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Vern
Law		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: March 12, 1930 in Usa, ID, MERIDIAN
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 20 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 3 4 3 8 9 8 6 7 7
1951 21 BSN NL   8 3 4 3 8 9 8 7 7 7
1952 22 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 3 4 3 7 8 7 7 7 7
1953 23 SDP NL $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 4
1954 24 SDP NL $ 300,000 7 3 4 3 8 8 8 4 5 5
1955 25 SDP NL $ 300,000 6 3 4 4 7 8 7 4 5 4
1956 26 CLE AL   6 3 3 3 7 8 7 4 5 5
1957 27 CLE AL   6 2 3 3 7 8 8 5 5 5
1958 28 CLE AL   6 2 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 5
1959 29 CLE AL   6 2 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 5
1960 30 CLE AL   6 2 3 3 7 8 8 4 4 4
1961 31 CLE AL   6 2 3 3 7 8 8 3 3 3
1962 32 CLE AL   7 2 3 3 7 8 8 3 3 3
1963 33 CLE AL   7 2 3 3 7 8 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 2 3 3 7 8 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 8 3 4 4 8 9 8 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 20 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1951 21 BSN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1952 22 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1953 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1954 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1955 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1956 26 CLE AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1957 27 CLE AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1958 28 CLE AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1959 29 CLE AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1960 30 CLE AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1961 31 CLE AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1962 32 CLE AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1963 33 CLE AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1950 20 BSN NL 0 2 .000 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 15 9 2 9 3 4.76 .242 .329 .403 .732 0.6
    AAA   15 4 .789 26 26 5 1 0 189.3 186 74 16 56 86 3.52 .259 .313 .380 .693  
1951 21 AAA   13 8 .619 30 30 1 0 0 205.7 254 106 14 37 112 4.64 .300 .330 .428 .757  
1952 22 SDP NL 11 17 .393 40 38 16 2 0 301.3 303 119 35 93 82 3.55 .262 .317 .394 .711 19.6
1953 23 SDP NL 2 13 .133 21 21 0 0 0 146.7 163 76 22 68 46 4.66 .281 .357 .447 .804 3.8
    AAA   6 5 .545 15 15 2 1 0 102.0 101 46 16 31 55 4.06 .253 .306 .430 .736  
1954 24 SDP NL 0 5 .000 5 5 0 0 0 31.7 44 30 7 13 14 8.53 .331 .388 .571 .959 0.0
    AAA   3 3 .500 6 6 0 0 0 39.7 51 26 7 11 15 5.90 .307 .350 .512 .862  
    AA   12 7 .632 24 24 6 2 0 192.3 149 47 15 42 129 2.20 .213 .257 .311 .569  
1955 25 SDP NL 2 1 .667 8 0 0 0 0 8.7 6 1 0 5 3 1.04 .207 .324 .207 .530 1.8
    AAA   4 6 .400 12 12 0 0 0 87.7 85 27 10 26 52 2.77 .257 .311 .411 .722  
1956 26 AAA   5 1 .833 56 0 0 0 10 52.3 53 20 4 18 27 3.44 .260 .320 .368 .687  
    AA   2 0 1.000 20 0 0 0 6 17.3 14 4 2 0 15 2.08 .233 .233 .367 .600  
1957 27 AAA   2 0 1.000 21 0 0 0 0 38.3 48 15 4 8 20 3.52 .310 .344 .445 .789  
    AA   0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.7 6 1 0 3 7 1.59 .273 .360 .318 .678  
1958 28 AA   0 2 .000 36 0 0 0 1 59.3 61 21 7 12 56 3.19 .262 .298 .408 .706  
1959 29 AAA   5 3 .625 33 3 0 0 2 78.0 81 34 9 13 50 3.92 .269 .299 .409 .708  
1960 30 AAA   0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 8.3 6 0 0 6 8 0.00 .200 .333 .300 .633  
1961 31 AAA   3 1 .750 51 0 0 0 1 88.7 104 44 16 27 63 4.47 .287 .336 .471 .807  
1962 32 AAA   4 1 .800 29 0 0 0 3 50.3 43 17 6 15 31 3.04 .226 .283 .363 .646  
1963 33 AAA   0 0 .000 17 0 0 0 0 26.3 33 18 6 10 20 6.15 .303 .361 .514 .875  
5 Years Sim 15 38 .283 76 66 18 2 0 505.3 531 235 66 188 148 4.19 .271 .334 .419 .753 25.7
12 Years AAA 60 32 .652 300 92 8 2 16 966.6 1045 427 108 258 539 3.98 .274 .320 .420 .740  
4 Years AA 14 9 .609 84 24 6 2 7 274.7 230 73 24 57 207 2.39 .227 .268 .337 .605  
16 Years Minors 74 41 .643 384 116 14 4 23 1241.3 1275 500 132 315 746 3.63 .264 .309 .402 .711  
Season Average 3 7 .300 15 13 3 0 0 101.1 106 47 13 37 29 4.19 .271 .334 .419 .753  
Career Highs 11 17 .667 40 38 16 2 0 301.3 303 119 35 93 82 8.53 .331 .388 .571 .959  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   303 137 34 95 92   .274 .332 .424 .756
vs LH   228 98 32 93 56   .267 .339 .412 .751
Home 8 20 .286 39 33 10 2 0 262.0 278 114 25 87 70 3.92 .276 .334 .401 .735
Away 7 18 .280 37 33 8 0 0 243.3 253 121 41 101 78 4.48 .265 .336 .439 .774
Mar/Apr 2 2 .500 6 6 1 0 0 42.7 53 28 11 16 12 5.91 .308 .367 .547 .914
May 2 3 .400 7 7 2 0 0 50.0 56 20 4 19 12 3.60 .290 .354 .389 .742
June 2 4 .333 11 7 3 0 0 60.7 65 24 5 14 13 3.56 .278 .319 .372 .690
July 5 6 .455 17 13 3 0 0 101.0 99 46 12 44 28 4.10 .254 .329 .395 .724
August 2 8 .200 14 14 2 0 0 104.3 109 46 15 36 33 3.97 .267 .327 .434 .760
Sep/Oct 2 15 .118 21 19 7 2 0 146.7 149 71 19 59 50 4.36 .265 .335 .416 .751
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1950 20 BSN NL 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1952 22 SDP NL 40 104 6 20 0 0 1 10 0 0 1 28 .192 .198 .221 .419 3.8 0.0
1953 23 SDP NL 21 42 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 17 .167 .205 .167 .371 0.9 0.0
1954 24 SDP NL 5 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0
1956 26 AAA   3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
4 Years Sim 68 162 7 28 0 0 1 13 0 0 3 50 .173 .187 .191 .378 3.8 0.0
1 Years AAA 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
162 Game Average 385 16 66 0 0 2 30 0 0 7 119 .173 .187 .191 .378 9.1  
Career Highs 40 104 6 20 0 0 1 10 0 0 2 28 .192 .205 .221 .419 3.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   80 2 16 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 22 .200 .210 .200 .410 2.2
vs LH   82 5 12 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 28 .146 .165 .183 .348 0.9
Home 34 73 2 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 22 .137 .147 .178 .325 0.2
Away 34 89 5 18 0 0 0 9 0 0 2 28 .202 .220 .202 .422 2.9
RISP   54 0 9 0 0 0 12 0 0 2 19 .167 .193 .167 .360 0.9
Close/Late   17 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .294 .294 .294 .588 1.3
Mar/Apr 6 15 3 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .200 .235 .400 .635 1.6
May 7 17 1 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .353 .353 .353 .706 1.9
June 7 19 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .263 .263 .263 .526 1.2
July 13 29 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 14 .034 .067 .034 .101 -1.8
August 14 35 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .200 .222 .200 .422 1.2
Sep/Oct 21 47 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 .128 .128 .128 .255 -0.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1950 20 BSN NL P 2 2 17.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.18    
1952 22 SDP NL P 40 38 301.3 22 69 1 3 .989 2.72    
1953 23 SDP NL P 21 21 146.7 14 36 3 3 .943 3.07    
1954 24 SDP NL P 5 5 31.7 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.27    
1955 25 SDP NL P 8 0 8.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.08    
Career Totals   76 66 505.3 39 118 4 7 .975 2.80    
Career Highs   40 38 301.3 22 69 3 3 1.000 3.18    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1952-6-17
 Complete Games
1952-5-16
 Shutouts
1952-8-2
 Hits Allowed
1952-9-303
 Homeruns Allowed
1952-8-35
 Walks per 9IP
1952-10-2.8
WHiP
1952-8-1.31
 OOBP
1952-8-.317
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Gary Beare (966)
  5. Burt Hooton (965)
  6. Bill Gullickson (962)
  7. Mike Ryba (958)
  8. Paul Moskau (957)
  9. Kevin Tapani (955)
  10. Craig McMurtry (955)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1950
Injured on 6/9/1950 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/15/1950 with a Bruised Finger, out for 5 days
Traded from Boston (N) to San Diego on 2/1/1952 (Going to SDP: P Vern Law. Going to BSN: RF Larry Doby, P Stubby Overmire, P Dick Conger, 3B Bob Dillinger, 2B Ray Boone)
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/4/1952, off Roger Bowman (MON)
Earned first career win on 4/4/1952
Injured on 5/9/1953 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 7/14/1955 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season
Traded from San Diego to Cleveland on 7/31/1956 (Going to SDP: P Marion Fricano. Going to CLE: P Vern Law)
Injured on 3/4/1960 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
 
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