Vern Law

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: March 12, 1930 in Meridian, ID us

High School: Meridian HS (Meridian, ID)

Last Game: August 20, 1967 (Age 37-161d)
vs. NYM 5.1 IP, 10 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Vernon Sanders Law

Nicknames: Deacon or Preacher

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Relatives: Father of Vance Law

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.3

162

147

ERA

3.77

483

364

2672.0

1092

WHIP

1.284

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1948	18	-2.5	Santa Rosa	FARW	D	PIT	8	5	.615	4.66	6.71	21			9	1		110.0	89	82	57		96		126	1	2	9		1.682	7.3		7.9	10.3	1.31
1949	19	-2.7	Davenport	IIIL	B	PIT	5	11	.313	2.94	4.00	31			6	0		144.0	112	64	47		75		123	2	0	8		1.299	7.0		4.7	7.7	1.64
1950	20	-6.9	New Orleans	SOUA	AA	PIT	6	4	.600	2.67	3.56	12			7	1		81.0	79	32	24		40		61	1	0	2		1.469	8.8		4.4	6.8	1.53
1950	20	-8.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	7	9	.438	4.92	5.84	27	17	6	5	1	0	128.0	137	83	70	11	49	3	57	4	0	2	562	1.453	9.6	0.8	3.4	4.0	1.16
1951	21	-7.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	6	9	.400	4.50	5.21	28	14	9	2	1	2	114.0	109	66	57	9	51	1	41	6	1	2	499	1.404	8.6	0.7	4.0	3.2	0.80

1954	24	-4.5	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	9	13	.409	5.51	6.07	39	18	17	7	0	3	161.2	201	109	99	20	56	4	57	3	0	6	728	1.590	11.2	1.1	3.1	3.2	1.02
1955	25	-3.0	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	10	10	.500	3.81	4.40	43	24	13	8	1	1	200.2	221	98	85	19	61	7	82	1	0	5	865	1.405	9.9	0.9	2.7	3.7	1.34
1956	26	-2.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	8	16	.333	4.32	5.06	39	32	6	6	0	2	195.2	218	110	94	24	49	10	60	6	0	8	851	1.365	10.0	1.1	2.3	2.8	1.22
1957	27	-0.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	10	8	.556	2.87	3.75	31	25	5	9	3	1	172.2	172	72	55	18	32	8	55	2	0	2	716	1.181	9.0	0.9	1.7	2.9	1.72
1958	28	0.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	14	12	.538	3.96	4.58	35	29	5	6	1	3	202.1	235	103	89	16	39	5	56	1	0	1	854	1.354	10.5	0.7	1.7	2.5	1.44
1959	29	1.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	18	9	.667	2.98	3.08	34	33	1	20	2	1	266.0	245	91	88	25	53	11	110	2	0	5	1080	1.120	8.3	0.8	1.8	3.7	2.08
1960	30	2.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	20	9	.690	3.08	3.45	35	35	0	18	3	0	271.2	266	104	93	25	40	8	120	4	1	2	1091	1.126	8.8	0.8	1.3	4.0	3.00
1961	31	3.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	3	4	.429	4.70	5.01	11	10	1	1	0	0	59.1	72	33	31	10	18	3	20	1	0	0	258	1.517	10.9	1.5	2.7	3.0	1.11
1962	32	4.2	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	10	7	.588	3.94	4.33	23	20	2	7	2	0	139.1	156	67	61	21	27	4	78	1	0	2	596	1.313	10.1	1.4	1.7	5.0	2.89
1963	33	11.2	Kinston	CARL	A	PIT	2	0	1.000	1.50	2.50	2	2		2	1		18.0	11	5	3	1	5	0	17	1	0	0		0.889	5.5	0.5	2.5	8.5	3.40
1963	33	4.7	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	4	5	.444	4.93	5.28	18	12	2	1	1	0	76.2	91	45	42	11	13	0	31	0	0	2	325	1.357	10.7	1.3	1.5	3.6	2.38
1964	34	5.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	12	13	.480	3.61	3.98	35	29	1	7	5	0	192.0	203	85	77	18	32	6	93	1	0	1	795	1.224	9.5	0.8	1.5	4.4	2.91
1965	35	6.7	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	17	9	.654	2.15	2.73	29	28	1	13	4	0	217.1	182	66	52	17	35	2	101	3	0	1	847	0.998	7.5	0.7	1.4	4.2	2.89
1966	36	8.2	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	12	8	.600	4.05	4.31	31	28	2	8	4	0	177.2	203	85	80	19	24	1	88	4	1	0	737	1.278	10.3	1.0	1.2	4.5	3.67
1967	37	9.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	2	6	.250	4.18	5.29	25	10	7	1	0	0	97.0	122	57	45	5	18	9	43	1	0	0	427	1.443	11.3	0.5	1.7	4.0	2.39
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (16 seasons)					Majors		162	147	.524	3.77	4.29	483	364	78	119	28	13	2672.0	2833	1274	1118	268	597	82	1092	40	3	39	11231	1.284	9.5	0.9	2.0	3.7	1.83
Minors (4 seasons)					Minors		21	20	.512	3.34	4.67	66	2		24	3		353.0	291	183	131	1	216	0	327	5	2	19		1.436	7.4		5.5	8.3	1.51
All Levels (18 Seasons)							183	167	.523	3.72	4.33	549	366	78	143	31	13	3025.0	3124	1457	1249	269	813	82	1419	45	5	58	11231	1.301	9.3		2.4	4.2	1.75