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: Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)

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

Debut: September 13, 1941 (Age 20-325d, 9,122nd 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

46.4

6497

1859

247

.286

1001

RBI

1174

OBP

.355

SLG

.460

OPS

.815

OPS+

119

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1938	17	SLB-min	C,B	42	141	141		35	15	0	2						.248	.248	.397	.645		56							JHN,SPR · MATL,IIIL
1939	18	SLB-min	D	122	485	485		175	44	7	30						.361	.361	.666	1.027		323							MYF · KITL
1940	19	SLB-min	A1	159	598	598		159	27	6	22						.266	.266	.441	.707		264							SAN · TL
1941	20	SLB-min	AA	153	667	616	95	173	33	11	14	74	10		43	72	.281	.328	.438	.766		270		0	8				TOL · AA
1941	20	SLB	AL	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	162	1	0	0	0		0	/H6
1942	21	SLB	AL	145	621	575	84	169	26	6	14	92	1	3	41	53	.294	.341	.433	.774	115	249	15	0	3		3	*6/H	MVP-4
1943	22	SLB	AL	137	571	512	75	148	27	3	22	91	3	2	54	73	.289	.357	.482	.839	141	247	11	0	5		7	*6/7H9	AS,MVP-9
1944	23	SLB	AL	145	628	559	91	164	32	1	20	109	2	2	62	54	.293	.365	.462	.826	129	258	3	1	6		7	*6/H	AS,MVP-3
1945	24	SLB	AL	149	632	571	90	165	27	3	24	89	2	1	55	70	.289	.352	.473	.825	133	270	11	1	5		7	*6/5H	MVP-6
1946	25	SLB	AL	115	488	450	67	138	19	4	14	64	0	1	35	49	.307	.357	.460	.817	122	207	12	0	3		3	*6/H	AS,MVP-19
1947	26	SLB	AL	150	634	562	74	157	18	4	15	83	8	4	70	61	.279	.359	.406	.765	111	228	7	0	2		3	*6/H	MVP-31
1948	27	BOS	AL	155	716	635	114	171	25	8	29	137	1	0	77	56	.269	.350	.471	.821	113	299	25	2	2		4	*6	AS,MVP-4
1949	28	BOS	AL	155	712	610	113	177	31	2	39	*159*	2	2	101	73	.290	.391	.539	.930	137	329	19	0	0		5	*6	AS,MVP-7
1950	29	BOS	AL	149	693	628	125	185	34	6	30	*144*	1	0	65	43	.295	.361	.511	.872	113	321	21	0	0		2	*6/H	AS,MVP-24
1951	30	BOS	AL	109	415	377	62	113	21	2	17	78	1	2	38	33	.300	.364	.501	.865	123	189	22	0	0		1	5H/6	AS
1952	31	BOS	AL	92	337	295	35	75	13	2	7	44	2	2	39	31	.254	.343	.383	.726	96	113	8	1	2		8	65H
1953	32	TOT	AL	90	329	294	30	77	14	0	5	31	2	0	31	42	.262	.332	.361	.693	85	106	10	0	4		2	5/H6
1953	32	CHW	AL	44	143	129	14	24	6	0	1	14	2	0	13	18	.186	.261	.256	.516	38	33	3	0	1		1	5/H6
1953	32	SLB	AL	46	186	165	16	53	8	0	4	17	0	0	18	24	.321	.388	.442	.830	122	73	7	0	3		1	5
1954	33	BAL	AL	101	393	365	31	104	17	1	8	46	0	3	17	36	.285	.311	.403	.714	102	147	4	0	4	7	5	5/H
1955	34	TOT	AL	25	72	62	10	15	3	0	3	7	0	0	7	11	.242	.324	.435	.759	103	27	1	1	1	1	0	5/H
1955	34	BAL	AL	3	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	/5H
1955	34	CHW	AL	22	65	56	10	14	3	0	3	7	0	0	7	11	.250	.328	.464	.792	110	26	1	0	1	1	0	5/H
1956	35	CIN-min	Opn	73	205	188	19	50	9	0	6	27	0		12	29	.266	.307	.410	.717		77	7	0	3	2			SLE · PCL
15 Yrs				1720	7243	6497	1001	1859	307	42	247	1174	25	22	692	685	.286	.355	.460	.815	119	2991	169	6	37	8	57
162 Game Avg.				162	682	612	94	175	29	4	23	111	2	2	65	65	.286	.355	.460	.815	119	282	16	1	3		5
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
BAL (10 yrs)				994	4162	3767	528	1100	174	22	121	591	16	16	352	420	.292	.352	.446	.799	122	1681	70	3	31	7	36
BOS (5 yrs)				660	2873	2545	449	721	124	20	122	562	7	6	320	236	.283	.364	.492	.856	118	1251	95	3	4		20
CHW (2 yrs)				66	208	185	24	38	9	0	4	21	2	0	20	29	.205	.282	.319	.600	60	59	4	0	2	1	1