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: 26-9 / in Starts: 26-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	277	2	Apr 14	PIT		CIN	W,13-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.00	2.42	32	8	14	0	0	7	75			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	3	0	0	.39	0.185	1.04	0.30%	4.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a13
2	278	7	Apr 20	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	7	2	1	1	3	0	0	0.50	2.30	34	13	11	3	0	6	69			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.59	0.363	4.08	0.56%	2.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
3	279	12	Apr 27	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(3-0)	6	9.0	7	2	2	2	6	2	0	1.00	3.12	33	4	14	1	0	7	69			0	2	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.485	5.22	1.07%	2.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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	280	15	May 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,13-2	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	9	2	2	2	1	0	0	1.25	3.08	36	7	17	0	4	9	60			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	.65	0.148	2.70	0.37%	2.34	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a11
5	281	19	May 6	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-5	GS-7	L(4-1)	4	7.0	6	5	5	1	3	3	0	2.09	3.83	28	9	9	0	0	6	47			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.220	1.74	-0.65%	-1.89	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
6	282	23	May 10	PIT	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	8	2	2	0	2	1	0	2.08	3.78	35	18	15	7	0	0	65			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.68	0.519	6.03	1.12%	2.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
7	283	26	May 14	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-4	GS-9		3	9.0	6	4	4	0	4	4	0	2.36	4.31	33	10	13	2	6	6	63			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.023	3.84	-0.06%	-0.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
8	284	30	May 18	PIT		STL	W,4-2	CG	W(6-1)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.31	4.01	35	11	10	1	0	9	64			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.425	4.15	1.09%	2.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
9	285	34	May 22	PIT		SFG	W,8-7	GS-4		3	4.0	5	4	4	1	2	1	0	2.68	4.09	18	5	5	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.215	4.20	-0.82%	-2.09	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
10	286	39	May 29	PIT		PHI	W,8-5	GS-7	W(7-1)	6	6.1	8	4	4	1	5	2	0	2.91	4.21	27	5	10	1	0	6	45			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.015	3.41	-0.04%	-1.55	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a3
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	287	43	Jun 3	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-1)	4	9.0	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.62	3.98	34	9	12	2	0	8	74			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.22	0.426	6.11	1.28%	4.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
12	288	46	Jun 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-13	GS-2	L(8-2)	3	1.2	7	5	1	0	0	0	1	2.67	3.99	14	3	4	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.331	3.94	-1.03%	-4.49	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d5
13	289	51	Jun 12(1)	PIT	@	STL	W,15-3	CG	W(9-2)	4	9.0	13	3	3	1	4	0	0	2.70	3.81	39	7	14	2	0	13	52			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	2	0	0	.10	0.039	.52	0.13%	1.59	1b start a 6	9b 3 out a12
14	290	56	Jun 17	PIT	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	W(10-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.56	3.64	31	15	10	4	0	0	75			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.40	0.640	7.85	2.16%	3.51	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
15	291	59	Jun 21	PIT		STL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(11-2)	3	8.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.54	3.50	34	11	9	0	0	8	62			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.40	-0.019	8.32	-0.07%	0.83	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a1
16	292	65	Jun 26(2)	PIT		CHC	L,5-7	GS-8	L(11-3)	4	8.0	9	7	4	3	4	0	0	2.66	3.45	37	13	8	0	0	9	43			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.63	-0.605	8.32	-1.86%	-3.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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	293	69	Jul 1	PIT		LAD	W,4-3	GS-10		4	9.2	8	3	3	2	3	2	0	2.67	3.57	37	16	15	7	0	1	62			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	0.006	7.28	0.02%	1.34	1t start tie	10t 12- 2 out d1
18	294	74	Jul 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,5-4	GS-7		3	7.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.60	3.52	27	13	4	0	0	5	64			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.10	0.164	8.86	0.79%	2.04	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
19	295	79	Jul 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	L(11-4)	3	8.1	8	2	1	0	4	0	0	2.52	3.41	31	15	5	1	0	7	65			0	1	0	31	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.48	-0.040	7.92	-0.13%	1.71	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out d1
20	296	84	Jul 17(1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GS-6	L(11-5)	7	5.1	10	6	6	1	2	0	0	2.78	3.38	25	7	6	2	1	9	25			0	0	0	24	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.22	-0.178	7.44	-0.65%	-2.80	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d5
21	297	88	Jul 21	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	W(12-5)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.68	3.31	34	15	12	1	0	0	76			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.393	6.84	1.65%	3.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
22	298	93	Jul 26	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	GS-7	W(13-5)	4	7.0	8	4	4	0	4	2	0	2.78	3.38	28	12	5	2	0	7	49			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	1	.98	0.100	7.48	0.46%	-0.43	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
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
23	299	98	Aug 2	PIT		LAD	W,3-0	SHO	W(14-5)	6	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.65	3.31	32	14	11	4	0	2	80			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	2	0	3	1.18	0.505	9.66	2.48%	4.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
24	300	102	Aug 6	PIT		SFG	W,8-7	CG(10)	W(15-5)	3	10.0	11	7	7	3	7	2	0	2.84	3.38	42	8	13	0	0	11	46			1	0	0	39	0	1	1	2	0	0	1.43	-0.532	9.99	-2.24%	-2.24	1t start tie	10t 3 out d2
25	301	106	Aug 10	PIT		CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(16-5)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.75	3.32	29	9	12	0	0	4	77			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.05	0.430	6.11	1.50%	3.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
26	302	110	Aug 14(1)	PIT		STL	W,9-4	CG	W(17-5)	3	9.0	12	4	4	2	3	2	0	2.81	3.42	39	16	6	1	0	12	48			0	0	0	37	3	1	1	2	0	1	.69	0.089	7.12	0.55%	0.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
27	303	116	Aug 18	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-7	W(18-5)	3	7.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.76	3.38	26	11	9	0	0	5	64			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	.93	0.205	3.45	0.46%	2.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
28	304	121	Aug 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-6	GS-7		5	6.2	9	5	5	1	2	0	0	2.88	3.35	30	9	9	0	2	9	37			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.035	4.07	0.08%	-0.18	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a3
29	305	126	Aug 29	PIT	@	LAD	W,10-2	CG	W(19-5)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.84	3.35	37	12	18	6	1	2	66			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.213	5.65	0.75%	2.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
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	306	130	Sep 3	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	GS-6	L(19-6)	4	6.0	6	3	1	2	4	0	1	2.81	3.33	27	8	7	1	0	5	54			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	.93	-0.076	2.67	-0.13%	-0.14	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
31	307	135	Sep 7	PIT		STL	L,1-2	CG	L(19-7)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	4	0	1	2.78	3.31	37	6	16	1	0	8	65			0	0	0	34	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.02	0.159	2.98	0.28%	2.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
32	308	140	Sep 14	PIT		LAD	L,2-5	GS-5	L(19-8)	6	5.0	5	4	4	2	3	0	0	2.87	3.29	22	9	8	3	0	0	42			2	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	.93	-0.179	1.55	-0.18%	-1.62	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
33	309	143	Sep 18(1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	W(20-8)	3	9.0	9	3	3	1	5	2	0	2.87	3.34	36	9	12	3	0	9	61			0	1	0	35	2	0	1	0	0	0	.93	0.317	2.28	0.46%	1.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
34	310	147	Sep 22(1)	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	GS-9		3	9.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.84	3.30	32	9	15	2	0	6	67			1	0	0	32	2	1	0	3	0	1	1.26	0.422	.30	0.06%	2.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
35	311	153	Sep 30	PIT		MLN	L,2-13	GS-3	L(20-9)	7	2.2	10	8	8	1	3	1	0	3.08	3.33	20	3	3	0	0	10	8			0	0	0	19	3	1	1	0	0	1	.71	-0.390	.00	0.00%	-6.79	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d8
							26-9		W-L:20-9	4.0	271.2	266	104	93	40	120	25	4	3.08	3.33	1091	0.97		8%	2%	217	57		---%	5	6	0	1036	41	10	8	33	4	16	1.05	3.445	5.09	9.77%	25.84

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