Vern Bickford

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: August 17, 1920 in Hellier, KY us

Died: May 6, 1960 in Richmond, VA

Buried: Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canton, VA

Debut: April 24, 1948 (Age 27-251d, 10,490th in major league history)
vs. NYG 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 24, 1954 (Age 33-250d)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Vernon Edgell Bickford

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.7

ERA

3.71

182

149

1076.1

450

WHIP

1.400

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-15 / in Starts: 21-14
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 93 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	77 (43-22-12) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 93 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	62 (32-20-10)

Most Driven In
T Holmes	2
A Dark	1
B Salkeld	1
P Masi	1
P Reiser	1
C Ryan	1
J Russell	1

Most Driven In By
A Dark	3
J Russell	1
M Rickert	1
E Torgeson	0

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	34	3 (2)	Apr 19 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,11-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.67	0.114	1.68	0.17%	0.39	P
2	35	7 (3)	Apr 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9						P
3	36	11 (3)	Apr 28	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	.52	-0.041	1.35	-0.06%	-0.82	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	37	16 (4)	May 3	BSN		CHC	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	.88	-0.044	2.97	-0.09%	-0.38	P
5	38	21 (4)	May 8 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,8-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9						P
6	39	22	May 9	BSN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.17	0.049	3.26	0.08%	0.47	P
7	40	26 (3)	May 15	BSN		BRO	W,4-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.286	.619	9	.78	0.014	2.92	0.03%	-0.29	P
8	41	29 (2)	May 19	BSN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.313	.665	9	2.15	0.271	7.67	0.58%	0.32	P
9	42	33 (3)	May 23	BSN	@	CHC	W,11-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	9	.29	0.031	1.16	0.08%	0.27	P
10	43	37 (3)	May 28	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	44	42 (4)	Jun 1	BSN		PIT	W,8-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	9						P
12	45	47 (4)	Jun 7	BSN		CIN	W,6-5	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.318	.375	.318	.693	9	1.54	0.045	5.53	0.10%	0.31	P
13	46	51 (3)	Jun 11	BSN		CHC	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.346	.292	.638	9	.94	-0.048	3.83	-0.12%	-0.53	P
14	47	56 (4)	Jun 16	BSN	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.259	.310	.259	.570	9	.85	-0.075	2.67	-0.14%	-1.38	P
15	48	61 (4)	Jun 20	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.226	.273	.226	.499	9	1.76	-0.244	5.65	-0.47%	-2.70	P
16	49	65 (3)	Jun 24	BSN	@	STL	L,4-8	GS-3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.219	.265	.219	.483	9	1.51	-0.085	6.24	-0.21%	-0.91	P
17	50	69 (3)	Jun 29	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.257	.212	.469	9	.73	-0.018	1.96	-0.03%	-0.16	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	51	72 (2)	Jul 1	BSN		PHI	W,2-1	CG(12)	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.243	.282	.243	.525	9	1.88	-0.074	6.25	-0.15%	-0.40	P
19	52	77 (4)	Jul 6	BSN		BRO	W,7-5	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.225	.262	.225	.487	9	.66	-0.049	2.26	-0.10%	-1.00	P
20	53	81 (3)	Jul 14	BSN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.244	.209	.454	9	.81	-0.061	2.24	-0.10%	-0.43	P
21	54	86 (4)	Jul 18	BSN		CIN	L,1-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.244	.209	.454	9						P
22	55	90 (3)	Jul 22	BSN		PIT	W,5-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.250	.217	.467	9	1.56	-0.042	2.62	-0.04%	-0.32	P
23	56	95 (4)	Jul 27	BSN	@	CIN	W,9-7	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.200	.231	.200	.431	9	2.05	-0.268	2.09	-0.16%	-2.26	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	57	104 (8)	Aug 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-10	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.231	.200	.431	9						P
25	58	106 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.231	.200	.431	9						P
26	59	109 (2)	Aug 11	BSN	@	NYG	T,7-7	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.218	.189	.407	9	.63	-0.048	.03	0.00%	-0.51	P
27	60	113 (3)	Aug 17	BSN		NYG	W,13-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.233	.207	.440	9	.49	0.116	.01	0.00%	0.59	P
28	61	118 (4)	Aug 22	BSN		BRO	W,7-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.238	.213	.451	9	.63	0.032	.05	0.00%	0.43	P
29	62	122 (3)	Aug 26	BSN		CIN	W,3-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.210	.234	.210	.444	9	.91	-0.003	.09	0.00%	0.05	P
30	63	127 (4)	Aug 30	BSN		STL	W,12-4	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.200	.224	.200	.424	9	.48	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-1.08	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	64	133 (5)	Sep 4 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.214	.191	.405	9	.80	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.71	P
32	65	137 (3)	Sep 7	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.186	.208	.186	.394	9	.99	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.72	P
33	66	141 (3)	Sep 11 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,3-6	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.183	.205	.183	.389	9						P
34	67	145 (3)	Sep 18 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.183	.205	.183	.389	9						P
35	68	148 (2)	Sep 20	BSN	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.187	.208	.187	.394	9	1.37	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.74	P
36	69	152 (3)	Sep 25 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.179	.200	.179	.379	9						P
37	70	156 (3)	Oct 1	BSN		NYG	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.185	.205	.185	.390	9						P
							21-15		93	81	7	15	0	0	0	8	2	0	20	0	10		1	4	0	0	.185	.205	.185	.390		1.05	-0.692	2.44	-0.64%	-12.53

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