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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Team Record in Appearances: 19-14 / in Starts: 16-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 6

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 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	1	5	Apr 24	BSN		NYG	L,9-16	4-4		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.76	3	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.008	.28	0.01%	0.88	4t 1-- 0 out d7	4t 3 out d7
2	2	7	Apr 25(2)	BSN		NYG	L,0-6			0	4.1	1	1	1	4	2	0	0	1.69	4.26	18												14	1	0	0		0
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
3	3	14	May 2	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-5	6-6		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	4.02	4	2	1	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.008	.82	-0.01%	0.13	6b -2- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d4
4	4	23	May 18	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	9-GF		15	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	3.58	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.037	1.56	0.07%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
5	5	24	May 19	BSN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	W(1-0)	0	9.0	5	1	1	4	4	1	0	1.10	4.17	35	11	11	1	0	5	73			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	1	0	0	.86	0.351	2.41	0.59%	3.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
6	6	29	May 23(2)	BSN		CHC	W,12-4	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	11	4	4	1	2	1	1	2.13	4.26	40						50						38	3	0	0		0
7	7	33	May 31(1)	BSN		PHI	L,3-6	GS-5	L(2-1)	7	4.0	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.07	4.19	21	5	6	0	0	7	31			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.203	3.28	-0.31%	-2.36	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d3
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	8	37	Jun 4	BSN	@	PIT	W,10-7	GS-2		3	1.2	4	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.77	4.63	11	2	4	0	0	4	34			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	.89	-0.236	2.40	-0.38%	-2.21	1b start a 2	2b 1-- 2 out d1
9	9	38	Jun 5	BSN	@	PIT	L,7-8	8-GF	BL(2-2)	0	1.2	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	4.13	5.05	10	1	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	-0.653	11.39	-1.14%	-1.08	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
10	10	41	Jun 8	BSN	@	CHC	W,11-1	CG	W(3-2)	2	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.46	4.39	30	13	8	1	0	3	79			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.42	0.276	1.08	0.43%	3.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
11	11	46	Jun 12(2)	BSN	@	CIN	L,9-11	GS-1		3	0.0	3	4	2	1	0	1	0	3.89	4.77	5	1	0	0	0	3	31			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	-0.422	5.37	-0.97%	-4.38	1b start a 3	1b 1-- 0 out d1
12	12	48	Jun 13(2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,10-5	6-6	H(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.86	4.92	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	-0.178	12.93	-0.41%	-1.15	6b --3 0 out a2	6b 123 1 out a1
13	13	52	Jun 17(2)	BSN		CHC	W,8-7	GS-7		3	6.1	9	7	7	5	2	0	0	4.66	4.87	33	8	9	0	0	9	24			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.43	-0.303	6.10	-0.78%	-2.10	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d1
14	14	56	Jun 20(2)	BSN		CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(4-2)	2	9.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	1	4.08	4.59	35	9	15	1	0	5	74			2	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.18	0.412	5.72	1.20%	3.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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	15	72	Jul 6	BSN	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	W(5-2)	15	9.0	4	3	0	3	3	1	0	3.53	4.58	37	16	11	1	1	4	73			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.47	0.470	8.81	1.70%	1.56	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
16	16	80	Jul 16	BSN	@	CHC	W,12-10	GS-1		9	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.07	4.63	4	1	0	0	0	2	27			0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.288	6.60	-0.98%	-3.48	1b start tie	1b -23 0 out d2
17	17	83	Jul 18(2)	BSN	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	W(6-2)	1	9.0	7	1	1	2	3	1	0	3.70	4.58	35	8	15	2	1	7	70			0	0	0	31	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.55	0.600	10.11	2.36%	3.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
18	18	90	Jul 25(2)	BSN	@	STL	W,8-6	GS-		6	0.0	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.06	4.66	3						34						1	1	0	0		0
19	19	92	Jul 28	BSN		PIT	W,8-2	CG	W(7-2)	2	9.0	6	2	1	4	3	0	0	3.74	4.52	37						68						33	0	0	0		0
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
20	20	97	Aug 2	BSN		CIN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(7-3)	4	7.0	4	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.65	4.37	27	7	10	1	1	4	63			1	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	1	.80	0.088	4.89	0.33%	1.47	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
21	21	101	Aug 6	BSN		CHC	L,4-5	GS-1		3	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	3.91	4.42	7	1	1	0	0	3	33			0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.40	-0.265	9.53	-1.08%	-2.94	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d3
22	22	104	Aug 10	BSN		NYG	L,5-6	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.87	4.41	4	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.037	4.23	0.18%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
23	23	107	Aug 13	BSN		BRO	L,3-6	6-7		2	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.82	4.42	6	1	4	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.022	2.90	0.12%	0.82	6t -2- 2 out d4	7t 3 out d4
24	24	110	Aug 16	BSN		BRO	L,2-6	8-GF		2	1.2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.75	4.39	8	1	2	1	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.000	1.49	0.00%	0.68	8t 1-3 1 out d4	9t end d 4
25	25	112	Aug 18	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-8	GS-3	L(7-4)	1	2.2	5	4	4	1	0	2	0	4.01	4.64	13	4	3	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.316	6.89	-1.48%	-2.71	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d2
26	26	116	Aug 23	BSN	@	BRO	W,3-2	14-GF(14)	S(1)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.99	4.63	2	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.93	0.341	76.15	2.25%	0.93	14b 12- 1 out a1	14b end a 1
27	27	120	Aug 26(2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS-3	L(7-5)	2	2.2	3	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.24	4.63	14	3	3	0	0	3	35			1	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.316	10.09	-1.58%	-2.92	1b start tie	3b --3 2 out d3
28	28	122	Aug 28	BSN	@	CHC	W,5-4	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.15	4.63	9	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.086	8.83	0.44%	0.95	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
29	29	131	Sep 4(2)	BSN		PHI	W,8-1	CG	W(8-5)	6	9.0	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.90	4.44	36						70						35	1	0	0		0
30	30	138	Sep 12(2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS-10		7	9.0	8	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.69	4.33	40	10	13	2	0	8	68			1	0	0	36	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.44	0.255	12.66	1.35%	2.45	1b start tie	10b --3 0 out tie
31	31	145	Sep 21(2)	BSN		STL	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-5)	8	9.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.44	4.22	34	6	17	1	8	3	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.375	.76	0.18%	4.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
32	32	148	Sep 26	BSN		NYG	W,3-2	GS-8	W(10-5)	4	7.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.39	4.13	26	10	8	0	0	5	60			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.039	.26	0.01%	1.12	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a2
33	33	151	Oct 1	BSN	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	W(11-5)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.24	4.06	36	12	16	6	0	1	70			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.72	0.583	.00	0.00%	3.69	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							19-14		W-L:11-5,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.3	147.0	125	59	53	63	62	9	3	3.24	4.06	630	0.80		7%	4%	87	54	8	38%	8	0	0	558	23	5	3	10	0	11	1.22	0.792	5.59	2.07%	8.59

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