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.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
2	2	Apr 6	CHW		DET	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 7	CHW		DET	L,0-4	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 8	CHW		DET	L,3-7	GS	39	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
5	5	Apr 10	CHW		CLE	W,7-3	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 11	CHW		CLE	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 13	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
8	8	Apr 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 17	CHW	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
10	10	Apr 19	CHW	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
11	11	Apr 20	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
12	12	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	GF	10	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 22	CHW	@	DET	L,1-9	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	14	Apr 23	CHW		BAL	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
15	15	Apr 24	CHW		BAL	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
16	16	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
17	17	Apr 26	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
18	18	Apr 27	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
19	19	Apr 28	CHW		BOS	L,7-8	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
20	20	Apr 29	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
21	21	Apr 30	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	CHW		NYY	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	2	6	1	3B
23	23	May 2	CHW		NYY	W,3-0	GF	12	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
24	24	May 4	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
25	25	May 5	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
26	26	May 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	27	May 7	CHW		MIL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	28	May 8 susp	CHW		MIL	W,7-6	CG	94	25.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
29	29	May 9	CHW		MIL	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	30	May 10	CHW		TEX	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	2	5	1	3B
31	31	May 11	CHW		TEX	L,1-6	CG	34	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
32	32	May 12	CHW		TEX	L,4-6	GS	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
33	35 (2)	May 15	CHW		KCR	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
34	36	May 16	CHW		KCR	L,6-7	GS	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
35	37	May 17	CHW	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
36	38	May 18	CHW	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
37	39	May 19	CHW	@	TOR	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
38	40	May 20	CHW	@	TOR	W,3-0	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
39	41	May 21	CHW	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
40	42	May 22	CHW	@	KCR	L,6-7	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
41	43	May 23	CHW	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
42	44	May 25	CHW	@	TEX	L,0-11	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	45	May 26	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
44	46	May 27	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-11	GS	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B SS
45	47	May 29	CHW		TOR	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	48	May 30	CHW		TOR	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	49	Jun 1	CHW		OAK	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
48	50	Jun 2	CHW		OAK	L,3-6	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
49	51	Jun 3	CHW		OAK	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
50	52	Jun 4	CHW		CAL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
51	53	Jun 5	CHW		CAL	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
52	54	Jun 6	CHW		CAL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
53	55	Jun 7	CHW		CAL	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
54	56	Jun 8	CHW		MIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	57	Jun 9	CHW		MIN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
56	58	Jun 10	CHW		MIN	L,5-12	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
57	59	Jun 12	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS	40	9.1	2	2	0	4	1	3B 2B
58	60	Jun 13	CHW	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
59	61	Jun 14	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
60	62	Jun 15	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-2	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
61	63	Jun 16	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-6	GS	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B 2B
62	64	Jun 17	CHW	@	OAK	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
63	65	Jun 18	CHW	@	SEA	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
64	66	Jun 19	CHW	@	SEA	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
65	67	Jun 20	CHW	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
66	68	Jun 22	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
67	69	Jun 23	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
68	70	Jun 24	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B
69	71	Jun 25	CHW		SEA	L,1-6	GS	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
70	72	Jun 26	CHW		SEA	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
71	73	Jun 27	CHW		SEA	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
72	74	Jun 28	CHW		BAL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	3B
73	75	Jun 29	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	GF	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
74	76	Jun 30	CHW		BAL	W,5-4	CG	50	11.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	77	Jul 1	CHW		BAL	L,3-8	GS	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B SS
76	78	Jul 2	CHW		DET	W,7-1	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
77	79	Jul 3	CHW		DET	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
78	80	Jul 4	CHW		DET	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
79	81	Jul 5	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
80	82	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
81	83	Jul 7	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
82	84	Jul 8	CHW		CLE	W,9-8	GS	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
83	85	Jul 12 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
84	86	Jul 12 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
85	87	Jul 13	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	39	10.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
86	88	Jul 14	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
87	90 (1)	Jul 16	CHW	@	DET	L,1-7	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
88	91	Jul 17	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
89	92	Jul 18	CHW	@	DET	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
90	93	Jul 19	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
91	95 (1)	Jul 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B 3B
92	96	Jul 22	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B CF
93	98 (1)	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
94	99	Jul 26	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-7	GS	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B CF
95	100	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	GF	9	2.0	1	1	1	3	0	PH CF 2B
96	101	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	CF
97	102	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
98	103	Jul 30	CHW		BOS	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
99	104	Jul 31	CHW		BOS	L,4-14	CG	51	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	105	Aug 1	CHW		BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
101	106	Aug 3	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-1	GS	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B 3B
102	107	Aug 4	CHW	@	MIL	W,7-3	GS	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B 3B
103	108	Aug 5	CHW	@	MIL	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
104	109	Aug 6	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
105	110	Aug 7 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
106	111	Aug 7 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
107	112	Aug 8	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B 3B
108	113	Aug 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
109	114	Aug 10	CHW		MIL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
110	115	Aug 11	CHW		MIL	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
111	116	Aug 12	CHW		MIL	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
112	117	Aug 13	CHW		TEX	W,5-3	GS	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B 3B
113	118	Aug 14	CHW		TEX	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
114	119	Aug 15	CHW		TEX	L,5-6	GS	44	10.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B 3B
115	120	Aug 17	CHW		TOR	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
116	121	Aug 18	CHW		TOR	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
117	122	Aug 19	CHW		TOR	L,4-7	GS	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B 3B
118	123	Aug 20	CHW	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
119	124	Aug 21	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	35	9.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
120	125	Aug 22	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
121	126	Aug 24	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
122	127	Aug 25	CHW	@	KCR	W,3-0	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
123	128	Aug 26	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS	62	15.2	1	3	1	5	1	3B 2B
124	131 (2)	Aug 29	CHW	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	3B
125	132	Aug 30	CHW		TOR	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
126	133	Aug 31	CHW		KCR	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	134	Sep 1	CHW		KCR	W,6-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
128	135	Sep 2	CHW		KCR	L,4-6	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
129	136	Sep 3	CHW		OAK	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
130	138 (1)	Sep 5	CHW		OAK	L,4-5	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
131	139	Sep 6	CHW		OAK	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
132	140	Sep 7	CHW		CAL	L,8-16	GS	53	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B 2B
133	141	Sep 8	CHW		CAL	L,5-6	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
134	142	Sep 9	CHW		CAL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
135	144 (1)	Sep 11	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
136	145	Sep 12	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
137	146	Sep 14	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
138	148 (1)	Sep 16	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
139	149	Sep 17	CHW	@	MIN	W,7-3	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
140	150	Sep 18	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
141	151	Sep 19	CHW	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
142	152	Sep 20	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS	52	12.1	0	6	0	6	1	3B SS
143	153	Sep 21	CHW		SEA	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
144	154	Sep 22	CHW		SEA	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
145	155	Sep 23	CHW		SEA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
146	156	Sep 24	CHW		MIN	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
147	158 (1)	Sep 26	CHW		MIN	W,9-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
148	159	Sep 27	CHW	@	SEA	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
149	160	Sep 28	CHW	@	SEA	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
150	161	Sep 29	CHW	@	SEA	W,6-2	GS	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B 3B
151	162	Sep 30	CHW	@	SEA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							169gm		1236.0	119	246	16	381	32