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: 15-16 / in Starts: 12-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 3

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	177	4	Apr 21(1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-3	GS-1		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.46	3	1	1	0	0	0	54			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.049	1.56	0.07%	0.53	1b start tie	1b 3 out tie
2	178	10	Apr 27	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	5-6		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.60	4	2	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.027	.57	0.04%	0.89	5t 12- 2 out d4	6t 3 out d4
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
3	179	16	May 4	PIT		MLN	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	6	9.0	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.00	2.81	33	10	14	3	1	2	82			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.20	0.702	1.34	0.47%	4.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	180	20	May 8	PIT		CHC	L,1-7	GS-3	L(1-1)	3	3.0	6	4	1	1	3	0	0	0.63	2.53	16	5	3	1	2	4	39			0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.293	.74	-0.12%	-2.59	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
5	181	21	May 10	PIT		PHI	L,1-3	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.59	2.52	4	0	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.007	.07	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
6	182	24	May 12(2)	PIT		PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(2-1)	1	9.0	10	1	1	2	1	0	1	0.74	2.78	39	9	18	3	2	8	62			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.150	.26	0.03%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	183	27	May 18	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-6	GS-3		5	3.0	6	3	2	0	2	1	0	1.32	3.08	15	6	2	0	0	5	39			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	.92	-0.207	.52	-0.07%	-1.65	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d2
8	184	32	May 26(1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-5	GS-5		7	4.0	5	5	4	3	1	2	0	2.30	4.05	20	6	5	1	1	5	32			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.086	.15	-0.01%	-2.10	1b start a 2	5b 12- 0 out a5
9	185	36	May 30(1)	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	GS-8	L(2-2)	3	8.0	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	2.75	4.01	30	15	11	3	0	3	49			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	3	1	0	.86	-0.182	.14	-0.02%	-0.25	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
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	186	42	Jun 3	PIT		NYG	W,6-5	GS-3		3	2.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.24	3.92	11	5	2	0	0	4	37			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.267	.12	-0.02%	-2.51	1t start tie	3t --3 1 out tie
11	187	49	Jun 10	PIT		CIN	W,5-2	CG	W(3-2)	6	9.0	4	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.02	3.80	30	13	10	0	0	4	74			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	.69	0.210	.05	0.01%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
12	188	54	Jun 15	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	GS-4	L(3-3)	4	3.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.19	3.69	15	5	3	0	0	6	40			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.151	.15	-0.01%	-1.07	1t start tie	4t -23 0 out tie
13	189	56	Jun 16 susp	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	6-GF	BW(4-3)	0	3.1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	3.00	3.54	13	7	4	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.28	0.251	.13	0.01%	0.99	6t -23 2 out a1	9t end a 1
14	190	57	Jun 17	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-5	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.10	3.52	5	1	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	0.035	.19	0.00%	-0.55	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
15	191	63	Jun 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-7		4	6.2	5	3	3	1	2	3	0	3.20	4.00	26	7	11	0	0	5	53			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	.98	-0.182	.09	-0.01%	0.14	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out d1
16	192	67	Jun 26(1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,15-5	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	10	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.42	3.98	38	19	7	0	4	9	48			0	0	0	37	1	2	0	1	0	1	.23	0.137	.00	0.00%	-0.69	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
17	193	72	Jun 30(1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,4-7	GS-8	L(5-4)	3	7.1	12	7	6	3	2	2	0	3.78	4.22	36	10	10	0	2	11	27			0	0	0	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.46	-0.314	.02	0.00%	-3.26	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out d4
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
18	194	78	Jul 6	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	GS-9		5	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	2	0	3.60	4.32	33	14	13	1	1	3	66			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.350	.00	0.00%	2.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
19	195	83	Jul 12	PIT		MLN	L,4-5	GS-6		5	5.0	9	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.60	4.33	24	4	7	0	0	9	43			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.044	.01	0.00%	-0.03	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d2
20	196	85	Jul 14(1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-9	7-GF		1	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	4.28	8	4	3	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.036	.00	0.00%	1.36	7t 12- 2 out d3	9t end d 3
21	197	90	Jul 19	PIT		STL	W,7-0	SHO	W(6-4)	4	9.0	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.22	4.05	37	7	17	1	5	9	73			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	1	.53	0.273	.00	0.00%	4.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
22	198	94	Jul 23	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS-15	W(7-4)	3	14.1	9	3	3	5	4	2	0	3.06	4.14	54	20	16	2	0	9	82			0	1	0	49	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.66	0.411	.00	0.00%	3.76	1b start tie	15b 12- 1 out a3
23	199	99	Jul 28(1)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(7-5)	4	8.0	11	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.15	4.03	34	12	8	0	0	11	45			1	0	0	31	2	0	1	1	1	0	.65	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
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
24	200	104	Aug 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG(8)	L(7-6)	4	8.0	8	6	0	1	3	1	0	2.96	4.01	35	14	9	1	1	8	56			0	0	0	34	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.22	-0.618	.00	0.00%	-2.17	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
25	201	108	Aug 8	PIT		PHI	L,3-6	GS-6	L(7-7)	5	5.2	9	6	4	3	2	1	0	3.10	4.07	30	11	7	1	2	7	30			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	1	.92	-0.185	.00	0.00%	-2.50	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d5
26	202	111	Aug 11(1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	W(8-7)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.08	4.06	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.131	.00	0.00%	0.47	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
27	203	114	Aug 14	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	W(9-7)	2	9.0	10	3	1	0	7	0	0	2.95	3.87	37	12	9	1	0	9	66			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	1	.60	-0.041	.00	0.00%	1.22	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
28	204	119	Aug 20	PIT		MLN	L,1-3	GS-8		5	8.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.86	3.79	27	13	10	1	2	3	73			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.222	.00	0.00%	2.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
29	205	123	Aug 25(1)	PIT		CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(10-7)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	1	2.71	3.75	34	9	16	1	0	4	79			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.423	.00	0.00%	4.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
30	206	127	Aug 30	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-3	L(10-8)	4	2.1	6	4	4	3	1	0	0	2.88	3.77	15	4	1	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	11	3	0	1	1	1	0	1.14	-0.327	.00	0.00%	-3.25	1b start tie	3b -2- 1 out d2
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
31	207	133	Sep 3	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-6	GS-2		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	3.76	7	3	2	0	0	2	52			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.098	.00	0.00%	0.97	1b start tie	2b 3 out tie
							15-16		W-L:10-8,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.5	173.2	172	72	55	32	55	18	2	2.85	3.76	716	1.10		4%	5%	150	53	6	0%	2	2	0	673	26	5	8	13	3	9	.99	0.583	.14	0.38%	11.28

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