-09-02	MON		LAD	Bob Welch	tied 0-0	b 9	2	---		1	7	4	0.467	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1987-04-11	MON	@	HOU	Mike Scott	behind 0-1	t 5	2	---		1	7	4	0.147	45%		Home Run
43	43	2	1	1987-04-16	MON	@	STL	Bob Forsch	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---		1	7	4	0.113	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	3	1	1987-04-23	MON		PHI	Shane Rawley	behind 2-5	b 4	1	---		1	6	5	0.091	28%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	4	1	1987-04-28	MON	@	PHI	Tom Hume	ahead 6-1	t 5	1	---		1	6	5	0.028	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	5	1	1987-05-06	MON	@	ATL	Randy O'Neal	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	---		1	7	3	0.123	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF Line)
47	47	6	1	1987-06-24	MON	@	PIT	Barry Jones	behind 3-9	t 8	0	---		1	7	4	0.009	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	7	1	1987-07-09	MON	@	CIN	Bill Gullickson	behind 1-5	t 7	1	---		1	7	3	0.039	8%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	8	1	1987-07-11	MON	@	CIN	Ted Power	ahead 4-2	t 6	2	-2-		2	7	4	0.139	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Galarraga Scores
50	50	9	1	1987-07-12	MON	@	CIN	Guy Hoffman	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---		1	7	4	0.111	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	10	1	1987-07-29	MON	@	CHC	Ed Lynch	ahead 6-0	t 5	1	---		1	6	3	0.017	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	11	1	1987-08-15	MON		PIT	Brian Fisher	behind 2-3	b 9	1	123		4	6	3	0.459	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); H. Brooks Scores; T. Wallach Scores; T. Foley Scores
53	53	12	1	1987-09-09	MON		STL	Joe Magrane	tied 2-2	b 4	1	1--		2	7	4	0.207	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Nichols Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1988-04-12	CHC	@	STL	José DeLeón	behind 0-2	t 2	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	5	0.205	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); L. Durham Scores
55	55	2	1	1988-04-21	CHC		MON	Bryn Smith	ahead 4-2	b 6	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	5	0.085	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Davis Scores
56	56	3	1	1988-05-08	CHC		SFG	Terry Mulholland	ahead 10-6	b 7	2	-23	3,(1-1) FBX	3	6	5	0.021	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Dawson Scores; R. Palmeiro Scores
57	57	4	1	1988-05-21	CHC	@	CIN	Danny Jackson	ahead 3-1	t 3	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	5	0.144	86%		Home Run; J. Davis Scores
58	58	5	1	1988-06-07	CHC	@	PIT	Brian Fisher	ahead 4-0	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	0.029	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
59	59	6	1	1988-07-29	CHC	@	PHI	Kevin Gross	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	5	0.120	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
60	60	7	2	1988-07-29	CHC	@	PHI	Bruce Ruffin	ahead 5-2	t 7	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	6	5	0.077	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); A. Dawson Scores; M. Grace Scores
61	61	8	1	1988-08-05	CHC		PHI	Don Carman	behind 1-8	b 4	0	--3	5,(2-2) FBBFX	2	5	5	0.031	8%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Dawson Scores
62	62	9	1	1988-09-21	CHC		MON	John Dopson	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	1-3	4,(2-1) PFPX	3	5	5	0.140	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Sandberg Scores; M. Grace Scores
63	63	10	1	1988-09-29	CHC	@	MON	Joe Hesketh	behind 2-5	t 8	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	5	0.037	7%		Home Run
64	64	11	1	1988-10-01	CHC		PIT	Randy Kramer	tied 1-1	b 4	0	1-3	5,(3-1) CBBBX	3	6	5	0.160	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Dawson Scores; R. Palmeiro Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	1989-05-03	CHC	@	SDP	Dennis Rasmussen	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	5	0.119	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
66	66	2	1	1989-06-04	CHC	@	STL	Matt Kinzer	ahead 8-3	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	7	5	0.008	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
67	67	3	1	1989-06-11	CHC		STL	Ken Hill	tied 1-1	b 5	0	---	6,(3-2) FBBBFX	1	7	5	0.150	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
68	68	4	1	1989-07-22	CHC		SFG	Atlee Hammaker	ahead 3-1	b 6	0	---	4,(1-2) CBCX	1	6	5	0.065	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
69	69	5	2	1989-07-22	CHC		SFG	Jeff Brantley	ahead 4-2	b 8	1	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	6	5	0.035	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
70	70	6	1	1989-08-22	CHC		CIN	Tom Browning	behind 1-6	b 5	0	---	5,(2-2) CBBFX	1	6	5	0.044	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
71	71	7	1	1989-09-30	CHC	@	STL	José DeLeón	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	5	0.092	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)