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.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	PIT		CIN	W,13-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	7 (4)	Apr 20	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	P
3	12 (4)	Apr 27	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (2)	May 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,13-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
5	19 (3)	May 6	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-5	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
6	23 (3)	May 10	PIT	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
7	26 (2)	May 14	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-4	GS	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	P
8	30 (3)	May 18	PIT		STL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
9	34 (3)	May 22	PIT		SFG	W,8-7	GS	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
10	39 (4)	May 29	PIT		PHI	W,8-5	GS	27	6.1	1	2	0	3	1	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	43 (3)	Jun 3	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	46 (2)	Jun 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-13	GS	14	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	51 (4)	Jun 12 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,15-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
14	56 (4)	Jun 17	PIT	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	59 (2)	Jun 21	PIT		STL	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
16	65 (5)	Jun 26 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,5-7	GS	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	69 (3)	Jul 1	PIT		LAD	W,4-3	GS	37	9.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
18	74 (4)	Jul 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
19	79 (4)	Jul 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.1	1	5	0	6	1	P
20	84 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GS	25	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	88 (3)	Jul 21	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
22	93 (4)	Jul 26	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	98 (4)	Aug 2	PIT		LAD	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	2	6	1	P
24	102 (3)	Aug 6	PIT		SFG	W,8-7	CG	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	106 (3)	Aug 10	PIT		CHC	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
26	110 (3)	Aug 14 (1)	PIT		STL	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
27	116 (5)	Aug 18	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	121 (4)	Aug 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-6	GS	30	6.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
29	126 (4)	Aug 29	PIT	@	LAD	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	130 (3)	Sep 3	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
31	135 (4)	Sep 7	PIT		STL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
32	140 (4)	Sep 14	PIT		LAD	L,2-5	GS	22	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
33	143 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
34	147 (3)	Sep 22 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	GS	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	P
35	153 (5)	Sep 30	PIT		MLN	L,2-13	GS	20	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
							35gm		271.2	28	50	2	80	6