Vern Stephens

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: October 23, 1920 in McAlister, NM us

Died: November 4, 1968 in Long Beach, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach, CA

High School: Long Beach Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)

School: Long Beach City College (Long Beach, CA)

Debut: September 13, 1941 (Age 20-325d, 9,118th in major league history)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 30, 1955 (Age 34-250d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Vernon Decatur Stephens

Nicknames: Junior, Buster or Little Slug

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8x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.2

6497

1859

247

.286

1001

RBI

1174

OBP

.355

SLG

.460

OPS

.815

OPS+

119

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
2	2	Apr 15	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 16	SLB	@	CHW	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
4	4	Apr 17	SLB		DET	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
5	5	Apr 18	SLB		DET	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
6	6	Apr 19 (1)	SLB		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 19 (2)	SLB		DET	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 20	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 21	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 22	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
11	11	Apr 23	SLB		CLE	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
12	12	Apr 24	SLB		CLE	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
13	13	Apr 25	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
14	14	Apr 26 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
15	15	Apr 26 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
16	16	Apr 28	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	17	Apr 29	SLB	@	NYY	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
18	18	Apr 30	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	SLB	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	20	May 2	SLB	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	43	8.1	5	2	0	7	1
21	21	May 3 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	0	8.2	1	3	0	4	0
22	22	May 3 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
23	23	May 5	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
24	24	May 6	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
25	25	May 9	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	26	May 10 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
27	27	May 10 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
28	28	May 12	SLB		PHA	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
29	29	May 13	SLB		PHA	L,9-10	CG	50	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
30	30	May 14	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
31	31	May 16	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
32	32	May 17 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
33	33	May 17 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
34	34	May 20	SLB		WSH	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	35	May 21	SLB		WSH	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	36	May 23	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	6	2	1	9	0
37	37	May 24 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
38	38	May 24 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
39	39	May 25	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
40	40	May 26	SLB		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
41	41	May 27	SLB		DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	42	May 28	SLB		CHW	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
43	43	May 29	SLB		CHW	L,8-12	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	44	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	4	3	0	7	2
45	45	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	1	6	2
46	46	May 31 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
47	47	May 31 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	48	Jun 2	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	5	0	1	6	1
49	49	Jun 3	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
50	50	Jun 4	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
51	51	Jun 5	SLB	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	62	16.0	5	2	0	7	1
52	52	Jun 6	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
53	53	Jun 7 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
54	54	Jun 7 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	1	8	2
55	55	Jun 9	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
56	56	Jun 10	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	57	Jun 11	SLB	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	1	2	2	5	0
58	58	Jun 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	48	9.1	2	2	0	4	0
59	59	Jun 14 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS	30	7.1	1	3	0	4	1
60	63 (3)	Jun 19	SLB		PHA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
61	64	Jun 20	SLB		PHA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
62	65	Jun 21 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
63	66	Jun 21 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	2	9	1
64	67	Jun 23	SLB		NYY	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
65	68	Jun 24	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
66	69	Jun 26	SLB		WSH	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	70	Jun 27	SLB		WSH	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
68	71	Jun 28 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,13-14	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
69	72	Jun 28 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	73	Jul 1	SLB	@	DET	W,12-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
71	74	Jul 2	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
72	75	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	76	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	52	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	77	Jul 5 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-14	CG	0	8.0	1	2	2	5	0
75	78	Jul 5 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
76	79	Jul 9	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
77	80	Jul 10	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	81	Jul 11	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
79	82	Jul 12 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
80	83	Jul 12 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
81	84	Jul 14	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
82	85	Jul 15	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
83	86	Jul 16	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
84	87	Jul 17 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
85	88	Jul 17 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	4
86	89	Jul 18	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
87	90	Jul 19 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
88	91	Jul 19 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
89	92	Jul 21	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
90	93	Jul 22	SLB		PHA	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	94	Jul 23	SLB		PHA	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
92	95	Jul 24 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
93	96	Jul 24 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	11.0	1	2	0	3	1
94	97	Jul 25	SLB		BOS	L,8-9	CG	54	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
95	98	Jul 26 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
96	99	Jul 26 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
97	100	Jul 28	SLB		WSH	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
98	101	Jul 29	SLB		WSH	L,10-11	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
99	102	Jul 30	SLB		WSH	L,6-11	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
100	103	Jul 31 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,9-8	CG	48	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
101	104	Jul 31 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	105	Aug 1	SLB		NYY	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
103	106	Aug 2 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
104	107	Aug 2 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,0-10	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
105	108	Aug 5	SLB		CLE	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	5	7	0	12	2
106	109	Aug 7	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
107	110	Aug 8	SLB		DET	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
108	111	Aug 9 (1)	SLB		DET	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	2	7	1	10	2
109	112	Aug 9 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
110	113	Aug 11	SLB		CHW	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
111	114	Aug 12	SLB		CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
112	115	Aug 13	SLB		CHW	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
113	116	Aug 16 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	42	10.2	2	6	1	9	1
114	117	Aug 16 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
115	118	Aug 17	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
116	119	Aug 18	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
117	120	Aug 20	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
118	121	Aug 21	SLB	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
119	122	Aug 23 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
120	123	Aug 23 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	3	1	1	5	1
121	124	Aug 25 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
122	125	Aug 25 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	49	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	126	Aug 28	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	2	2	0	4	2
124	127	Aug 30 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
125	128	Aug 30 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-12	CG	45	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
126	129	Aug 31	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	130	Sep 2 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	1	1	1	3	0
128	131	Sep 2 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
129	132	Sep 4 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
130	133	Sep 4 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
131	134	Sep 5 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
132	135	Sep 5 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
133	136	Sep 6 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
134	137	Sep 6 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
135	138	Sep 7 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
136	139	Sep 7 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
137	141 (1)	Sep 9	SLB		NYY	L,3-8	GS	19	3.0	1	1	1	3	0
138	144 (2)	Sep 12	SLB		WSH	L,6-7	CG	59	12.0	1	4	2	7	1
139	145	Sep 13 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
140	146	Sep 13 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
141	147	Sep 14	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	16.0	5	6	0	11	3
142	148	Sep 16	SLB		BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
143	149	Sep 17	SLB		BOS	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
144	150	Sep 20 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,5-6	GS	0		0	1	0	1	1
							144gm		1288.0	290	415	42	747	82