Vern Law stats

Last played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1967

Pitcher

Age 96

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Vern Law played 16 MLB seasons, 1950 to 1967.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
483
W
162
L
147
ERA
3.77
IP
2,672.0
K
1,092
BB
597
WHIP
1.28

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1950PIT27794.92128.057491.45
1951PIT28694.50114.041511.40
1954PIT399135.51161.257561.59
1955PIT4310103.81200.282611.41
1956PIT398164.32195.260491.36
1957PIT311082.87172.255321.18
1958PIT3514123.96202.156391.35
1959PIT341892.98266.0110531.12
1960PIT352093.08271.2120401.13
1961PIT11344.7059.120181.52
1962PIT231073.94139.178271.31
1963PIT18454.9376.231131.36
1964PIT3512133.61192.093321.22
1965PIT291792.15217.1101351.00
1966PIT311284.05177.288241.28
1967PIT25264.1897.043181.44

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
3
W
2
L
0
ERA
3.50
IP
18.0
K
8
BB
3
WHIP
1.39

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
119
SHO
28
K/9
3.7
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1950PIT0514.00000
1951PIT0213.20000
1954PIT0703.20000
1955PIT0813.70000
1956PIT0602.80000
1957PIT0932.90000
1958PIT0612.50000
1959PIT02023.70000
1960PIT01834.00000
1961PIT0103.00000
1962PIT0725.00000
1963PIT0113.60000
1964PIT0754.40000
1965PIT01344.20000
1966PIT0844.50000
1967PIT0104.00000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
96 yearsMar 12, 1930
Debut
1950
Cy Young
1960

Father of Vance Law · All MLB fathers and sons

What were Vern Law's career stats?

Vern Law played 16 seasons for the Pirates. He had 162 wins and 1,092 strikeouts with a 3.77 ERA over 2,672.0 innings. His best season was 1960: 20 wins, a 3.08 ERA and 120 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

16 seasons, 1 postseason, 1950 to 1967

Vern Law finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.

Championships

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 216th in wins (pitching) (162)

Among the 9,243 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

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