#72 Vern Law, Starting Pitcher, 31 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday, 10/21/1961 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Vern Law
3/12/1930 31 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) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : 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 $ 4,010,000 1962 10 Year(s), 170 Days (1890 total Days) 172 Day(s) 13 Year(s), 9 Days (2245 total Days) 13 Year(s) Out of Option Years
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 2 | 6 | 5 | 91-94 Mph |
Versus LHB | 2 | 6 | 5 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 7 | 6 | |
Talent | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 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 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 6.15 | 136.0 | 159 | 104 | 93 | 72 | 41 | 9 | 50.0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 |
Projected | 18 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 6.15 | 136.0 | 159 | 104 | 93 | 72 | 41 | | | | | |
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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 | 15.3 | 10.5 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 6.06 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 171 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .287 | .369 | .409 | .779 |
vs. RHB | 368 | 110 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 71 | 76 | 46 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .299 | .371 | .500 | .871 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6.55 | 66.0 | 86 | 56 | 48 | 37 | 20 |
Road | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5.79 | 70.0 | 73 | 48 | 45 | 35 | 21 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
May | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 18.0 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
June | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.03 | 34.0 | 35 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 8 |
July | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 16.0 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
August | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.67 | 39.2 | 49 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 12 |
Sept./Oct. | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.53 | 28.1 | 36 | 31 | 30 | 18 | 7 |
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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 |
1955 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 6.57 | 198.2 | 259 | 157 | 145 | 42 | 61 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 1.61 | .310 | PIT |
1956 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 6.02 | 154.0 | 189 | 105 | 103 | 23 | 42 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 1.50 | .301 | PIT |
1957 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13.81 | 14.1 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.51 | .375 | PIT |
1959 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4.86 | 200.0 | 206 | 116 | 108 | 36 | 80 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 1.43 | .263 | PIT |
1960 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7.93 | 47.2 | 72 | 43 | 42 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1.93 | .345 | PIT |
1961 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 6.15 | 136.0 | 159 | 104 | 93 | 24 | 72 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 1.70 | .285 | PIT |
Total | 291 | 283 | 108 | 106 | 0 | 5.38 | 1938.2 | 2314 | 1258 | 1159 | 282 | 615 | 575 | 39 | 6 | 1.51 | .296 | |
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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 |
1956, AAA | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3.70 | 56.0 | 57 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1.30 | .285 |
1957, AAA | 23 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 4.91 | 146.2 | 197 | 98 | 80 | 32 | 44 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 1.64 | .331 |
1958, AAA | 20 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4.35 | 136.2 | 145 | 73 | 66 | 21 | 49 | 72 | 5 | 2 | 1.42 | .284 |
1959, AAA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.20 | .000 |
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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 |
1955 | 30 | 77 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .273 | .481 | PIT |
1956 | 24 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .109 | .138 | .109 | .247 | PIT |
1957 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | PIT |
1959 | 29 | 78 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .177 | .205 | .382 | PIT |
1960 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .333 | .286 | .619 | PIT |
1961 | 18 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .286 | .261 | .547 | PIT |
Total | 291 | 703 | 156 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 66 | 12 | 150 | 2 | 1 | .222 | .238 | .257 | .495 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 18 | 18 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 1.000 | 136.0 | 2.12 | | | | |
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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. 6/29/1956: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $2,560,000 per year, for 3 years. Injured on 5/10/1957 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days... Injured on 7/2/1958 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week... Injured on 8/21/1958 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 7 weeks... 5/31/1959: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,010,000 per year, for 3 years. Injured on 5/14/1960 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5-6 weeks... Injured on 7/3/1960 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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WHIP 1951 - 1.35 - 9th
| Wins 1954 - 19 - 7th
| SHO 1951 - 3 - 3rd
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