Nickname: "Deacon, Preacher"
Bats: R
Throws: R
Born: 03-12-1930
Birthplace: Meridian, ID, USA
Career Positions Played: P,OF
All-Star: 1960
Cy Young Award: 1960
Height: 6 ft., 2 in. Weight: 195 lbs.
(Vern Law at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Pitching Rank: 2287 / 4825
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1950 PIT:N P 20 27 44 41 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 .073 .261 .136 .122 1 - 14 0 - 2 1950 PIT:N
1951 PIT:N P 21 28 38 32 11 7 2 1 1 4 5 .344 .260 .400 .563 3 - 6 3 - 0 1951 PIT:N
1954 PIT:N P,OF 24 50 64 52 12 6 5 0 1 13 10 .231 .265 .310 .385 5 - 8 6 0 1 1954 PIT:N
1955 PIT:N P 25 44 69 63 16 12 3 0 1 8 8 .254 .259 .299 .349 4 0 16 2 0 0 1955 PIT:N
1956 PIT:N P 26 39 65 57 10 8 1 0 1 8 3 .175 .256 .230 .246 4 0 16 3 1 0 1956 PIT:N
1957 PIT:N P 27 34 69 63 12 10 1 1 0 6 3 .190 .260 .215 .238 1 0 11 4 0 1 1957 PIT:N
1958 PIT:N P 28 36 80 62 12 6 3 1 2 12 11 .194 .262 .296 .371 9 0 10 7 2 0 1958 PIT:N
1959 PIT:N P 29 38 106 96 16 13 2 0 1 8 6 .167 .260 .192 .219 3 0 20 7 0 0 1959 PIT:N
1960 PIT:N P 30 35 104 94 17 9 5 2 1 7 10 .181 .255 .196 .309 2 0 19 7 1 0 1960 PIT:N
1961 PIT:N P 31 11 24 19 5 4 1 0 0 5 0 .263 .262 .318 .316 1 0 4 2 1 1 1961 PIT:N
1962 PIT:N P 32 23 55 45 14 9 4 1 0 5 6 .311 .261 .313 .444 1 0 7 7 2 0 1962 PIT:N
1963 PIT:N P 33 21 24 23 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 .217 .245 .217 .217 0 0 1 1 0 0 1963 PIT:N
1964 PIT:N P 34 36 70 61 19 15 3 0 1 3 9 .311 .254 .354 .410 3 0 11 5 0 1 1964 PIT:N
1965 PIT:N P 35 34 86 82 20 19 0 0 1 6 9 .244 .249 .244 .280 0 0 19 4 0 0 1965 PIT:N
1966 PIT:N P 36 34 73 66 16 12 3 0 1 3 11 .242 .256 .275 .333 3 0 11 4 0 0 1966 PIT:N
1967 PIT:N P 37 26 29 27 3 1 2 0 0 1 3 .111 .249 .143 .185 1 0 6 1 0 0 1967 PIT:N
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1950 PIT:N 20 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 5 - - - - - - - 1950 PIT:N
1951 PIT:N 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 18 - - - - - - - 1951 PIT:N
1954 PIT:N 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 20 - - - - - - - 1954 PIT:N
1955 PIT:N 25 1 0 - 0 - 0 - - - - - - - - 22 - - - - - - - 1955 PIT:N
1956 PIT:N 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 14 - - - - - - - 1956 PIT:N
1957 PIT:N 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 15 - - - - - - - 1957 PIT:N
1958 PIT:N 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 23 - - - - - - - 1958 PIT:N
1959 PIT:N 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 21 - - - - - - - 1959 PIT:N
1960 PIT:N 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .20 1.00 0 0 0 0 29 86 41 28 3 1.46 1 24 1960 PIT:N
1961 PIT:N 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .50 .00 1 0 0 0 6 17 10 5 1 2.00 0 4 1961 PIT:N
1962 PIT:N 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .67 0 0 0 0 20 40 25 8 4 3.12 0 11 1962 PIT:N
1963 PIT:N 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - 0 0 0 0 5 - - - - - - - 1963 PIT:N
1964 PIT:N 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 25 50 - - - - 3 - 1964 PIT:N
1965 PIT:N 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 23 - - - - - - - 1965 PIT:N
1966 PIT:N 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 22 - - - - - - - 1966 PIT:N
1967 PIT:N 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 5 - - - - - - - 1967 PIT:N
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1950 PIT:N 20 20 1 0 0 0 1 5 .050 .050 21 2 0 1 0 0 9 .095 .190 1950 PIT:N
1951 PIT:N 21 14 5 1 0 0 2 3 .357 .429 18 6 1 1 1 1 3 .333 .667 1951 PIT:N
1954 PIT:N 24 24 5 2 0 0 2 3 .208 .292 28 7 3 0 1 3 5 .250 .464 1954 PIT:N
1955 PIT:N 25 36 9 2 0 0 3 8 .250 .306 27 7 1 0 1 1 8 .259 .407 1955 PIT:N
1956 PIT:N 26 30 3 0 0 0 3 9 .100 .100 27 7 1 0 1 1 7 .259 .407 1956 PIT:N
1957 PIT:N 27 26 6 1 0 0 0 6 .231 .269 37 6 0 1 0 1 5 .162 .216 1957 PIT:N
1958 PIT:N 28 27 5 1 1 0 4 4 .185 .296 35 7 2 0 2 5 6 .200 .429 1958 PIT:N
1959 PIT:N 29 44 8 2 0 0 1 11 .182 .227 52 8 0 0 1 2 9 .154 .212 1959 PIT:N
1960 PIT:N 30 44 8 3 1 0 1 7 .182 .295 50 9 2 1 1 1 12 .180 .320 1960 PIT:N
1961 PIT:N 31 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 13 5 1 0 0 1 4 .385 .462 1961 PIT:N
1962 PIT:N 32 22 5 2 0 0 1 3 .227 .318 23 9 2 1 0 0 4 .391 .565 1962 PIT:N
1963 PIT:N 33 10 3 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 1963 PIT:N
1964 PIT:N 34 30 13 1 0 0 1 4 .433 .467 31 6 2 0 1 2 7 .194 .355 1964 PIT:N
1965 PIT:N 35 38 7 0 0 0 0 9 .184 .184 44 13 0 0 1 0 10 .295 .364 1965 PIT:N
1966 PIT:N 36 30 8 2 0 0 2 6 .267 .333 36 8 1 0 1 1 5 .222 .333 1966 PIT:N
1967 PIT:N 37 13 1 1 0 0 0 2 .077 .154 14 2 1 0 0 1 4 .143 .214 1967 PIT:N
Bats: R AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1950 PIT:N 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 36 3 0 1 0 1 12 .083 .139 1950 PIT:N
1951 PIT:N 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1951 PIT:N
1954 PIT:N 24 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - 1954 PIT:N
1955 PIT:N 25 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - 1955 PIT:N
1956 PIT:N 26 14 3 0 0 1 2 3 .214 .429 43 7 1 0 0 2 13 .163 .186 1956 PIT:N
1957 PIT:N 27 17 3 1 1 0 0 4 .176 .353 46 9 0 0 0 1 7 .196 .196 1957 PIT:N
1958 PIT:N 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1958 PIT:N
1959 PIT:N 29 28 4 1 0 0 3 6 .143 .179 68 12 1 0 1 0 14 .176 .235 1959 PIT:N
1960 PIT:N 30 20 5 2 1 0 1 3 .250 .450 74 12 3 1 1 1 16 .162 .270 1960 PIT:N
1961 PIT:N 31 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 12 4 1 0 0 1 3 .333 .417 1961 PIT:N
1962 PIT:N 32 16 5 1 0 0 1 2 .313 .375 29 9 3 1 0 0 5 .310 .483 1962 PIT:N
1963 PIT:N 33 - - 0 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0 0 - - - 1963 PIT:N
1964 PIT:N 34 - - - 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 1 - - - - 1964 PIT:N
1965 PIT:N 35 - - 0 0 - 0 - - - - - 0 0 - 0 - - - 1965 PIT:N
1966 PIT:N 36 13 2 0 0 1 2 1 .154 .385 53 14 3 0 0 1 10 .264 .321 1966 PIT:N
1967 PIT:N 37 10 1 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 17 2 2 0 0 1 4 .118 .235 1967 PIT:N
PITCHING STATS
YEAR CITY AGE G ERA OAV LAV W L SV BS HD GF GS GR QS CG SH IP H HR W IW SO G/F HB WP BK PK GDP GDPO YEAR
1950 PIT:N 20 27 4.92 .272 .261 7 9 0 - - - 17 10 - 5 1 128.0 137 11 49 - 57 - - - - - - - 1950
1951 PIT:N 21 28 4.50 .253 .260 6 9 2 - - - 14 14 - 2 1 114.0 109 9 51 - 41 - - - - - - - 1951
1954 PIT:N 24 39 5.51 .311 .265 9 13 3 - - - 18 21 - 7 0 161.2 201 20 56 - 57 - - - - - - - 1954
1955 PIT:N 25 43 3.81 .280 .259 10 10 1 - - - 24 19 - 8 1 200.2 221 19 61 - 82 - - - - - - - 1955
1956 PIT:N 26 39 4.32 .281 .256 8 16 2 - - - 32 7 - 6 0 195.2 218 24 49 10 60 - 6 8 0 - - - 1956
1957 PIT:N 27 31 2.87 .256 .260 10 8 1 - - - 25 6 - 9 3 172.2 172 18 32 - 55 - - - - - - - 1957
1958 PIT:N 28 35 3.96 .297 .262 14 12 3 - - - 29 6 - 6 1 202.1 235 16 39 5 56 - 1 1 0 - - - 1958
1959 PIT:N 29 34 2.98 .243 .260 18 9 1 - - - 33 1 - 20 2 266.0 245 25 53 11 110 - 2 5 0 - - - 1959
1960 PIT:N 30 35 3.08 .257 .255 20 9 0 0 0 0 35 0 22 18 3 271.2 266 25 40 8 120 1.14 4 2 1 0 33 210 1960
1961 PIT:N 31 11 4.70 .305 .262 3 4 0 0 0 1 10 1 5 1 0 59.1 72 10 18 3 20 1.08 1 1 0 1 8 57 1961
1962 PIT:N 32 23 3.94 .276 .261 10 7 0 0 0 2 20 3 9 7 2 139.1 156 21 27 4 78 1.01 1 2 0 0 10 126 1962
1963 PIT:N 33 18 4.93 .296 .245 4 5 0 - - - 12 6 - 1 1 76.2 91 11 13 - 31 - - - - - - - 1963
1964 PIT:N 34 35 3.61 .270 .254 12 13 0 - - 1 29 6 - 7 5 192.0 203 18 32 6 93 - 1 1 0 - - - 1964
1965 PIT:N 35 29 2.15 .229 .249 17 9 0 - - - 28 1 - 13 4 217.1 182 17 35 2 101 - 3 1 0 - - - 1965
1966 PIT:N 36 31 4.05 .292 .256 12 8 0 - - - 28 3 - 8 4 177.2 203 19 24 1 88 - 4 0 1 - - - 1966
1967 PIT:N 37 25 4.18 .308 .249 2 6 0 - - - 10 15 - 1 0 97.0 122 5 18 - 43 - - - - - - - 1967
PITCHING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 AT2 SERA IPS RERA IPR R ER SUP BFP SH SF IR IRS S<6 S6 S7 S8 S9 R<6 R6 R7 R8 R9 RX YEAR
1950 PIT:N 20 - - - - - - - - - - 70 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1950
1951 PIT:N 21 - - - - - - - - - - 57 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1951
1954 PIT:N 24 - - - - - - - - - - 99 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1954
1955 PIT:N 25 - - - - - - - - - - 85 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1955
1956 PIT:N 26 - - - - - - - - - 110 94 - 851 14 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1956
1957 PIT:N 27 - - - - - - - - - - 55 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1957
1958 PIT:N 28 - - - - - - - - - 103 89 - 854 11 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1958
1959 PIT:N 29 - - - - - - - - - 91 88 - 1080 12 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1959
1960 PIT:N 30 5 6 0 0 .05 3.08 271.2 - - 104 93 4.2 1091 7 4 0 0 4 2 6 2 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1960
1961 PIT:N 31 1 3 0 0 .07 4.95 56.1 .00 3.0 33 31 3.8 258 2 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1961
1962 PIT:N 32 9 2 0 0 .07 3.89 134.1 5.40 5.0 67 61 6.9 597 2 1 0 0 5 4 2 2 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 1962
1963 PIT:N 33 - - - - - - - - - - 42 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1963
1964 PIT:N 34 - - - - - - - - - 85 77 - 795 7 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1964
1965 PIT:N 35 - - - - - - - - - 66 52 - 847 5 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1965
1966 PIT:N 36 - - - - - - - - - 85 80 - 737 11 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1966
1967 PIT:N 37 - - - - - - - - - - 45 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1967
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB YEAR CITY
1950 PIT:N 20 249 74 11 3 6 21 30 .297 .078 254 64 6 3 6 28 27 .252 .099 1950 PIT:N
1951 PIT:N 21 222 63 4 2 5 28 19 .284 .112 210 47 7 1 4 23 23 .224 .099 1951 PIT:N
1954 PIT:N 24 323 100 14 6 4 33 24 .310 .093 325 101 23 4 16 23 33 .311 .066 1954 PIT:N
1955 PIT:N 25 460 105 18 5 7 38 55 .228 .076 328 116 14 3 12 23 28 .354 .066 1955 PIT:N
1956 PIT:N 26 443 118 14 4 6 28 34 .266 .059 331 100 12 0 18 21 26 .302 .060 1956 PIT:N
1957 PIT:N 27 339 79 14 3 4 13 26 .233 .037 334 93 11 2 14 19 29 .278 .054 1957 PIT:N
1958 PIT:N 28 369 107 23 5 2 9 29 .290 .024 424 128 20 5 14 30 27 .302 .066 1958 PIT:N
1959 PIT:N 29 489 120 19 7 10 26 60 .245 .050 518 125 17 3 15 27 50 .241 .050 1959 PIT:N
1960 PIT:N 30 524 139 20 6 10 25 63 .265 .046 512 127 21 4 15 15 57 .248 .028 1960 PIT:N
1961 PIT:N 31 78 21 2 0 2 7 10 .269 .082 158 51 7 2 8 11 10 .323 .065 1961 PIT:N
1962 PIT:N 32 302 80 9 4 10 12 47 .265 .038 264 76 12 0 11 15 31 .288 .054 1962 PIT:N
1963 PIT:N 33 153 45 4 2 5 3 12 .294 .019 154 46 6 4 6 10 19 .299 .061 1963 PIT:N
1964 PIT:N 34 368 103 19 4 4 15 43 .280 .039 385 100 14 1 14 17 50 .260 .042 1964 PIT:N
1965 PIT:N 35 394 94 12 3 6 17 55 .239 .041 402 88 13 1 11 18 46 .219 .043 1965 PIT:N
1966 PIT:N 36 352 107 15 1 6 10 50 .304 .028 342 96 11 2 13 14 38 .281 .039 1966 PIT:N
1967 PIT:N 37 213 65 11 5 3 9 23 .305 .041 183 57 11 0 2 9 20 .311 .047 1967 PIT:N
Throws: R AGAINST LHB AGAINST RHB
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB YEAR CITY
1950 PIT:N 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1950 PIT:N
1951 PIT:N 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1951 PIT:N
1954 PIT:N 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1954 PIT:N
1955 PIT:N 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1955 PIT:N
1956 PIT:N 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1956 PIT:N
1957 PIT:N 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1957 PIT:N
1958 PIT:N 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1958 PIT:N
1959 PIT:N 29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1959 PIT:N
1960 PIT:N 30 487 122 20 8 11 22 53 .251 .043 549 144 21 2 14 18 67 .262 .032 1960 PIT:N
1961 PIT:N 31 112 31 3 1 4 14 10 .277 .111 124 41 6 1 6 4 10 .331 .031 1961 PIT:N
1962 PIT:N 32 227 71 10 3 12 18 25 .313 .073 339 85 11 1 9 9 53 .251 .026 1962 PIT:N
1963 PIT:N 33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1963 PIT:N
1964 PIT:N 34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1964 PIT:N
1965 PIT:N 35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1965 PIT:N
1966 PIT:N 36 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1966 PIT:N
1967 PIT:N 37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1967 PIT:N
FIELDING STATS - PITCHER
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1950 PIT:N 20 .909 .961 27 17 128.0 5 15 2 - 1
1951 PIT:N 21 .926 .962 28 14 114.0 10 15 2 - 2
1954 PIT:N 24 .971 .960 39 18 161.2 11 23 1 - 2
1955 PIT:N 25 .925 .950 43 24 200.2 14 35 4 - 3
1956 PIT:N 26 1.000 .966 39 32 195.2 12 31 0 0 3
1957 PIT:N 27 .947 .962 31 25 172.2 13 23 2 - 2
1958 PIT:N 28 1.000 .955 35 29 202.1 16 31 0 0 3
1959 PIT:N 29 .985 .954 34 33 266.0 20 47 1 - 5
1960 PIT:N 30 .974 .962 35 35 271.2 27 48 2 0 6
1961 PIT:N 31 1.000 .959 11 10 59.1 5 13 0 0 1
1962 PIT:N 32 .946 .948 23 20 139.1 9 26 2 0 3
1963 PIT:N 33 1.000 .951 18 12 76.2 5 20 0 0 1
1964 PIT:N 34 .981 .953 35 29 192.0 16 36 1 - 3
1965 PIT:N 35 .985 .956 29 28 217.1 29 36 1 - 2
1966 PIT:N 36 1.000 .947 31 28 177.2 11 36 0 0 4
1967 PIT:N 37 .958 .960 25 10 97.0 8 15 1 - 0
FIELDING STATS - OUTFIELD POSITIONS COMBINED (BREAKOUTS UNAVAILABLE)
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1954 PIT:N 24 1.000 .975 1 - - 1 0 0 0 0
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 3,282 3,970 3,065 3,962 218 3,585 3,932 3,512 1,925
Vern Law - Historical Batting Stastistics
Vern Law - Batting - Home / Road Splits
Vern Law - Batting - Left / Right Splits
Vern Law - Historical Pitching Stastistics
Vern Law - Pitching - Home / Road Splits
Vern Law - Pitching - Left / Right Splits
Vern Law - Historical Fielding Stastistics - Pitcher
Vern Law - Fielding Statistics - Outfield Combined
Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
Itemized Sim Rankings - Pitching