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: 17-14 / in Starts: 15-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 2

1966 Pitching Game Log

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1966 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	428	2	Apr 13	PIT	@	ATL	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.00	1.67	30	9	13	0	3	4	83			0	0	1	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.338	1.24	0.47%	4.22	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
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	429	30	May 18	PIT		ATL	L,2-4	GS-	L(1-1)	34	6.1	8	3	3	0	7	1	0	1.76	1.97	26						52						26			0		0
3	430	35	May 24	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(1-2)	5	8.0	7	5	4	1	2	1	0	2.70	2.68	35	17	8	0	0	7	51			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	2	1.06	-0.267	2.85	-0.43%	-1.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
4	431	41	May 29	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	3	4	1	0	2.59	3.10	32	13	6	2	2	6	63			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.110	3.67	0.19%	1.39	1b start a 2	8b 3 out tie
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	432	46	Jun 2	PIT	@	NYM	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-2)	3	9.0	3	0	0	4	5	0	0	2.01	3.03	33	12	12	3	6	0	82			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.508	2.83	0.76%	3.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
6	433	51	Jun 8	PIT		STL	L,5-11	GS-1	L(2-3)	5	0.0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	3.12	3.03	5	0	0	0	0	5	20			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.360	4.79	-0.76%	-4.37	1t start tie	1t 1-- 0 out d4
7	434	56	Jun 13	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GS-4		4	3.1	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.50	3.24	15	7	1	0	0	6	37			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.299	3.41	-0.61%	-2.32	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d1
8	435	61	Jun 18	PIT	@	ATL	W,9-6	GS-8	W(3-3)	4	7.1	9	5	5	1	4	3	1	3.88	3.87	32	10	7	0	0	9	43			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.200	2.50	0.42%	-0.75	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a5
9	436	67	Jun 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS-1		6	0.2	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.53	3.91	8	2	1	0	0	4	25			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	-0.407	5.82	-0.88%	-4.01	1b start a 3	1b 1-3 2 out d1
10	437	72	Jun 30	PIT		HOU	W,9-0	SHO	W(4-3)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.86	3.67	34	13	9	2	2	6	77			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.245	2.09	0.62%	4.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
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	438	77	Jul 4(1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-5	GS-8	W(5-3)	3	7.2	10	5	5	0	4	3	0	4.08	4.00	31	10	7	1	0	10	43			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.094	3.64	0.26%	-1.42	1b start a 3	8b --- 2 out a2
12	439	82	Jul 8(1)	PIT		NYM	W,10-2	CG	W(6-3)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	1	0	2	3.84	3.92	36	14	10	3	1	8	63			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	.53	0.206	2.43	0.57%	2.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
13	440	87	Jul 15	PIT		CHC	L,4-5	GS-7	L(6-4)	6	6.2	9	5	5	1	4	1	0	4.07	3.91	28	9	5	0	3	9	39			2	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.36	-0.327	7.51	-1.09%	-2.12	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d1
14	441	92	Jul 20	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-5	GS-2		4	1.2	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.31	3.92	10	3	2	0	1	4	34			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.240	7.58	-1.03%	-2.36	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out d3
15	442	95	Jul 23	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS-5		2	4.0	9	3	3	0	0	1	0	4.42	4.00	19	6	4	1	0	9	32			0	1	0	18	1	1	0	1	1	0	.99	-0.152	6.05	-0.56%	-1.31	1b start tie	5b --- 0 out d3
16	443	102	Jul 31(1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-8	GS-6	L(6-5)	7	5.1	12	6	6	0	3	1	0	4.74	4.00	24	6	4	0	0	11	23			0	1	1	23	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	-0.183	7.31	-0.74%	-2.75	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d5
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
17	444	107	Aug 4	PIT		LAD	W,8-1	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	6	0	0	4.41	3.76	32	10	10	1	3	6	77			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.158	3.58	0.73%	3.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
18	445	112	Aug 10	PIT		NYM	W,10-4	GS-7	W(8-5)	5	6.2	10	4	4	1	7	0	0	4.47	3.58	30	6	7	1	1	9	44			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.159	2.60	0.63%	-1.28	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a5
19	446	116	Aug 14	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS-7		3	7.0	6	2	2	0	3	1	0	4.36	3.58	27	8	10	0	3	6	60			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.032	9.47	-0.14%	1.51	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
20	447	120	Aug 19	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	9	3	3	2	3	2	0	4.33	3.73	31	10	9	2	4	7	48			0	1	0	28	1	0	1	0	1	1	.83	-0.117	5.83	-0.49%	0.22	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
21	448	124	Aug 23	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	GS-1		3	0.0	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	4.48	3.73	5	2	0	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.59	-0.355	12.21	-1.64%	-4.34	1t start tie	1t 1-3 0 out d3
22	449	125	Aug 24	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	4-GF	W(9-5)	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.27	3.64	19	5	9	0	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.443	9.32	2.04%	3.10	4t 1-- 0 out tie	9t end a 2
23	450	129	Aug 28(1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-6	L(9-6)	3	6.0	5	2	2	0	4	0	0	4.21	3.53	20	8	3	1	0	5	58			1	1	0	20	1	1	0	1	0	0	.67	0.000	5.25	0.00%	0.73	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				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	451	134	Sep 1	PIT		LAD	L,3-4	GS-10	L(9-7)	3	9.1	9	4	4	2	5	0	0	4.19	3.44	37	13	8	1	2	9	57			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.65	0.257	17.82	1.67%	2.04	1t start tie	10t 123 1 out tie
25	452	138	Sep 5(1)	PIT		ATL	W,13-5	CG	W(10-7)	3	9.0	10	5	5	1	4	2	0	4.24	3.53	37	17	5	0	0	10	50			0	0	1	36	2	0	0	2	0	2	.54	-0.015	5.21	-0.09%	-0.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
26	453	143	Sep 10	PIT		STL	L,5-6	GS-8		4	7.1	11	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.16	3.48	33	10	9	0	2	11	49			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.148	13.36	0.86%	1.00	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a1
27	454	146	Sep 15	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-1	L(10-8)	4	0.2	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	4.25	3.47	6	0	2	0	0	4	32			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.216	17.97	-2.10%	-2.13	1b start tie	1b -23 2 out d2
28	455	148	Sep 17	PIT	@	LAD	W,9-5	6-7	W(11-8)	1	1.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.22	3.45	7	2	1	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.037	12.33	-0.22%	0.02	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 12- 1 out a2
29	456	151	Sep 20	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-0	SHO	W(12-8)	2	9.0	8	0	0	1	3	0	1	4.00	3.41	35	9	12	0	0	8	73			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	3	0	1	.88	0.329	10.70	2.39%	4.26	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
30	457	155	Sep 24	PIT	@	ATL	W,8-6	GS-3		3	2.2	4	4	3	0	1	1	0	4.09	3.46	13	5	4	0	1	3	37			1	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.221	8.20	-1.25%	-1.90	1b start a 1	3b -2- 2 out d2
31	458	160	Oct 1(1)	PIT		SFG	L,4-5	8-GF		6	1.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.05	3.43	7	1	3	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.147	12.56	1.13%	1.60	8t 1-3 1 out d1	9t end d 1
							17-14		W-L:12-8	3.7	177.2	203	85	80	24	88	19	4	4.05	3.43	737	1.31		4%	9%	183	49	3	0%	5	4	3	694	26	3	1	20	3	8	.94	0.114	6.23	0.72%	0.15

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