#63 Vern Bickford, Reliever, 36 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday, 10/5/1956 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Vern Bickford
8/17/1920 36 USA,KY,HELLIER 6"0 195
Reliever R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 2 / 6 (Fair) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 3.5 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 $ 3,260,002 1956 $ 2,560,000 (2 year(s)) 8 Year(s), 113 Days (1489 total Days) 172 Day(s) 9 Year(s), 53 Days (1601 total Days) 9 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 4 | 5 | 6 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
Versus RHB | 5 | 5 | 6 | |
Talent | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 53 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus RHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), 1.000 (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 | 47 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4.32 | 58.1 | 53 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 49 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4.32 | 61.0 | 56 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | | | | | |
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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 |
| 12 | 4 | 60.0 | 47 | 21 | 12.7 | 8.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 13 | 3 | 23.1 | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 4.71 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 96 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .219 | .369 | .396 | .765 |
vs. RHB | 119 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .296 | .521 | .817 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.13 | 32.2 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 |
Road | 22 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4.56 | 25.2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
May | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 10.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
June | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.82 | 9.1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
July | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5.06 | 10.2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
August | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.80 | 15.0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 |
Sept./Oct. | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.79 | 11.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1948 | 42 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5.08 | 250.0 | 304 | 141 | 141 | 24 | 120 | 155 | 17 | 2 | 1.70 | .000 | BSN |
1949 | 42 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4.43 | 250.0 | 264 | 123 | 123 | 21 | 105 | 182 | 17 | 2 | 1.48 | .000 | BSN |
1950 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 17.1 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.96 | .419 | BSN |
1951 | 65 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4.34 | 56.0 | 56 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.57 | .282 | BSN |
1952 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3.78 | 47.2 | 38 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.34 | .221 | BSN |
1953 | 67 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 4.30 | 69.0 | 69 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 31 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1.45 | .266 | BSN |
1954 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.93 | 50.1 | 45 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.39 | .258 | MIL |
1955 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.87 | 36.2 | 53 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.85 | .370 | PIT |
1956 | 47 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4.32 | 58.1 | 53 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.39 | .233 | PIT |
Total | 419 | 70 | 54 | 38 | 45 | 4.69 | 835.1 | 908 | 443 | 435 | 85 | 390 | 491 | 34 | 4 | 1.55 | 1.179 | |
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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 |
1950, AAA | 56 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4.24 | 46.2 | 52 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1.48 | .389 |
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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 |
1950 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 8.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1948 | 33 | 250 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 0 | .168 | .190 | .180 | .370 | BSN |
1949 | 37 | 250 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 0 | .168 | .190 | .180 | .370 | BSN |
1950 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BSN |
1951 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BSN |
1952 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BSN |
1953 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BSN |
1954 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | MIL |
1955 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PIT |
1956 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .800 | 1.000 | PIT |
Total | 405 | 515 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 33 | 15 | 118 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .190 | .184 | .374 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 47 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | 58.1 | 2.16 | | | | |
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Awards Won World Championship with Boston (N) in 1951... Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/9/1955 to a 2-year deal worth $3,260,002 per year... 6/29/1956: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $2,560,000 per year, for 2 years. Hit first career homerun on 7/31/1956, off Bill Henry (BRO)...
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