Vern Law

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: March 12, 1930 in Meridian, ID us

High School: Meridian HS (Meridian, ID)

Debut: June 11, 1950 (Age 20-091d, 10,713th in major league history)
vs. PHI 9.0 IP, 9 H, 5 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER, L

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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Team Record in Appearances: 11-17 / in Starts: 5-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 5

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	28	6	Apr 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.0	6	4	3	3	3	0	0	3.86	2.91	31	10	9	0	2	6	51			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.047	2.78	-0.08%	-1.07	1b start a 3	8b -2- 0 out a2
2	29	10	Apr 29(1)	PIT		CIN	W,9-8	GS-3		4	3.0	5	5	4	2	1	1	0	6.30	4.48	17	4	5	0	1	5	30			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.287	2.23	-0.40%	-3.48	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	30	23	May 12	PIT		CHC	L,4-8	GS-1	L(1-1)	12	0.0	5	6	5	0	0	0	1	10.80	4.78	6	0	0	0	0	5	18			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.360	4.49	-0.66%	-4.84	1t start tie	1t 123 0 out d3
4	31	26	May 15	PIT		NYG	W,7-3		S(1)	2	3.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.90	3.87	12												12			0		0
5	32	30	May 19	PIT		BSN	L,2-6	GS-7	L(1-2)	3	7.0	4	4	3	4	2	1	1	6.53	4.56	30	11	9	0	0	3	53			1	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	.80	-0.108	2.30	-0.19%	-0.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
6	33	36	May 26	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-6		6	6.0	5	3	2	4	2	1	0	5.74	4.88	27	11	5	0	1	5	50			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	-0.054	1.94	-0.06%	0.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	34	41	Jun 2	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-14	GS-		6	2.2	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	5.22	4.83	14						49						11			0		0
8	35	67	Jun 30	PIT	@	STL	L,4-8	7-GF(8)		27	2.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.17	4.71	11	3	2	0	2	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.009	.01	0.00%	0.00	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	36	70	Jul 3	PIT		CHC	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-2)	2	9.0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.02	4.36	34	15	12	2	3	5	75			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.36	0.662	.07	0.02%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	37	75	Jul 7	PIT		STL	W,5-1	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	5	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.47	4.14	35	13	10	0	4	5	72			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.388	.03	0.01%	3.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
11	38	80	Jul 14	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	GS-7	L(3-3)	6	7.0	4	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.36	3.88	26	10	8	1	0	4	63			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.026	.01	0.00%	1.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
12	39	86	Jul 20	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-11	GS-1	L(3-4)	5	0.1	0	5	5	4	0	0	1	4.13	4.14	6	0	1	0	0	0	27			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	-0.262	.03	0.00%	-3.06	1b start tie	1b 123 1 out d2
13	40	87	Jul 21	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-11	4-7	L(3-5)	0	4.0	3	3	3	4	0	1	1	4.30	4.49	19	9	2	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.187	.01	0.00%	-1.15	4b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out d3
14	41	90	Jul 23	PIT		BSN	L,14-15	6-8	L(3-6)	1	2.1	5	4	4	3	1	1	0	4.71	4.73	14	4	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.88	-0.275	.01	0.00%	-2.16	6t --- 0 out tie	8t -2- 1 out tie
15	42	92	Jul 25	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	GS-5		1	4.2	5	4	4	5	3	2	0	4.92	5.09	23	5	5	0	0	5	36			2	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.160	.00	0.00%	-1.57	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	43	100	Aug 3	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	GS-4	L(3-7)	8	3.1	11	5	5	3	1	0	0	5.32	5.07	23	6	2	0	0	11	16			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.35	-0.449	.00	0.00%	-3.89	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d1
17	44	102	Aug 5(1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	9-GF		1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.25	5.03	6	4	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.15	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.49	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
18	45	104	Aug 7	PIT	@	STL	L,7-16	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.18	5.04	4	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
19	46	108	Aug 11(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-8	L(3-8)	3	7.1	10	4	4	2	0	0	0	5.15	4.88	31	14	7	0	3	8	40			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.53	-0.440	.00	0.00%	-0.62	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d1
20	47	119	Aug 19(2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	9-GF	W(4-8)	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.09	4.85	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
21	48	124	Aug 26(1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,12-11	2-6	W(5-8)	6	4.1	5	3	3	0	2	1	0	5.15	4.84	17	6	8	6	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.47	2b 1-3 2 out d6	6b 3 out d6
22	49	127	Aug 27(2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2	6-GF	S(2)	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.94	4.67	10	3	4	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.341	.00	0.00%	3.11	6b 123 1 out a3	9b end a 3
23	50	130	Aug 30	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-9	4-7		2	3.1	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	4.86	4.72	13	2	6	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.088	.00	0.00%	0.87	4b --3 2 out d6	7b 3 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	51	132	Sep 2	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6	5-GF(8)		2	4.0	3	1	0	0	5	0	0	4.66	4.53	15	7	0	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.99	5b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
25	52	133	Sep 3(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,10-11	8-GF(12)	L(5-9)	0	4.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.53	4.46	17	10	4	0	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	0.227	.00	0.00%	1.69	8b 1-- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
26	53	137	Sep 7	PIT		STL	L,4-11			3	4.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.44	4.36	16												14			0		0
27	54	140	Sep 9(2)	PIT		STL	L,4-7	GS-4		1	4.0	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.61	4.33	20	5	5	0	0	7	31			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.240	.00	0.00%	-1.97	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
28	55	142	Sep 12	PIT		PHI	W,8-6	4-9	W(6-9)	2	4.2	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.50	4.27	21	8	4	0	1	5		2	1	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.112	.00	0.00%	0.95	4t 12- 1 out a1	9t 12- 0 out a3
							11-17		W-L:6-9,Sv:2	3.0	114.0	110	66	57	51	42	9	6	4.50	4.27	501	1.46		4%	7%	96	44	9	11%	7	2	0	432	11	3	1	13	0	7	1.05	-1.025	.59	-1.36%	-7.00

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