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	22-17 / in Starts: 22-16
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	39 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 128 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	73 (32-28-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 128 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	85 (44-26-13)

Most Driven In
L Olmo	3
B Kerr	1
G Mauch	1
S Gordon	1
S Sisti	0
W Marshall	0

Most Driven In By
E Torgeson	3
S Jethroe	3
B Elliott	2
T Holmes	1

1950 Batting Game Log

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1950 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	71	3 (2)	Apr 21	BSN		PHI	T,2-2	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.77	-0.102	5.16	-0.18%	-0.52	P
2	72	8 (4)	Apr 25	BSN		BRO	L,0-3	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.66	-0.033	2.03	-0.06%	-0.32	P
3	73	11 (2)	Apr 29	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.36	-0.101	3.64	-0.16%	-0.77	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	74	16 (4)	May 4	BSN	@	CIN	W,12-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.74	-0.038	1.81	-0.06%	-0.36	P
5	75	20 (3)	May 8	BSN	@	STL	L,3-10	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.90	-0.023	2.86	-0.04%	-0.32	P
6	76	23 (2)	May 13	BSN	@	BRO	W,12-2	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	9	.20	-0.024	.61	-0.05%	-0.83	P
7	77	26 (2)	May 17	BSN		PIT	L,1-4	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.125	.301	9	.97	0.001	2.97	0.00%	0.03	P
8	78	29 (2)	May 21 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	1.20	-0.056	3.24	-0.09%	-0.34	P
9	79	33 (3)	May 27	BSN		BRO	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.208	.136	.345	9	.63	0.082	1.85	0.15%	0.30	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
10	80	37 (3)	Jun 1	BSN	@	PIT	W,14-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.207	.148	.355	9	.20	-0.031	.48	-0.05%	-1.56	P
11	81	42 (4)	Jun 6	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.138	.219	.138	.357	9	1.96	0.066	4.91	0.10%	0.04	P
12	82	46 (3)	Jun 10	BSN	@	CHC	L,10-13	GS-3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.129	.206	.129	.335	9	1.55	-0.052	4.26	-0.09%	-0.59	P
13	83	47	Jun 11 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.114	.184	.114	.298	9	1.76	-0.220	4.68	-0.35%	-1.26	P
14	84	51 (3)	Jun 15 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.105	.171	.105	.276	9	.50	-0.039	1.04	-0.05%	-0.65	P
15	85	54 (2)	Jun 18 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,8-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.103	.167	.103	.269	9	2.43	-0.061	7.29	-0.11%	-0.77	P
16	86	58 (3)	Jun 21	BSN		CHC	L,0-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.098	.159	.098	.257	9	1.48	-0.104	4.01	-0.17%	-0.75	P
17	87	61 (2)	Jun 25	BSN		STL	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.149	.091	.240	9	.40	-0.044	1.10	-0.07%	-1.01	P
18	88	64 (2)	Jun 29	BSN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.085	.140	.085	.225	9	.80	-0.048	2.55	-0.09%	-0.46	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
19	89	69 (4)	Jul 3	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.078	.130	.078	.208	9	.48	-0.056	2.13	-0.15%	-1.19	P
20	90	72 (2)	Jul 6	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-8	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.127	.077	.204	9	.63	-0.016	2.53	-0.04%	-0.17	P
21	91	75 (2)	Jul 9	BSN		NYG	W,3-2	CG(13)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0			0	0	0	.070	.117	.070	.187	9						P
22	92	79 (3)	Jul 16 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.081	.123	.081	.204	9						P
23	93	85 (5)	Jul 22 (1)	BSN	@	STL	W,8-5	GS-7	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.076	.116	.076	.192	9	.93	-0.111	6.09	-0.43%	-1.68	P
24	94	89 (3)	Jul 26	BSN		PIT	L,4-8	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.074	.113	.074	.186	9						P
25	95	93 (3)	Jul 30 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.071	.110	.071	.181	9	1.14	-0.030	4.48	-0.07%	-0.55	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
26	96	98 (4)	Aug 3	BSN		STL	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.068	.105	.068	.174	9	1.28	-0.110	6.30	-0.32%	-1.30	P
27	97	103 (4)	Aug 7	BSN		NYG	L,3-9	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.080	.115	.080	.195	9	.50	0.006	2.40	0.02%	-0.03	P
28	98	107 (3)	Aug 11	BSN		BRO	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.089	.122	.089	.211	9	.13	-0.007	.38	-0.01%	-0.50	P
29	99	111 (3)	Aug 16	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-5	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.086	.119	.086	.205	9	.63	-0.031	3.09	-0.09%	-0.33	P
30	100	114 (2)	Aug 22	BSN	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.106	.136	.106	.242	9	1.02	-0.019	1.50	-0.02%	-0.14	P
31	101	119 (4)	Aug 26	BSN	@	CHC	W,12-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.112	.141	.112	.254	9	.41	-0.035	.24	-0.01%	-0.59	P
32	102	123 (3)	Aug 30	BSN	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.128	.155	.128	.282	9	.68	-0.085	.72	-0.06%	-0.75	P
Sept		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
33	103	127 (3)	Sep 4 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,11-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.134	.160	.134	.294	9	.65	-0.047	.13	-0.01%	-0.31	P
34	104	130 (2)	Sep 7	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.139	.163	.139	.302	9	.92	0.137	.73	0.07%	0.53	P
35	105	134 (3)	Sep 12	BSN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.135	.159	.135	.293	9						P
36	106	138 (3)	Sep 16	BSN		PIT	L,0-4	GS-12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.153	.130	.283	9	1.78	-0.178	.71	-0.04%	-1.10	P
37	107	142 (3)	Sep 20	BSN		STL	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.126	.149	.126	.275	9						P
38	108	145 (2)	Sep 24	BSN		NYG	L,4-12	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.126	.149	.126	.275	9	1.32	-0.021	.52	-0.01%	-0.20	P
39	109	148 (2)	Sep 26	BSN		PHI	L,7-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.124	.147	.124	.270	9	.66	-0.033	.03	0.00%	-0.34	P
40	110	154 (5)	Sep 29 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,6-7	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.138	.160	.138	.298	9	.99	0.168	.00	0.00%	1.64	P
							22-17		128	116	9	16	0	0	0	7	3	0	24	0	9		0	0	0	0	.138	.160	.138	.298		.92	-1.295	2.31	-2.55%	-17.12

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