Vern Law
Vernon Sanders Law
Born: March 12, 1930
Meridian, ID USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, RF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 195
Career: 1950-1967
Minor League Statistics
Vern Law compiled a career record of 162 wins and 147 losses in his 516-game career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He began playing during the 1950 season and last took the field during the 1967 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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1950 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.92 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 128.0 | 137 | 83 | 70 | 11 | 49 | 0 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 562 |
1951 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.50 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 114.0 | 109 | 66 | 57 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 499 |
1954 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 9 | 13 | .409 | 5.51 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 161.7 | 201 | 109 | 99 | 20 | 56 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 728 |
1955 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.81 | 43 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 200.7 | 221 | 98 | 85 | 19 | 61 | 7 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 865 |
1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 16 | .333 | 4.32 | 39 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 195.7 | 218 | 110 | 94 | 24 | 49 | 10 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 851 |
1957 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.87 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 172.7 | 172 | 72 | 55 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 716 |
1958 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 14 | 12 | .538 | 3.96 | 35 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 202.3 | 235 | 103 | 89 | 16 | 39 | 5 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 854 |
1959 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 18 | 9 | .667 | 2.98 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 266.0 | 245 | 91 | 88 | 25 | 53 | 11 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1080 |
1960 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 20 | 9 | .690 | 3.08 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 271.7 | 266 | 104 | 93 | 25 | 40 | 8 | 120 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1091 |
1961 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.70 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.3 | 72 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 258 |
1962 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.94 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 139.3 | 156 | 67 | 61 | 21 | 27 | 4 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 596 |
1963 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.93 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 76.7 | 91 | 45 | 42 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 325 |
1964 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.61 | 35 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 192.0 | 203 | 85 | 77 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 795 |
1965 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 17 | 9 | .654 | 2.15 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 217.3 | 182 | 66 | 52 | 17 | 35 | 2 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 847 |
1966 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | 8 | .600 | 4.05 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 177.7 | 203 | 85 | 80 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 88 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 737 |
1967 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.18 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 122 | 57 | 45 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 427 |
Totals | 162 | 147 | .524 | 3.77 | 483 | 364 | 77 | 119 | 28 | 13 | 2672.0 | 2833 | 1274 | 1118 | 268 | 597 | 74 | 1092 | 40 | 3 | 39 | 11231 |
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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1950 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 27 | 44 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .073 | .136 | .122 | .258 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 28 | 38 | 32 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .344 | .400 | .563 | .963 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 50 | 64 | 52 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .231 | .310 | .385 | .695 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 44 | 69 | 63 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .254 | .299 | .349 | .648 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 39 | 65 | 57 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .175 | .226 | .246 | .471 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
1957 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 69 | 63 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .190 | .215 | .238 | .453 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1958 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 36 | 80 | 62 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .194 | .288 | .371 | .659 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
1959 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 38 | 106 | 96 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .167 | .192 | .219 | .411 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1960 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 104 | 94 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .181 | .196 | .309 | .504 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
1961 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 11 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .263 | .318 | .316 | .634 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
1962 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 23 | 55 | 45 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .311 | .313 | .444 | .757 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
1963 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 21 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 | .217 | .217 | .435 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1964 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 36 | 70 | 61 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .311 | .354 | .410 | .764 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1965 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 86 | 82 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .244 | .244 | .280 | .524 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1966 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 73 | 66 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .242 | .275 | .333 | .609 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1967 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 26 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .111 | .143 | .185 | .328 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 516 | 1000 | 883 | 96 | 191 | 35 | 7 | 11 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 179 | .216 | .254 | .309 | .563 | 273 | 24 | 6 | 63 | 7 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1950 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .741 | |
1951 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .926 | .893 | |
1954 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 39 | 18 | 161.7 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.893 | .872 |
1954 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 |
1955 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 43 | 24 | 200.7 | 14 | 35 | 4 | 3 | .925 | 2.198 | 1.140 |
1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 39 | 32 | 195.7 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.978 | 1.103 |
1957 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 31 | 25 | 173.7 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .947 | 1.866 | 1.161 |
1958 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 35 | 29 | 202.3 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.091 | 1.343 |
1959 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 34 | 33 | 266.0 | 20 | 47 | 1 | 5 | .985 | 2.267 | 1.971 |
1960 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 35 | 35 | 271.7 | 28 | 50 | 2 | 6 | .975 | 2.584 | 2.229 |
1961 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 11 | 10 | 59.3 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.034 | 1.818 |
1962 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 23 | 20 | 139.3 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .944 | 2.196 | 1.478 |
1963 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 18 | 12 | 76.7 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.935 | 1.389 |
1964 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 35 | 29 | 192.0 | 16 | 36 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 2.437 | 1.486 |
1965 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 29 | 28 | 217.3 | 29 | 36 | 1 | 2 | .985 | 2.692 | 2.241 |
1966 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 31 | 28 | 177.7 | 11 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.381 | 1.516 |
1967 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 25 | 10 | 97.0 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 2.134 | .920 |
Totals | 484 | 334 | 2432.0 | 213 | 453 | 19 | 41 | .972 | 2.465 | 1.376 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | 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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1960 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | WS | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77 |
Totals | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77 |
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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1960 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | WS | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .500 | .929 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .500 | .929 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1960 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | WS | P | 3 | 3 | 18.3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.945 | 2.000 |
Totals | 3 | 3 | 18.3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.945 | 2.000 |
Awards
1960 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
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