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: 19-16 / in Starts: 14-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 4

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 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	208	2	Apr 17	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	9	4	4	1	0	1	0	7.20	5.68	23	5	8	0	2	9	32			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.259	2.71	-0.44%	-1.74	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
2	209	9	Apr 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-8	W(1-1)	7	7.0	5	3	3	4	5	1	0	5.25	5.06	29	7	8	0	0	5	56			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.11	0.126	2.37	0.16%	1.65	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a3
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	210	13	May 1	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-3	GS-6	W(2-1)	5	5.1	9	3	2	2	0	0	0	4.67	4.61	29	12	14	3	0	1	38			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	2	1.26	-0.191	3.77	-0.34%	-1.52	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out a5
4	211	18	May 5	PIT	@	SFG	W,11-10	GS-9	W(3-1)	3	8.1	10	7	5	3	4	0	0	4.91	3.96	37	9	11	0	0	10	40			0	1	0	33	3	1	0	2	1	2	.77	0.263	2.79	0.57%	-2.34	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out a5
5	212	22	May 10	PIT		PHI	W,14-4	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	12	4	4	1	5	0	0	4.67	3.37	39	9	13	1	2	11	51			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	1	0	.79	-0.080	2.53	-0.16%	0.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
6	213	26	May 14	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	7	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.53	3.51	35	12	14	0	0	7	57			0	0	0	33	1	2	0	0	1	0	1.34	0.239	5.30	0.57%	0.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
7	214	31	May 18(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS-6	L(5-2)	3	5.0	8	4	4	0	1	2	0	4.81	3.89	22	3	12	2	0	6	36			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.189	2.37	-0.38%	-1.95	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d3
8	215	36	May 25(1)	PIT		SFG	L,2-5	GS-7	L(5-3)	6	6.2	13	4	3	0	1	0	0	4.72	3.69	31	7	10	0	0	13	35			0	0	0	31	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.236	5.30	-0.61%	-1.06	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d2
9	216	40	May 30(1)	PIT		MLN	L,4-7	GS-8		4	7.2	8	3	2	1	1	0	0	4.43	3.55	31	7	14	0	2	8	53			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.28	0.093	4.08	0.18%	0.63	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
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
10	217	45	Jun 3	PIT	@	STL	L,4-8	GS-2		3	1.2	5	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.87	3.67	13	3	2	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	9	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.11	-0.335	2.74	-0.50%	-3.75	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d3
11	218	48	Jun 6	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS-4	L(5-4)	2	3.0	8	5	4	0	4	0	0	5.19	3.49	17	2	3	0	1	8	29			1	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	1	0	.89	-0.311	1.61	-0.34%	-3.89	1b start a 1	4b 1-3 0 out d3
12	219	52	Jun 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,14-6	GS-7	W(6-4)	4	6.2	8	6	6	2	1	3	0	5.45	3.98	29	5	13	0	0	8	33			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.25	-0.045	.68	-0.07%	-2.73	1b start a 6	7b --- 2 out a6
13	220	56	Jun 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,12-1	CG	W(7-4)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.97	3.81	36	18	15	2	0	0	68			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.141	.64	0.20%	3.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
14	221	61	Jun 21	PIT		LAD	W,11-7	GS-4		5	3.0	8	6	3	0	0	0	0	5.11	3.76	17	8	9	4	0	0	25			0	0	0	15	2	1	0	0	1	1	.77	-0.434	2.26	-0.76%	-4.94	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d4
15	222	67	Jun 26	PIT		STL	L,2-6	GS-8	L(7-5)	4	8.0	6	4	3	0	1	0	0	4.96	3.63	30	8	15	1	3	6	57			0	0	0	29	1	2	0	1	1	1	1.11	-0.208	2.32	-0.26%	-0.15	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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
16	223	75	Jul 4(2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	GS-4	L(7-6)	7	4.0	7	4	4	0	2	3	0	5.13	3.94	19	1	9	0	0	7	34			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.227	1.02	-0.21%	-1.92	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d2
17	224	78	Jul 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS-5	L(7-7)	5	4.0	8	5	4	0	0	1	0	5.28	4.01	20	4	8	1	2	8	28			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	.86	-0.237	1.22	-0.20%	-2.40	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out d2
18	225	81	Jul 13(1)	PIT	@	STL	W,10-8	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.26	4.00	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	0.092	4.18	0.07%	0.45	9b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
19	226	82	Jul 13(2)	PIT	@	STL	W,8-6	5-GF	W(8-7)	-1	5.0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.02	3.94	20	9	4	1	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.459	2.48	0.41%	2.58	5b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
20	227	86	Jul 18	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-5	L(8-8)	4	5.0	5	5	3	3	2	0	0	5.03	3.92	23	7	6	0	0	5	40			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	2	.77	-0.318	1.54	-0.38%	-2.60	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
21	228	93	Jul 26	PIT		SFG	L,0-1	CG	L(8-9)	7	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.73	3.79	31	7	13	1	0	7	71			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	3	1	0	1.02	0.319	2.31	0.43%	3.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
22	229	100	Aug 2	PIT		STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-9)	6	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.41	3.68	30	14	9	0	0	3	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.733	3.11	1.06%	4.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
23	230	105	Aug 6	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	GS-7	L(9-10)	3	7.0	6	2	2	3	1	1	0	4.31	3.76	31	13	8	0	0	6	55			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.09	0.076	5.59	0.23%	1.16	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
24	231	110	Aug 10(2)	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	GS-8		3	7.1	10	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.28	3.68	29	4	11	0	0	10	48			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.163	3.66	0.34%	1.34	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
25	232	113	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-9	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	3.67	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.00	0.141	23.69	0.40%	0.32	9b -2- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
26	233	117	Aug 17(2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-7	GS-5		3	4.1	8	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.39	3.76	23	6	7	0	0	8	29			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.243	2.70	-0.41%	-1.94	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d2
27	234	121	Aug 21	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-5	L(9-11)	3	5.0	5	4	4	3	1	1	0	4.48	3.85	22	6	8	2	0	4	39			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.223	2.26	-0.40%	-1.57	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
28	235	122	Aug 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-2	6-GF	S(3)	0	3.2	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	4.38	3.83	14	5	3	0	2	4		3	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	.51	0.071	1.16	0.10%	2.02	6b 123 1 out a6	9b end a 6
29	236	125	Aug 24(2)	PIT	@	STL	L,8-12	6-7		1	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.34	3.83	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.048	5.19	-0.12%	0.10	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 12- 1 out a1
30	237	128	Aug 27	PIT	@	STL	W,14-1	4-GF	W(10-11)	2	5.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.20	3.78	17	11	4	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.031	.15	0.04%	2.91	4b -2- 2 out a6	9b end a13
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
31	238	132	Sep 1(1)	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(11-11)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.09	3.77	33	10	14	1	2	5	69			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	.70	0.407	.92	0.32%	2.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
32	239	139	Sep 7(2)	PIT		MLN	W,4-1	GS-9	W(12-11)	5	8.1	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.95	3.69	31	7	13	0	3	7	67			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.03	0.429	.77	0.19%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a3
33	240	144	Sep 13	PIT		LAD	W,9-4	GS-5	W(13-11)	5	5.0	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.04	3.68	22	7	13	6	0	1	32			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	.96	0.022	.18	0.00%	-1.60	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
34	241	149	Sep 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-8	W(14-11)	6	7.2	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.97	3.62	31	7	15	4	2	6	58			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	0.265	.22	0.03%	1.67	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a1
35	242	153	Sep 27	PIT		PHI	L,3-7	GS-8	L(14-12)	6	7.1	11	4	4	0	5	0	0	4.00	3.53	31	14	5	1	3	7	45			0	1	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.089	.00	0.00%	0.18	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d2
							19-16		W-L:14-12,Sv:3	3.8	202.1	235	103	90	39	57	16	1	4.00	3.53	854	0.81		5%	4%	192	46	7	14%	2	4	0	793	43	10	4	19	11	12	.95	0.397	2.36	-0.28%	-4.38

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