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.

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	MON	@	CIN	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
2	2	Apr 8	MON	@	CIN	L,2-7	GS	26	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
3	3	Apr 10	MON	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
4	4	Apr 11	MON	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
5	5	Apr 12	MON	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
6	6	Apr 14	MON	@	STL	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
7	7	Apr 16	MON	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
8	8	Apr 17	MON	@	CHC	L,0-7	GS	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B 1B
9	9	Apr 18	MON	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
10	10	Apr 19	MON	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
11	11	Apr 20	MON		PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
12	12	Apr 22	MON		PHI	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
13	13	Apr 23	MON		PHI	W,6-5	GS	35	7.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	14	Apr 24	MON		CHC	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
15	15	Apr 25	MON		CHC	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
16	16	Apr 26	MON		CHC	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
17	17	Apr 27	MON	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B 3B
18	18	Apr 28	MON	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
19	19	Apr 29	MON	@	PHI	L,0-5	GS	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B 3B
20	20	Apr 30	MON	@	NYM	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	4	3	2	9	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	MON	@	NYM	L,6-7	CG	38	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	2B
22	22	May 2	MON	@	NYM	W,11-7	CG	49	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
23	23	May 3	MON	@	NYM	W,2-0	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B 1B
24	24	May 4	MON	@	ATL	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
25	25	May 5	MON	@	ATL	W,6-4	GS	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B 1B
26	26	May 6	MON	@	ATL	W,6-2	GS	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B 1B
27	27	May 8	MON		HOU	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
28	28	May 9	MON		HOU	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
29	29	May 10	MON		HOU	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
30	30	May 11	MON		ATL	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
31	31	May 12	MON		ATL	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
32	32	May 13	MON		CIN	L,6-12	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
33	33	May 14	MON		CIN	L,9-10	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
34	34	May 15	MON		LAD	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
35	35	May 16	MON		LAD	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
36	36	May 17	MON		LAD	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
37	37	May 18	MON		SFG	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
38	38	May 19	MON		SFG	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
39	39	May 20	MON		SFG	L,7-9	GS	33	6.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
40	40	May 22	MON	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
41	41	May 23	MON	@	SDP	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	2B
42	42	May 24	MON	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
43	43	May 25	MON	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
44	44	May 26	MON	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
45	45	May 27	MON	@	LAD	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
46	46	May 29	MON	@	SFG	W,10-4	GF	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
47	47	May 30	MON	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
48	48	May 31	MON	@	SFG	L,0-8	GS	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B 3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	49	Jun 2	MON		SDP	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
50	50	Jun 3	MON		SDP	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
51	51	Jun 4	MON		SDP	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
52	53 (1)	Jun 6	MON	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
53	54	Jun 7	MON	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
54	55	Jun 8	MON		PIT	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
55	56	Jun 9	MON		PIT	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
56	58 (1)	Jun 12	MON		PHI	W,13-6	GS	29	6.2	3	2	0	5	1	2B
57	60 (1)	Jun 14	MON		PHI	L,6-11	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
58	61	Jun 15	MON		NYM	W,4-0	GS	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B 3B
59	63 (1)	Jun 17	MON		NYM	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
60	66 (2)	Jun 20	MON	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
61	67	Jun 21	MON	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
62	68	Jun 23	MON	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
63	69	Jun 24	MON	@	PIT	L,6-9	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
64	71 (1)	Jun 26	MON		STL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
65	72	Jun 27	MON		STL	L,5-15	GF	18	3.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B 1B P
66	73	Jun 28	MON		STL	L,6-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
67	75 (1)	Jun 30	MON		CHC	W,5-4	GS	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B 1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	76	Jul 1	MON		CHC	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
69	80 (3)	Jul 6	MON	@	HOU	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
70	81	Jul 7	MON	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
71	82	Jul 8	MON	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
72	83	Jul 9	MON	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
73	84	Jul 10	MON	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
74	85	Jul 11	MON	@	CIN	W,11-5	GS	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
75	86	Jul 12	MON	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
76	87	Jul 16	MON		ATL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
77	88	Jul 17	MON		ATL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
78	89	Jul 18	MON		ATL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
79	90	Jul 19	MON		ATL	W,2-1	GS	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
80	91	Jul 20	MON		HOU	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
81	92	Jul 21	MON		HOU	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
82	93	Jul 22	MON		HOU	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
83	94	Jul 23	MON		CIN	L,4-8	GS	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
84	95	Jul 24	MON		CIN	W,3-2	GS	29	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	2B
85	96	Jul 25	MON		CIN	W,4-3	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
86	98 (1)	Jul 28	MON	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
87	99	Jul 29	MON	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
88	100	Jul 30	MON	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
89	101	Jul 31	MON		NYM	W,13-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	102	Aug 1	MON		NYM	L,4-12	GS	45	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	1B 3B P
91	103	Aug 2	MON		NYM	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
92	104	Aug 3	MON		STL	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
93	105	Aug 4	MON		STL	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
94	106	Aug 5	MON		STL	W,2-1	GS	48	13.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B 3B
95	107	Aug 6	MON	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
96	108	Aug 7	MON	@	PIT	L,3-9	GS	40	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B 3B
97	109	Aug 8	MON	@	PIT	L,2-5	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
98	111 (1)	Aug 10	MON	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	7	1	8	0	2B
99	112	Aug 11	MON	@	NYM	L,2-6	GS	27	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
100	114 (1)	Aug 13	MON		PIT	W,9-7	GS	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B 1B
101	115	Aug 14	MON		PIT	W,4-3	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
102	116	Aug 15	MON		PIT	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
103	117	Aug 16	MON		PIT	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
104	120 (2)	Aug 20	MON		LAD	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
105	121	Aug 21	MON		SFG	L,3-6	GS	32	6.1	3	1	0	4	1	2B
106	123 (1)	Aug 23	MON		SFG	L,3-5	GS	34	6.1	1	2	0	3	0	2B
107	124	Aug 25	MON	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
108	125	Aug 26	MON	@	SDP	W,6-5	CG	49	12.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
109	128 (2)	Aug 29	MON	@	LAD	W,6-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
110	129	Aug 30	MON	@	LAD	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B 2B
111	130	Aug 31	MON	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	131	Sep 1	MON	@	SFG	L,4-14	GS	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B P
113	132	Sep 2	MON	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
114	135 (2)	Sep 6	MON	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
115	136	Sep 7	MON		STL	W,9-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
116	138 (1)	Sep 9	MON		STL	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
117	139	Sep 11	MON	@	CHC	L,4-8	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
118	140	Sep 12	MON	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
119	142 (1)	Sep 14	MON	@	PIT	W,6-4	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
120	145 (2)	Sep 17	MON		NYM	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
121	146	Sep 18	MON		PHI	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
122	147	Sep 19	MON		PHI	W,12-4	GS	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B 3B
123	150 (2)	Sep 22	MON		PIT	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
124	151	Sep 23	MON	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
125	153 (1)	Sep 25	MON	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
126	154	Sep 26	MON	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
127	155	Sep 27	MON	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS	27	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
128	156	Sep 29 (1)	MON	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
129	158 (1)	Sep 30	MON	@	STL	W,6-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 2B
130	162 (3)	Oct 4	MON		CHC	L,5-7	GS	35	7.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
							148gm		1044.1	258	308	11	577	54