#72 Vern Law, Starting Pitcher, 25 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates Monday, 10/2/1955 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Vern Law
3/12/1930 25 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 : 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 $ 2,140,000 1956 7 Year(s), 26 Days (1230 total Days) 172 Day(s) 7 Year(s), 9 Days (1213 total Days) 7 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 8 | 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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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
7/21 | CIN | L 6-15 | * | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | L | | | | |
7/27 | @BRO | L 4-7 | * | 6.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
8/1 | NYN | L 0-5 | * | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | L | | | | |
8/8 | CHN | W 8-5 | * | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | W | | | | |
8/13 | @MIL | L 1-10 | * | 5.2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | L | | | | |
8/26 | SLN | W 4-2 | * | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
9/1 | BRO | W 9-8 | * | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
9/7 | @MIL | L 5-6 | * | 6.1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | L | | | | |
9/19 | PHI | W 7-6 | * | 6.2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
9/22 | @SLN | L 4-7 | * | 6.1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 30 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 6.57 | 198.2 | 259 | 157 | 145 | 61 | 72 | 3 | 10.0 | 0 | 12 | 40.0 |
Projected | 32 | 32 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 6.57 | 208.0 | 272 | 165 | 153 | 64 | 76 | | | | | |
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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 | 14.5 | 11.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 6.31 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 339 | 112 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 50 | 56 | 35 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .330 | .385 | .525 | .910 |
vs. RHB | 474 | 147 | 30 | 2 | 26 | 91 | 101 | 26 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .310 | .339 | .546 | .885 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5.97 | 110.0 | 130 | 81 | 73 | 28 | 42 |
Road | 14 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 7.31 | 88.2 | 129 | 76 | 72 | 33 | 30 |
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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.23 | 39.0 | 37 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 15 |
May | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.81 | 38.1 | 51 | 32 | 29 | 15 | 8 |
June | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7.51 | 38.1 | 51 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 14 |
July | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.24 | 25.0 | 51 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 13 |
August | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.13 | 32.2 | 33 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 8 |
Sept./Oct. | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.46 | 25.1 | 36 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 14 |
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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 |
Total | 201 | 201 | 78 | 73 | 0 | 5.13 | 1386.2 | 1663 | 868 | 791 | 184 | 390 | 389 | 21 | 6 | 1.48 | .299 | |
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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 |
1955 | 31 | 77 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .273 | .481 | PIT |
Total | 202 | 506 | 121 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 49 | 6 | 100 | 2 | 1 | .239 | .251 | .283 | .534 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 30 | 30 | 10 | 31 | 3 | 43 | 2 | .953 | 198.2 | 1.95 | | | | |
Shortstop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.2 | 3.38 | | | | |
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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
| Wins 1954 - 19 - 7th
| SHO 1951 - 3 - 3rd
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