Vance Law
Vance Aaron Law
Born: October 1, 1956
Boise, ID USA
Primary Position: 3B
All Position(s) Played: P, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, RF, CF, LF, OF, DH, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 185
College: Brigham Young University
Career: 1980-1991
Draft: Round 39 (1978 June Amateur Draft, Pittsburgh Pirates)
School: Brigham Young
Minor League Statistics
Vance Law compiled a career batting average of .256 with 71 home runs and 442 RBI in his 1212-game career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics. He began playing during the 1980 season and last took the field during the 1991 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1986 | NL | Montreal Expos | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | |
1987 | NL | Montreal Expos | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | |
1991 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1980 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 25 | 78 | 74 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .230 | .260 | .311 | .571 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1981 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 30 | 71 | 67 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | .134 | .157 | .164 | .321 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
1982 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 114 | 398 | 359 | 40 | 101 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 46 | .281 | .327 | .384 | .712 | 138 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
1983 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 145 | 471 | 408 | 55 | 99 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 56 | .243 | .325 | .348 | .673 | 142 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
1984 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 151 | 533 | 481 | 60 | 121 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 75 | .252 | .309 | .403 | .713 | 194 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
1985 | NL | Montreal Expos | 147 | 621 | 519 | 75 | 138 | 30 | 6 | 10 | 52 | 6 | 5 | 86 | 96 | .266 | .369 | .405 | .773 | 210 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
1986 | NL | Montreal Expos | 112 | 402 | 360 | 37 | 81 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 66 | .225 | .298 | .325 | .623 | 117 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
1987 | NL | Montreal Expos | 133 | 492 | 436 | 52 | 119 | 27 | 1 | 12 | 56 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 62 | .273 | .347 | .422 | .769 | 184 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
1988 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 151 | 621 | 556 | 73 | 163 | 29 | 2 | 11 | 78 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 79 | .293 | .358 | .412 | .770 | 229 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
1989 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 130 | 454 | 408 | 38 | 96 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 73 | .235 | .296 | .355 | .651 | 145 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
1991 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 74 | 157 | 134 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 27 | .209 | .303 | .276 | .579 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1212 | 4298 | 3802 | 453 | 972 | 193 | 26 | 71 | 442 | 34 | 26 | 408 | 602 | .256 | .326 | .376 | .703 | 1430 | 92 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 14 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1980 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | 11 | 10 | 91.7 | 23 | 30 | 2 | 5 | .964 | 5.204 | 4.818 |
1980 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | SS | 8 | 7 | 62.3 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .970 | 4.620 | 4.000 |
1980 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1981 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | 19 | 13 | 123.3 | 40 | 45 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 6.203 | 4.474 |
1981 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | SS | 7 | 4 | 46.0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.109 | 3.000 |
1981 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3B | 2 | 0 | 5.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.375 | 1.000 |
1982 | AL | Chicago White Sox | SS | 85 | 77 | 652.7 | 126 | 239 | 18 | 44 | .953 | 5.033 | 4.294 |
1982 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3B | 39 | 19 | 210.3 | 19 | 55 | 5 | 3 | .937 | 3.166 | 1.897 |
1982 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 2B | 10 | 4 | 45.0 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 5 | .909 | 6.000 | 3.000 |
1982 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1983 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3B | 139 | 134 | 1140.7 | 91 | 309 | 14 | 28 | .966 | 3.156 | 2.878 |
1983 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 2B | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 22.500 | 1.667 |
1983 | AL | Chicago White Sox | SS | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1983 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1984 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3B | 137 | 118 | 1063.7 | 79 | 199 | 13 | 24 | .955 | 2.352 | 2.029 |
1984 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 2B | 22 | 16 | 134.0 | 29 | 42 | 2 | 6 | .973 | 4.769 | 3.227 |
1984 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 5 | 3 | 28.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 3.857 | 2.400 |
1984 | AL | Chicago White Sox | SS | 4 | 0 | 10.3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.484 | 1.000 |
1985 | NL | Montreal Expos | 2B | 126 | 120 | 1051.3 | 276 | 367 | 10 | 86 | .985 | 5.504 | 5.103 |
1985 | NL | Montreal Expos | 1B | 20 | 15 | 129.3 | 136 | 12 | 1 | 10 | .993 | 1.299 | 7.400 |
1985 | NL | Montreal Expos | 3B | 11 | 6 | 68.0 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 4.103 | 2.818 |
1985 | NL | Montreal Expos | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1986 | NL | Montreal Expos | 2B | 94 | 87 | 755.3 | 170 | 284 | 3 | 50 | .993 | 5.410 | 4.830 |
1986 | NL | Montreal Expos | 1B | 20 | 7 | 85.3 | 94 | 9 | 1 | 8 | .990 | 1.863 | 5.150 |
1986 | NL | Montreal Expos | 3B | 13 | 1 | 26.7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.725 | 1.077 |
1986 | NL | Montreal Expos | P | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .333 |
1986 | NL | Montreal Expos | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1987 | NL | Montreal Expos | 2B | 106 | 97 | 823.0 | 158 | 276 | 9 | 47 | .980 | 4.746 | 4.094 |
1987 | NL | Montreal Expos | 3B | 22 | 11 | 117.0 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 2.538 | 1.500 |
1987 | NL | Montreal Expos | 1B | 17 | 10 | 101.0 | 89 | 9 | 1 | 5 | .990 | 8.733 | 5.765 |
1987 | NL | Montreal Expos | P | 3 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.700 | .333 |
1988 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 3B | 150 | 149 | 1339.0 | 111 | 272 | 19 | 22 | .953 | 2.574 | 2.553 |
1988 | NL | Chicago Cubs | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 |
1989 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 3B | 119 | 115 | 952.3 | 76 | 168 | 13 | 13 | .949 | 2.306 | 2.050 |
1989 | NL | Chicago Cubs | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1991 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 3B | 67 | 36 | 369.7 | 36 | 62 | 5 | 7 | .951 | 2.386 | 1.463 |
1991 | AL | Oakland Athletics | SS | 3 | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.091 | 1.667 |
1991 | AL | Oakland Athletics | OF | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1991 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 18.000 | 2.000 |
1991 | AL | Oakland Athletics | P | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
Totals | 1279 | 1060 | 9468.0 | 1628 | 2497 | 123 | 383 | .971 | 3.921 | 3.225 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1983 | AL | Chicago White Sox | ALCS | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1989 | NL | Chicago Cubs | NLCS | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 6 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | AL | Chicago White Sox | ALCS | 3B | 4 | 4 | 32.0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 2.813 | 2.500 |
1989 | NL | Chicago Cubs | NLCS | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
Totals | 5 | 4 | 36.0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 2.500 | 2.000 |
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