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.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 20	SLB		CHW	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
2	5	Apr 21 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	6	Apr 21 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	3
4	7	Apr 24	SLB		CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
5	8	Apr 25	SLB		DET	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
6	9	Apr 26	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	10	Apr 27	SLB	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
8	11	Apr 28 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
9	12	Apr 28 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,11-8	CG	0	9.0	3	3	2	8	1
10	13	Apr 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,8-12	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	14	May 1	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
12	15	May 2	SLB	@	PHA	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	16	May 3	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	17	May 6 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	44 (26)	Jun 5	SLB	@	BOS	T,8-8	CG	50	12.0	1	5	0	6	2
16	45	Jun 6	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
17	46	Jun 7	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	4	2	0	6	0
18	47	Jun 8	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	0	6	1	7	1
19	48	Jun 9 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	49	Jun 9 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
21	50	Jun 10	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
22	51	Jun 11	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	6	4	1	11	3
23	52	Jun 12	SLB	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	37	10.0	0	5	0	5	0
24	53	Jun 14	SLB		NYY	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
25	54	Jun 15	SLB		NYY	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
26	55	Jun 16 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-9	GS	35	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	56	Jun 16 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,5-7	CG	0	10.0	5	2	1	8	0
28	57	Jun 17	SLB		BOS	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
29	58	Jun 18	SLB		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
30	59	Jun 20	SLB		BOS	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
31	60	Jun 21	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	61	Jun 22	SLB		WSH	W,14-8	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
33	62	Jun 23 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
34	63	Jun 23 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
35	64	Jun 25	SLB		PHA	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
36	65	Jun 26	SLB		PHA	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
37	66	Jun 28	SLB		DET	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
38	67	Jun 30 (1)	SLB		DET	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
39	68	Jun 30 (2)	SLB		DET	L,2-3	CG	45	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	69	Jul 1	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	70	Jul 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	71	Jul 3	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
43	72	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	2	8	2
44	73	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
45	74	Jul 5	SLB	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
46	75	Jul 6	SLB	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
47	76	Jul 7	SLB	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
48	77	Jul 11	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
49	78	Jul 12	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	79	Jul 13	SLB	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
51	80	Jul 14 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	81	Jul 14 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	1	3	1
53	82	Jul 15	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	83	Jul 16	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
55	84	Jul 17 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
56	85	Jul 17 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
57	86	Jul 18	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
58	87	Jul 20	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
59	88	Jul 21 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	2
60	89	Jul 21 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
61	90	Jul 23	SLB		NYY	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	91	Jul 24	SLB		NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	92	Jul 26	SLB		BOS	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
64	93	Jul 27	SLB		BOS	L,6-13	GS	36	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
65	94	Jul 28 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
66	95	Jul 28 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,4-11	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
67	96	Jul 30	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	CG	47	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	97	Jul 31	SLB		WSH	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	98	Aug 1	SLB		WSH	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
70	99	Aug 2	SLB		PHA	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
71	100	Aug 3	SLB		PHA	L,4-7	CG	43	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
72	101	Aug 4 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
73	102	Aug 4 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
74	103	Aug 6	SLB		DET	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
75	104	Aug 7	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
76	105	Aug 9	SLB		CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
77	106	Aug 10	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
78	107	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
79	108	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	29	7.0	4	4	0	8	1
80	109	Aug 13 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
81	110	Aug 13 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	126 (15)	Aug 31	SLB		DET	L,3-11	CG	53	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	127	Sep 2 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
84	128	Sep 2 (2)	SLB		CLE	T,2-2	CG	56	13.0	1	3	0	4	0
85	129	Sep 3 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
86	130	Sep 3 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
87	131	Sep 4	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	2	7	2
88	132	Sep 5	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	43	10.1	0	3	1	4	0
89	133	Sep 7	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
90	134	Sep 8 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
91	135	Sep 8 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
92	136	Sep 10	SLB		PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
93	137	Sep 11	SLB		PHA	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
94	138	Sep 12	SLB		WSH	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
95	139	Sep 13	SLB		WSH	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
96	140	Sep 14	SLB		WSH	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
97	141	Sep 15 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
98	142	Sep 15 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
99	143	Sep 16	SLB		NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
100	144	Sep 18	SLB		BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
101	145	Sep 19	SLB		BOS	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
102	146	Sep 21 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,10-11	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
103	147	Sep 21 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,1-9	GS	0		2	1	0	3	1
104	148	Sep 22 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
105	150 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	3	4	1	8	1
106	151	Sep 24 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
107	152	Sep 25	SLB	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	5	3	1	9	0
108	153	Sep 26	SLB	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	8	2	0	10	3
109	154	Sep 27 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	2
110	155	Sep 27 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
111	156	Sep 29	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
							112gm		977.0	224	343	30	597	71