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Vance
Law		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: October 1, 1956 in Usa, ID, BOISE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1984   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1980 23 CLN NL     4 4 4 4 3 3 7 6 7 6 5 5 7 6 6
1981 24 CLN NL     5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 7
1982 25 SDP NL     5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1983 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1984 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 7
1985 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 7 5 4 5 7 6 7
1986 29 SDP NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 7 5 4 4 7 6 6
1987 30 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 8 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 6
1988 31 SDP NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 8 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 5
1989 32 SDP NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 4 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 4 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 7 6 5 5 7 7 7
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
1980 23 AA   137 546 70 148 35 1 20 72 8 8 69 63 .271 .353 .449 .802 85.2  
1981 24 AA   136 525 67 159 40 6 15 87 8 4 62 61 .303 .376 .488 .864 91.7  
1982 25 AAA   137 489 49 130 25 1 10 74 6 4 46 68 .266 .329 .382 .711 61.4  
1983 26 SDP NL 138 413 35 89 15 3 7 38 1 1 21 50 .215 .254 .317 .571 30.7 2.3
1984 27 SDP NL 142 472 48 103 24 1 7 55 2 4 28 80 .218 .260 .318 .578 35.4 2.0
1985 28 SDP NL 23 35 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 5 .229 .250 .286 .536 1.6 0.0
    AAA   84 317 44 79 19 0 13 50 6 0 36 45 .249 .326 .432 .758 46.4  
1986 29 AAA   137 509 51 132 29 4 10 65 2 5 37 82 .259 .310 .391 .700 59.1  
1987 30 SDP NL 71 97 18 26 9 2 0 17 1 0 7 19 .268 .317 .402 .719 10.7 1.9
1988 31 AAA   137 493 54 117 37 1 16 79 10 3 42 92 .237 .297 .414 .711 61.2  
1989 32 AAA   137 526 59 110 27 3 18 61 5 1 43 114 .209 .269 .375 .643 54.7  
4 Years Sim 374 1017 101 226 50 6 14 112 4 6 57 154 .222 .263 .324 .587 78.3 6.1
5 Years AAA 632 2334 257 568 137 9 67 329 29 13 204 401 .243 .304 .396 .700 282.9  
2 Years AA 273 1071 137 307 75 7 35 159 16 12 131 124 .287 .364 .468 .832 176.9  
7 Years Minors 905 3405 394 875 212 16 102 488 45 25 335 525 .257 .324 .419 .742 459.8  
162 Game Average 440 43 97 21 2 6 48 1 2 24 66 .222 .263 .324 .587 33.9  
Career Highs 142 472 48 103 24 3 7 55 2 4 28 80 .268 .317 .402 .719 35.4  
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   777 70 163 39 3 10 87 4 6 44 128 .210 .251 .306 .557 55.9
vs LH   240 31 63 11 3 4 25 0 0 13 26 .263 .303 .383 .686 26.7
Home 181 478 46 106 20 2 5 48 1 3 25 80 .222 .259 .303 .562 35.2
Away 193 539 55 120 30 4 9 64 3 3 32 74 .223 .267 .343 .610 47.5
RISP   251 0 56 10 3 2 84 0 0 18 37 .223 .270 .311 .581 21.1
Pinch Hitting   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Close/Late   118 18 38 7 2 4 24 0 0 9 15 .322 .370 .517 .887 20.8
Mar/Apr 62 167 14 35 8 1 1 9 1 3 16 24 .210 .279 .287 .566 12.7
May 91 239 23 52 12 1 2 21 1 0 12 26 .218 .254 .301 .555 17.4
June 51 143 17 33 12 1 4 23 0 1 5 18 .231 .255 .413 .668 14.3
July 59 159 17 36 6 3 3 17 0 0 8 36 .226 .262 .358 .620 14.7
August 58 155 16 34 4 0 2 19 1 1 6 21 .219 .245 .284 .529 10.0
Sep/Oct 53 154 14 36 8 0 2 23 1 1 10 29 .234 .285 .325 .610 13.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1983 26 SDP NL 2B 119 117 962.0 259 498 10 136 .987 7.08   6.1
    1B 14 2 37.0 43 6 1 4 .980 11.92   0.1
    SS 11 3 36.0 9 13 0 3 1.000 5.50   0.1
    LF 6 3 28.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.1
    3B 3 1 11.7 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1984 27 SDP NL 2B 124 123 1057.0 284 484 4 108 .995 6.54   6.2
    SS 18 17 144.7 18 58 1 13 .987 4.73   0.5
1985 28 SDP NL 2B 12 6 55.3 16 29 0 9 1.000 7.32   0.4
    3B 4 3 22.0 3 3 1 1 .857 2.45   0.0
    SS 5 1 21.0 4 10 0 2 1.000 6.00   0.2
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
1987 30 SDP NL SS 52 13 192.7 32 82 0 16 1.000 5.33   1.3
    2B 7 3 31.7 9 19 1 4 .966 7.96   0.2
    3B 8 2 28.0 1 10 1 2 .917 3.54   0.2
    1B 1 1 9.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  2B 262 249 2106.0 568 1030 15 257 .991 6.83   12.8
  SS 86 34 394.3 63 163 1 34 .996 5.16   2.1
  3B 15 6 61.7 4 18 2 3 .917 3.21   0.3
  1B 17 3 49.0 61 7 1 4 .986 12.49   0.1
  LF 6 3 28.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.1
  RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   388 295 2643.0 703 1218 19 298 .990 6.54   15.4
Career Highs   154 140 1201.7 317 542 11 143 .994 7.01    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1987 30 SDP NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Tim Hulett (985)
  2. Joe Chamberlain (980)
  3. Joe Demaestri (971)
  4. Dick Green (967)
  5. Mariano Duncan (964)
  6. Luis Aguayo (961)
  7. Babe Barna (960)
  8. Mike Champion (959)
  9. Don Hoak (957)
  10. Charlie English (955)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1980
Injured on 6/2/1981 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 4 days
Traded from Cleveland (N) to San Diego on 3/4/1982 (Going to SDP: P Ed Lynch, 3B Vance Law, P Alejandro Pena, 1B Daryl Sconiers. Going to CLN: 3B Steve Braun, CF Ken Griffey sr.)
Had first career hit on 4/6/1983, off Dave Ford (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/1983, off Ed Halicki (KCR)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Minnesota on 6/9/1983
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1984
Injured on 8/15/1985 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 3 days
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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