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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-5	CG	49	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	1
3	3	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
4	4	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
5	5	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
6	6	Apr 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
7	7	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
9	9	Apr 30	BOS		NYY	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	BOS		NYY	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
11	11	May 2	BOS		NYY	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	12	May 4	BOS		DET	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	2
13	13	May 5	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	5	6	1	12	5
14	14	May 6	BOS		DET	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	7	1	9	0
15	15	May 8	BOS		SLB	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	4	4	2	10	1
16	16	May 9 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	1
17	17	May 9 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	18	May 10	BOS		CLE	L,7-12	CG	50	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
19	19	May 11	BOS		CHW	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
20	20	May 12	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
21	21	May 15	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
22	22	May 16	BOS		WSH	W,14-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
23	23	May 18	BOS	@	DET	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
24	24	May 19	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.2	5	4	0	9	1
25	25	May 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-13	CG	48	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
26	26	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
27	27	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
28	28	May 23 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	1	5	1	7	1
29	29	May 23 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	2	2	0	4	1
30	30	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
31	31	May 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	32	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
33	33	May 29 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	2	4	0	6	0
34	34	May 29 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
35	35	May 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
36	36	May 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
37	37	May 31 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	39	Jun 2	BOS		SLB	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
40	40	Jun 3	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
41	41	Jun 4 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
42	42	Jun 4 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
43	43	Jun 6 (1)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	4	6	0	10	3
44	44	Jun 6 (2)	BOS		DET	W,12-4	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
45	45	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
46	46	Jun 10	BOS		CLE	W,15-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
47	47	Jun 11	BOS		CHW	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 12	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
49	49	Jun 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
50	50	Jun 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
51	51	Jun 17	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
52	52	Jun 19	BOS	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
53	53	Jun 20	BOS	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
54	54	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
55	55	Jun 24 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
56	56	Jun 24 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
57	57	Jun 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
58	58	Jun 27 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
59	59	Jun 27 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
60	60	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	2	8	0	10	1
61	61	Jun 30	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	62	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-10	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	63	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
64	64	Jul 3	BOS		PHA	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
65	65	Jul 4	BOS		PHA	W,19-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
66	66	Jul 5 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	8	0	8	1
67	67	Jul 5 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
68	68	Jul 6	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
69	69	Jul 7	BOS		WSH	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
70	70	Jul 8	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
71	71	Jul 9	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	45	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
72	72	Jul 10	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
73	73	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
74	74	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	35	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	75	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		DET	W,13-5	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
76	76	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
77	77	Jul 16	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
78	78	Jul 17	BOS		DET	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
79	79	Jul 18 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
80	80	Jul 18 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
81	81	Jul 19	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
82	82	Jul 20	BOS		SLB	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
83	83	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
84	84	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
85	85	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
86	86	Jul 22 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
87	87	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
88	88	Jul 24 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
89	89	Jul 24 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
90	90	Jul 25	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
91	91	Jul 27	BOS	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	92	Jul 28	BOS	@	DET	L,0-13	CG	48	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
93	93	Jul 29	BOS	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
94	94	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
95	95	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,9-10	CG	50	10.2	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	96	Aug 1 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
97	97	Aug 1 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
98	98	Aug 3	BOS	@	SLB	W,15-8	CG	47	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
99	99	Aug 4	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	40	8.2	4	6	0	10	2
100	100	Aug 5	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
101	101	Aug 6	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	102	Aug 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
103	103	Aug 8 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
104	104	Aug 8 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	48	10.2	1	2	0	3	0
105	105	Aug 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
106	106	Aug 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
107	107	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
108	108	Aug 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
109	109	Aug 15 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
110	110	Aug 15 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
111	111	Aug 18	BOS		PHA	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	3
112	112	Aug 19	BOS		PHA	L,3-10	CG	49	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
113	113	Aug 20 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	0	4	0	4	1
114	114	Aug 20 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
115	115	Aug 21	BOS		WSH	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
116	116	Aug 22	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
117	117	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	1	8	1	10	1
118	118	Aug 25	BOS		CLE	L,0-9	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
119	119	Aug 26	BOS		CLE	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
120	120	Aug 27	BOS		CHW	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
121	121	Aug 28	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
122	122	Aug 29 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
123	123	Aug 29 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-12	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
124	124	Aug 31	BOS		DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	125	Sep 1	BOS		DET	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
126	126	Sep 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
127	127	Sep 4	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
128	128	Sep 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
129	129	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
130	130	Sep 6 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
131	131	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
132	132	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
133	133	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	L,6-11	CG	52	10.0	2	4	0	6	2
134	134	Sep 11 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
135	135	Sep 11 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
136	136	Sep 12	BOS		PHA	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
137	137	Sep 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
138	138	Sep 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,10-17	CG	47	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
139	139	Sep 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	8	0	8	0
140	140	Sep 17	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	5
141	141	Sep 18	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	4
142	142	Sep 19 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	47	11.2	2	4	0	6	0
143	143	Sep 19 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	37	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
144	144	Sep 20	BOS	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
145	145	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
146	146	Sep 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	3	5	1	9	1
147	147	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
148	148	Sep 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
149	149	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
150	150	Sep 28	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
151	151	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
152	152	Sep 30	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
153	153	Oct 2	BOS		NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
154	154	Oct 3	BOS		NYY	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
155	155	Oct 4	BOS		CLE	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
							155gm		1379.1	269	540	24	833	113