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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	2	Apr 16	CHW		SLB	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
3	3	Apr 17	CHW		SLB	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 18	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	GS	24	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
5	5	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 22	CHW	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 23	CHW	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
8	11 (3)	Apr 26 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
9	14 (2)	Apr 30	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	15	May 1	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	GS	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
11	19 (3)	May 5	CHW		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
12	20	May 6	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
13	21	May 8	CHW		DET	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
14	22	May 9	CHW		DET	W,12-3	GS	16	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
15	23	May 10 (1)	CHW		DET	L,6-8	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
16	24	May 10 (2)	CHW		DET	W,10-5	GS	28	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
17	25	May 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
18	26	May 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	50	10.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
19	27	May 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
20	28	May 14	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-5	GS	33	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
21	29	May 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	30	May 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
23	33 (2)	May 20	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
24	34	May 22	CHW	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
25	35	May 23	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
26	36	May 24	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
27	37	May 25	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	3B
28	38	May 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
29	39	May 27	CHW		DET	T,2-2	GS	54	13.0	2	6	0	8	2	3B
30	40	May 29	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
31	41	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	45 (3)	Jun 2	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
33	51 (5)	Jun 9	CHW		PHA	W,5-1	GF	21	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
34	52	Jun 10	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
35	53	Jun 11	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	GS	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
36	54	Jun 12	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
37	70 (15)	Jun 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-4	GF	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	72 (1)	Jul 1	CHW		SLB	W,13-4	GF	13	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
39	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-0	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	79 (5)	Jul 8	CHW		DET	W,14-4	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
41	84 (4)	Jul 12 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,14-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Browns
42	103	Jul 31	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-11	GS	34	5.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	104	Aug 1	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	19	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
44	105	Aug 3	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
45	106	Aug 4	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
46	107	Aug 5	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
47	108	Aug 6	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
48	109	Aug 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-12	CG	41	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
49	110	Aug 9 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
50	111	Aug 9 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-12	CG	43	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
51	112	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
52	113	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-9	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
53	114	Aug 12	SLB		DET	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
54	115	Aug 13	SLB		DET	W,1-0	CG	44	11.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
55	116	Aug 14	SLB		CLE	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
56	117	Aug 16 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
57	118	Aug 16 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
58	119	Aug 18 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
59	120	Aug 18 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
60	121	Aug 19	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
61	122	Aug 21 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
62	123	Aug 21 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	47	11.2	2	3	1	6	0	3B
63	124	Aug 22	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
64	125	Aug 23 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS	28	6.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
65	127 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
66	128	Aug 27 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
67	129	Aug 28	SLB		PHA	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	130	Aug 30 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
69	131	Aug 30 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
70	132	Aug 31	SLB		WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	133	Sep 2	SLB		NYY	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
72	134	Sep 3	SLB		NYY	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
73	135	Sep 4	SLB		DET	W,14-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
74	136	Sep 5	SLB		DET	W,1-0	CG	45	12.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
75	137	Sep 6	SLB		DET	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	138	Sep 7 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
77	139	Sep 7 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
78	140	Sep 9 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
79	141	Sep 9 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
80	143 (1)	Sep 12	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	55	11.1	0	3	0	3	1	3B
81	144	Sep 13 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-2	GS	28	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
82	145	Sep 13 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
83	146	Sep 16 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
84	147	Sep 16 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
85	148	Sep 17	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-1	GS	25	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
86	149	Sep 20 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
87	150	Sep 20 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							87gm		685.2	84	162	8	254	16