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	21-13 / in Starts: 18-10
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	15 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 87 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	57 (31-15-11) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 87 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	51 (26-16-8)

Most Driven In
J Pagliaroni	2
A Rodgers	1
G Alley	1
D Clendenon	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
B Bailey	3
B Virdon	2
D Clendenon	1
Self	1

1965 Batting Game Log

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1965 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	423	5 (4)	Apr 18 (1)	PIT		HOU	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.86	0.030	2.08	0.04%	0.28	P
2	424	10 (4)	Apr 24	PIT	@	HOU	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.09	0.046	2.50	0.06%	0.23	P
3	425	15 (4)	Apr 30	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.19	0.000	2.04	0.00%	-0.15	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
4	426	20 (4)	May 5	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	9	1.08	-0.053	1.39	-0.04%	-0.36	P
5	427	29 (8)	May 15	PIT		STL	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.61	0.010	.32	0.00%	0.03	P
6	428	34 (4)	May 21	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-1	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
7	429	43 (8)	May 30 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	W,12-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.267	.533	9	.55	0.010	.45	0.01%	-0.15	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
8	430	48 (4)	Jun 5	PIT		NYM	W,9-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.211	.211	.421	9	.06	-0.006	.05	0.00%	-1.27	P
9	431	52 (3)	Jun 9	PIT		HOU	W,11-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.46	-0.059	.61	-0.05%	-2.04	P
10	432	56 (3)	Jun 13	PIT		SFG	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.185	.185	.370	9	1.50	-0.044	2.55	-0.04%	-0.31	P
11	433	59 (2)	Jun 16	PIT	@	STL	W,10-9	7-7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.185	.185	.370	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
12	434	60	Jun 17	PIT	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.226	.226	.452	9	.95	0.088	1.87	0.10%	0.78	P
13	435	65 (4)	Jun 22	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.229	.314	.543	9	.55	0.263	1.01	0.29%	2.04	P
14	436	69 (3)	Jun 26	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.282	.359	.641	9	.93	0.072	1.89	0.09%	0.77	P
15	437	74 (4)	Jun 30	PIT		STL	L,1-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.268	.341	.610	9	1.36	-0.070	3.22	-0.10%	-0.48	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	438	78 (3)	Jul 4	PIT		MLN	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.256	.326	.581	9	.81	-0.039	2.13	-0.06%	-0.36	P
17	439	83 (4)	Jul 8	PIT		LAD	L,4-9	GS-7	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.283	.348	.630	9	.74	-0.040	1.63	-0.05%	-0.24	P
18	440	88 (4)	Jul 15	PIT	@	MLN	L,6-9	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.283	.348	.630	9						P
19	441	89	Jul 16	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-12	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.283	.348	.630	8						PR
20	442	90	Jul 17	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-6	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.283	.348	.630	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
21	443	92 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-8	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.283	.348	.630	8						PR
22	444	93	Jul 19	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.360	.660	9	.71	-0.005	.41	0.00%	-0.16	P
23	445	97 (3)	Jul 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-5	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.296	.352	.648	9	1.06	0.058	.90	0.03%	-0.18	P
24	446	98	Jul 25 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	12-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.296	.352	.648	9						P
25	447	102 (3)	Jul 28	PIT		PHI	L,0-1	GS-12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.276	.328	.603	9	1.08	-0.104	.91	-0.05%	-0.52	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
26	448	108 (5)	Aug 3	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.290	.290	.339	.629	9	.49	0.063	.31	0.02%	-0.09	P
27	449	112 (3)	Aug 7	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.286	.333	.619	9	1.92	-0.081	1.96	-0.05%	-0.86	P
28	450	117 (4)	Aug 12 (2)	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.269	.313	.582	9	.90	-0.113	.50	-0.04%	-1.65	P
29	451	122 (4)	Aug 17	PIT	@	HOU	W,8-6	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.254	.254	.296	.549	9	.66	0.017	.15	0.00%	-0.88	P
30	452	127 (4)	Aug 23	PIT		SFG	W,6-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.260	.301	.562	9	1.49	0.032	.65	0.01%	-0.05	P
31	453	132 (4)	Aug 27	PIT		HOU	W,10-9	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.307	.573	9	.80	0.010	1.25	0.01%	0.06	P
32	454	134 (1)	Aug 29	PIT		HOU	W,4-2	6-7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.267	.307	.573	7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
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
33	455	136 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	PIT		LAD	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.256	.295	.551	9	1.39	-0.098	4.98	-0.21%	-0.64	P
34	456	147 (10)	Sep 13	PIT		CIN	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.244	.280	.524	9	.52	-0.031	.15	-0.01%	-0.75	P
							21-13		87	82	9	20	0	0	1	6	0	0	19	0	4	0	1	3	0	0	.244	.244	.280	.524		.86	-0.044	1.20	-0.04%	-6.94

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