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: 8-10 / in Starts: 7-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 1

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	346	21	May 5	PIT		LAD	L,3-7	GS-9	L(0-1)	99	8.1	8	5	5	1	1	0	0	5.40	2.60	34	17	15	6	0	0	47			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.29	-0.182	4.13	-0.35%	-0.01	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out tie
2	347	27	May 11	PIT		STL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(1-1)	5	7.2	8	2	2	1	3	2	0	3.94	3.98	32	7	13	1	0	8	57			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.115	2.68	0.18%	0.94	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a1
3	348	34	May 18	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-6	GS-2	L(1-2)	6	1.2	7	5	5	1	0	0	0	6.11	4.01	14	4	7	2	0	2	20			0	0	0	11	0	2	0	0	1	0	1.64	-0.439	3.09	-0.50%	-4.65	1b start a 1	2b 1-3 2 out d4
4	349	38	May 22	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	7	3	2	0	3	0	0	5.11	3.33	25	5	10	2	2	7	56			0	2	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.64	-0.081	1.05	-0.08%	-0.21	1b start tie	7b 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
5	350	47	Jun 2(1)	PIT	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS-7		10	7.0	5	1	1	2	5	1	0	4.26	3.43	27	9	6	1	0	5	66			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.160	1.87	0.20%	1.97	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
6	351	54	Jun 8	PIT		MLN	W,6-4	GS-4		5	3.2	10	4	4	0	0	1	0	4.84	3.70	19	1	8	1	2	10	25			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.326	1.73	-0.29%	-2.70	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out tie
7	352	62	Jun 16(2)	PIT	@	STL	L,7-11	GS-6	L(1-3)	7	5.1	5	5	5	1	2	1	0	5.31	3.83	22	7	7	0	0	5	39			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.353	1.23	-0.25%	-1.70	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 1 out tie
8	353	69	Jun 23	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-6	GS-1		6	0.2	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	6.10	3.95	7	4	1	1	0	0	26			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.276	.95	-0.12%	-3.02	1b start tie	1b 1-3 2 out d3
9	354	71	Jun 26	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.95	3.87	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.015	.13	0.01%	0.42	7t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
10	355	72	Jun 27	PIT		PHI	L,4-13	6-6		0	0.2	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.28	3.85	6	2	1	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.026	.11	-0.01%	-3.22	6t 123 0 out d4	6t 1-3 2 out d9
11	356	74	Jun 29	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	4-6		1	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.87	3.63	10	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.063	.15	0.02%	1.27	4t --- 0 out d3	6t 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
12	357	78	Jul 2	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-8	W(2-3)	2	7.0	6	2	1	2	4	1	0	5.26	3.69	29	8	9	2	1	6	61			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.000	.72	0.00%	0.47	1b start tie	8b -23 0 out a2
13	358	83	Jul 7	PIT	@	NYM	W,11-5	GS-6	W(3-3)	4	5.0	6	5	4	1	5	1	0	5.43	3.69	23	5	6	0	1	6	41			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	1	.56	-0.094	.43	-0.04%	-2.88	1b start tie	6b --- 0 out a2
14	359	87	Jul 13	PIT		HOU	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-3)	5	9.0	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.70	3.51	32	10	13	0	6	6	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.07	0.459	.85	0.22%	3.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	360	92	Jul 17	PIT		LAD	L,2-3	GS-4	L(4-4)	3	3.0	5	3	3	0	2	2	0	4.89	3.78	14	3	6	4	0	3	39			0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.286	1.19	-0.28%	-2.09	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d1
16	361	95	Jul 21(1)	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	8-GF		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.75	3.74	8	5	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.008	.05	0.00%	0.85	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
17	362	103	Jul 29	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-5	3-5	L(4-5)	7	2.2	5	4	4	1	0	2	0	5.06	4.09	14	2	6	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.434	.29	-0.07%	-2.94	3b --- 0 out a2	5b 1-- 2 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
18	363	108	Aug 4(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.93	4.04	6	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.007	.02	0.00%	0.87	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 3
							8-10		W-L:4-5	4.0	76.2	91	45	42	13	31	11	0	4.93	4.04	325	0.84		10%	6%	69	46	3	100%	0	3	0	307	10	6	0	4	4	2	.94	-1.670	1.52	-1.37%	-12.79

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