Vern Law

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: March 12, 1930 in Meridian, ID us

High School: Meridian HS (Meridian, ID)

Debut: June 11, 1950 (Age 20-091d, 10,713th in major league history)
vs. PHI 9.0 IP, 9 H, 5 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: August 20, 1967 (Age 37-161d)
vs. NYM 5.1 IP, 10 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Vernon Sanders Law

Nicknames: Deacon or Preacher

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Relatives: Father of Vance Law

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.3

162

147

ERA

3.77

483

364

2672.0

1092

WHIP

1.284

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-28 / in Starts: 13-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 69 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	46 (19-18-9) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 69 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	44 (23-13-6)

Most Driven In
D Groat	4
J O'Brien	1
H Peterson	1
Self	1
G Freese	0
D Long	0

Most Driven In By
Self	1
D Groat	1
D Cole	1
J Lynch	1
E O'Brien	1
R MejÃas	1
T Saffell	0

1955 Batting Game Log

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1955 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	106	4 (3)	Apr 17 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,3-10	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	107	13 (8)	Apr 29	PIT		CIN	L,0-5	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						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
3	108	20 (6)	May 5	PIT		MLN	W,9-4	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			9	.03	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.28	P
4	109	24 (3)	May 8 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	9	1.33	0.041	1.64	0.03%	0.42	P
5	110	27 (2)	May 12	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	3-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	.62	-0.015	.63	-0.01%	-0.16	P
6	111	30 (2)	May 16	PIT	@	STL	L,0-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9						P
7	112	32 (1)	May 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9						P
8	113	34 (1)	May 21	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9						P
9	114	37 (2)	May 24	PIT		BRO	W,15-1	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	9	1.43	-0.074	.28	-0.01%	-1.00	P
10	115	40 (2)	May 28	PIT		PHI	L,4-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	9						P
11	116	41	May 29 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	9						P
12	117	43 (1)	May 30 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-8	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	9						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
13	118	46 (2)	Jun 1	PIT		STL	L,2-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	9						P
14	119	48 (1)	Jun 3	PIT		CIN	W,7-6	4-GF	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	9	1.71	0.118	.05	0.00%	0.65	P
15	120	51 (2)	Jun 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,1-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	9						P
16	121	56 (4)	Jun 12 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,5-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	9	.85	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.40	P
17	122	60 (3)	Jun 16	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	9						P
18	123	65 (4)	Jun 20	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	9	.75	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
19	124	68 (2)	Jun 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-10	4-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	6						PR
20	125	70 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.444	.760	9	1.34	0.204	.00	0.00%	1.79	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
21	126	74 (3)	Jul 1	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.429	.747	9	1.36	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.48	P
22	127	78 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.429	.747	9						P
23	128	82 (3)	Jul 6 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.346	.458	.804	9	.79	0.010	.00	0.00%	1.00	P
24	129	87 (4)	Jul 10 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.379	.481	.861	9	.89	0.072	.00	0.00%	0.51	P
25	130	89 (1)	Jul 15	PIT		CIN	L,1-9	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.355	.448	.803	9	.86	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.55	P
26	131	93 (3)	Jul 19	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	GS-18	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.324	.400	.724	9	3.12	-0.222	.00	0.00%	-1.37	P
27	132	99 (5)	Jul 24 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	.270	.325	.378	.703	9						P
28	133	103 (3)	Jul 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-16	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.341	.395	.736	9	.40	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.13	P
29	134	105 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.341	.395	.736	9						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
30	135	108 (2)	Aug 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-12	GS-2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.436	.793	9	.33	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.22	P
31	136	110 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	7-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.341	.415	.756	4	2.07	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-0.40	P
32	137	114 (3)	Aug 7 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.341	.415	.756	9						P
33	138	115	Aug 7 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.341	.415	.756	1						P
34	139	118 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.313	.378	.690	9	1.96	-0.201	.00	0.00%	-1.02	P
35	140	122 (3)	Aug 19	PIT		NYG	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.308	.367	.675	9	1.21	-0.150	.00	0.00%	-2.14	P
36	141	123	Aug 20	PIT		NYG	L,9-14	12-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.308	.367	.675	8						P
37	142	124	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.309	.365	.674	9	.62	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.08	P
38	143	130 (5)	Aug 28 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.293	.345	.639	9	.49	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.49	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
39	144	133 (2)	Sep 1	PIT		STL	W,7-6	GS-7	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.300	.368	.668	9	.83	0.055	.00	0.00%	0.46	P
40	145	137 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.350	.636	9	.99	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-1.52	P
41	146	141 (3)	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-13	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.292	.355	.647	9	1.79	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.33	P
42	147	148 (6)	Sep 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.292	.355	.647	9						P
43	148	149	Sep 20 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,8-14	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.254	.299	.349	.648	9						P
44	149	154 (4)	Sep 25	PIT		BRO	L,0-4	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.299	.349	.648	9						P
							16-28		69	63	8	16	3	0	1	8	4	0	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.254	.299	.349	.648		1.31	-0.363	.07	0.02%	-2.30

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