Vern
Stephens
 
Nickname: Buster
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 190
 
Born: October 23, 1920 in Usa, NM, MCALISTER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1950    1952    1954   
All-Star Selections 1945    1946    1948    1950    1951    1954   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 20 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 8 8 8
1942 21 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 8 8 8
1943 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1944 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1945 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 9 8 8
1946 25 CIN NL $ 3,464,286   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1947 26 CIN NL $ 4,300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1948 27 CIN NL $ 4,300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1949 28 CIN NL $ 4,300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 9 8 8
1950 29 SEM AL $ 4,300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1951 30 SEM AL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 9 8 8
1952 31 SEM AL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1953 32 SEM AL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1954 33 SEM AL $ 6,000,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1955 34 SDP NL $ 6,380,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 6 5 5
1956 35 DET AL $ 6,380,000   5 5 5 2 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1957 36 DET AL $ 500,000   4 4 4 2 1 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 1 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,380,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 9 8 8
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
1941 20 CIN NL 55 180 13 49 7 1 4 27 0 0 13 25 .272 .318 .389 .707 21.3 2.7
    AAA   104 385 70 110 19 2 24 91 4 3 51 42 .286 .369 .532 .902 73.5  
1942 21 CIN NL 75 246 35 65 9 1 8 38 0 0 22 29 .264 .320 .407 .726 31.7 4.9
    AAA   81 296 62 86 14 1 12 43 3 4 42 35 .291 .379 .466 .845 51.3  
1943 22 CIN NL 138 496 61 159 20 0 11 74 0 0 41 50 .321 .370 .427 .798 73.5 13.3
1944 23 CIN NL 149 543 82 154 28 4 18 98 0 0 54 37 .284 .344 .449 .793 78.9 13.9
1945 24 CIN NL 152 567 84 172 17 5 24 110 0 0 67 47 .303 .373 .478 .851 91.7 18.1
1946 25 CIN NL 149 544 74 173 19 4 14 90 0 0 62 46 .318 .385 .445 .830 87.4 14.8
1947 26 CIN NL 101 371 61 100 16 1 15 70 0 0 46 34 .270 .348 .439 .787 55.4 8.5
1948 27 CIN NL 150 566 88 176 25 4 22 95 0 0 51 66 .311 .365 .486 .851 92.5 16.4
1949 28 CIN NL 157 605 101 176 25 3 24 91 0 0 61 57 .291 .354 .461 .815 93.5 15.8
1950 29 SEM AL 153 608 84 187 33 3 15 85 0 0 78 52 .308 .384 .446 .830 95.5 15.9
1951 30 SEM AL 155 619 99 219 46 4 21 129 0 0 56 44 .354 .404 .543 .947 117.9 24.9
1952 31 SEM AL 151 578 87 173 33 5 18 93 1 0 66 50 .299 .371 .467 .838 92.0 16.3
1953 32 SEM AL 152 555 83 164 35 4 14 76 0 0 74 67 .295 .377 .449 .825 90.3 17.9
1954 33 SEM AL 155 633 116 173 34 4 20 89 0 0 60 72 .273 .336 .434 .770 89.7 15.7
1955 34 SEM AL 52 204 26 58 12 2 3 24 0 0 16 29 .284 .336 .407 .743 25.8 3.5
  SDP NL 92 279 32 77 13 1 6 36 0 0 27 41 .276 .340 .394 .734 35.4 5.6
  TOT   144 483 58 135 25 3 9 60 0 0 43 70 .280 .338 .400 .738 61.2 9.1
1956 35 DET AL 48 104 7 18 3 0 0 4 0 0 9 35 .173 .239 .202 .441 2.9 0.0
1957 36 DET AL 78 230 18 49 7 1 0 8 0 0 23 65 .213 .281 .252 .533 16.9 0.2
    AAA   53 196 15 41 7 0 1 19 0 1 15 32 .209 .265 .260 .526 12.9  
17 Years Sim 2162 7928 1151 2342 382 47 237 1237 1 0 826 846 .295 .360 .445 .805 1192.2 208.3
3 Years AAA 238 877 147 237 40 3 37 153 7 8 108 109 .270 .344 .449 .794 137.7  
162 Game Average 594 86 175 28 3 17 92 0 0 61 63 .295 .360 .445 .805 89.3  
Career Highs 157 633 116 219 46 5 24 129 1 0 78 72 .354 .404 .543 .947 117.9  
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   4871 694 1389 228 28 132 737 1 0 501 541 .285 .349 .425 .774 720.1
vs LH   3057 457 953 154 19 105 500 0 0 325 305 .312 .376 .478 .853 527.9
Home 1084 3901 561 1169 188 25 117 622 1 0 379 396 .300 .359 .451 .810 616.1
Away 1078 4027 590 1173 194 22 120 615 0 0 447 450 .291 .360 .440 .800 631.9
RISP   2045 0 622 84 9 69 942 0 0 263 234 .304 .374 .455 .830 352.0
Pinch Hitting   73 14 25 2 0 1 11 0 0 6 9 .342 .392 .411 .803 11.3
Close/Late   815 105 227 26 3 24 111 0 0 100 73 .279 .356 .406 .762 121.0
Mar/Apr 341 1259 204 375 68 5 39 201 0 0 151 162 .298 .370 .453 .823 208.3
May 357 1353 202 396 54 6 38 197 0 0 125 147 .293 .351 .426 .777 199.5
June 343 1242 159 344 54 9 36 197 0 0 143 122 .277 .348 .422 .770 185.0
July 341 1231 184 377 64 7 32 179 0 0 117 116 .306 .364 .448 .812 194.2
August 394 1423 189 411 75 13 38 208 1 0 141 148 .289 .351 .440 .791 215.7
Sep/Oct 386 1420 213 439 67 7 54 255 0 0 149 151 .309 .373 .480 .853 245.3
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
1941 20 CIN NL SS 52 49 431.0 68 183 13 42 .951 5.24   2.4
1942 21 CIN NL SS 75 72 604.7 99 248 16 41 .956 5.16   2.7
1943 22 CIN NL SS 131 124 1112.7 145 431 23 72 .962 4.66   4.0
1944 23 CIN NL SS 147 139 1256.3 202 538 26 91 .966 5.30   7.1
    3B 1 0 8.0 0 1 2 0 .333 1.13   0.0
1945 24 CIN NL SS 150 146 1311.0 240 561 37 129 .956 5.50   6.5
1946 25 CIN NL SS 148 139 1267.0 198 509 18 102 .975 5.02   7.6
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1947 26 CIN NL SS 101 95 867.0 137 359 25 65 .952 5.15   4.3
1948 27 CIN NL SS 147 145 1284.0 245 544 32 110 .961 5.53   5.7
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1949 28 CIN NL 3B 152 146 1294.7 89 303 14 29 .966 2.73   3.0
    SS 4 0 9.0 1 2 1 1 .750 3.00   0.0
1950 29 SEM AL SS 151 149 1342.3 232 649 25 118 .972 5.91   9.7
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1951 30 SEM AL SS 154 151 1349.7 224 625 33 129 .963 5.66   6.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1952 31 SEM AL 3B 148 144 1307.7 90 401 16 28 .968 3.38   5.5
    SS 3 0 3.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1953 32 SEM AL 3B 148 144 1279.3 77 343 14 21 .968 2.95   4.4
    SS 3 2 19.0 1 10 0 2 1.000 5.21   0.1
    2B 1 0 8.7 0 6 0 1 1.000 6.24   0.0
1954 33 SEM AL 3B 152 149 1335.7 93 358 10 36 .978 3.04   6.4
    SS 2 0 4.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
1955 34 SEM AL SS 34 32 303.9 38 123 5 22 .970 4.77   1.4
    3B 18 18 186.6 14 59 2 3 .973 3.52   0.6
  SDP NL SS 59 57 422.4 53 172 7 31 .970 4.79   0.8
    3B 32 32 259.4 19 81 3 5 .971 3.47   2.2
  TOT   SS 93 89 726.3 91 295 12 53 .970 4.78   2.3
      3B 50 50 446.0 33 140 5 8 .972 3.49   2.8
1956 35 DET AL SS 28 22 194.7 37 98 4 20 .971 6.24   0.6
    3B 3 2 16.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
1957 36 DET AL SS 76 76 619.7 95 250 19 45 .948 5.01   1.4
    3B 1 0 3.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
  SS 1465 1398 12401.6 2015 5306 284 1020 .963 5.31   60.4
  3B 659 636 5707.6 382 1552 61 122 .969 3.05   22.1
  2B 1 0 8.7 0 6 0 1 1.000 6.24   0.0
Career Totals   2125 2034 18117.9 2397 6864 345 1143 .964 4.60   82.6
Career Highs   156 151 1351.7 245 650 37 129 .978 5.90    
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
1942 21 CIN NL 13 43 5 16 1 0 2 10 0 0 7 6 .372 .451 .535 .986
1943 22 CIN NL 14 49 8 13 2 0 3 12 0 0 6 3 .265 .345 .490 .835
1944 23 CIN NL 12 48 6 17 1 1 0 7 0 0 6 5 .354 .418 .417 .835
1945 24 CIN NL 5 21 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .190 .261 .286 .547
1946 25 CIN NL 12 44 3 8 1 1 0 3 0 1 6 3 .182 .280 .250 .530
1947 26 CIN NL 10 37 7 12 0 3 4 6 0 0 3 3 .324 .375 .811 1.186
1948 27 CIN NL 7 30 4 8 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 .267 .250 .433 .683
1950 29 SEM AL 13 48 4 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 .188 .304 .208 .512
1951 30 SEM AL 5 17 3 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 .176 .300 .471 .771
1952 31 SEM AL 7 23 4 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 7 4 .174 .367 .304 .671
1953 32 SEM AL 4 14 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .071 .188 .286 .473
Career Post-Season Batting 102 374 49 95 10 6 13 51 0 1 50 33 .254 .339 .417 .756
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1943-7-.321
1945-6-.303
1946-5-.318
1948-8-.311
1951-1-.354
On-Base Pct
1951-7-.404
1953-10-.377
Slugging Pct
1945-9-.478
1951-6-.543
OPS
1945-8-.851
1951-5-.947
XR
1945-9-91.7
1951-3-117.9
Games
1949-2-157
1951-8-155
At-Bats
1949-2-605
1950-3-608
1951-2-619
1954-1-633
Runs
1949-8-101
1954-8-116
Hits
1945-7-172
1946-7-173
1948-6-176
1949-6-176
1950-9-187
1951-1-219
Total Bases
1945-6-271
1948-10-275
1949-7-279
1951-2-336
Singles
1943-9-128
1945-5-126
1946-4-136
1948-8-125
1949-6-124
1950-3-136
1951-1-148
CAR-39-1676
Doubles
1951-2-46
Homeruns
1945-8-24
RBIs
1944-9-98
1945-7-110
1951-4-129
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 74    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 55    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1941
Had first career hit on 7/31/1941, off Al Javery (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 7/31/1941, off Archie Mckain (MON)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1943, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1943, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1943
Drove in 7 runs against Seattle on 5/21/1944
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1944, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1945, hitting .455 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 9/26/1945
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,464,286 through salary arbitration
7/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $4,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Injured on 7/18/1946 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Seattle on 8/11/1946
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1946, hitting .520 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1946
Injured on 3/23/1947 with a Broken Hand, out for 8 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1947, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1947
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1948, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Cincinnati to Seattle on 2/3/1950 (Going to SEM: 3B Vern Stephens. Going to CIN: P Willard Nixon)
7/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1950
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 8/22/1951
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1951, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1951, hitting .430 with 5 HR, 33 RBI
Injured on 3/26/1952 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1952
3/3/1954: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $6,380,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 2000th career hit on 4/27/1954, off Al Aber (SDP)
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1954
Traded from Seattle to San Diego on 6/1/1955 (Going to SEM: P Jose Santiago. Going to SDP: SS Vern Stephens)
Injured on 6/17/1955 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 3/3/1956 (Going to DET: P Walt Craddock, SS Vern Stephens. Going to SDP: CF Andy Pafko, CF Stan Musial, SS Alvin Dark)
10/13/1956: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $500,000 per year, for 1 years
3/3/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit