Vern Stephens

Vernon Decatur Stephens
Born: October 23, 1920
McAlister, NM USA
Deceased: 1968
Long Beach, CA USA
Primary Position: SS
All Position(s) Played: 3B, SS, RF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 185
College: Long Beach City College
Career: 1941-1955
Minor League Statistics

Vern Stephens compiled a career batting average of .286 with 247 home runs and 1174 RBI in his 1720-game career with the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles. He began playing during the 1941 season and last took the field during the 1955 campaign.

St. Louis Browns

Boston Red Sox

Chicago White Sox

Baltimore Orioles

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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
1941	AL	St. Louis Browns	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
1942	AL	St. Louis Browns	145	619	575	84	169	26	6	14	92	1	3	41	53	.294	.341	.433	.774	249	15	0	3	0
1943	AL	St. Louis Browns	137	571	512	75	148	27	3	22	91	3	2	54	73	.289	.357	.482	.839	247	11	0	5	0
1944	AL	St. Louis Browns	145	628	559	91	164	32	1	20	109	2	2	62	54	.293	.365	.462	.826	258	3	1	6	0
1945	AL	St. Louis Browns	149	632	571	90	165	27	3	24	89	2	1	55	70	.289	.352	.473	.825	270	11	1	5	0
1946	AL	St. Louis Browns	115	488	450	67	138	19	4	14	64	0	1	35	49	.307	.357	.460	.817	207	12	0	3	0
1947	AL	St. Louis Browns	150	634	562	74	157	18	4	15	83	8	4	70	61	.279	.359	.406	.765	228	7	0	2	0
1948	AL	Boston Red Sox	155	716	635	114	171	25	8	29	137	1	0	77	56	.269	.350	.471	.821	299	25	2	2	0
1949	AL	Boston Red Sox	155	711	610	113	177	31	2	39	159	2	2	101	73	.290	.391	.539	.930	329	19	0	0	0
1950	AL	Boston Red Sox	149	693	628	125	185	34	6	30	144	1	0	65	43	.295	.361	.511	.872	321	21	0	0	0
1951	AL	Boston Red Sox	109	415	377	62	113	21	2	17	78	1	2	38	33	.300	.364	.501	.865	189	22	0	0	0
1952	AL	Boston Red Sox	92	337	295	35	75	13	2	7	44	2	2	39	31	.254	.343	.383	.726	113	8	1	2	0
1953	AL	Chicago White Sox	44	143	129	14	24	6	0	1	14	2	0	13	18	.186	.261	.256	.516	33	3	0	1	0
1953	AL	St. Louis Browns	46	186	165	16	53	8	0	4	17	0	0	18	24	.321	.388	.442	.830	73	7	0	3	0
1954	AL	Baltimore Orioles	101	393	365	31	104	17	1	8	46	0	3	17	36	.285	.311	.403	.714	147	4	0	4	7
1955	AL	Baltimore Orioles	3	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	1	0	0
1955	AL	Chicago White Sox	22	65	56	10	14	3	0	3	7	0	0	7	11	.250	.328	.464	.792	26	1	0	1	1
Totals			1720	7240	6497	1001	1859	307	42	247	1174	25	22	692	685	.286	.355	.460	.815	2991	169	6	37	8

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1941	AL	St. Louis Browns	SS	1	0	0.0	0	1	1	0	.500		1.000
1942	AL	St. Louis Browns	SS	144	0	0.0	290	415	42	82	.944		4.896
1943	AL	St. Louis Browns	OF	11	0	0.0	20	3	0	0	1.000		2.091
1943	AL	St. Louis Browns	SS	123	0	0.0	220	339	34	51	.943		4.545
1944	AL	St. Louis Browns	SS	143	0	0.0	239	480	35	71	.954		5.028
1945	AL	St. Louis Browns	3B	4	0	0.0	2	11	2	2	.867		3.250
1945	AL	St. Louis Browns	SS	144	0	0.0	256	439	28	69	.961		4.826
1946	AL	St. Louis Browns	SS	112	0	0.0	224	343	30	71	.950		5.063
1947	AL	St. Louis Browns	SS	149	0	0.0	283	494	24	113	.970		5.215
1948	AL	Boston Red Sox	SS	155	0	0.0	269	540	24	113	.971		5.219
1949	AL	Boston Red Sox	SS	155	0	0.0	257	508	27	128	.966		4.935
1950	AL	Boston Red Sox	SS	146	0	0.0	258	431	13	115	.981		4.719
1951	AL	Boston Red Sox	3B	89	0	0.0	105	207	7	19	.978		3.506
1951	AL	Boston Red Sox	SS	2	0	0.0	0	2	0	0	1.000		1.000
1952	AL	Boston Red Sox	3B	29	0	0.0	21	73	5	8	.949		3.241
1952	AL	Boston Red Sox	SS	53	0	0.0	89	154	11	40	.957		4.585
1953	AL	Chicago White Sox	3B	38	0	0.0	30	67	1	7	.990		2.553
1953	AL	St. Louis Browns	3B	46	0	0.0	54	91	7	9	.954		3.152
1953	AL	Chicago White Sox	SS	3	0	0.0	0	4	0	0	1.000		1.333
1954	AL	Baltimore Orioles	3B	96	95	822.0	102	186	10	19	.966	3.153	3.000
1955	AL	Chicago White Sox	3B	18	14	138.0	13	37	0	4	1.000	3.261	2.778
1955	AL	Baltimore Orioles	3B	2	2	11.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.636	1.000
Totals				1663	111	971.0	2732	4827	301	921	.962	7.063	4.545

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
1944	AL	St. Louis Browns	WS	6	25	22	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.227	.320	.273	.593	6	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				6	25	22	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.227	.320	.273	.593	6	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1944	AL	St. Louis Browns	WS	SS	6	6	54.3	9	19	3	4	.903	4.638	4.667
Totals					6	6	54.3	9	19	3	4	.903	4.638	4.667

Awards

1942 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star SS
1944 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star SS
1945 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star SS
1949 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star SS

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