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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Team Record in Appearances: 12-27 / in Starts: 5-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 9

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	56	1	Apr 13	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	7-8	W(1-0)	99	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.40	6	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.063	1.06	0.10%	1.00	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
2	57	5	Apr 18(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-7	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	8	7	7	1	1	2	0	7.88	5.77	28	12	7	2	0	7	28			0	0	0	26	3	1	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.262	.87	-0.34%	-3.94	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
3	58	12	Apr 25(1)	PIT		BRO	W,9-3	CG	W(2-1)	6	9.0	12	3	3	3	2	0	0	5.29	4.28	40	8	25	13	0	2	50			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	1	0	.86	0.143	1.74	0.17%	1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	59	18	May 2(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-4	L(2-2)	6	4.0	8	5	5	2	1	1	0	6.43	4.73	21	4	9	1	0	5	25			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	1	0	.75	-0.231	1.16	-0.21%	-2.94	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
5	60	23	May 8	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	GS-3	L(2-3)	5	2.0	4	2	1	3	0	1	0	6.26	5.48	13	4	2	1	0	4	39			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.183	1.20	-0.11%	-1.99	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d2
6	61	28	May 15	PIT		MLN	W,6-1	CG	W(3-3)	6	9.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.78	4.74	32	13	12	1	1	4	74			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.30	0.444	.78	0.16%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	62	35	May 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(3-4)	5	8.0	7	3	2	7	4	1	0	4.28	4.92	39	12	13	8	0	3	55			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.40	-0.132	.65	-0.04%	1.24	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
8	63	41	May 26	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(3-5)	4	8.0	4	2	1	1	3	1	0	3.75	4.71	29	12	9	1	1	4	70			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.133	.16	0.01%	2.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
9	64	47	May 31(2)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	CG	W(4-5)	4	9.0	7	3	2	1	1	0	0	3.47	4.36	35	9	17	1	2	7	63			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	1	0	.82	0.084	.05	0.00%	1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	65	50	Jun 6(1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(4-6)	5	8.0	7	5	3	1	4	0	0	3.46	4.04	33	11	10	0	0	7	55			1	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	1	.61	-0.209	.04	-0.01%	-1.17	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
11	66	55	Jun 11	PIT	@	STL	W,8-5	GS-9	W(5-6)	4	8.1	10	5	5	4	6	2	0	3.68	4.21	37	7	10	0	0	10	45			0	0	0	33	2	2	0	0	0	0	.78	0.062	.01	0.00%	-1.33	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a3
12	67	60	Jun 18	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	CG	W(6-6)	6	9.0	3	1	1	3	6	0	0	3.39	3.98	31	12	7	0	1	3	80			0	1	0	25	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.54	0.349	.01	0.00%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
13	68	63	Jun 20(2)	PIT		MLN	W,6-3	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.36	3.94	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.081	.02	0.00%	0.91	9t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
14	69	65	Jun 24	PIT		STL	L,1-5	GS-5	L(6-7)	3	5.0	12	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.58	3.85	24	6	6	2	1	12	27			1	0	0	23	1	2	0	2	1	0	.89	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-1.50	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
15	70	68	Jun 27(1)	PIT		CIN	L,0-9	GS-1	L(6-8)	2	0.0	2	4	4	1	0	0	1	3.99	3.92	4	0	0	0	0	2	29			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.283	.00	0.00%	-3.35	1t start tie	1t 1-3 0 out d2
16	71	71	Jun 30	PIT		PHI	L,0-8	GS-7	L(6-9)	2	6.2	14	8	8	3	2	1	1	4.47	4.04	36	7	10	0	0	13	13			0	2	0	31	3	0	1	0	1	0	.77	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-5.10	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out d8
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	72	76	Jul 5(1)	PIT		BRO	L,6-8	GS-1	L(6-10)	4	0.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.64	4.03	5	0	5	5	0	0	35			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.34	-0.239	.00	0.00%	-2.69	1t start tie	1t 1-3 1 out d2
18	73	77	Jul 5(2)	PIT		BRO	L,2-7	8-GF		-1	2.0	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	4.82	4.09	12	5	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	.50	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-2.00	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 5
19	74	81	Jul 11(1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,7-13	GS-2	L(6-11)	5	2.0	6	5	5	0	0	3	0	5.18	4.45	12	3	3	0	1	6	24			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.304	.00	0.00%	-3.97	1b start tie	2b 3 out d5
20	75	86	Jul 17(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-11	GS-	L(6-12)	5	3.0	6	6	6	2	2	3	0	5.56	4.79	17						23						15					0
21	76	91	Jul 21	PIT	@	STL	L,12-13	4-7		3	2.1	7	5	4	0	1	1	0	5.78	4.84	15	3	4	0	0	7		1	0	0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.541	.00	0.00%	-3.37	4b 1-- 2 out d3	7b -2- 0 out a2
22	77	97	Jul 26	PIT		MLN	L,1-3			4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.72	4.82	4												4					0
23	78	98	Jul 28	PIT		MLN	L,4-6	5-GF		1	5.0	6	3	2	3	4	0	0	5.63	4.72	24	10	1	0	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	20	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.05	-0.052	.00	0.00%	0.49	5t 12- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
24	79	101	Jul 30(2)	PIT		CHC	L,5-8			1	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	5.69	4.85	10												8			0		0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	80	106	Aug 4	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	6-GF	W(7-12)	4	4.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.65	4.76	16	6	6	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.101	.00	0.00%	0.00	6t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
26	81	109	Aug 7	PIT		STL	L,6-8	1-7		2	6.2	2	3	2	4	1	0	0	5.49	4.72	26	14	5	0	0	2		2	0	0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	.53	-0.084	.00	0.00%	0.91	1t 12- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d2
27	82	115	Aug 14	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-4	2-GF	W(8-12)	6	7.1	10	2	2	2	1	0	0	5.32	4.62	33	8	13	1	0	9		2	1	0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	1	0	.99	0.111	.00	0.00%	1.01	2b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 4
28	83	120	Aug 19	PIT		BRO	L,5-7	GS-3	L(8-13)	4	2.0	7	6	6	2	1	1	0	5.64	4.71	14	4	4	2	0	3	17			0	1	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.337	.00	0.00%	-4.92	1t start tie	3t --3 0 out d5
29	84	123	Aug 22(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.67	4.69	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.48	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
30	85	124	Aug 24	PIT	@	STL	W,8-7	7-GF	S(2)	1	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.56	4.63	10	1	6	0	1	2		2	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.21	0.298	.00	0.00%	0.22	7b 1-3 1 out a3	9b end a 1
31	86	126	Aug 26	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1		S(3)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.48	4.60	6												6					0
32	87	129	Aug 29(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-7	8-GF(8)	BS(1)	2	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	5.58	4.58	5	0	1	0	0	3		2	2	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.414	.00	0.00%	-2.58	8b -23 1 out a1	8b end d 3
33	88	131	Aug 31(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-14	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.63	4.57	8	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.97	7b --- 0 out d10	8b end d12
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	89	135	Sep 3(2)	PIT		PHI	L,2-10	7-GF		2	2.2	8	3	3	1	2	0	0	5.71	4.52	15	1	3	2	0	8		2	2	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-2.60	7t -23 1 out d3	9t end d 8
35	90	137	Sep 6(1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-6	10-GF(12)	W(9-13)	2	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.60	4.47	11	1	7	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	0.331	.00	0.00%	1.59	10b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 3
36	91	141	Sep 11	PIT		STL	L,2-7			4	4.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.45	4.41	16												15					0
37	92	142	Sep 12(1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-11	9-GF		0	1.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	5.47	4.42	7	0	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.50	9t --- 0 out d9	9t end d10
38	93	149	Sep 22(1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-12	2-GF(8)		9	6.2	12	7	7	1	4	1	0	5.64	4.39	32	6	9	3	0	12		1	0	0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	1	0	.10	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-3.41	2b 1-- 1 out d5	8b end d11
39	94	153	Sep 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-10	5-GF(8)		2	3.2	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	5.57	4.40	15	3	8	2	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.87	5b --- 1 out d6	8b end d 5
							12-27		W-L:9-13,Sv:3,BSv:1	3.3	161.2	201	109	100	56	57	20	3	5.57	4.40	728	0.86		12%	2%	154	42	16	44%	6	5	0	648	40	10	6	8	11	5	.88	-1.835	.29	-0.26%	-28.42

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