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	18-16 / in Starts: 15-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	18 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 74 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	50 (28-17-5) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 74 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	43 (22-13-7)

Most Driven In
B Mazeroski	2
Self	1
B Bailey	0
J Pagliaroni	0

Most Driven In By
M Mota	3
M Alou	2
G Alley	2
J Pagliaroni	1
Self	1
R Clemente	1

1966 Batting Game Log

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1966 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	457	2 (1)	Apr 13	PIT	@	ATL	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.39	-0.035	.90	-0.05%	-0.56	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
2	458	30 (27)	May 18	PIT		ATL	L,2-4	GS-0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9						P
3	459	35 (4)	May 24	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.56	-0.132	4.19	-0.21%	-0.96	P
4	460	39 (3)	May 28 (1)	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-2	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						PR
5	461	41 (1)	May 29	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	9	.80	-0.020	2.30	-0.04%	-0.23	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
6	462	46 (4)	Jun 2	PIT	@	NYM	W,5-0	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.357	.571	.929	9	.82	0.073	2.05	0.11%	0.82	P
7	463	51 (4)	Jun 8	PIT		STL	L,5-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.357	.571	.929	9						P
8	464	55 (3)	Jun 12	PIT		ATL	W,11-8	3-4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.357	.571	.929	9	.54	0.009	1.71	0.02%	0.16	PR
9	465	56	Jun 13	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.533	.867	9	2.05	-0.071	6.96	-0.15%	-0.67	P
10	466	61 (4)	Jun 18	PIT	@	ATL	W,9-6	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.368	.500	.868	9	.90	-0.054	3.11	-0.11%	0.72	P
11	467	67 (5)	Jun 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.350	.474	.824	9	1.65	-0.041	5.95	-0.09%	-0.74	P
12	468	72 (4)	Jun 30	PIT		HOU	W,9-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.333	.435	.768	9	.27	-0.011	1.13	-0.03%	0.16	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
13	469	76 (3)	Jul 3 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	L,8-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.320	.417	.737	9	.79	-0.019	3.36	-0.05%	-0.21	PH
14	470	77	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-5	GS-8	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.379	.500	.879	9	.47	0.098	2.11	0.27%	1.15	P
15	471	82 (4)	Jul 8 (1)	PIT		NYM	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.344	.364	.469	.832	9	.30	0.014	1.39	0.04%	-0.63	P
16	472	87 (4)	Jul 15	PIT		CHC	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.343	.441	.784	9	1.24	-0.068	6.87	-0.23%	-0.68	P
17	473	92 (4)	Jul 20	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.343	.441	.784	9						P
18	474	95 (2)	Jul 23	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.324	.417	.741	9	1.11	-0.051	6.80	-0.19%	-0.39	P
19	475	102 (6)	Jul 31 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-8	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.333	.421	.754	9	.91	-0.003	6.06	-0.01%	0.05	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
20	476	107 (4)	Aug 4	PIT		LAD	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.326	.405	.730	9	.58	0.026	4.51	0.12%	-0.01	P
21	477	112 (4)	Aug 10	PIT		NYM	W,10-4	GS-7	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.333	.432	.765	9	.46	-0.009	3.00	-0.04%	-0.07	P
22	478	116 (3)	Aug 14	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.313	.404	.717	9	1.66	-0.119	12.29	-0.53%	-0.89	P
23	479	120 (3)	Aug 19	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.300	.388	.688	9	.94	-0.049	6.61	-0.21%	-0.36	P
24	480	124 (3)	Aug 23	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.300	.388	.688	9						P
25	481	125	Aug 24	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	4-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.288	.373	.661	9	.85	-0.043	6.53	-0.20%	-0.62	P
26	482	129 (3)	Aug 28 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.264	.278	.358	.636	9	1.47	-0.118	11.55	-0.56%	-0.95	P
Sep/Oct		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
27	483	134 (4)	Sep 1	PIT		LAD	L,3-4	GS-10	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.281	.357	.638	9	1.06	-0.005	11.47	-0.03%	-0.05	P
28	484	138 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	PIT		ATL	W,13-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.283	.345	.628	9	.42	-0.008	4.01	-0.04%	-0.18	P
29	485	143 (4)	Sep 10	PIT		STL	L,5-6	GS-8	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.302	.367	.668	9	.95	0.020	9.27	0.12%	0.26	P
30	486	146 (2)	Sep 15	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.302	.367	.668	9						P
31	487	148 (1)	Sep 17	PIT	@	LAD	W,9-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.297	.361	.658	8	.25	-0.006	2.42	-0.04%	-0.09	P
32	488	151 (2)	Sep 20	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.279	.338	.618	9	.44	-0.046	5.30	-0.33%	-0.76	P
33	489	155 (3)	Sep 24	PIT	@	ATL	W,8-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.275	.333	.609	9	.41	-0.011	3.86	-0.06%	-0.10	P
34	490	160 (4)	Oct 1 (1)	PIT		SFG	L,4-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.275	.333	.609	9						P
							18-16		74	66	11	16	3	0	1	3	3	0	11	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	.242	.275	.333	.609		.78	-0.679	4.72	-2.51%	-5.80

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