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: 11-12 / in Starts: 11-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 0

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 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	323	18	Apr 30	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.62	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.38	0.02%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
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
2	324	27	May 12	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS-5	L(0-1)	11	5.0	3	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.50	5.45	20	6	8	0	0	3	48			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.099	1.70	-0.13%	-0.39	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d2
3	325	33	May 20	PIT		CIN	W,8-2	CG	W(1-1)	7	9.0	10	2	1	1	4	0	0	2.40	3.42	37	14	8	0	0	10	64			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	2	0	1	.77	0.187	1.28	0.19%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
4	326	40	May 27	PIT	@	HOU	W,7-2	CG	W(2-1)	6	9.0	8	2	1	0	5	0	0	1.88	2.70	34	10	11	1	3	8	70			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.93	0.044	1.77	0.05%	2.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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
5	327	46	Jun 2	PIT		HOU	W,9-2	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	10	2	2	0	7	1	0	1.91	2.65	39	6	16	2	4	10	66			0	0	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	2	.44	0.174	1.01	0.24%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
6	328	53	Jun 9(1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS-8	L(3-2)	6	7.1	9	4	4	4	2	2	0	2.45	3.48	34	10	9	0	3	9	42			0	0	0	29	4	0	3	1	0	0	1.36	-0.195	1.74	-0.15%	-0.28	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out tie
7	329	62	Jun 16	PIT		MLN	L,1-2	GS-7	L(3-3)	6	7.0	4	2	2	4	1	1	0	2.47	3.84	29	12	8	0	0	4	58			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.083	3.14	0.14%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
8	330	67	Jun 20	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GS-6	W(4-3)	3	6.0	7	4	4	1	6	2	1	2.87	4.08	28	8	5	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.140	2.39	-0.15%	-0.95	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
9	331	72	Jun 25	PIT		NYM	W,13-3	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	8	3	2	2	11	0	0	2.74	3.61	39	12	10	4	0	4	70			1	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	1	2	.51	0.087	1.01	0.10%	1.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
10	332	76	Jun 30	PIT	@	STL	W,17-7	GS-8	W(6-3)	4	7.2	12	7	7	2	7	2	0	3.34	3.76	38	7	10	0	2	12	32			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	.31	0.055	.75	0.08%	-2.79	1b start a 3	8b 1-- 2 out a10
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
11	333	80	Jul 4(1)	PIT	@	HOU	W,7-0	SHO	W(7-3)	3	9.0	8	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.96	3.68	36	13	12	1	8	8	70			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.45	0.166	1.43	0.32%	4.20	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
12	334	85	Jul 8(1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-8	GS-5	L(7-4)	3	4.0	9	6	5	1	3	1	0	3.36	3.75	22	8	6	0	0	4	24			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.398	4.00	-0.75%	-3.32	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out tie
13	335	89	Jul 14	PIT		HOU	W,4-2	CG	W(8-4)	5	9.0	8	2	2	0	6	1	0	3.23	3.65	34	9	11	1	1	8	69			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.351	4.19	0.73%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	336	95	Jul 20	PIT		SFG	L,3-6	GS-3	L(8-5)	5	3.0	5	4	4	0	0	2	0	3.51	3.89	14	5	4	0	0	5	33			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.242	4.00	-0.89%	-2.48	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
15	337	101	Jul 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-6	L(8-6)	5	6.0	10	5	5	2	3	2	0	3.74	4.07	28	4	9	1	1	10	33			1	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.205	1.52	-0.23%	-1.87	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
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
16	338	107	Aug 2	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-6		6	5.1	6	2	2	0	4	1	0	3.72	4.05	22	3	13	3	0	2	52			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.056	2.14	0.07%	0.58	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out a1
17	339	114	Aug 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-6	GS-6	W(9-6)	8	6.0	8	3	1	0	3	1	0	3.61	4.03	26	11	11	5	1	1	51			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	.93	0.019	.06	0.00%	0.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out a7
18	340	121	Aug 19	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	GS-5		7	4.2	6	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.62	4.08	20	5	6	0	1	6	45			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.056	.35	-0.01%	0.10	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d1
19	341	127	Aug 23	PIT		HOU	W,4-0	SHO	W(10-6)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.36	3.92	31	8	13	2	1	4	83			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.412	.43	0.14%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
20	342	132	Aug 28	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	GS-3		4	3.0	7	6	6	1	2	1	0	3.70	3.98	16	5	7	3	1	1	22			1	1	0	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	.99	-0.383	.26	-0.06%	-4.48	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
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
21	343	140	Sep 5	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-5	GS-7	L(10-7)	7	6.1	8	5	5	3	2	0	0	3.86	3.95	30	9	8	1	3	8	36			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.115	.74	-0.04%	-0.61	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out tie
22	344	156	Sep 23	PIT		MLN	L,3-10	8-GF		17	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.80	3.93	7	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
23	345	160	Sep 29	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-7	6-7		5	2.0	4	3	3	0	3	2	0	3.94	4.06	10	0	3	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.127	.00	0.00%	-2.03	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d4
							11-12		W-L:10-7	5.1	139.1	156	67	61	27	78	21	1	3.94	4.06	597	0.88		7%	8%	130	51	0	---%	9	2	0	566	21	4	4	10	1	9	.85	-0.319	1.58	-0.35%	4.95

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