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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	SLB		CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 24	SLB		CHW	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
3	3	Apr 25	SLB		CHW	W,5-1	CG	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 28	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 29	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	6	May 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
7	7	May 2 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	2	8	0	10	0
8	8	May 2 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	7	2	11	0
9	9	May 4	SLB		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
10	10	May 5	SLB		DET	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
11	11	May 6	SLB		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	12	May 8	SLB		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
13	13	May 9 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	13.0	3	3	0	6	0
14	14	May 9 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	CG	0	7.0	1	2	1	4	0
15	15	May 12	SLB		BOS	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	2	8	0
16	16	May 13	SLB		BOS	L,4-6	CG	52	12.0	2	1	2	5	1
17	17	May 16 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
18	18	May 16 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	2	1	0	3	1
19	25 (6)	May 29	SLB	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	26	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	27	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	28	May 31 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	12.2	5	0	0	5	0
23	29	May 31 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	33 (3)	Jun 4	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	9.2	1	2	0	3	0
25	34	Jun 5	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
26	35	Jun 6 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	44	10.1	2	4	0	6	0
27	36	Jun 6 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
28	37	Jun 9	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
29	38	Jun 10	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	39	Jun 12	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	51	11.0	4	3	0	7	1
31	40	Jun 13 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	41	Jun 13 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.1	0	2	0	2	0
33	42	Jun 15	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
34	43	Jun 16 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
35	44	Jun 16 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-9	GS	0		1	3	0	4	0
36	45	Jun 17	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	12.2	2	2	1	5	0
37	46	Jun 18	SLB	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
38	47	Jun 19	SLB	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	56	11.2	0	3	2	5	1
39	48	Jun 20 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,6-3	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
40	50 (1)	Jun 22	SLB		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	51	Jun 23	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
42	52	Jun 24 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,8-7	CG	49	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
43	53	Jun 24 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
44	54	Jun 25	SLB		DET	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
45	55	Jun 26	SLB		DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	56	Jun 27 (1)	SLB		DET	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
47	57	Jun 27 (2)	SLB		DET	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
48	58	Jun 30	SLB		PHA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	59	Jul 1	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	2	4	1	7	1
50	60	Jul 2	SLB		PHA	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
51	61	Jul 3	SLB		WSH	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
52	62	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
53	63	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,10-3	CG	33	7.0	1	1	1	3	1
54	64	Jul 5 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-3	CG	43	11.0	5	4	0	9	2
55	65	Jul 5 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
56	66	Jul 6	SLB		NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
57	67	Jul 7	SLB		NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
58	68	Jul 8	SLB		BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	69	Jul 9	SLB		BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	70	Jul 10	SLB		BOS	L,3-6	CG	45	10.0	1	4	0	5	1
61	71	Jul 11 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,8-7	CG	0	12.0	0	2	2	4	0
62	72	Jul 11 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
63	73	Jul 15	SLB		CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
64	74	Jul 16	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
65	75	Jul 17	SLB		CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	76	Jul 18 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
67	77	Jul 18 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,7-10	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
68	78	Jul 21	SLB	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	40	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
69	79	Jul 22	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
70	80	Jul 23	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
71	81	Jul 24	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
72	82	Jul 25 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
73	83	Jul 25 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
74	84	Jul 26	SLB	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
75	85	Jul 27	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
76	86	Jul 28	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	87	Jul 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	41	10.2	1	1	1	3	1
78	88	Jul 31	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-14	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	89	Aug 1 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS	0		0	6	0	6	0
80	95 (5)	Aug 7	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-0	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	99 (3)	Aug 11	SLB		NYY	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	100	Aug 12	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	101	Aug 13	SLB		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	102	Aug 14	SLB		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	103	Aug 15 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	105 (1)	Aug 16	SLB		BOS	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
87	106	Aug 17	SLB		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
88	107	Aug 18	SLB		PHA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	108	Aug 19	SLB		PHA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
90	109	Aug 21 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
91	110	Aug 21 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
92	111	Aug 22 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
93	112	Aug 22 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	10.0	5	6	0	11	1
94	113	Aug 23 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,5-10	CG	45	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
95	114	Aug 23 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
96	115	Aug 24	SLB		WSH	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
97	116	Aug 25	SLB		WSH	W,7-4	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	117	Aug 26 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
99	118	Aug 26 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
100	119	Aug 27	SLB		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	1
101	120	Aug 28	SLB		DET	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
102	121	Aug 29 (1)	SLB		DET	L,5-15	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
103	122	Aug 29 (2)	SLB		DET	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	123	Sep 2 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	3	3	0	6	1
105	124	Sep 2 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	125	Sep 3	SLB	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	41	8.2	3	4	0	7	1
107	126	Sep 4	SLB	@	DET	W,12-5	CG	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	127	Sep 5	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	2	9	1
109	128	Sep 6 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	44	9.2	0	1	0	1	0
110	129	Sep 6 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	25	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
111	130	Sep 10	SLB		CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
112	131	Sep 11	SLB		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
113	132	Sep 12 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	133	Sep 12 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
115	134	Sep 14 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	135	Sep 14 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
117	136	Sep 15	SLB		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
118	137	Sep 17	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
119	138	Sep 18	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	49	9.2	1	2	0	3	0
120	139	Sep 19 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
121	140	Sep 19 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	6	3	0	9	2
122	141	Sep 22 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	142	Sep 22 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
124	143	Sep 23	SLB	@	WSH	W,12-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
125	144	Sep 26 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
126	145	Sep 26 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
127	146	Sep 27 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
128	147	Sep 27 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
129	148	Sep 28	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	0	4	2	6	0
130	149	Sep 29 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	0	2	0	2	0
131	150	Sep 29 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	T,3-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
132	151	Oct 2 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
133	152	Oct 2 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	38	8.2	0	3	0	3	0
134	153	Oct 3	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	2
							135gm		1101.0	236	342	34	612	51