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: 25-9 / in Starts: 24-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	243	3	Apr 11	PIT		MLN	L,3-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.1	6	4	4	2	2	3	0	8.31	12.00	21	8	3	0	2	6	35			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.275	1.65	-0.35%	-2.75	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d3
2	244	7	Apr 18	PIT	@	MLN	W,11-5	CG	W(1-1)	6	9.0	10	5	5	1	5	1	0	6.08	6.07	39	13	15	2	1	5	51			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	1	.32	0.085	.52	0.09%	-0.95	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
3	245	12	Apr 26(1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	W(2-1)	7	9.0	3	2	2	1	4	0	1	4.43	4.56	31	11	12	1	1	2	76			0	0	0	27	0	1	1	1	1	0	.58	0.049	1.27	0.06%	2.49	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
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	246	18	May 3(1)	PIT		STL	W,4-3	GS-7		6	7.0	9	3	3	3	4	0	0	4.30	4.11	34	11	7	3	0	9	48			0	0	0	31	1	1	2	0	0	2	1.19	-0.083	2.29	-0.10%	0.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
5	247	23	May 7	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	GS-9		3	9.0	9	4	4	1	4	2	0	4.23	4.29	36	10	14	1	0	7	56			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.32	0.160	2.33	0.17%	0.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
6	248	29	May 12	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS-8		4	7.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.17	4.31	30	12	7	0	0	6	54			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.049	2.18	-0.06%	0.74	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a1
7	249	33	May 17(1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS-9	W(3-1)	4	8.0	11	4	4	2	2	2	0	4.22	4.57	35	9	13	1	0	9	44			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.024	2.87	-0.03%	-0.11	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a2
8	250	38	May 22	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.04	4.48	37	11	14	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	34	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.65	0.308	3.29	0.37%	1.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
9	251	43	May 27	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-2)	4	6.0	9	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.21	4.49	26	8	6	0	2	9	39			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	0	.71	-0.143	2.33	-0.28%	-1.30	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
10	252	47	May 31(1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.96	4.28	33	9	14	1	2	8	63			0	0	1	31	2	1	0	2	1	0	.99	0.291	2.58	0.46%	2.58	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
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
11	253	52	Jun 5	PIT		CHC	L,5-10	GS-2	L(5-3)	4	1.2	6	6	6	0	0	1	0	4.56	4.40	11	0	5	0	0	6	19			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	.86	-0.407	3.42	-0.97%	-4.26	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d3
12	254	57	Jun 9	PIT		SFG	L,2-6	GS-7	L(5-4)	3	6.0	9	6	5	4	6	0	0	4.76	4.27	32	6	7	0	0	9	34			0	0	0	27	1	0	2	0	0	1	.97	-0.127	3.23	-0.25%	-3.08	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out d5
13	255	59	Jun 11	PIT		SFG	W,12-9	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.81	4.40	6	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.014	1.84	0.02%	-0.52	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 3
14	256	63	Jun 14(2)	PIT		LAD	W,5-2	CG	W(6-4)	2	9.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.55	4.22	36	16	16	6	0	1	64			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.242	2.24	0.42%	2.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	257	67	Jun 19	PIT	@	STL	W,6-0	SHO	W(7-4)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	4.15	4.12	34	8	17	2	3	4	78			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.412	3.71	0.90%	4.72	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
16	258	72	Jun 23	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	W(8-4)	3	9.0	6	1	1	5	4	0	0	3.90	4.06	37	11	11	0	0	6	70			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.12	0.430	4.67	1.08%	3.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
17	259	76	Jun 27	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(8-5)	3	8.0	6	3	3	2	7	0	0	3.87	3.89	30	8	12	6	0	1	63			0	1	0	28	4	0	1	0	0	0	.81	0.128	2.93	0.28%	1.23	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
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	260	80	Jul 2	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(9-5)	4	10.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.78	3.75	37	12	13	0	7	7	69			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.315	4.49	0.62%	1.84	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
19	261	85	Jul 9	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS-		6	8.2	10	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.74	3.65	36						54						33	1	3	0		0
20	262	90	Jul 14	PIT		LAD	W,9-1	CG	W(10-5)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.57	3.59	36	14	14	6	0	1	70			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.170	1.59	0.39%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
21	263	94	Jul 19	PIT		SFG	W,3-2	CG	W(11-5)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.48	3.58	36	13	12	0	0	8	66			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.67	0.430	5.82	0.90%	2.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
22	264	98	Jul 25	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-3	GS-7	L(11-6)	5	7.0	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	3.44	3.64	27	8	12	0	3	4	57			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	1	1	.82	-0.042	1.73	-0.05%	0.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
23	265	103	Jul 29	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(11-7)	3	8.0	7	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.39	3.58	36	11	16	9	0	1	62			0	0	0	32	2	0	2	0	0	2	1.44	0.141	1.50	0.09%	2.23	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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	266	108	Aug 4	PIT	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	W(12-7)	5	9.0	7	3	3	2	1	2	0	3.37	3.69	36	17	9	2	2	7	60			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.227	.13	0.03%	1.72	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
25	267	113	Aug 9	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	0	4	2	0	3.34	3.75	27	8	8	0	2	7	59			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.034	.17	0.01%	1.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
26	268	116	Aug 14	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	CG	W(13-7)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.23	3.66	31	18	2	0	0	5	77			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.619	.36	0.10%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
27	269	121	Aug 19	PIT		STL	W,4-2	CG	W(14-7)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.18	3.67	36	14	7	2	1	7	67			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.04	0.289	.52	0.09%	2.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
28	270	126	Aug 23(2)	PIT		LAD	W,4-3	GS-8		3	8.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.19	3.62	34	10	19	6	0	0	55			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.064	.62	-0.02%	0.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
29	271	130	Aug 28	PIT		PHI	W,9-0	SHO	W(15-7)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.06	3.52	30	10	9	2	0	4	84			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	1	.36	0.202	.27	0.09%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
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
30	272	134	Sep 2(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-8	L(15-8)	4	7.1	11	5	5	0	1	2	0	3.16	3.59	31	12	7	2	1	11	37			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	-0.024	2.80	-0.04%	0.15	1b start a 3	8b 12- 1 out tie
31	273	138	Sep 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(15-9)	3	8.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.13	3.56	30	14	8	1	2	4	64			1	0	0	28	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.33	-0.093	1.37	-0.06%	1.99	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
32	274	142	Sep 10	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	W(16-9)	3	9.0	11	3	3	0	3	3	0	3.12	3.66	36	5	17	1	0	11	56			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.163	.07	0.01%	1.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
33	275	146	Sep 16(1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(17-9)	5	9.0	9	2	1	1	3	0	0	3.05	3.61	37	10	15	1	1	8	65			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.91	0.583	.00	0.00%	2.36	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
34	276	150	Sep 20	PIT		CIN	W,10-1	CG	W(18-9)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.98	3.56	35	4	18	1	4	6	74			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.073	.00	0.00%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
							25-9		W-L:18-9,Sv:1	3.9	266.0	245	91	88	53	110	25	2	2.98	3.56	1079	0.93		8%	5%	188	58	0	---%	4	1	1	1007	36	10	11	23	5	16	1.03	4.034	1.96	3.94%	39.77

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