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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 17 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
2	7	Apr 17 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
3	8	Apr 18	CHW		BAL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
4	14 (5)	Apr 26 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	2B
5	15	Apr 26 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	21 (5)	May 2	CHW		DET	W,10-3	GF	15	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
7	26 (4)	May 9	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
8	29 (2)	May 12	CHW	@	TOR	W,9-2	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
9	30	May 13	CHW		MIL	W,13-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
10	35 (4)	May 18	CHW		TEX	W,10-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
11	39 (3)	May 23	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	GF	18	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	48 (8)	Jun 2	CHW	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	49	10.1	2	4	1	7	0	SS
13	51 (2)	Jun 6	CHW	@	TEX	L,4-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	52	Jun 7	CHW		OAK	W,6-5	GF	14	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
15	60 (7)	Jun 16	CHW	@	OAK	W,7-6	GF	16	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B SS
16	61	Jun 17	CHW	@	OAK	W,11-7	GS	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B SS
17	64 (2)	Jun 20	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
18	65	Jun 21	CHW		MIN	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
19	66	Jun 22	CHW		MIN	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
20	67	Jun 23	CHW		MIN	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
21	68	Jun 25	CHW	@	SEA	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
22	69	Jun 26	CHW	@	SEA	W,13-3	GS	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B SS
23	70	Jun 27	CHW	@	SEA	L,5-6	GS	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B SS
24	71	Jun 28	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
25	72	Jun 29	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-12	CG	45	8.0	0	2	2	4	1	3B
26	73	Jun 30	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	74	Jul 1	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	75	Jul 3	CHW		SEA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
29	76	Jul 4	CHW		SEA	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
30	77	Jul 5	CHW		MIL	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
31	78	Jul 7	CHW		DET	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
32	79	Jul 8	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
33	80	Jul 9	CHW	@	TOR	L,6-7	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
34	81	Jul 10	CHW	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
35	82	Jul 11	CHW	@	TOR	W,16-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
36	83	Jul 15 (1)	CHW	@	MIL	L,4-8	GS	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS 3B
37	84	Jul 15 (2)	CHW	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
38	85	Jul 16	CHW	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
39	86	Jul 17	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
40	87	Jul 18	CHW	@	MIL	L,3-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
41	88	Jul 19	CHW	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
42	89	Jul 20	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	GS	32	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS 3B
43	90	Jul 21	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3	GS	47	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS 3B
44	91	Jul 22	CHW		TOR	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B SS
45	92	Jul 23	CHW		TOR	L,1-7	GS	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS 3B
46	93	Jul 24	CHW		TOR	L,1-8	GS	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS 3B
47	94	Jul 25	CHW		TOR	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
48	95	Jul 26	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
49	96	Jul 27	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS	39	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	SS 3B
50	97	Jul 28	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
51	98	Jul 29	CHW		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	0	4	2	6	0	SS
52	99	Jul 30	CHW		BOS	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	2	6	1	9	2	SS
53	100	Jul 31	CHW		BOS	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	101	Aug 1	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
55	102	Aug 3 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
56	103	Aug 3 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,14-2	GS	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B 2B
57	104	Aug 4 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS	31	7.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
58	105	Aug 4 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
59	106	Aug 6	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
60	107	Aug 7	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	3	SS
61	109 (1)	Aug 9	CHW		BAL	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	2	SS
62	110	Aug 10	CHW		BAL	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
63	111	Aug 11	CHW		BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
64	112	Aug 12	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
65	113	Aug 13	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
66	114	Aug 14	CHW		NYY	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
67	115	Aug 15	CHW		NYY	W,6-4	GS	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
68	116	Aug 16	CHW	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
69	117	Aug 17	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-4	GF	18	4.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
70	118	Aug 18	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-11	CG	45	8.0	4	2	1	7	1	2B
71	119	Aug 19	CHW	@	KCR	L,0-3	GS	33	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS 3B
72	120	Aug 20	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-13	GS	40	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS 3B
73	121	Aug 21	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	32	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
74	122	Aug 22	CHW	@	KCR	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
75	123	Aug 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
76	124	Aug 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,7-14	GS	46	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS 2B
77	125	Aug 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-1	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
78	126	Aug 27	CHW		KCR	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	1	9	0	10	0	SS
79	127	Aug 28	CHW		KCR	L,1-10	GS	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS 2B
80	128	Aug 29	CHW		KCR	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	2B
81	129	Aug 30	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
82	130	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	W,14-6	CG	39	9.0	4	5	1	10	3	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	131	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
84	132	Sep 2	CHW		TEX	W,6-5	GS	40	10.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS 3B
85	133	Sep 3	CHW		TEX	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
86	134	Sep 4	CHW		TEX	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
87	135	Sep 5	CHW		TEX	L,7-10	GS	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS 3B
88	136	Sep 6	CHW	@	CAL	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
89	137	Sep 7	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
90	138	Sep 8	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-3	GS	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS 3B
91	139	Sep 10	CHW	@	OAK	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
92	140	Sep 11	CHW	@	OAK	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
93	141	Sep 12	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
94	142	Sep 13	CHW		CAL	L,4-6	GS	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS 2B
95	143	Sep 14	CHW		CAL	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	0	9	1	10	1	SS
96	144	Sep 15	CHW		CAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
97	145	Sep 16	CHW		OAK	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
98	146	Sep 18 (1)	CHW		OAK	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
99	147	Sep 18 (2)	CHW		OAK	L,4-5	GS	49	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS 3B
100	148	Sep 19	CHW		OAK	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
101	149	Sep 20	CHW	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
102	150	Sep 21	CHW	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	SS
103	151	Sep 22	CHW	@	SEA	L,4-8	GS	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS 2B
104	152	Sep 23	CHW	@	SEA	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
105	153	Sep 24	CHW		MIN	W,3-2	GS	52	13.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS 3B
106	154	Sep 25	CHW		MIN	W,13-1	CG	34	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
107	155	Sep 26	CHW		MIN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
108	156	Sep 27 (1)	CHW		SEA	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
109	157	Sep 27 (2)	CHW		SEA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
110	158	Sep 28	CHW		SEA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
111	159	Sep 29	CHW		SEA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
112	160	Oct 1	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS 2B
113	161	Oct 2	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
114	162	Oct 3	CHW	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
							135gm		910.0	156	313	26	495	52