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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 17	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-6	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	9 (6)	Apr 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	13 (3)	May 1	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-3	GS	29	5.1	1	4	0	5	0	P
4	18 (4)	May 5	PIT	@	SFG	W,11-10	GS	37	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	22 (3)	May 10	PIT		PHI	W,14-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
6	26 (3)	May 14	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
7	31 (4)	May 18 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	36 (4)	May 25 (1)	PIT		SFG	L,2-5	GS	31	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
9	40 (3)	May 30 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,4-7	GS	31	7.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	45 (4)	Jun 3	PIT	@	STL	L,4-8	GS	13	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
11	48 (2)	Jun 6	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	52 (3)	Jun 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,14-6	GS	29	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
13	56 (3)	Jun 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
14	61 (4)	Jun 21	PIT		LAD	W,11-7	GS	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	67 (5)	Jun 26	PIT		STL	L,2-6	GS	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	75 (7)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	78 (2)	Jul 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	81 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,10-8	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	82	Jul 13 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,8-6	GF	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
20	86 (3)	Jul 18	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	93 (6)	Jul 26	PIT		SFG	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	100 (6)	Aug 2	PIT		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
23	105 (4)	Aug 6	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	GS	31	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
24	110 (4)	Aug 10 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	GS	29	7.1	0	1	0	1	1	P
25	113 (2)	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-9	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	117 (3)	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-7	GS	23	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	121 (3)	Aug 21	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	122	Aug 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-2	GF	14	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	125 (2)	Aug 24 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,8-12		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	128 (2)	Aug 27	PIT	@	STL	W,14-1	GF	17	5.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	132 (3)	Sep 1 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
32	139 (6)	Sep 7 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,4-1	GS	31	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	144 (4)	Sep 13	PIT		LAD	W,9-4	GS	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	149 (4)	Sep 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	31	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	153 (3)	Sep 27	PIT		PHI	L,3-7	GS	31	7.1	1	3	0	4	0	P
							35gm		202.1	16	31	0	47	3