#72 Vern Law, Starting Pitcher, 24 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday, 10/5/1954 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Vern Law
3/12/1930 24 USA,ID,MERIDIAN 6"2 195
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Minimal None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Extension : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1954 $ 2,140,000 (2 year(s)) 6 Year(s), 26 Days (1058 total Days) 172 Day(s) 6 Year(s), 9 Days (1041 total Days) 6 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 9 | 6 | 91-94 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 8 | 6 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 9 | 6 | |
Talent | 3 | 8 | 5 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 46 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Versus RHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 4 (Range), .976 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 36 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 5.11 | 250.0 | 311 | 163 | 142 | 62 | 69 | 2 | 5.6 | 1 | 16 | 44.4 |
Projected | 36 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 5.11 | 250.0 | 311 | 163 | 142 | 62 | 69 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 11.2 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 24 | 7 | 29.2 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.91 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 500 | 163 | 30 | 3 | 16 | 78 | 83 | 35 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .326 | .364 | .494 | .858 |
vs. RHB | 515 | 148 | 23 | 2 | 14 | 74 | 80 | 27 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .287 | .310 | .421 | .732 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 17 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 5.19 | 119.2 | 148 | 79 | 69 | 32 | 31 |
Road | 19 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5.04 | 130.1 | 163 | 84 | 73 | 30 | 38 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.25 | 36.0 | 42 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 9 |
May | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.08 | 46.1 | 60 | 33 | 21 | 14 | 13 |
June | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.66 | 35.0 | 43 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 11 |
July | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5.80 | 49.2 | 61 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 12 |
August | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8.29 | 42.1 | 69 | 39 | 39 | 9 | 13 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.43 | 40.2 | 36 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1950 | 34 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 | 234.0 | 291 | 143 | 130 | 22 | 66 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 1.53 | .315 | PIT |
1951 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 4.11 | 238.2 | 254 | 120 | 109 | 23 | 68 | 61 | 5 | 3 | 1.35 | .277 | PIT |
1952 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 5.11 | 227.1 | 259 | 137 | 129 | 32 | 68 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 1.44 | .282 | PIT |
1953 | 35 | 35 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 5.14 | 238.0 | 289 | 148 | 136 | 35 | 65 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 1.49 | .302 | PIT |
1954 | 36 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 5.11 | 250.0 | 311 | 163 | 142 | 30 | 62 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 1.49 | .307 | PIT |
Total | 171 | 171 | 71 | 61 | 0 | 4.89 | 1188.0 | 1404 | 711 | 646 | 142 | 329 | 317 | 18 | 6 | 1.46 | .297 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1950 | 34 | 83 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .301 | .306 | .337 | .643 | PIT |
1951 | 33 | 79 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .228 | .235 | .291 | .526 | PIT |
1952 | 33 | 85 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .279 | .306 | .585 | PIT |
1953 | 35 | 86 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .202 | .221 | .423 | PIT |
1954 | 36 | 96 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .273 | .271 | .544 | PIT |
Total | 171 | 429 | 105 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 42 | 6 | 85 | 2 | 1 | .245 | .259 | .284 | .543 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 36 | 36 | 13 | 40 | 3 | 55 | 2 | .964 | 250.0 | 1.98 | | | | |
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Awards Won Newcomer of the Year Award in 1950, going 13-15, 5.00 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1951, going 4-2, 3.02... Milestones Earned first career win on 4/4/1950... Had first career hit on 4/16/1950, off Carl Erskine (BRO)... Hit first career homerun on 6/15/1953, off Erv Palica (BRO)... 7/17/1954: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $2,140,000 per year, for 2 years.
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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WHIP 1951 - 1.35 - 9th
| SHO 1951 - 3 - 3rd
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