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: 4-21 / in Starts: 4-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 7

1967 Pitching Game Log

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1967 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	459	2	Apr 13	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-3	5-GF(8)	L(0-1)	99	3.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.45	2.54	15	9	4	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.09	0.000	5.06	0.00%	1.07	5b 12- 1 out tie	8b end d 1
2	460	6	Apr 17	PIT		NYM	L,6-9	GS-3	L(0-2)	3	2.2	6	5	3	1	2	1	0	5.68	4.43	17	5	3	0	0	6	31			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	2	.89	-0.388	1.54	-0.40%	-4.44	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d4
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	461	14	May 2	PIT		LAD	L,3-5	GS-8		14	7.0	9	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.73	4.49	31	12	8	0	0	9	47			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.160	2.66	-0.24%	-1.35	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out d1
4	462	19	May 8	PIT		STL	L,5-6	10-GF(10)	L(0-3)	5	1.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	6.28	4.63	9	1	1	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.05	-0.468	6.79	-0.93%	-2.57	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 3
5	463	22	May 11	PIT		ATL	L,2-9	7-GF		2	2.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.94	4.22	10	3	3	1	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.013	.15	-0.02%	-0.75	7t 12- 2 out d5	9t end d 7
6	464	27	May 16	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.60	4.12	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
7	465	34	May 23	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-8	5-5		6	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.79	4.20	5	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.31	-0.030	.70	-0.04%	-1.13	5b -23 0 out d3	5b 3 out d6
8	466	37	May 27	PIT		CIN	L,1-6	9-GF		3	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.95	4.27	6	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.006	.18	-0.01%	-0.57	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
9	467	41	May 31	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-15	6-GF(8)		3	3.0	10	8	3	1	3	0	0	6.35	3.91	21	4	3	0	0	10		0	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	1	2	.11	-0.034	.33	-0.06%	-6.72	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d11
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	468	51	Jun 11	PIT		PHI	L,1-14	3-6		10	4.0	7	5	4	0	1	1	0	6.75	4.11	20	10	2	1	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	20	1	2	0	1	0	1	.06	-0.034	.13	-0.04%	-3.29	3t --- 0 out d6	6t 3 out d10
11	469	54	Jun 14	PIT		STL	L,4-7	3-7		2	5.0	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	5.97	3.61	17	5	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	.31	0.055	.67	0.07%	1.13	3t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
12	470	57	Jun 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-5	4-5		1	1.1	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	6.00	3.93	7	2	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.014	.22	-0.01%	-0.37	4b 1-- 2 out d4	5b 3 out d5
13	471	62	Jun 21	PIT		CHC	L,3-6	1-7		4	6.2	6	2	2	3	5	0	0	5.45	3.67	27	8	5	0	3	6		2	2	0	0	0	23	1	1	3	1	0	0	.48	-0.033	.95	-0.04%	-0.12	1t -23 1 out d2	7t 3 out d4
14	472	64	Jun 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	6-6		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.31	3.60	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.027	.67	0.03%	0.48	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
15	473	67	Jun 27	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-5	2-5		2	4.0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.84	3.52	18	6	6	0	2	4		2	1	1	0	0	16	2	0	1	0	1	0	.45	0.072	.60	0.06%	2.00	2b 1-3 0 out d3	5b 3 out d3
16	474	68	Jun 28(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.73	3.50	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.16	0.005	.24	0.01%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
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
17	475	75	Jul 5	PIT		LAD	L,3-5	5-7		6	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.47	3.45	8	5	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.066	.36	0.04%	1.47	5t -2- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d3
18	476	83	Jul 16	PIT	@	ATL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-4)	10	7.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	1	4.23	3.28	27	11	7	0	3	5	62			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.19	-0.034	1.30	-0.02%	0.95	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
19	477	88	Jul 20	PIT		SFG	L,1-6	GS-5	L(0-5)	3	4.1	8	4	4	0	2	0	0	4.53	3.16	21	6	5	0	0	8	33			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.158	.97	-0.09%	-1.33	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d3
20	478	94	Jul 25	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-3	GS-5	L(0-6)	4	5.0	4	3	2	1	5	0	0	4.45	3.00	19	6	5	2	0	2	53			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	1	1	.86	-0.181	.59	-0.08%	-1.06	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
21	479	99	Jul 30	PIT	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS-9	W(1-6)	4	8.1	9	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.32	2.91	31	9	9	2	0	9	55			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.08	0.316	.30	0.05%	1.51	1b start tie	9b -23 1 out a3
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	480	104	Aug 5	PIT		LAD	W,2-1	CG	W(2-6)	5	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.95	2.78	35	11	13	0	0	5	77			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.28	0.538	.13	0.03%	2.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
23	481	110	Aug 9(2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-6	GS-6		3	5.1	7	5	2	2	0	0	0	3.92	2.84	25	9	7	0	0	7	38			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.37	-0.291	.15	-0.02%	-2.22	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out a2
24	482	115	Aug 13(2)	PIT	@	NYM	L,9-11	GS-5		3	4.1	9	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.22	2.95	22	5	5	1	0	9	26			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	.89	-0.345	.02	-0.01%	-3.13	1b start tie	5b --- 1 out a1
25	483	123	Aug 20	PIT		NYM	W,4-2	GS-6		6	5.1	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.18	2.91	25	6	9	0	0	9	41			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.36	-0.050	.00	0.00%	0.08	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a1
							4-21		W-L:2-6	3.4	97.0	122	57	45	18	43	5	1	4.18	2.91	427	1.32		3%	4%	117	46	12	50%	4	1	0	396	23	5	9	7	6	11	.87	-1.159	.94	-1.71%	-16.58

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