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	19-17 / in Starts: 14-15
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 80 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	57 (31-18-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 80 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	49 (26-15-7)

Most Driven In
B Mazeroski	4
R Clemente	3
H Foiles	2
Self	2
D Kravitz	1

Most Driven In By
D Groat	4
Self	2
B Virdon	1
B Skinner	1
F Thomas	1
R Clemente	1

1958 Batting Game Log

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1958 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	223	2 (1)	Apr 17	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-6	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.70	-0.017	1.99	-0.03%	-0.15	P
2	224	9 (6)	Apr 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	1.05	-0.067	2.23	-0.09%	-0.78	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	225	13 (3)	May 1	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-3	GS-6	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.833	1.262	9	1.09	0.153	3.27	0.27%	2.39	P
4	226	18 (4)	May 5	PIT	@	SFG	W,11-10	GS-9	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.364	.778	1.141	9	.89	0.034	3.21	0.08%	0.14	P
5	227	22 (3)	May 10	PIT		PHI	W,14-4	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.357	.750	1.107	9	.77	0.123	2.48	0.24%	2.18	P
6	228	26 (3)	May 14	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.313	.333	.625	.958	9	.97	-0.107	3.84	-0.26%	-1.24	P
7	229	31 (4)	May 18 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.278	.300	.556	.856	9	1.17	-0.080	3.87	-0.16%	-0.67	P
8	230	36 (4)	May 25 (1)	PIT		SFG	L,2-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.263	.273	.526	.799	9	1.69	-0.003	7.28	-0.01%	-0.17	P
9	231	40 (3)	May 30 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,4-7	GS-8	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.550	.883	9	1.90	0.075	6.08	0.14%	0.57	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
10	232	45 (4)	Jun 3	PIT	@	STL	L,4-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.333	.550	.883	9						P
11	233	48 (2)	Jun 6	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.320	.524	.844	9	1.21	-0.034	2.20	-0.04%	-0.32	P
12	234	52 (3)	Jun 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,14-6	GS-7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.310	.458	.769	9	.06	-0.004	.17	-0.01%	-0.37	P
13	235	56 (3)	Jun 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,12-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.324	.536	.859	9	.12	0.051	.28	0.07%	1.51	P
14	236	61 (4)	Jun 21	PIT		LAD	W,11-7	GS-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.343	.552	.895	9	1.31	0.054	3.82	0.09%	0.61	P
15	237	67 (5)	Jun 26	PIT		STL	L,2-6	GS-8	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.351	.613	.964	9	.76	0.075	1.59	0.09%	0.77	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
16	238	75 (7)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.576	.909	9	.47	-0.025	.71	-0.02%	-0.22	P
17	239	78 (2)	Jul 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.317	.543	.860	9	1.16	-0.063	1.64	-0.05%	-0.55	P
18	240	81 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,10-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.317	.543	.860	2						P
19	241	82	Jul 13 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,8-6	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.302	.514	.816	9	.84	-0.045	1.25	-0.04%	-0.61	P
20	242	86 (3)	Jul 18	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.295	.500	.795	9	.86	-0.022	1.72	-0.03%	-0.23	P
21	243	93 (6)	Jul 26	PIT		SFG	L,0-1	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.304	.487	.792	9	1.73	0.002	3.91	0.00%	-0.08	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
22	244	100 (6)	Aug 2	PIT		STL	W,1-0	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.313	.475	.788	9	.99	0.016	2.38	0.02%	0.20	P
23	245	104 (3)	Aug 5	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.313	.475	.788	9						PR
24	246	105	Aug 6	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.300	.452	.752	9	1.09	-0.054	5.58	-0.16%	-0.36	P
25	247	110 (4)	Aug 10 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.283	.422	.705	9	.60	-0.049	2.10	-0.10%	-0.57	P
26	248	113 (2)	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.283	.422	.705	9						P
27	249	117 (3)	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.273	.404	.677	9	1.28	-0.063	3.62	-0.11%	-0.55	P
28	250	121 (3)	Aug 21	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.268	.396	.664	9	.62	-0.015	1.85	-0.03%	-0.16	P
29	251	122	Aug 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-2	6-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.281	.429	.709	9	.15	0.010	.34	0.01%	1.09	P
30	252	125 (2)	Aug 24 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,8-12	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.281	.429	.709	9						P
31	253	128 (2)	Aug 27	PIT	@	STL	W,14-1	4-GF	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.317	.451	.768	9	.03	0.004	.07	0.01%	0.99	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
32	254	132 (3)	Sep 1 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.226	.317	.434	.751	9	.39	0.029	.51	0.02%	0.15	P
33	255	139 (6)	Sep 7 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,4-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.214	.303	.411	.714	9	.44	-0.011	.33	-0.01%	-0.13	P
34	256	144 (4)	Sep 13	PIT		LAD	W,9-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.294	.397	.691	9	1.40	-0.015	.27	0.00%	-0.61	P
35	257	149 (4)	Sep 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.203	.300	.390	.690	9	1.77	-0.139	.37	-0.02%	-1.53	P
36	258	153 (3)	Sep 27	PIT		PHI	L,3-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.288	.371	.659	9	1.03	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.54	P
							19-17		80	62	11	12	3	1	2	12	9	0	10	0	7	2	3	4	0	0	.194	.288	.371	.659		.89	-0.263	2.16	-0.09%	0.80

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